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EasySize - Dialog Resizing in No Time!

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An easy way to position controls in resizable dialogs or property pages using just a few macros
In this article, you will learn to design your dialog the way you want it to look in the resource editor, and then define how the controls will behave when the dialog is resized using one single macro for each control.
// EasySizeDemoDlg.cpp : implementation file
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "EasySizeDemo.h"
#include "EasySizeDemoDlg.h"

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

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
	CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
	//{{AFX_DATA(CAboutDlg)
	enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };
	//}}AFX_DATA

	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CAboutDlg)
	protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
protected:
	//{{AFX_MSG(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
	//{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CAboutDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CAboutDlg)
		// No message handlers
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEasySizeDemoDlg dialog

CEasySizeDemoDlg::CEasySizeDemoDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CEasySizeDemoDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CEasySizeDemoDlg)
		// NOTE: the ClassWizard will add member initialization here
	//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
	// Note that LoadIcon does not require a subsequent DestroyIcon in Win32
	m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

void CEasySizeDemoDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
	//{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CEasySizeDemoDlg)
		// NOTE: the ClassWizard will add DDX and DDV calls here
	//}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CEasySizeDemoDlg, CDialog)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CEasySizeDemoDlg)
	ON_WM_SYSCOMMAND()
	ON_WM_PAINT()
	ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
	ON_WM_SIZE()
	ON_WM_SIZING()
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

BEGIN_EASYSIZE_MAP(CEasySizeDemoDlg)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_TITLE,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_HCENTER)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_RADIO1,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_KEEPSIZE,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_RADIO2,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_KEEPSIZE,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_STATUSFRAME,ES_BORDER,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_STATUS,ES_BORDER,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDOK,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDCANCEL,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_MYICON2,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,IDC_TITLE,ES_KEEPSIZE,ES_HCENTER)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_CONTENT,IDC_TITLE,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_MIDFRAME,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,IDC_CONTENT,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_MIDRECT,ES_BORDER,ES_BORDER,IDC_CONTENT,ES_BORDER,0)
	EASYSIZE(IDC_MYICON1,IDC_MIDRECT,IDC_MIDRECT,IDC_MIDRECT,IDC_MIDRECT,ES_HCENTER|ES_VCENTER)
END_EASYSIZE_MAP

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEasySizeDemoDlg message handlers

BOOL CEasySizeDemoDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();

	// Add "About..." menu item to system menu.

	// IDM_ABOUTBOX must be in the system command range.
	ASSERT((IDM_ABOUTBOX & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX);
	ASSERT(IDM_ABOUTBOX < 0xF000);

	CMenu* pSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(FALSE);
	if (pSysMenu != NULL)
	{
		CString strAboutMenu;
		strAboutMenu.LoadString(IDS_ABOUTBOX);
		if (!strAboutMenu.IsEmpty())
		{
			pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_SEPARATOR);
			pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_STRING, IDM_ABOUTBOX, strAboutMenu);
		}
	}

	// Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
	//  when the application's main window is not a dialog
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);			// Set big icon
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);		// Set small icon
	
	INIT_EASYSIZE;
	
	return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}

void CEasySizeDemoDlg::OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam)
{
	if ((nID & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX)
	{
		CAboutDlg dlgAbout;
		dlgAbout.DoModal();
	}
	else
	{
		CDialog::OnSysCommand(nID, lParam);
	}
}

// If you add a minimize button to your dialog, you will need the code below
//  to draw the icon.  For MFC applications using the document/view model,
//  this is automatically done for you by the framework.

void CEasySizeDemoDlg::OnPaint() 
{
	if (IsIconic())
	{
		CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting

		SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, (WPARAM) dc.GetSafeHdc(), 0);

		// Center icon in client rectangle
		int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
		int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
		CRect rect;
		GetClientRect(&rect);
		int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
		int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;

		// Draw the icon
		dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
	}
	else
	{
		CDialog::OnPaint();
	}
}

// The system calls this to obtain the cursor to display while the user drags
//  the minimized window.
HCURSOR CEasySizeDemoDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
	return (HCURSOR) m_hIcon;
}

void CEasySizeDemoDlg::OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy) 
{
	CDialog::OnSize(nType, cx, cy);
	UPDATE_EASYSIZE;
}

void CEasySizeDemoDlg::OnSizing(UINT fwSide, LPRECT pRect) 
{
	CDialog::OnSizing(fwSide, pRect);
	EASYSIZE_MINSIZE(280,250,fwSide,pRect);
}

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Written By
Engineer Nokia
Denmark Denmark
My programming experience started a long time ago in
QBasic (on a 25MHz 486).
I'm now mainly using Java, C++, C, MFC, Perl and PHP, but have used quite a number of other languages as well for various projects.

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