Dynamically created controls and message maps in MFC

Hi,
Add a new class to the project (i.e. CMyButton) derived from CButton. Add a
message handler to the class message map using the class wizard (Ctrl-W)
which can be OnButtonClicked.
Then add an instance of CMyButton to your CDialog derived class.
for example:
CMyDialog: public CDialog
{
...
protected:
CMyButton m_button1;
...
}
offcourse, you need to add the header file of CMyButton "mybutton.h" above
the declaration of CMyDialog
In the cpp file and in OnInitDialog call Create function for m_button1
creating it at run-time. Remember to add the following at OnSize message
handler for the dialog:
m_button1.MoveWindow(x1, y1, w, h)
where x1, y1, w and h are the left, top, width and height of your created
control.

Good luck.
Emad

Travis Hall <hallt@qst.newsltd.com.au> wrote in message
news:38e45723$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>
> Using MFC, it is easy enough to create a dialog from a template created at
> design time, and to route windows messages through the message map of a
class
> based on CDialog which embodies the functionality of the dialog, for
controls
> placed on the template at design time. For example, I can make a new
dialog
> template using the resource editor in VC++, draw a button on the template,
> make an entry in the message map and have OnButtonClicked() called when I
> click on the button at run time.
>
> Now, my question is, how does one do this for controls that were not
created
> at design time? If I make a new button using the CButton MFC class and
place
> it on the dialog at run-time using CButton's Create method, how can I then
> get this control to route its messages through my dialog's message map,
thus
> calling OnButtonClicked() as appropriate?
>
> Thanks for reading this far, and any answers that might be forthcoming.
>
> Travis Hall