Putting non-button controls in a toolbar--easy!

[NoCforMe]

In another thread here, I asked how to put non-button controls (like comboboxes) in a toolbar, but never really got an answer.

Turns out to be ridiculousy easy; just put the control in the toolbar!

I needed a few comboboxes, so I created them using CreateWindowEx(), making them children of the toolbar. Worked the first time. Easy! I ASS-U-ME the same can be done with other controls (checkboxes, etc.), though I haven't tried it yet.

I still never got an answer to my original question in that thread, which was how to create a strip above a toolbar that could contain other controls. If anyone can tell me how to do this, I'd be much appreciative. I'm talking about a strip immediately below the menu strip of the parent window. Can one create a toolbar with zero buttons? or is there some other clever trick?

By the way, one thing I learned from this is that if you're stuck on a problem, sometimes the best thing to do is to just try something, no matter how far-fetched it might seem at the time. It might just work ...

[bomz]

.ELSEIF uMsg == WM_CREATE
....................................................
   invoke CreateWindowEx,WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,ADDR CboxClName,
   ADDR TextComboBox1,WS_CHILD or WS_BORDER or CBS_HASSTRINGS or \
   CBS_DROPDOWNLIST or WS_VSCROLL or WS_VISIBLE,5,5,50,250,hWnd,ComboBox1ID,hInstance,0
   mov hwndComboBox,eax   ; Combo

   lea ebx, ComboString   ; заполним Combo контрол
   mov ecx, 14
NextNumber:
   push ecx
   invoke   SendDlgItemMessage, hWnd, ComboBox1ID, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, ebx
   pop ecx
   add ebx, 4
   loop NextNumber
   invoke   SendDlgItemMessage, hWnd, ComboBox1ID, CB_SETCURSEL,ComboNumber,0

               invoke   SendDlgItemMessage, hWnd, ComboBox1ID, CB_GETCURSEL,0,0
               mov ComboNumber, eax

[NoCforMe]

So that's basically what I did, right? Looks like you created a combobox that's a child of another window (can't tell which one, doesn't really matter). I guess everyone else already knew this ...

So do you know how I can get another strip above my toolbar?

[bomz]

WS_CLIPCHILDREN  WS_CLIPSIBLINGS   You mean something like this?

WS_CLIPSIBLINGS
0x04000000L
Clips child windows relative to each other; that is, when a particular child window receives a WM_PAINT message, the WS_CLIPSIBLINGS style clips all other overlapping child windows out of the region of the child window to be updated. If WS_CLIPSIBLINGS is not specified and child windows overlap, it is possible, when drawing within the client area of a child window, to draw within the client area of a neighboring child window.

WS_CLIPCHILDREN
0x02000000L
Excludes the area occupied by child windows when drawing occurs within the parent window. This style is used when creating the parent window.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632600%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

[NoCforMe]

What? No. My question is this:

How can i create a strip (child window?) across the top of my application's client area, above an existing toolbar, where I can put other controls?

Could be a rebar, but I'm looking for other solutions. I just want to create a place where I can put miscellaneous controls (checkboxes, edit boxes, etc.), along with possibly some buttons.

[bomz]

CreateToolBarEx


TBSTYLE_EX_DRAWDDARROWS  TBSTYLE_DROPDOWN

C sample from russian forum

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------//

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>

HWND  hEdit, hLabel, hButton, hClrLbl, hBtnFnt,hToolBar, htool2,hcool,
      hCombo, hStatus, hList1, hList2, hBtnClr;

HMENU hFileMenu, hHelpMenu, hSubMenu, hMenu, hPopUp;

const IDM_Enable_Disable = 0;
const IDM_Exit = 1;
const IDM_About = 2;
const IDP_File=3;
const IDP_Help = 4;
const IDM_Bitmap =5;

const ToolBtns = 13;

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------//

long __stdcall MsgProc( HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
switch( msg )
{
   case WM_DESTROY: {  PostQuitMessage( 0 );  return 0;}
   case WM_NOTIFY:
   {
       LPNMTOOLBAR lpnmtb = (LPNMTOOLBAR) lParam;
       LPNMHDR lpnm = (LPNMHDR) lParam;
    switch (lpnm->code)
     {
      case TBN_DROPDOWN:
       {
        switch (lpnmtb->iItem)
        {
         case 301:
            RECT rc;
            SendMessage( hToolBar, TB_GETRECT, lpnmtb->iItem, (LPARAM)&rc);
           POINT pp;
         ZeroMemory( &pp, sizeof(pp));
            ClientToScreen( hToolBar, &pp );
            TrackPopupMenuEx( hFileMenu,  TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_LEFTBUTTON | TPM_VERTICAL,
               rc.left+pp.x, rc.bottom+pp.y, hWnd, NULL);
           break;
        }
       }
     }
     return 0;
   }
}
  return DefWindowProc( hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam );
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------//

int __stdcall WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
{
WNDCLASS wc = { CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW , MsgProc,  0L, 0L,  hInstance,
                 LoadIcon(0, IDI_EXCLAMATION), LoadCursor(0, IDC_ARROW),
                 (HBRUSH)16,  NULL, "Window"  };
RegisterClass( &wc );
HWND hWnd = CreateWindow( "Window", "Интерфейс на WinAPI", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,// |WS_MINIMIZEBOX| WS_SYSMENU,
                            200, 200, 560, 270, NULL, NULL, wc.hInstance, NULL );

   

INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX icc={ sizeof(icc), ICC_BAR_CLASSES|ICC_COOL_CLASSES };
  InitCommonControlsEx( &icc );

DWORD ws = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, ws2 = ws | WS_TABSTOP;

  TBBUTTON tbb[ToolBtns];
  int tbs[ToolBtns]={STD_FILENEW, STD_FILEOPEN, STD_FILESAVE, -1,150,-1, STD_CUT,
                     STD_COPY, STD_PASTE, -1, STD_UNDO, STD_REDOW, STD_HELP};
  ZeroMemory( &tbb, sizeof(tbb));
  for(int i=0; i<11; i++)
  {
   tbb.iBitmap=tbs;
   tbb.idCommand=300+i;
   tbb.fsState=TBSTATE_ENABLED;
   if(tbs==-1) tbb.fsStyle=TBSTYLE_SEP; else
                     tbb.fsStyle=TBSTYLE_BUTTON ;
   tbb.iString=0;
  }
  tbb[4].fsStyle=TBSTYLE_SEP;
  tbb[1].fsStyle=TBSTYLE_DROPDOWN  ;

  hToolBar = CreateToolbarEx( hWnd, /*CCS_ADJUSTABLE |*/WS_VISIBLE |TBSTYLE_FLAT|TBSTYLE_REGISTERDROP, 299, 15, HINST_COMMCTRL,
               IDB_STD_SMALL_COLOR, 0,  0, 16,16,  15,15,  sizeof(TBBUTTON) );



   DWORD EXST = (DWORD) SendMessage( hToolBar, TB_GETEXTENDEDSTYLE, 0, 0 );
        SendMessage( hToolBar, TB_SETEXTENDEDSTYLE, 0, EXST|TBSTYLE_EX_DRAWDDARROWS );



hCombo  = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE , "COMBOBOX", NULL, ws2 |WS_VSCROLL |
             CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_DROPDOWN ,
             90, 0, 150, 150, hToolBar, (HMENU)513, wc.hInstance, NULL);  //hCtrls[2] = hCombo;
             SetWindowText( hCombo, "<< Выберите пункт >>");
             SendMessage( hCombo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)(LPCSTR)"Изменить заголовок" );
             SendMessage( hCombo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)(LPCSTR)"Добавить строку" );
             SendMessage( hCombo, CB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)(LPCSTR)"Выход из программы" );
             SendMessage( hCombo, CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH, 200, 0 );

     AppendMenu((hSubMenu=CreatePopupMenu()), MF_GRAYED | MF_STRING, 100,"Submenu 1 >");
     AppendMenu( hSubMenu, MF_ENABLED | MF_STRING, 100,"Submenu 2");

     AppendMenu((hFileMenu=CreatePopupMenu()), MF_ENABLED | MF_STRING, IDM_Enable_Disable, "&Enable exit");
     AppendMenu( hFileMenu, MF_SEPARATOR, 0,"");
     AppendMenu( hFileMenu, MF_ENABLED | MF_STRING | MF_POPUP,(UINT) hSubMenu,"&Right ->");
     AppendMenu( hFileMenu, MF_GRAYED | MF_STRING, (IDM_Exit+200),"E&xit");
        SendMessage( hToolBar, TB_ADDBUTTONS,  (UINT)11, (LPARAM)(LPTBBUTTON) &tbb );

     {
      ShowWindow  ( hWnd, SW_SHOWDEFAULT ), UpdateWindow( hWnd );
      MSG msg;

      while( GetMessage( &msg, NULL, 0, 0 ) )

        if(!IsDialogMessage( hWnd, &msg ))
          TranslateMessage( &msg ),
          DispatchMessage ( &msg );

       
    }
  UnregisterClass( "Window", wc.hInstance );

}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------//