Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Chapter 12: Dialog-Based Windows Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals

If you are programmatically creating the control, to align its text to the right, set or add

the WS_EX_RIGHT extended style. Here is an example:

void CSecondDlg::OnThirdControl()

{

// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here

CWnd *CanTab = new CWnd;

CanTab->CreateEx(WS_EX_RIGHT, "BUTTON", "&Apply",

WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP, );

}

The extended left text alignment is defined as:

#define WS_EX_RIGHT 0x00001000L

Practical Learning: Right-Aligning Text

1. Set the Caption of the Custom control to Leo and change its ExStyle value to
   0x00001000


2. Test the application


3. Return to MSVC

11.5.4..Extended Borders................................................................................

Besides the border features of the dwStyle argument of the Create() member function, the

CreateEx() method provides other border drawings to apply to a control.

Static Borders: To give a 3-D appearance to a control, especially one that does not

receive input from the user (such as a static control), you can apply a static edge to it. To

do this, at design time, set the Static Edge property to True. At run time, you can set or

add the WS_EX_STATICEDGE extended style. Here is an example:

BOOL CBordersDlg::OnInitDialog()

{