Windows Controls
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Windows Controls
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The following table lists the Windows controls:
| Animation | It is a window that is used to display an Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) clip. |
| Button | It is used to notify the parent window when a user chooses the control. |
| Combo Box | It is used as a combination of list boxes and edit controls. It gives the facility to a user to choose and edit items. |
| ComboBoxEx | It is used as an extension of the combo box control that provides native support for item images. |
| Date and Time Picker | It is used to provide a simple and natural interface through which to exchange date and time information with a user. |
| Drag List Box | It is used as a special type of list box that enables a user to drag items from one position to another. |
| Edit | It is used to let a user view and edit text. |
| Flat Scroll Bar | It is used to behave just like the standard scroll bars except that you can customize their appearance to a greater amount than the standard scroll bars. |
| Header | It is a window that is usually positioned above columns of text or numbers. It is used to contain a title for each column, and it can be divided into parts. |
| Hot Key | It is a window that enables a user to enter a combination of keystrokes. These keystrokes can be used as a hot key. |
| Image Lists | It is used as a collection of images of the same size, each of which can be referred to by its index. |
| IP Address | It is used to allow a user to enter an IP (Internet Protocol) address in an easily understandable format. |
| List Box | It is used to display a list from which a user can select one or more items. |
| List-View | It is a window that displays a collection of items. It is used to provide several ways to arrange and display the items. |
| Month Calender | It is used to implement a calendar-like user interface. |
| Pager | It is a window container that is used with a window that does not have enough display area to show all of its contents. |
| Progress Bar | It is a window that can be used by an application to indicate the progress of a lengthy operation. |
| Property Sheets | It is a window that allows a user to view and edit the properties of an item. |
| Rebar | It is used as containers for child windows. |
| Rich Edit | It is used to let a user view and edit text with character and paragraph formatting. It can include embedded COM objects. |
| Scroll Bars | It is used to let a user choose the direction and distance to scroll information in a related window. |
| Static | It is used as labels for other controls. |
| Status Bars | It is a horizontal window at the bottom of a parent window in which an application can display various kinds of status information. |
| SysLink | It is used to provide a convenient way to embed hypertext links in a window. |
| Tab | It is used like dividers in a notebook or the labels in a file cabinet. By using this control, an application can define multiple pages for the same area of a window or dialog box. |
| Toolbar | It is a control window that contains one or more buttons. Each button, when clicked by a user, sends a command message to the parent window. |
| ToolTip | It is hidden most of the time. It is used to appear automatically, or pop up, when a user pauses the mouse pointer over a tool. |
| Trackbar | It is a window that contains a slider and optional tick marks. When a user moves the slider, using either the direction keys or the mouse, the trackbar sends notification messages to indicate the change. |
| Tree-View | It is a window that displays a hierarchical list of items, such as the entries in an index, the headings in a document, or the files and directories on a disk. |
| Up-Down | It is a pair of arrow buttons that a user can click to increment or decrement a value. For example, a scroll position or a number displayed in a companion control. |
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