How to create a resizeable dialog box with scroll bars in Visual C++ (262954)

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To create a resizeable dialog box with a vertical scroll bar, perform the following steps:

1. Use App Wizard to create a Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) dialog-based application.
2. In Resource Editor, add some controls to the dialog resource template, select Vertical Scroll in the properties of the dialog box, and choose Resizing as the Border style.
3. Add the following protected member variables to your dialog class:

   int m_nCurHeight;
   int m_nScrollPos;
   CRect m_rect;
   						

   Use m_nScrollPos to store the current vertical scroll position. Use m_nCurHeight to store the current height of the dialog box, and to handle the scrolling in the OnVScroll method.
4. To get the original window size, add the following line to the OnInitDialog method:

   GetWindowRect(m_rect);
   m_nScrollPos = 0;
   					

5. Add a message handler to the OnSize method for the WM_SIZE message to set the scroll bar range. Set the range to 0 if the size is increased to more than the original size.

   void CTestDlg::OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy) 
   {
   	CDialog::OnSize(nType, cx, cy);
   
   	// TODO: Add your message handler code here.
   	m_nCurHeight = cy;
   	int nScrollMax;
   	if (cy < m_rect.Height())
   	{
   	     nScrollMax = m_rect.Height() - cy;
   	}
   	else
   	     nScrollMax = 0;
   
   	SCROLLINFO si;
   	si.cbSize = sizeof(SCROLLINFO);
   	si.fMask = SIF_ALL; // SIF_ALL = SIF_PAGE | SIF_RANGE | SIF_POS;
   	si.nMin = 0;
   	si.nMax = nScrollMax;
   	si.nPage = si.nMax/10;
   	si.nPos = 0;
           SetScrollInfo(SB_VERT, &si, TRUE); 
   }
   					

6. Add a message handler for the WM_VSCROLL message to the OnVScroll method:

   void CTestDlg::OnVScroll(UINT nSBCode, UINT nPos, CScrollBar* pScrollBar) 
   {
   	// TODO: Add your message handler code here and/or call default.
   	int nDelta;
   	int nMaxPos = m_rect.Height() - m_nCurHeight;
   
   	switch (nSBCode)
   	{
   	case SB_LINEDOWN:
   		if (m_nScrollPos >= nMaxPos)
   			return;
   		nDelta = min(nMaxPos/100,nMaxPos-m_nScrollPos);
   		break;
   
   	case SB_LINEUP:
   		if (m_nScrollPos <= 0)
   			return;
   		nDelta = -min(nMaxPos/100,m_nScrollPos);
   		break;
   
            case SB_PAGEDOWN:
   		if (m_nScrollPos >= nMaxPos)
   			return;
   		nDelta = min(nMaxPos/10,nMaxPos-m_nScrollPos);
   		break;
   
   	case SB_THUMBPOSITION:
   		nDelta = (int)nPos - m_nScrollPos;
   		break;
   
   	case SB_PAGEUP:
   		if (m_nScrollPos <= 0)
   			return;
   		nDelta = -min(nMaxPos/10,m_nScrollPos);
   		break;
   	
            default:
   		return;
   	}
   	m_nScrollPos += nDelta;
   	SetScrollPos(SB_VERT,m_nScrollPos,TRUE);
   	ScrollWindow(0,-nDelta);
   	CDialog::OnVScroll(nSBCode, nPos, pScrollBar);
   }
   					

7. Build and run the application. Resize the dialog box to show the vertical scroll bar.

For horizontal scrolling, add the WM_HSCROLL message handler in a similar way, and add the necessary code to the OnSize and OnInitDialog methods.