resizing activex control

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Hi,
I've an activex control with 4 splitters inside it.
Each splitter is having different controls (tree controls, list controls of type grid, buttons, exit boxes and test boxes).
I'm having a problem when i resize the window(i.e. when i click the restore button on the toolbar, the controls are not getting resized automatically, but after clicking restore button if i just drag(resize) the window using the mouse slightly, all the controls are resized properly)

Kindly help me out in fixing this problem.

Thanks,
Phani.

Posted 24-Aug-10 21:00pm

Phaneendar

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Niklas L · Answer 1 · 2010-08-24T23:23:00

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A SetWindowPos call in your WM_SIZE message handler is all you should be needing.

Posted 24-Aug-10 23:23pm

Niklas L

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Phaneendar 25-Aug-10 7:05am

i tried SetWindowPos() in the OnSize() handler but it did not work.

Niklas L 25-Aug-10 7:20am

But you DO end up there when restoring your window?

Phaneendar 26-Aug-10 1:16am

Yes, every size change will end up in OnSize() but unfortunately, my controls are not getting resized on clicking restore button. I tried a work around for this, but it is working only for keyboard short cuts.
In the pretranslate message when we press alt+space+r for restore i'm posting a WM_SIZE message then it is working fine. same is the case with alt+space+x. but I'm struck in doing the same for mouse click on the restore button.

Niklas L 26-Aug-10 2:42am

If I understood you:
1. You DO get a call to OnSize when restoring the window.
2. If you send a WM_SIZE message to the ActiveX control it will resize properly.
Are you sending the same width and height as it already has? In your OnSize, try setting a totally different size to the control, and see if that affects the update.