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Hi

I’m using the freeware version 2.54 and get the following error when compiling

c:\Work\ID Xtreme\Source\DocView\MainFrm.cpp(1323): error C2039: ’AutoHideModeSet’ : is not a member of ’CExtControlBar’
c:\Program Files\Prof-UIS\Include\ExtControlBar.h(389) : see declaration of ’CExtControlBar’

Everything else about my CExtControlBar works fine...

I want to hide/show the controlbar...but the obviuos function seems to be missing :-(

The auto-hide feature is not available in Prof-UIS Freeware.

To show/hide a control bar, you can use the CFrameWnd::ShowControlBar() method. To hide any resizable control bar (pBar), which can be docked and floating, you can use this code:

#if (!defined __EXT_MFC_NO_TAB_CONTROLBARS)
    if( pBar->AutoHideModeGet() )
        pBar->AutoHideModeSet( false, false, true, true );
#endif // (!defined __EXT_MFC_NO_TAB_CONTROLBARS)

ASSERT_VALID( pBar->m_pDockSite );
pBar->m_pDockSite->ShowControlBar( pBar, FALSE, FALSE );

And to show it, use:

#if (!defined __EXT_MFC_NO_TAB_CONTROLBARS)
    if( pBar->AutoHideModeGet() )
        pBar->AutoHideModeSet( false, false, true, true );
#endif // (!defined __EXT_MFC_NO_TAB_CONTROLBARS)

ASSERT_VALID( pBar->m_pDockSite );
pBar->m_pDockSite->ShowControlBar( pBar, TRUE, FALSE );

Please note that the CFrameWnd::ShowControlBar() method is used. The CControlBar::ShowWindow() method cannot be used here because it does not affect positions of other bars in the same frame window (i.e., the method does not recalculate the frame layout).

To hide/show a controlbar, you have to use CFrameWnd::ShowControlBar() method.

AutoHideModeSet method
--- quote from Help ---
Turns on or turns off the auto-hide mode for the resizable control bar ...
--- end quote ---
When a resizable controlbar is docked to the side of the frame window and it’s in auto-hide mode, it disappears into a tab on the side of the frame window, when the mouse is not over the controlbar for a while.
And probably this feature is not supported in freeware.