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ComboBoxView_t::WindowStyleCustomization (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

This method sets the border style for a combo box.

Syntax

static void WindowStyleCustomization(
  HWND hwnd,
  DWORD Style,
  DWORD ExStyle,
  DWORD* pStyle,
  DWORD* pExStyle
);

Parameters

  • hwnd
    [in] Handle to a combo box window.

  • Style
    [in] DWORD that specifies the style of the combo box. The following table shows the possible values.

    Value Description

    CBS_AUTOHSCROLL

    Automatically scrolls the text in an edit control to the right when the user types a character at the end of the line. If this style is not set, only text that fits within the rectangular boundary is enabled.

    CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL

    Shows a disabled vertical scroll bar in the list box when the box does not contain enough items to scroll. Without this style, the scroll bar is hidden when the list box does not contain enough items.

    CBS_DROPDOWN

    Displays only the edit control by default. The user can display the list box by selecting an icon next to the edit control.

    CBS_DROPDOWNLIST

    Displays a static text field that displays the current selection in the list box.

    CBS_LOWERCASE

    Converts to lowercase any uppercase characters that are typed into the edit control of a combo box.

    CBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT

    Specifies that the combo box is exactly the size specified by the application when the application created the combo box. Usually, Windows Embedded CE sizes a combo box so that the combo box does not display partial items.

    CBS_OEMCONVERT

    Converts text typed in the edit control of a combo box from the Windows Embedded CE character set to the OEM character set and then back to the Windows Embedded CE set. This style is most useful for combo boxes that contain file names. The style applies only to combo boxes created with the CBS_DROPDOWN style.

    CBS_SORT

    Sorts strings that are typed into the list box.

    CBS_UPPERCASE

    Converts to uppercase any lowercase characters that are typed into the edit control of a combo box.

    WS_BORDER

    Creates a window that has a thin-line border.

    WS_CAPTION

    Creates a window that has a title bar (includes the WS_BORDER style). Cannot be used with the WS_DLGFRAME style.

    WS_CHILD

    Creates a child window. This style cannot be used with the WS_POPUP style.

    WS_CLIPCHILDREN

    Excludes the area occupied by child windows when drawing occurs within the parent window. Use this style when creating the parent window.

    WS_CLIPSIBLINGS

    Clips child windows relative to each other; that is, when a particular child window receives a WM_PAINT message, the WS_CLIPSIBLINGS style clips all other overlapping child windows out of the region of the child window to be updated. If WS_CLIPSIBLINGS is not specified and child windows overlap, an application can, when drawing within the client area of a child window, draw within the client area of a neighboring child window. Use this style in combination with the WS_CHILD style only.

    WS_DISABLED

    Creates a window that is initially disabled. A disabled window cannot receive input from the user.

    WS_DLGFRAME

    Creates a window that has a border of a style typically used with dialog boxes. A window with this style cannot have a title bar.

    WS_GROUP

    Specifies the first control of a group of controls. The group consists of this first control and all controls defined after it, up to the next control with the WS_GROUP style. The first control in each group usually has the WS_TABSTOP style so that the user can move from group to group. The user can subsequently change the keyboard focus from one control in the group to the next control in the group by using the direction keys.

    WS_HSCROLL

    Creates a window that has a horizontal scroll bar.

    WS_OVERLAPPED

    Creates an overlapped window. An overlapped window has a title bar and a border.

    WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW

    Creates an overlapped window with the WS_OVERLAPPED, WS_CAPTION, WS_SYSMENU, WS_THICKFRAME, WS_MINIMIZEBOX, and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX styles.

    Ee503751.note(en-US,WinEmbedded.60).gifNote:
    Although WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW is not supported by Windows Embedded CE, the functionality can still be achieved by obtaining a bitwise OR of the style flags WS_OVERLAPPED, WS_CAPTION, WS_SYSMENU, WS_THICKFRAME, WS_MINIMIZEBOX, and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX.

    WS_POPUP

    Creates a pop-up window. This style cannot be used with the WS_CHILD style.

    WS_SIZEBOX

    Creates a window that has a sizing border. Same as the WS_THICKFRAME style.

    WS_SYSMENU

    Creates a window that has a Close (X) button in the nonclient area.

    WS_TABSTOP

    Specifies a control that can receive the keyboard focus when the user presses the TAB key. Pressing the TAB key changes the keyboard focus to the next control with the WS_TABSTOP style.

    WS_THICKFRAME

    Creates a window that has a sizing border.

    WS_TILED

    Creates an overlapped window. An overlapped window has a title bar and a border. Same as the WS_OVERLAPPED style.

    WS_TILEDWINDOW

    Creates an overlapped window with the WS_OVERLAPPED, WS_CAPTION, WS_SYSMENU, WS_THICKFRAME, WS_MINIMIZEBOX, and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX styles. Same as the WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW style.

    WS_VISIBLE

    Creates a window that is initially visible.

    WS_VSCROLL

    Creates a window that has a vertical scroll bar.

  • ExStyle
    [in] DWORD that specifies the extended style of the combo box. The following table shows the possible values.

    Value Description

    WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES

    Specifies that a window created with this style accepts drag-drop files.

    WS_EX_APPWINDOW

    Forces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible.

    WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE

    Specifies that a window has a border with a sunken edge.

    WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME

    Creates a window that has a double border; the window can, optionally, be created with a title bar by specifying the WS_CAPTION style in the dwStyle parameter.

    WS_EX_LEFT

    Creates a window that has generic left-aligned properties. Left alignment is the default.

    WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR

    If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading order alignment, the vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the left of the client area. For other languages, the style is ignored.

    WS_EX_LTRREADING

    The window text is displayed using left-to-right reading-order properties. A left-to-right reading order is the default.

    WS_EX_MDICHILD

    Creates an MDI child window.

    WS_EX_NOACTIVATE

    A top-level window created with this style cannot be activated. If a child window has this style, tapping it does not cause its top-level parent to be activated. A window that has this style receives stylus events, but neither it nor its child windows can get the focus.

    WS_EX_NOANIMATION

    A window created with this style does not show animated exploding and imploding rectangles, and does not have a button on the taskbar.

    WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY

    Specifies that a child window created with this style does not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when the child window is created or destroyed.

    WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW

    Combines the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE and WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE styles.

    WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW

    Combines the WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE, WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, and WS_EX_TOPMOST styles.

    WS_EX_RIGHT

    The window has generic right-aligned properties that depend on the window class. This style has an effect only if the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment; otherwise, the style is ignored.

    WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR

    Vertical scroll bar is to the right of the client area, if present. This location is the default.

    WS_EX_RTLREADING

    If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment, the window text is displayed using right-to-left reading-order properties. For other languages, the style is ignored.

    WS_EX_STATICEDGE

    Creates a window with a three-dimensional border style intended to be used for items that do not accept user input.

    WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW

    Creates a tool window; that is, a window intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the taskbar or in the dialog that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB. If a tool window has a system menu, its icon is not displayed on the title bar. However, you can display the system menu by right-clicking or by typing ALT+SPACE.

    WS_EX_TOPMOST

    Specifies that a window created with this style should be placed above all non-topmost windows and should stay above those windows, even when the window is deactivated. To add or remove this style, use the SetWindowPos function.

    WS_EX_TRANSPARENT

    Specifies that a window created with this style should not be painted until siblings beneath the window that were created by the same thread have been painted. The window appears transparent because the bits of underlying sibling windows have already been painted.

    To achieve transparency without these restrictions, use the SetWindowRgn function.

    WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE

    Specifies that a window has a border with a raised edge.
  • pStyle
    [out] Pointer to a DWORD that receives the style of the combo box. This style can differ from the style specified in the Style parameter if the ComboBoxView_t::WindowStyleCustomization method modified the style.
  • pExStyle
    [out] Pointer to a DWORD that receives the extended style of the combo box. This extended style can differ from the extended style specified in the Style parameter if the ComboBoxView_t::WindowStyleCustomization method modified the extended style.

Requirements

Header comboboxview.hpp
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later

See Also

Reference

ComboBoxView_t
SetWindowPos
SetWindowRgn
WM_PAINT