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Hello Tech Support,

I am wondering if it is possible to arrange controls in a CExtResizableDialog based on whether the dialog is docked at the top/bottom or at the left/right. So if the dialog is docked at the left/right, I’d like to arrange the controls in a vertical manner, whereas if the dialog is docked at the top/bottom, I’d like to arrange the controls in a horizontal manner.

Do you know if this kind of functionality is possible?

Thanks
Brett

In Prof-UIS there’s no built-in feature like that, as long as I know. But you can code it, handling WM_SIZE message and calling MoveWindow for every control with parameters based on values you get from GetClientRect ( resulting rect’s "right" and "bottom" members having width and height of your resizable dialog)

Thank you. I will try out something like as you describe. I wonder if re-anchoring the controls will work inside the WM_SIZE handler?

The CExtWA template class moves anchored windows when it receives the WM_SIZE standard Windows message. You need to handle only this message if you want to implement your own layout manager.