Size Grippers on screen?

[Michael Mattias]

If you use the PB/IDE and use the CodeFinder (F2), that screen comes up with what looks like the sizegrips on a status bar in the lower right-hand corner of the Codefinder screen... except there does not appear to be a status bar... which also allows the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons on that screen to be right near the lower edge.

I would like to duplicate the size-gripper effect in the same place, but I can't figure out how that is done.

Does anyone have any ideas I might try to get those sizegrippers on the screen without using a status bar?

Current screen:

#define parm_lv_style  WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE |LVS_REPORT |LVS_NOSORTHEADER | WS_BORDER

#define ID_PROC_PARAMS              204   // listview
#define ID_PARM_PROC_TYPE_CODE      207   //  label
#define ID_PARM_PROC_ID_NO          209   //  label
#define ID_PARM_PROC_COMMENT        201   //  label
// also uses: IDOK                                                                  
200 DIALOG 7, 17, 450, 208
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_THICKFRAME
CAPTION "Process Parameters"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    CONTROL         "Proc ID#", -1, "Static", WS_GROUP, 5, 10, 31, 8
    CONTROL         "123456789", ID_PARM_PROC_ID_NO, "Static", WS_GROUP, 45,
                    10, 38, 8
    CONTROL         "Proc Type Code", -1, "Static", WS_GROUP, 93, 10, 54, 8
    CONTROL         "EDI810S", ID_PARM_PROC_TYPE_CODE, "Static", WS_GROUP,
                    150, 10, 59, 8
    CONTROL         "Listview parm_seq, parm_type, col_desc, sort_order  val_seq_no, value ",
                    ID_PARM_PROC_COMMENT, "Static", WS_GROUP, 6, 24, 279, 13
    CONTROL         "", ID_PROC_PARAMS, "syslistview32", parm_lv_style, 6, 42, 440,
                    132
    CONTROL         "&OK", IDOK, "Button", WS_TABSTOP, 153, 186, 40, 14
END

Thanks,
MCM

[Dominic Mitchell]

That is called a sizebox or sizegrip control.

' Create the Sizebox1 size box
hWndChild = CreateWindowEx(%NULL, _                                             ' extended styles
                           "Scrollbar", _                                       ' class name
                           "", _                                                ' caption
                           %WS_CHILD OR %WS_VISIBLE OR _                        ' window styles
                           %SBS_SIZEGRIP OR %SBS_SIZEBOXBOTTOMRIGHTALIGN, _     ' class styles
                           335, 323, _                                          ' left, top
                           17, 17, _                                            ' width, height
                           hWnd, %IDC_FORM1_SIZEBOX1, _                         ' handle of parent, control ID
                           ghInstance, BYVAL %NULL)                             ' handle of instance, creation parameters

[Dominic Mitchell]

By the way, it belongs to the scrollbar class and has four meaningful styles.
SBS_SIZEBOX
SBS_SIZEBOXBOTTOMRIGHTALIGN
SBS_SIZEBOXTOPLEFTALIGN
SBS_SIZEGRIP

[Michael Mattias]

Thank you thank you. Screen Looks really cool now.

I would have never guessed that was a version of the scrollbar control.

Of course, I never would have guessed a group box was a button, either.

[Paul Squires]

Whenever I see something in a program and I don't know its origins, I use a WinSpy type of program: For example, http://www.catch22.net/software/winspy.asp It is great for determining the class and styles of a control.

[Michael Mattias]

I'll have to try that spy thing. It does look pretty handy.

But have to wonder about....

New in version 1.5!

Retrieve passwords from password-edit controls!
Edit window styles!
Alter window captions

Great. Can't wait to get this tool into idle hands.

MCM

[Roger Garstang]

I'll have to try that spy thing. It does look pretty handy.

But have to wonder about....


Great. Can't wait to get this tool into idle hands.

MCM

XP+ is a little better at restricting this ability. It mostly effects previous versions of Winderz. Most important ones that I needed I couldn't get with those types of tools because XP blocked it.

Winspector is my favorite spy tool.

http://www.windows-spy.com/