Customizing the Nonclient Area of Windows

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• Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

8/28/2008

You can customize the nonclient area of windows when you create a skin. To customize the nonclient area of windows, you modify the implementation of the methods of the NonClientView_t class. The code that implements these methods is contained in the %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Common\Oak\Drivers\Skinnableui\Gwe\Nclient\Nclientview.cpp file.

The following table shows the methods of the NonClientView_t class that you can modify.

Method	Description
NonClientView_t::BoundingRect	Retrieves the coordinates of the bounding rectangle. The bounding rectangle is the client area of the parent window of the specified window, expressed in screen coordinates. If the specified window is a top-level window, the bounding rectangle is the screen rectangle.
NonClientView_t::BoundPoint	Confines the touch coordinate to a rectangular area on the screen. If the touch coordinate lies outside the rectangle, NonClientView_t::BoundPoint automatically adjusts the touch coordinate to keep it inside the rectangular area.
NonClientView_t::CalcClientRectWithHorzScrollBars	Determines the size of the client rectangle for a window with a horizontal scroll bar, given the size of the client rectangle for the window without a horizontal scroll bar.
NonClientView_t::CalcClientRectWithNoScrollBars	Determines the size of the client rectangle for a window that does not have a scroll bar.
NonClientView_t::CalcClientRectWithVertScrollBars	Determines the size of the client rectangle for a window with a vertical scroll bar, given the size of the client rectangle for the window without scroll bars.
NonClientView_t::DoesHorzScrollBarFit	Determines whether a horizontal scroll bar can fit in a window.
NonClientView_t::DoesVertScrollBarFit	Determines whether a vertical scroll bar can fit in a window.
NonClientView_t::DoHitTest	Determines whether a hit occurred in the nonclient area and the location of the hit.
NonClientView_t::DoPaint	Draws the nonclient area.
NonClientView_t::DrawBorder	Allows a group box to draw its border.
NonClientView_t::DrawFrameControl	Draws a frame control of the specified type and style.
NonClientView_t::ExposedDrawFrameControl	Draws a frame control of the specified type and style.
NonClientView_t::WidgetRect	Calculates the size of a button in the nonclient area.

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Concepts

Creating a Skin