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visual-studio-2010visual-c++mfcuser-controls
Thusitha Thilina Dayaratne
Thusitha Thilina Dayaratne

Reputation: 5712

Is there a JPanel equivalent for MFC

Im my application I want to implement the feature of when a user click on a button show a Panel which will consist of some user controls. I know In Java I can easily use Jpanel and use setVisible() method to get this done easily. But this is an MFC application. I couldn't find any built or customized component that I can use for my purpose.

I also tried GroupBox. But it is not grouping the components logically. What would be the best approach for this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 191

Answers (2)

Ajay
Ajay

Reputation: 18431

MFC is nothing but a thin wrapper over Win32 API for windows and controls. The core Win32 API doesn't provide any feature to group controls in a group-box or panel. One way is to have a window and make that window parent of all required controls. Unfortunately, this isn't easy to do.

I suggest you, since you are learning, to drop the idea. Instead, learn what you can achieve with existing set of features provided by MFC/Win32. With MFC/Win32, you would, mostly need to derive/subclass a class/window to get something fancy (such as colored list-control).

Upvotes: 1

ScottMcP-MVP
ScottMcP-MVP

Reputation: 10425

As user1793036 says, start by creating a dialog resource and CDialog derived class for the panel. In the dialog resource properties turn off the Title Bar style. In the code call Create for the dialog and then SetWindowPos to place it where you want it to appear.

Upvotes: 2

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