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"Docking" toolbars without MFC's

Started by October 06, 1999 06:28 PM
1 comment, last by Michael K 25 years, 2 months ago

I don't believe that there is any style bit or function you can call to turn a normal toolbar into a floating/docking toolbar.

I stepped into some of the MFC code for the CFrameWnd and CToolBar. It seems that there is quite a bit of additional coding going on to support this behavior.

This is appears to be one of those times where MFC is not just a thin layer over some WIN32 functionality.

If this is not the case I, too, would like to hear how!

HTH,

-mordell

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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew how to create docking toolbars/menus without using MFC's, if possible, just Win32 API's.

Thanks.

Michael

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No, there's no Win32 API that will make toolbars dockable.

It's always very entertaining for me to hear people bash MFC on the assumption that it's a useless layer of fat between app and Win32.

It usually only takes a couple of nasty Win32 API experiences to turn even the most die-hard MFC basher into an advocate.

Mason McCuskey
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