PropertySheet Embedding Problem

Hi all!

I am facing a problem when embedding a propertysheet in my main dialog box. I have use the CreateWindow() function to create my main dialog box and two PUSHBUTTONS, which work just fine but when I include the propertysheet as a child on top of the dialog box the buttons do not work.
I believe it has something to do with the handles but no luck yet. If there are any suggestions on what I should check, it would be greatly appreciated!

Ludvig

P.S. I have not included any code, but if anyone wants to check it, I will be more than happy to provide it!

What do you mean by propertysheet? This isn't a standard window. There is CPropertySheet in MFC but that is derived from CDialog and is a popup window and would be difficult at best to embed into another dialog as a child window. For a property-sheet like effect, use a tab control.

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Originally Posted by ludvig.peers

P.S. I have not included any code, but if anyone wants to check it, I will be more than happy to provide it!

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Should be useful. Otherwise we can only guess.

@to hoxsiew:

1. CPropertySheet isn't derived from CDialog but from CWnd.
2. CPropertySheet wraps a Windows Property Sheet, let's say it "standard window". See: Property Sheet in MSDN.
3. Can be child with no problem in any other parent window.

I am using the propertysheet sutructures in WIN API.
About Property Sheets

I have created the dialog box and the two buttons in InitInstance

Code:

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BOOL InitInstance(HINSTANCE hInstance, int nCmdShow)
{
        g_hInst = hInstance; // Store instance handle in our global variable

        //Handle to main dialog box
        g_hwndMain = CreateWindowEx(NULL, g_szWindowClass, g_szTitle, WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_SYSMENU,
                GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN)/2-253, GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)/2-205, 506, 410, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL); //change size
       
        //Handle to Send Button
        g_hwndSendButton = CreateWindow(
                  "BUTTON", /* this makes a "button" */
          "SEND", /* this is the text which will appear in the button */
          BS_PUSHBUTTON |WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD ,
          409, /* these four lines are the position and dimensions of the button */
          310,
          85,
          26,
          g_hwndMain, /* this is the buttons parent window */
          (HMENU)IDC_SEND, /* these next two lines tell windows what to do when the button is pressed */
          g_hInst,
          NULL);
       
        //Handle to Read Button
        g_hwndReadButton = CreateWindow(
                  "BUTTON",
          "READ",
          BS_PUSHBUTTON |WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,
          320,
          310,
          85,
          26,
          g_hwndMain,
          (HMENU)IDC_READ,
          g_hInst,
          NULL);

        if (!g_hwndMain)
        {
                return FALSE;
        }
       
        g_hwndPropSheet = CreatePropSheet();

        if(-1 == (int)g_hwndPropSheet)
        {
                return -1;
        }

        SetWindowLongPtr(g_hwndPropSheet, GWL_STYLE, WS_CHILD);
        SetParent(g_hwndPropSheet, g_hwndMain);
        SetWindowLongPtr(g_hwndPropSheet, GWL_EXSTYLE, WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT);

        InitPPSheetSize();

        ShowWindow(g_hwndMain, nCmdShow);
        UpdateWindow(g_hwndMain);
       
        return TRUE;
}

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This is a modification on a code that I found here in codeguru:
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323943

The function InitPPSheetSize(); that I call in InitInstance contains:

Code:

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void InitPPSheetSize()
{
        RECT rectWnd;
        RECT rectButton;

        GetWindowRect(g_hwndPropSheet, &rectWnd);
        HWND hWnd = ::GetDlgItem(g_hwndPropSheet, IDOK);
       
        if(!hWnd)
        {
                DebugBreak();
        }

        GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rectButton); //::
       
        SetWindowPos(g_hwndPropSheet, NULL,30,10,
                rectWnd.right - rectWnd.left, rectButton.top - rectWnd.top,
                SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
       
        for (int i = 0; i < _ArrCount(PropSheetButtons); i++)
        {
                hWnd = ::GetDlgItem(g_hwndPropSheet, PropSheetButtons[i]);
                if (hWnd != NULL)
                {
                        ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_HIDE);  //::
                        EnableWindow(hWnd, FALSE);  //::
                }
        }
}

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I wanted two general buttons 'send' and 'read' for the three tabs that I have in my propertysheet, so I thought I would include them as childs in my main dialog box. Should I just use the default buttons 'OK' and 'Cancel' that are provided by the propertysheet() function and just rename them accordingly? Any ideas would be more than welcome!

Ludvig

P.S. I apologize but I am a bit new to C++ and WIN API.