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Re: Borland-izing Common Dialogs

#1799
From: Stephen Schimpf
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:36
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In article <724971010snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <TORSTEIN.92Dec21103132@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no> torstein@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no writes:
>
>>In article <2B31FB9F.88D4@tct.com> jeff@tct.com (Jeff Witzer) writes:
>>   I'm writing an app that uses Borland style dialog boxes and buttons.  I
>>   would like to keep the interface consistant but haven't found a way to 
>>   Borland-ize the <commdlg> File Save and File Open dialog boxes.
>>
>>   Does Borland have their own version?  (I couldn't find any public
>> alternative
>>   like thier BWCCMessageBox...I hoped to find a BWCCGetOpenFileName () and 
>>   BWCCGetSaveFileName ())
>>
>>   I also tried to run Resource Workshop on my .exe but, of course, couldn't
>> find
>>   those dialogs to modify.
>>
>>   Should I give up and use the bland MicroSoft standard dialogs or is there
>> hope?
>>
>>   jeff@tct.com
>>
>
>There's a VERY good solution now.  Microsoft have just released a DLL called
>"CTL3D" which gives you 3D versions of *all* the standard Windows controls,
>as well as nice grey backgrounds to dialogs.  According to its documentation,
>these weill become standard in "a future version of Windows", and CTL3D is
>now the "official" way to get "the 3D look" to your dialogs.
>
>It's VERY easy to use.  You just make about 3 function calls and a "hook"
>is installed, which automagically subclasses all the controls in your
>dialogs, to make them 3D.
>
>Best of all it's FREE!!!!  It's in the MSDNLIB area of CompuServe, so
>should also be in the corresponding "mirror" directory of ftp.uu.net.
>
>Hope this information is useful to you,
>
>Merry Christmas!
>
>Chris
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This sounds great, but I can't find it! Would somebody please let me
know where this file is. If it is not at ftp.uu.net, could somebody
*please* upload it to wuarchive.wustl.edu or ftp.cica.indiana.edu, or
someplace else where those of us without Compu$erve can get it?

Stephen
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