MDIDocking

MDI Docking user interface with dock panel buttons

Dynamically create dock buttons

1. Add CButton member variable : For example

    protected:
    	CButton m_ClearButton;
    	CButton m_RunButton;
    	CButton m_ButtonShowAll;
   

2. Create Buttons without rectangle into OnCreate function: For example:

    CRect rectDummy;
    rectDummy.SetRectEmpty(); // set empty rectangle
   
    m_ButtonShowAll.Create(_T("Show All"), WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_PUSHBUTTON,
    	rectDummy, this, ID_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON);
   
    m_ClearButton.Create(_T("Clear"), WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_PUSHBUTTON,
    	rectDummy, this, ID_CLEAR_BUTTON);
   
   
    m_RunButton.Create(_T("Filter"), WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_PUSHBUTTON,
    	rectDummy, this, ID_RUN_BUTTON);
   

and add your icon :

m_ButtonShowAll.SetIcon((HICON)LoadImage(AfxGetApp()->m_hInstance,
	MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_PROPERTIES_SHOW_ALL),
	IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR));
m_ClearButton.SetIcon((HICON)LoadImage(AfxGetApp()->m_hInstance,
	MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_PROPERTIES_CLEAR),
	IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR));
m_RunButton.SetIcon((HICON)LoadImage(AfxGetApp()->m_hInstance,
	MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_PROPERTIES_RUN),
	IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR));

3. Adjust Layout ( onCreate and OnSize events ): for example:

   m_ButtonShowAll.SetWindowPos(nullptr, rectClient.left,
   	rectClient.top + m_nComboHeight + cyTlb +
   	rectClient.Height() - (m_nComboHeight + cyTlb) - m_nComboHeight,
   	rectClient.Width() / 3, m_nComboHeight
   	, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER);
   
   
   m_ClearButton.SetWindowPos(nullptr, rectClient.left + rectClient.Width() / 3,
   	rectClient.top + m_nComboHeight + cyTlb + 
   	rectClient.Height() - (m_nComboHeight + cyTlb) - m_nComboHeight,
   	rectClient.Width()/3, m_nComboHeight
   	, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER);
   
   
   m_RunButton.SetWindowPos(nullptr, rectClient.left + (rectClient.Width()/3)*2,
   	rectClient.top + m_nComboHeight + cyTlb + 
   	rectClient.Height() - (m_nComboHeight + cyTlb) - m_nComboHeight,
   	rectClient.Width() / 3, m_nComboHeight
   	, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER);
   

4. After adjust the button you have to make it visible cButton->ShowWindow(true);

for example:

m_ButtonShowAll.ShowWindow(TRUE);
m_ClearButton.ShowWindow(TRUE);
m_RunButton.ShowWindow(TRUE);

6. You have to manually set up the message map for these ON_COMMAND and ON_UPDATE events. For example:

    ON_COMMAND(ID_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON, OnShowAllButton)
    ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON, OnUpdateShowAllButton)
   
    ON_COMMAND(ID_CLEAR_BUTTON, OnClearButton)
    ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_CLEAR_BUTTON, OnUpdateClearButton)
   
    ON_COMMAND(ID_RUN_BUTTON, OnRunButton)
    ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_RUN_BUTTON, OnUpdateRunButton)
   

7. Set font as menu items: For example:

    void CPropertiesWnd::SetCheckBoxFont() {
   
    	::DeleteObject(m_fntCheckBox.Detach());
    	LOGFONT lf;
    	afxGlobalData.fontRegular.GetLogFont(&lf);
   
    	NONCLIENTMETRICS info;
    	info.cbSize = sizeof(info);
   
    	afxGlobalData.GetNonClientMetrics(info);
   
    	lf.lfHeight = info.lfMenuFont.lfHeight;
    	lf.lfWeight = info.lfMenuFont.lfWeight;
    	lf.lfItalic = info.lfMenuFont.lfItalic;
   
    	m_fntCheckBox.CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
   
   
    	m_CheckboxOR.SetFont(&m_fntCheckBox);
    }
   

Using c++ 11 lambda expression:

	bool CLicenseView::FindString(const std::string& strHaystack,
				const std::string& strNeedle)
	{
		auto it = std::search(
			strHaystack.begin(), strHaystack.end(),
			strNeedle.begin(), strNeedle.end(),
			[](char ch1, char ch2) -> bool { return std::tolower(ch1) == std::tolower(ch2); }
		);
		return (it != strHaystack.end());
	}



	bool CLicenseView::CaseInSensCompare(const std::string& str1, 
	          const std::string& str2)
	{
		return ((str1.size() == str2.size()) &&
			std::equal(str1.begin(), str1.end(), str2.begin(), 
				[](char c1, char c2) -> bool {
					if (c1 == c2)
						return true;
					else if (std::tolower(c1) == std::tolower(c2))
						return true;
					return false;
				}
			  ));
	}