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SftTree/DLL 8.0
Using SftTree/DLL
Features
- Tree Components
- Tree Items
- Expanding/Collapsing Items
- Fixed / Variable Height Items
- Content Windows
- Virtual Mode
- Virtual Data Source
- Split Tree Control - Splitter Bar
- Right-To-Left Reading Support
- Using Themes
- Dark Mode
- High Contrast
- Accessibility (Screen Readers)
- Per-Monitor DPI and Scaling
- Item IDs
- Horizontal Scrolling
- Multi-Line Cell Text
- Cell Merging
- Expand/Collapse Buttons
- Row Headers
- Column Headers
- Column Footers
- Columns
- Column Drag & Drop
- Column Resizing
- Display vs. Real Columns
- Drag & Drop
- Cell Editing
- Keyboard Interface
- Selections
- ScrollTips
- ToolTips
- Progress Bar
- Flyby Highlighting
- Bitmap Transparency
- GDI+
- Context Menu
Demo Application
Samples
- C
- C++
  - Cell Editing Sample
  - ContentWindow Sample
  - ContextMenu Sample
  - Drag & Drop Sample
  - OLEDrag Sample
  - OwnerDraw Sample
  - TreeImages Sample
  - Speed Sample
  - TreeView Sample
  - Virtual Sample
Wizard Application
Programming
Distributing the DLLs
Technical Support
Reference
- Notifications
- Window Styles
- Extended Window Styles
- Windows Messages
- C/C++ API (By Category)
- C/C++ API
A - Z
- ~CSftTree
- ~CSftTreeSplit
- AccessColumn
- AddString
- AdjustCellEditRect
- Announce
- AutoExpand
- AutoExpandItem
- BackgroundBitmap
- Bitmaps
- Buttons
- CalcCellFromPoint
- CalcColumnFromPoint
- CalcIndexFromPoint
- CalcLimit
- CalcOptimalCellDimensions
- CalcOptimalColumnWidth
- CalcOptimalRowHeaderWidth
- CalcVisibleOnly
- CaretColumn
- CaretIndex
- CellEditWindow
- CellInfo
- CellRectInfo
- CellRectInfoEx
- CharSearchMode
- ClickAgainPos
- Collapse
- ColumnsEx
- ControlData
- ControlInfo
- CopyItem
- CopyItems
- Count
- Create
- CrossColumnResize
- CSftTree
- CSftTreeSplit
- CtlColors
- CurSel
- CustomCode
- DarkMode
- DeleteCallback
- DeleteDependents
- DeleteString
- Dependent
- DependentCount
- DisableNoScroll
- DisplayCellRect
- DisplayCellRectForItem
- DisplayColumn
- DisplayFooterDropDownRect
- DisplayFooterRect
- DisplayHeaderDropDownRect
- DisplayHeaderRect
- DPI
- DragBitmaps
- DragImage
- DragInfo
- DragType
- DrawInfoCallback
- DrawSelectionOutline
- DropHighlight
- DropHighlightStyle
- EditColumnRect
- EnableSortIndicators
- EnterResizeMode
- Expand
- ExpandCollapseButtonRect
- ExpandCollapseIndex
- FindItem
- FindString
- FindStringEx
- FindStringExact
- FirstDisplayColumn
- Flyby
- FlybyIndex
- Footer
- FooterButton
- FooterFont
- FooterLength
- FooterRect
- ForwardChildMsgs
- FreeGDIPlusImageLoadedFromFile
- FreeGDIPlusImageLoadedFromResource
- GDIPlusAvailable
- GridStyle
- Header
- HeaderButton
- HeaderFont
- HeaderLength
- HeaderRect
- HighContrastMode
- HorizontalExtent
- HorizontalOffset
- ImageScaling
- Indentation
- InheritBgColor
- InsertString
- ItemBitmap
- ItemBitmapAlign
- ItemData
- ItemEditIgnore
- ItemExpand
- ItemExpandable
- ItemExpandCollapseButton
- ItemHeight
- ItemHeightMinMax
- ItemID
- ItemIgnore
- ItemIndex
- ItemLabel
- ItemLabelPicture
- ItemLevel
- ItemLines
- ItemPicture
- ItemPictureAlign
- ItemRect
- ItemShown
- ItemsShown
- ItemsShownComplete
- ItemStatus
- KeyHandling
- LastDisplayColumn
- LeftWindow
- LoadGDIPlusImageFromFile
- LoadGDIPlusImageFromResource
- LPFNSFTTREE_OWNERDRAWPROC Type Definition
- LPFNSFTTREE_VGETITEM Type Definition
- LPFNSFTTREE_VRELEASEITEM Type Definition
- MakeCellVisible
- MakeColumnOptimal
- MakeColumnVisible
- MakeContentWindow
- MakeIntegralHeight
- MakeRowHeaderOptimal
- MakeRowVisible
- MakeSplitterOptimal
- MoveItem
- MoveItems
- MultilineFooter
- MultilineHeader
- NextShown
- NoFocusStyle
- NoSelection
- OpenEnded
- OverheadWidth
- OwnerDrawCallback
- Parent
- Pictures
- PixelScaling
- PlusMinus
- PrevShown
- RealColumn
- RecalcHorizontalExtent
- RegisterApp
- ReorderColumns
- ResetContent
- ResetSortIndicators
- ResizeColumn
- ResizeFooter
- ResizeHeader
- RightWindow
- RowColBitmap
- RowColBitmapStyle
- RowColFooterButton
- RowColFooterPicture
- RowColFooterPictureStyle
- RowColFooterRect
- RowColFooterStyle
- RowColFooterText
- RowColFooterTextLength
- RowColHeaderButton
- RowColHeaderPicture
- RowColHeaderPictureStyle
- RowColHeaderRect
- RowColHeaderStyle
- RowColHeaderText
- RowColHeaderTextLength
- RowColPicture
- RowColPictureStyle
- RowColText
- RowColTextLength
- RowHeaderFont
- RowHeaderLines
- RowHeaderRect
- RowHeaderStyle
- RowHeaderWidth
- RowInfo
- RowText
- RowTextLength
- RubberbandSelection
- ScrollTips
- Sel
- SelCount
- SelectionArea
- SelectionStyle
- SelectString
- SelectStringExact
- SelItemRange
- SelItems
- SelItemsArray
- SelTextOnly
- SFT_NOCOLOR
- SFT_PICTURE Structure
- SFT_TEXT Structure
- SFTTREE_CELL Structure
- SFTTREE_CELLINFOPARM Structure
- SFTTREE_CLASS Preprocessor Symbol
- SFTTREE_COLORS Structure
- SFTTREE_COLUMN Structure
- SFTTREE_COLUMN_EX Structure
- SFTTREE_CONTROL Structure
- SFTTREE_DELETEPARM Structure
- SFTTREE_DELETEPROC Type Definition
- SFTTREE_DRAGINFO Structure
- SFTTREE_DRAWINFOPARM Structure
- SFTTREE_DRAWINFOPROC Type Definition
- SFTTREE_DRAWINGINFO Structure
- SFTTREE_DWORD_PTR Type Definition
- SFTTREE_ID Type Definition
- SFTTREE_ITEM Structure
- SFTTREE_MAXLEVELS Preprocessor Symbol
- SFTTREE_NOCOLOR Preprocessor Symbol
- SFTTREE_OBSOLETE_4 Preprocessor Symbol
- SFTTREE_OWNERDRAW Structure
- SFTTREE_OWNERDRAWPARM Structure
- SFTTREE_ROW Structure
- SFTTREE_ROWINFOPARM Structure
- SFTTREE_SELENTRY Structure
- SFTTREE_SORTPROC Type Definition
- SFTTREE_SORTPROC_CELLDATA Type Definition
- SFTTREE_SORTPROC_ITEM Type Definition
- SFTTREE_SORTPROCEX Type Definition
- SFTTREE_STATIC Preprocessor Symbol
- SFTTREE_TOOLTIPSPARM Structure
- SFTTREE_TOOLTIPSPROC Type Definition
- SFTTREE_VIRTUALDEF Structure
- SFTTREESPLIT_CLASS Preprocessor Symbol
- Show3D
- ShowBitmaps
- ShowButton0
- ShowButtons
- ShowFocus
- ShowFooter
- ShowFooterButtons
- ShowGrid
- ShowHeader
- ShowHeaderButtons
- ShowLabels
- ShowPlusMinus
- ShowRowColFooterButton
- ShowRowColHeaderButton
- ShowRowHeader
- ShowTreeLines
- ShowTruncated
- Sibling
- SizeBox
- SortColumn1
- SortDependents
- SortIndicator
- SplitColumn
- SplitterOffset
- SplitterOffsetMin
- SplitterRect
- SplitterWidth
- StartAutoExpandTimer
- StopAutoExpandTimer
- TabKeyIntercept
- Text
- TextLength
- ToolTipAlways
- ToolTipsCallback
- ToolTipsUseEntireCell
- TopIndex
- TopParent
- TreeLineStyle
- UnregisterApp
- UpdateCaretExpandCollapse
- UseSmoothScroll
- UseThemes
- VAlign
- VirtualCount
- VirtualInitialize
- VirtualItemChanged
- VirtualUserData

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Cell

Each tree item has one cell per column. The cell can contain optional text (cell text) and an optional graphic component (cell picture).

SetCellInfo can be used to define a cell's attributes. Cell text is defined using the SetText function.

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