Creating new controls for the dialog editor

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soeinz
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Creating new controls for the dialog editor

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Is there a way to add custom controls to the user interface editor? Basically what I want to do is have a control for selecting computers on a network but there does not appear to be anything like this in the list of available controls. Also I cannot find anywhere where the available controls are documented. For instance the control PTShellCombo1 has default options such as 'ptscoAutofill' where is the documentation that tells me what this does and what other options are available?
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Post by Alex_Ronquillo »

You can use only available controls. The available controls are not documented because all of them are standard controls from windows and they work exactly the same. For example, here is a screen shot showing you the functionality of a PTShellCombo control.

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Post by soeinz »

If they are standard windows controls then there should be documentation, I've looked everywhere including google and MSDN, where can I find the documentation for this standard windows control?
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We don't have any documentation about the controls. What we can do is, if you have any question about a control functionality, you can let us know and we will clarify your doubt.
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Post by soeinz »

Ok, could you give me a rundown on what each of the 'pts' family of options do (e.g. ptsAutoFill,ptstoVirtualFolders etc...)
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