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CTaskDialog::SetDialogWidth

Adjusts the width of the CTaskDialog.

void SetDialogWidth(
   int nWidth = 0
);

Parameters

  • [in] nWidth
    The width of the dialog box, in pixels.

Remarks

The parameter nWidth must be greater than or equal to 0. Otherwise, this method throws an exception.

If nWidth is set to 0, this method sets the dialog box to the default size.

Example

// TODO: Replace the strings below with the appropriate message, 
// main instruction, and dialog title
CString message("This is an important message to the user.");
CString mainInstruction("Important!\nPlease read!");
CString title("Alert Dialog");

CTaskDialog taskDialog(message, mainInstruction, title, 
    TDCBF_YES_BUTTON | TDCBF_NO_BUTTON | TDCBF_CANCEL_BUTTON );

// Setting new information to be able to reuse the dialog resource
taskDialog.SetWindowTitle(L"New title for the task dialog");
taskDialog.SetContent(L"New message to show the user.");
taskDialog.SetMainInstruction(L"Even more important!");
taskDialog.SetMainIcon(TD_ERROR_ICON);
taskDialog.SetDialogWidth(300);

// Add a footer
taskDialog.SetFooterText(L"Footer information for the dialog.");
taskDialog.SetFooterIcon(TD_INFORMATION_ICON);

// Add expansion information
taskDialog.SetExpansionArea(L"Additional information\non two lines.",
    L"Click here for more information.",
    L"Click here to hide the extra information.");

// Change the options to show the expanded information by default.
// It is necessary to retrieve the current options first.
int options = taskDialog.GetOptions();
options |= TDF_EXPANDED_BY_DEFAULT;
taskDialog.SetOptions(options);

taskDialog.DoModal();

Requirements

Header: afxtaskdialog.h

See Also

Reference

CTaskDialog Class

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