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Re: win32lib -- create()

• Posted by duke normandin <dnormandin at bsdrocksperlrolls.com> Feb 11, 2007
• 481 views

CChris wrote:
> 
> Pete Lomax wrote:
> > 
> > Derek Parnell wrote:
> > > 
> > > duke normandin wrote:
> > > > create ( pControl, title, parent, x, y, cx, cy, flags )
> > > > 
> > > > can't find _any_ docs for 'flags' above.
> > > > Any clues where there is further docs?
> > > 
> > > There are so many flags defined by Microsoft that I couldn't ...
> > > Here are some good places to begin ...
> > 
> > One other place I have in my bookmarks is:
> > 
> > <a
> > href="http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/GUIStyles.htm">http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/GUIStyles.htm</a>
> > 
> > If nothing else it should give you an idea of just how many there are,
> > and hence how many ways they could be combined...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Pete
> 
> <plug>
> In the collection of pags at <a
> href="http://euwiki.ayo.biz/Category:Win32lib">http://euwiki.ayo.biz/Category:Win32lib</a>
> , you'll find, by control, a list of applicable flags. Those which apply to
> 
> all controls are in the "Styes that apply to windows" section somewhere.
> 
> I don't know if this is an exhaustive reference, it may lack accuracy 
> sometimes, but will give you an idea of what does what. As suggested
> already, you should go to MSDN to get a supposedly reliable description.
> I can tell you that the description leaves me puzzled about how to use it
> sometimes, not often though.
> Also take note that, on MSDN, style and extended style flags are always on 
> different pages. 
> 
> CChris

Thanks again for the extra lead! I have NO excuse now not create my first
"widget" in Euphoria. However, it just dawned on me (duhhh) that if I want to
make this earth-shattering "widget" platform-independent, I had better use
something other than win32lib. L8r....
--
duke
SW of Calgary - near the Rockies
http://www.rootshell.be/~perlster/euphoria/