OpenEuphoria

RE: Win32Lib not showing WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE

• Posted by Raudaun Long <LilFreak02_ at hotmail.com> Mar 24, 2003
• 432 views

Derek Parnell wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raudaun Long" <LilFreak02_ at hotmail.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Subject: RE: Win32Lib not showing WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE
> 
> 
> > Derek Parnell wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Raudaun Long" <LilFreak02_ at hotmail.com>
> > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:05 PM
> > > Subject: Win32Lib not showing WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE
> > >
> > >
> > > > any idea why the following code would produce the window shown on
> > > > http://loth.hypermart.net/window_ss.jpg? The WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE syle is
> > > > not added to the window.
> > > >
> 
> [snip]
> >
> > I understand what you are saying as I've been programming for windows
> > for a while, but as i said in my first reply, this window was generated
> > by an app i'm working on the pulls the styles off of existing windows on
> > the screen and outputs the window and controls into a win32lib Eu
> > program. I did not set these styles myself. My question isn't how they
> > work or how to get a specific frame but rather why the code doesn't
> > produce the same window as the original even though the styles set in
> > the source code are exactly the same. They all showed up in Spy++ except
> > WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE
> 
> I'm sorry. I'm still fairly new to Win32 programming. I just didn't 
> notice
> in your post that your question was "I have two programs that both 
> create a
> window based on exactly the same style flags. However, the win32lib
> program's window has just a line for the border and the other program 
> has
> the normal 3D look border. Why is this so?"
> 
> My guess is that your EXW.EXE still has the Win 3.1 setting. In other 
> words
> bytes at address offset #08 for 4 bytes should equal #40 #00 #00 #00.
> 
> Also I'm not sure what the statement "They all showed up in Spy++ except
> WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE" means. Does this mean that Spy++ did not show the flag 
> for
> both programs, or that it shows it one program but not the other? I'm
> guessing here that CreateWindowEx() did not exist until Windows 95.
> 
> 
> ----------------
> cheers,
> Derek Parnell
> 
> 

Yes, it shows the flag shows in the original program but not the 
Euphoria program but the flag is set in the source code.
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include Win32Lib.ew

global constant TheForm = createEx(Window,"This is TheForm", 0,
	Default,Default,
	318,238,
{WS_OVERLAPPED,WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,WS_CLIPCHILDREN,WS_CAPTION,WS_SYSMENU,DS_MODALFRAME,WS_VISIBLE},

{WS_EX_LEFT,WS_EX_LTRREADING,WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR,WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE,WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME})


WinMain(TheForm,Normal)
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