Re: Replace Titlebar with Region ?

From:
 Ajay Kalra <ajaykalra@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:51:56 -0700
Message-ID:
<1184442716.203819.242880@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com>

The code would look something like this.


It would be far easier to use OnNCHitTest (and returning HTCAPTION)
instead of doing all this.

-----
Ajay

put in dialog private area ;)
CPoint m_StartPoint;

void CMovableDlg::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
   m_StartPoint = point;
   SetCapture();
   CDialog::OnLButtonDown(nFlags, point);

}

void CMovableDlg::OnMouseMove(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
   if (nFlags & MK_LBUTTON && m_StartPoint.x >= 0 && m_StartPoint.y >= 0)
   {
      CPoint Diff = point - m_StartPoint;

      CRect Rect;
      GetWindowRect(Rect);
      Rect.OffsetRect(Diff);

      SetWindowPos(NULL,Rect.left,Rect.top,Rect.Width(),Rect.Height(),SWP_NOZORDER);
   }

   CDialog::OnMouseMove(nFlags, point);

}

void CMovableDlg::OnLButtonUp(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
   ReleaseCapture();
   m_StartPoint.SetPoint(-1,-1);

   CDialog::OnLButtonUp(nFlags, point);

}

AliR.

"AliR (VC++ MVP)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote in messagenews:UNMli.26003$2v1.19543@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net...

Why do you need a title bar at all, why not simply allow the user to move
the window by draging anywhere inside the window.

AliR.

"cdg" <any...@anywhere.com> wrote in message
news:3Ztli.165802$Sa4.98634@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

  If you create a bitmap dialog-background and modify the window to not
have a titlebar. Where would the create-region code for an alternative
titlebar be placed to create a clickable region for this new titlebar.
 Is it placed in OnPaint(), or in message handler WM_DRAWITEM. Or
somewhere
else.

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