How to use CAdUiDockControlBar

By Xiaodong Liang

CAdUiDockControlBar provided you to create dock panel. The basic steps are:

• Create a dialog in the normal way.

class CMyChildDialog : public CDialog
{
// Construction
public:
    CMyChildDialog(CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor
 
// Dialog Data
    //{{AFX_DATA(CMyChildDialog)
    enum { IDD = IDD_CHILDDIALOG };
        // NOTE: the ClassWizard will add data members here
    //}}AFX_DATA
 
//………

}

– Add a member variable to you DockCtrlBar class which is a pointer to the dialog class.

class CMyDockControlBar : public CAcUiDockControlBar 
{
    DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CMyDockControlBar)
 
public:
    CMyChildDialog *m_childDlg;
    CMyDockControlBar () ;
 
    //{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CMyDockControlBar)
    public:
    virtual BOOL Create(CWnd*pParent, LPCTSTR lpszTitle);
    //}}AFX_VIRTUAL
 
protected:
    //{{AFX_MSG(CMyDockControlBar)
    afx_msg int OnCreate (LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
    afx_msg void OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam);
    afx_msg void OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy);
    //}}AFX_MSG
    DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
 
    virtual void SizeChanged (CRect *lpRect, BOOL bFloating, int flags);
} ;

– In the DockCtrlBar::OnCreate() instantiate the dialog as a child of the DockCtrlBar.

BOOL CMyDockControlBar::Create(CWnd*pParent, LPCTSTR lpszTitle) {
    CString strWndClass ;
    strWndClass =AfxRegisterWndClass (CS_DBLCLKS, LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW)) ;
    CRect rect (0, 0, 250, 200) ;
    if ( !CAcUiDockControlBar::Create (
            strWndClass,
            lpszTitle,
            WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN,
            rect,
            pParent, 0
        )
    )
        return (FALSE) ;
 
    SetToolID (&clsCMyDockControlBar) ;
 
    //----- TODO: Add your code here
 
    return (TRUE) ;
}
 
int CMyDockControlBar::OnCreate (LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) {
    if ( CAcUiDockControlBar::OnCreate (lpCreateStruct) == -1 )
        return (-1) ;
 
    // point to our resource
    CAcModuleResourceOverride resourceOverride;    
    // now create a new dialog with our stuff in it
    m_childDlg = new CMyChildDialog;
    // create it and set the parent as the dockctrl bar
    m_childDlg->Create (IDD_CHILDDIALOG, this);
    // move the window over so we can see the control lines
    m_childDlg->MoveWindow (0, 0, 100, 100, TRUE);
 
    return (0) ;
}

– Disable the dialog's Ok and Cancel modes by overriding the CMyChildDialog::OnCommand().

BOOL CMyChildDialog::OnCommand(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) 
{
    switch (wParam)
    {
        // Enter
        case 1:
            // Esc
        case 2: return (false);
    }
 
    return CDialog::OnCommand(wParam, lParam);
}

– Check the Dialog properties and make sure Style=Child, Border=None and TitleBar=False.

here is the demo project 
Download _ArxDockControlBar_VS2008