| Comparison |
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MDX |
| General dialog |
| Amount of added controls: |
34 |
17 |
| Create controls on the fly: |
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(DynamicControl is useless as it cant receive events other than sclick)
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| Modify control Styles on the fly: |
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| Modify borders/colours on the fly: |
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| Dialog Animations: |
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| Command to minimize and maximize dialog: |
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| Identify Visible Controls: |
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| Get a controls x y w h: |
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| Identify enabled/disabled controls: |
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| Move controls: |
Using the Cell Layout Algorithm you can set sizing rules, works like a charm.
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Though it should really be said that MDX relies on crappy $calc coding and is eating a lot of CPU. |
| Change dialog icon: |
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| Change dialog background and borders: |
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| Mark controls (add description): |
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| Drag & Drop support: |
Some controls
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| Calendar |
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| Directshow |
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| Stacker |
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| WebCtrl |
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| Rebar |
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| Panel |
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| Pager |
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| DateTime Picker |
Incomplete |
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| Tab |
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| RichEdit |
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Undocumented |
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| ColorCombo |
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| Button |
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| TreeView |
| Events: |
Has dclick and node expand/collapse which MDX lacks. |
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| Auto Sorting: |
Using xdid, advanced auto sorting can be based on a lot of criteria. |
Only ascending alpha numerical sort using control style so this cant be changed after creation. |
| Per line colouring: |
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| Path determination method: |
Logical and simple. Path is part of the command which you read from right to left. |
Hard, uses a directory kind of structure in which you have to give browse commands before you can add items. |
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| Listview |
| Control Styles: |
Sub items icons are supported. |
Has a nosortheader which allows you to have a buttonless header and has a few more options to the hottrack style. |
| Sub item images: |
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| Column icons |
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| Per line colouring of text and background colours: |
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| Dropdowns and progressbars in an item: |
Has progress bars
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| $xdid/$did information: |
Lacks information on the headerdims. |
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| Toolbar |
| Events: |
Has rclick event, a dropdown event for arrows that also returns the suggested coordinates for a popup. |
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| Control styles: |
Has a transparent style so the toolbars background is transparent. |
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| Per item colouring + Bolding of text: |
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| Autosizeitems to full width: |
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| Progressbar |
| Events: |
Has several events (ie. sclick, rclick, mousebar) |
Has no events. |
| Styles: |
Has a marquee style MDX lacks. |
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| Text in Progressbar: |
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| ComboEx |
| Events: |
Has a return event when Enter is pressed in the edit that MDX lacks. |
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| Trackbar: |
| Events: |
Misses selection events as selection is not supported. |
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| Selection: |
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| UpDown |
| Events: |
Misses a up & down event. This can be determined from sclick though. |
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| Align Updown left or right: |
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| Dock to a text control: |
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| IpAddress |
| Set individual field ranges: |
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| Set focus on a field: |
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| Docked @windows |
| Events: |
Misses a whole bunch of mouse events that MDX has. |
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| Dock more then 1 @window: |
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| Capture mouse in @window: |
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| Divider |
| Different Controls |
The divider control in MDX and DCX differ so much all they really have in common is the name. |
| Functionality |
In DCX a divider is a moving bar that you "dock" 2 controls to. By moving this bar the docked controls are automatically sized. Its also possible to have a divider, in a divider, in a divider, etc. |
In MDX the divider is a sizing bar that you can move around and in combination with MoveControl and $calc you can adjust controls sizes. |
