Is it possible to use check_box outdside a dialogbox? Win32 C++

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is it possible to use check_box control outdside a dialogbox

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I am trying to create for exercise an asci editor application with api32
so i created a rich text editor Control to show the loaded file (whole screen)+ a menu for the commands
For the <find> functionality i do NOT want use dialog box ,i am trying to use ShowWindow() api to hide/show the the controls for data input necessary for the text search
-)1 edit control for input the text to search
-)2 check boxes for the options 'match case' and 'whole word only' (is it possible to create these check box controls as children of the main HWND ?)

Posted 12-Oct-22 0:37am

Giovanni 2022

Updated 19-Oct-22 1:16am

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Richard MacCutchan 12-Oct-22 8:36am

The Find or Find-Replace dialog boxes already provide this feature.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2022-10-12T00:47:00

It is not clear where you are trying to display this window or what it contains. But a dialog would be much easier to code. Take a look at TaskDialogIndirect function (commctrl.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn[^] which probably fulfils all your requirements. There is also Find and Replace Dialog Boxes - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn[^].

merano99 · Answer 2 · 2022-10-14T22:09:00

Edit controls and checkboxes are ultimately also just a special form of window. So you can also create them with CreateWindow. Here is an example from Charles Petzold:

C

switch (message)
{
case WM_CREATE:
	cxChar = LOWORD(GetDialogBaseUnits());
	cyChar = HIWORD(GetDialogBaseUnits());
	hwndButton = CreateWindow(TEXT("button"),
		TEXT("CHECKBOX"), WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_CHECKBOX,
		cxChar, cyChar, 20*cxChar, 2*cyChar,
		hwnd, (HMENU)IDC_CHKBOX1,
		((LPCREATESTRUCT)lParam)->hInstance, NULL);
	return 0;
}

Alexandrnn · Answer 3 · 2022-10-19T01:16:00

MessageBox (winuser.h)

C++

int DisplayResourceNAMessageBox()
{
    int msgboxID = MessageBox(
        NULL,
        (LPCWSTR)L"Resource not available\nDo you want to try again?",
        (LPCWSTR)L"Account Details",
        MB_ICONWARNING | MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE | MB_DEFBUTTON2
    );

    switch (msgboxID)
    {
    case IDCANCEL:
        // TODO: add code
        break;
    case IDTRYAGAIN:
        // TODO: add code
        break;
    case IDCONTINUE:
        // TODO: add code
        break;
    }

    return msgboxID;
}

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