Title Bar Replacement Class With Cool Features

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Introduction

This article describes an easy to use, drop-in MFC class which replaces the standard title bar.

Background

While creating an application with the Media Center 2005 look and feel, I noticed the title bar. I decided to recreate it and add it to one of my own ideas. I called it the "Ghost Drag". feature.

Environment

This project was built and tested on Windows 2000 and Windows XP using Visual Studio 6 SP5 and the Microsoft Platform SDK (Feb 2003).

Using the code

The TBar class can be easily added to your window/dialog with a few easy steps.

1. Add "TBar.h" and "TBAR.cpp" to your project.
2. Include  "TBar.h" in your main window/dialog class.
3. Create a member variable of type CTBar.
4. (Optional) Add caption button images to your project.
5. In the window initialization, create and setup the new title bar:

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
    // ...
    // Remove default menu
    SetMenu(NULL);

    // Create new title bar
    m_TBar.Create(this, ID_TBAR);    

    // Caption images are optional
    m_TBar.SetCloseBtnUpBmp(IDB_CAP_CLOSE_UP);
    m_TBar.SetCloseBtnDownBmp(IDB_CAP_CLOSE_DN); 
    m_TBar.SetMaxBtnUpBmp(IDB_CAP_MAX_UP);
    m_TBar.SetMaxBtnDownBmp(IDB_CAP_MAX_DN);
    m_TBar.SetResBtnUpBmp(IDB_CAP_RES_UP); 
    m_TBar.SetResBtnDownBmp(IDB_CAP_RES_DN);
    m_TBar.SetMinBtnUpBmp(IDB_CAP_MIN_UP);
    m_TBar.SetMinBtnDownBmp(IDB_CAP_MIN_DN);

// ...

History

• Oct 4^th 2006 - Origional article.
• Oct 6^th 2006 - Bugs fixed / features added.
  • Double clicking (maximize/restore) added.
  • Disabled dragging while in maximized state.
  • Added VS2003 solution file (TBarDemo.sln).
• Oct 11^th 2006 - Bugs fixed / features added.
  • Fixed bug regarding pressing one of the buttons and releasing the mouse outside of the window and the flickering problem.
  • Added (by request) the ability to remove the close button.

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