SAMPLE: Code Demonstrates Changing Dialog Box Size

Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q84980
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.1 and 3.0

The Color dialog box provided by the COMMDLG dynamic-link library (DLL) expands to show additional controls when the user chooses the Define Custom Colors button. The XPANDDLG sample application in the Microsoft Software Library demonstrates how an application can implement similar behavior.

Download XPANDDLG.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
          Download XPANDDLG.EXE (size: 24114 bytes) 
    
  • Internet (anonymous FTP)

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
          Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
          Get XPANDDLG.EXE (size: 24114 bytes) 
    

The XPANDDLG sample implements changing the size of the dialog box through the following three steps:

  1. Create the dialog box at its large size.

  2. Call the MoveWindow() function to size the window to the smaller size when the dialog box procedure receives a WM_INITDIALOG message.

  3. To show the remainder of the dialog box on the screen, call MoveWindow() again.


Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 softlib XPANDDLG.EXE
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KBSubcategory: UsrDlgs


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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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