XLIST Sample: Displays Text or Bitmaps

The XLIST sample is a control, subclassed from a Windows list box, that displays text or bitmap items. It demonstrates methods, ambient properties, picture holders, and font holders.

Security Note
This sample code is intended to illustrate a concept, and it shows only the code that is relevant to that concept. It may not meet the security requirements for a specific environment, and it should not be used exactly as shown. We recommend that you add security and error-handling code to make your projects more secure and robust. Microsoft provides this sample code "AS IS" with no warranties.

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Building and Running the Sample

To build and run the XLIST sample

1. Open the solution Xlist.sln.

2. On the Build menu, click Build.

See Controls Samples for details on adding a control to the Toolbox, manually registering a control, and using the ActiveX Control Test Container.

Keywords

The XLIST sample demonstrates the following keywords:

AddItem; AfxGetInstanceHandle; CBrush::CreateSolidBrush; CDC::DrawFocusRect; CDC::ExtTextOut; CDC::FillRect; CDC::InvertRect; CDC::SelectObject; CDC::SelectStockObject; CDC::SetBkMode; CDC::SetTextColor; CDialog::DoModal; CObArray::GetAt; CObArray::GetSize; CObArray::InsertAt; CObArray::RemoveAll; CObject::IsKindOf; COleDispatchDriver::AttachDispatch; COleDispatchDriver::DetachDispatch; COleDispatchDriver::GetProperty; CString::AllocSysString; GetDC; GetDeviceCaps; GetSystemMetrics; HIWORD; LOWORD; MAKELONG; ReleaseDC; SendMessage

See Also

Other Resources

MFC Samples