Multislider ActiveX Control

• Download source files - 32 Kb
• Download demo project - 21 Kb

Introduction

This control presents three sliding range selectors of decreasing resolution. This can be used for tuning values within a text boxes (or a cells of the grid in the CGridCtrl class) for three ranges:

• rough(+-100%)
• medium(+-10%)
• fine (+-1%)

How to use the Multislider ActiveX Control

• Download the source files and compile a project for ActiveX registration.
• In your project select the menu "Project->Add To Project->Components and Controls"
• In "Components and Controls Gallery" box select "Registered ActiveX Controls".
• From the list of controls select "TunerActiveX Control"
• Use the MS Visual C++ dialog editor to place a TunerActiveX control on a dialog.
  Cancel the "Visible" option in the "Properties" window
• Use ClassWizard to add CTunerActiveX member variable
• Use ClassWizard to add handler function for any event (WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK in the demo project)
• Initialize the new control in this handler

  void SetParentWndName(CString sName );
  void SetFirstValue(double value);
  void SetShowTuner(BOOL bShow);

• Use Class Wizard to add handler functions for WM_COPYDATA to your dialog's source file
  
• Update the selected value in this handler:

  double nValue;
  nValue = *((double*)(pCopyDataStruct->lpData));
  m_Value = nValue;