How to Create SysLink Controls
You implement the SysLink control's hyperlinks through markup in the control's initialization string, or by sending it a LM_SETITEM message.
Note
Before creating SysLink controls, you must call the InitCommonControlsEx function, specifying the ICC_LINK_CLASS.
To create a SysLink, call the CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx function, specifying the WC_LINK window class. The lpWindowName parameter that is common to these functions specifies a pointer to a zero-terminated string that contains the marked-up text to display. For window styles particular to SysLink controls, see SysLink Control Styles.
What you need to know
Technologies
Prerequisites
- C/C++
- Windows User Interface Programming
Instructions
Create a SysLink Control
The following example code creates a SysLink control that displays two hyperlinks. The first hyperlink is an Internet URL, and the second is application-defined.
HWND CreateSysLink(HWND hDlg, HINSTANCE hInst, RECT rect)
{
return CreateWindowEx(0, WC_LINK,
L"For more information, <A HREF=\"https://www.microsoft.com\">click here</A> " \
L"or <A ID=\"idInfo\">here</A>.",
WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP,
rect.left, rect.top, rect.right, rect.bottom,
hDlg, NULL, hInst, NULL);
}
Remarks
It is assumed that InitCommonControlsEx has already been called.
Specifying the WS_TABSTOP style ensures that the user will be able to select a link by tabbing to it and pressing the Enter key.
Version 6 of ComCtl32.dll supports Unicode only. Therefore, you cannot create ANSI versions of SysLink controls—only Unicode.
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