Tutorial modified by David Mott

David Mott — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:30:25 -0000

Creating a basic form
Creating a more advanced form

Creating a basic form

This is the most basic example of a uil app


int WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int){
    uil::Form oForm;
    oForm.Run();
}

Creating a more advanced form

Step 1 - Create a form subclass



struct MyForm : uil::Form{

    MyForm(){}

};

Step 2 - Add control members



struct MyForm : uil::Form{

    MyForm(){}

    uil::Button oButton;

};

Step 3 - Initialize members

Controls require a parent so the form is passed into the constructor.



struct MyForm : uil::Form{

    MyForm() : oButton(this){}

    uil::Button oButton;

};

Step 4 - Set properties



struct MyForm : uil::Form{

    MyForm() : oButton(this){

        oButton.Text(_T("Click Me"));

        oButton.Move(50, 50, 100, 20);

    }

    uil::Button oButton;

};

Step 5 - Attach event handlers

Here a Lambda is connected to the button's click event that changes the button's text.



struct MyForm : uil::Form{

    MyForm() : oButton(this){

        oButton.Text(_T("Click Me"));

        oButton.Move(50, 50, 100, 20);

        oButton.ClickEvent.Connect( [ this ] ( ) { 

            oButton.Text(_T("Clicked!")); 

        });

    }

    uil::Button oButton;

};

The app's WinMain has changed only slightly


int __stdcall WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int){
    MyForm oForm;
    oForm.Run();
    return 0;
}

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