Hey fellow Slickers,
Has anyone created a custom dialog box without the form editor? I have a need to create a
dialog box where it contains a list of tree lists. Each item in the tree list contains a check box and label.
Any ideas how to get started on this?
Thanks!
Why do you need to do it without the form designer?
What does a list of tree lists look like?
You'll probably have to hunt through the slick C sources looking for examples and experiment.
If you go to tools -> options -> import/export -> "setup export groups", you'll see a treeview where each item in the tree contains a checkbox and a label. Also in the GNU C options dialog you'll see GNU C warning options presented with a tree of checkboxes.
The code relating to "setup export groups" is in optionsxml.e and OptionsTree.e - but it's hard to follow.
The code relating to the GNU C options dialog you can find by searching the slickedit installation macros folder for ctlWarningsTree. In gnucopts.e you'll see oncreateWarningsTree where it calls _TreeSetListFromArray - which calls _TreeAddItem. Just below the _TreeSetListFromArray function you'll see the _TreeSetCheckboxValue function - which has _pic_treecb_checked, _pic_treecb_unchecked etc. Search slick sources for these and you'll probably find other examples.
A tree_view has a property called p_CheckListBox (it's not mentioned in the help on tree view properties) which I suspect is what you need to enable to get the checkboxes shown in the treeview.
So try creating a treeview and populating it using _TreeAddItem etc and see what it looks like.
