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 win32 common controls window classes

This section lists the window class names provided by the common control library.

• Constants
  • ANIMATE_CLASS
    Creates animation controls. These controls silently display an audio video interleaved (AVI) clip.
  • DATETIMEPICK_CLASS
    Creates date and time picker controls. These controls provide a simple interface to exchange date and time information with a user.
  • HOTKEY_CLASS
    Creates hot key controls. These controls make it easy for the user to define hot keys.
  • LINK_CLASS
    Creates syslink controls. These controls are used with links.
  • MONTHCAL_CLASS
    Creates month calendar controls. These controls provide a simple way for a user to select a date from a familiar interface.
  • NATIVEFNTCTL_CLASS
    Creates native font controls. These controls are used with native fonts.
  • PROGRESS_CLASS
    Creates progress bars. These controls indicate the progress of a lengthy operation.
  • REBARCLASSNAME
    Creates rebar controls. These controls act as a container for child windows.
  • STANDARD_CLASSES
    Creates intrinsic User32 controls, such as button, edit, and scrollbar.
  • STATUSCLASSNAME
    Creates status windows. These controls display status information in a horizontal window.
  • TOOLBARCLASSNAME
    Creates toolbars. These controls contain buttons that carry out menu commands.
  • TOOLTIPS_CLASS
    Creates ToolTip controls. These controls display a small pop-up window containing a line of text that describes the purpose of a tool in an application.
  • TRACKBAR_CLASS
    Creates trackbars. These controls let the user select from a range of values by moving a slider.
  • UPDOWN_CLASS
    Creates up-down controls. These controls combine a pair of arrows with an edit control. Clicking the arrows increments or decrements the value in the edit control.
  • WC_BUTTON
    Creates button controls. These controls enable a user to initiate an action.
  • WC_COMBOBOX
    Creates combobox controls. These controls contain a drop-down list from which a single item can be selected.
  • WC_COMBOBOXEX
    Creates ComboBoxEx controls. These controls provide an extension of the combo box control that provides native support for item images.
  • WC_EDIT
    Creates edit controls. These controls contain editable text.
  • WC_HEADER
    Creates header controls. These controls display headings at the top of columns of information and let the user sort the information by clicking the headings.
  • WC_LISTBOX
    Creates listbox controls. These controls contain lists of items.
  • WC_IPADDRESS
    Creates IP address controls. These controls are similar to an edit control, but they enable you to enter a numeric address in Internet protocol (IP) format.
  • WC_LINK
    Creates SysLink controls. These controls contain hypertext links.
  • WC_LISTVIEW
    Creates list-view controls. These controls display a collection of items, each consisting of an icon and a label, and provide several ways to arrange the items.
  • WC_NATIVEFONTCTL
    Creates native font controls. These are invisible controls that work in the background to enable a dialog box's predefined controls to display the current system language.
  • WC_PAGESCROLLER
    Creates pager controls. These controls are used to contain and scroll another window.
  • WC_SCROLLBAR
    Creates scrollbar controls. These controls enable the user to scroll the contents of a window.
  • WC_STATIC
    Creates static controls. These controls contain noneditable text.
  • WC_TABCONTROL
    Creates tab controls. These controls define multiple pages for the same area of a window or dialog box. Each page consists of a set of information or a group of controls that an application displays when the user selects the corresponding tab.
  • WC_TREEVIEW
    Creates tree-view controls. These controls display a hierarchical list of items. Each item consists of a label and an optional bitmap.

To implement one of these in a dialog box:

CONTROL "",IDC_TAB1,WC_TABCONTROL,0,5,20,350,155

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