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Using Custom Controls in a Dialog Bar

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How to implement owner drawn or subclassed controls in a Dialog Bar
// MainFrm.cpp : implementation of the CMainFrame class
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "DerivedDB.h"

#include "MainFrm.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame

IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE(CMainFrame, CFrameWnd)

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMainFrame, CFrameWnd)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CMainFrame)
	ON_WM_CREATE()
	ON_COMMAND_EX(IDD_VIEW_DIALOGBAR, OnBarCheck)
	ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(IDD_VIEW_DIALOGBAR, OnUpdateControlBarMenu)
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

static UINT indicators[] =
{
	ID_SEPARATOR,           // status line indicator
	ID_INDICATOR_CAPS,
	ID_INDICATOR_NUM,
	ID_INDICATOR_SCRL,
};

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame construction/destruction

CMainFrame::CMainFrame()
{
	// TODO: add member initialization code here
	
}

CMainFrame::~CMainFrame()
{
}

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
	if (CFrameWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
		return -1;
	
	if (!m_wndToolBar.CreateEx(this, TBSTYLE_FLAT, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_TOP
		| CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC) ||
		!m_wndToolBar.LoadToolBar(IDR_MAINFRAME))
	{
		TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
		return -1;      // fail to create
	}

	if (!m_wndStatusBar.Create(this) ||
		!m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators(indicators,
		  sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT)))
	{
		TRACE0("Failed to create status bar\n");
		return -1;      // fail to create
	}

	// TODO: Delete these three lines if you don't want the toolbar to
	//  be dockable
	m_wndToolBar.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
	EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
	DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBar);

		if (!m_myDlgBar.Create(this, IDD_DIALOGBAR,
			CBRS_TOP | CBRS_GRIPPER |CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_HIDE_INPLACE,
			IDD_VIEW_DIALOGBAR))
		{
			TRACE0("Failed to create dialog bar m_wndDlgBar\n");
			return -1;		// fail to create
		}

		m_myDlgBar.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_TOP | CBRS_ALIGN_BOTTOM);
		EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
		DockControlBar(&m_myDlgBar);

		m_nToggle=1;

	return 0;
}

BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
	if( !CFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
		return FALSE;
	// TODO: Modify the Window class or styles here by modifying
	//  the CREATESTRUCT cs

	cs.style = WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | FWS_ADDTOTITLE
		| WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX;

	return TRUE;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame diagnostics

#ifdef _DEBUG
void CMainFrame::AssertValid() const
{
	CFrameWnd::AssertValid();
}

void CMainFrame::Dump(CDumpContext& dc) const
{
	CFrameWnd::Dump(dc);
}

#endif //_DEBUG

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame message handlers


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