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Article #1799Re: Borland-izing Common Dialogs
From: Stephen Schimpf
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:36
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 >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Chris Marriott | chris@chrism.demon.co.uk | >| Warrington, UK | BIX: cmarriott | >| (Still awaiting inspiration | CIX: cmarriott | >| for a witty .sig .... ) | CompuServe: 100113,1140 | >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!ucla-cs!ucla-mic!eggneb.astro.ucla.edu!stephen From: stephen@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Stephen Schimpf) Subject: Re: Borland-izing Common Dialogs Message-ID: <1992Dec22.213630.5939@mic.ucla.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: eggneb.astro.ucla.edu Organization: UCLA Dept of Astronomy References: <TORSTEIN.92Dec21103132@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no> <724971010snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> Date: 22 Dec 92 21:36:30 PST Lines: 57