How To Change the Controls in a Common Dialog Box (82299)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q82299 SUMMARY
One reason to incorporate the common dialogs library routines into an
application is the ability to use the basic functionality of one or more of
the common dialogs and tailor it to the needs of a particular application.
All of the predefined controls must be present for the Common Dialogs
DLL (COMMDLG.DLL) to properly interact with a dialog box. Each predefined
control in the dialog box must retain its control ID value. For these
reasons, an application cannot delete unnecessary controls from a dialog box.
To prevent the user from interacting with a given control, move the control
off screen by specifying very large coordinate values [for example, (4000,
4000)]. The application must also disable the control to prevent it from
receiving the focus when the user uses the TAB key to cycle through the
controls. Failing to disable the control can create "mystery" tab stops
where the input focus disappears.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/11/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbCmnDlg kbhowto KB82299 |
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