It is as stupid as it sounds: you can add RBBS_NOGRIPPER flag to a rebar band to implement “lock controls” feature, but as soon as you start removing it – you miserably fail.<\/p>\n
A related thread on WTL group<\/a> is dated year 2006. You can find the same dated 2003. Now it’s 2011 and it’s still here.<\/p>\n OK, it might be some bug in controlling code etc, but here is Control Spy 2.0<\/a>. Here you go:<\/p>\n WTL does a cool trick to fool the bastard:<\/p>\n Pretty cool and works… if you have one rebar only. If you have another one in the same window (e.g. mine is at bottom) – you fail again.<\/p>\n A nasty workaround is to nudge hosting window by resizing it, followed by a full cycle of internal layout updates:<\/p>\n It is as stupid as it sounds: you can add RBBS_NOGRIPPER flag to a rebar band to implement “lock controls” feature, but as soon as you start removing it – you miserably fail. A related thread on WTL group is dated year 2006. You can find the same dated 2003. Now it’s 2011 and it’s… <\/p>\n\n
void<\/span> LockBands(<\/span>bool<\/span> bLock)<\/span>\r\n{<\/span>\r\n int<\/span> nBandCount =<\/span> GetBandCount(<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n for<\/span>(<\/span>int<\/span> i =<\/span>0<\/span>;<\/span> i <<\/span> nBandCount;<\/span> i+<\/span>+<\/span>)<\/span>\r\n {<\/span>\r\n REBARBANDINFO rbbi =<\/span> {<\/span> RunTimeHelper::<\/span>SizeOf_REBARBANDINFO(<\/span>)<\/span> }<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n rbbi.<\/span>fMask =<\/span> RBBIM_STYLE;<\/span>\r\n BOOL<\/span> bRet =<\/span> GetBandInfo(<\/span>i,<\/span> &<\/span>rbbi)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n ATLASSERT(<\/span>bRet)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n\r\n if<\/span>(<\/span>(<\/span>rbbi.<\/span>fStyle &<\/span> RBBS_GRIPPERALWAYS)<\/span> =<\/span>=<\/span> 0<\/span>)<\/span>\r\n {<\/span>\r\n rbbi.<\/span>fStyle |<\/span>=<\/span> RBBS_GRIPPERALWAYS;<\/span>\r\n bRet =<\/span> SetBandInfo(<\/span>i,<\/span> &<\/span>rbbi)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n ATLASSERT(<\/span>bRet)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n rbbi.<\/span>fStyle &<\/span>=<\/span> ~<\/span>RBBS_GRIPPERALWAYS;<\/span>\r\n }<\/span>\r\n if<\/span>(<\/span>bLock)<\/span>\r\n rbbi.<\/span>fStyle |<\/span>=<\/span> RBBS_NOGRIPPER;<\/span>\r\n else<\/span>\r\n rbbi.<\/span>fStyle &<\/span>=<\/span> ~<\/span>RBBS_NOGRIPPER;<\/span>\r\n\r\n bRet =<\/span> SetBandInfo(<\/span>i,<\/span> &<\/span>rbbi)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n ATLASSERT(<\/span>bRet)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n }<\/span>\r\n}<\/span><\/pre>\nCRect<\/span> Position;<\/span>\r\nATLVERIFY(<\/span>GetWindowRect<\/span>(<\/span>Position)<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\nPosition.<\/span>bottom+<\/span>+<\/span>;<\/span>\r\nATLVERIFY(<\/span>MoveWindow<\/span>(<\/span>Position)<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\nPosition.<\/span>bottom-<\/span>-<\/span>;<\/span>\r\nATLVERIFY(<\/span>MoveWindow<\/span>(<\/span>Position)<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"