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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
- Subject: Re: Borland-izing Common Dialogs
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- References: <TORSTEIN.92Dec21103132@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:50:10 +0000
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- 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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