Fooling Around

As well known, WTL provides CHyperLinkImpl custom control implementation to use clickable hyperlink controls. Also control uses a few styles (underlining, tags, command vs. notify notifications), the main implementation is limited:

• control frequently requires static text, tooltip text and location for ShellExecute; you cannot embed all three strings into dialog template control’s window text so you need an additional resource strings separated from the control definition
• you cannot have two or more links per control
• you can mix clickable text with unclickable, however this style is underimplemented: text wrap is not supported

So, CHyperLinkImpl is great when you have nothing, but you are likely to still want more. Here goes more.

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MessageBox function is easy to use but it sometimes lacks features. They can be added through a hook, however. This sample demonstrates three features for message boxes:

1. AtlMessageBoxEx shows message box centered by parent window
2. AtlTimedMessageBoxEx shows message box with countdown timer to close
3. AtlOptionalMessageBoxEx shows message box with checkbox to suppress the box in future (the setting is stored into registry)

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