Edit Box with a Browse Button and Prompt

Fully implemented BCGControlBar Pro (MFC)

Fully implemented BCGSuite (MFC)

Not available BCGControlBar for .NET

The themed edit control with a browse button extends a regular edit control by adding a button which can display an user-defined "browse" dialog.

The following built-in modes are supported:

  • Browse for file mode
  • Folder selection mode
  • Calculator mode
  • Search mode
  • Auto-complete mode
  • Drop-down dialog mode

The selection made in file, folder or calculator dialog is automatically displayed in the edit control.

Auto-complete mode allows to choose an option from dropdown list which is automatically updated while user types.

In addition, developer can specify edit control prompt (like "Enter your name") or short error message.

Edit box with a file picker:

Edit box with a file picker:

Edit box in auto-complete mode:

Edit box in auto-complete mode:

Edit box with a calculator:

Edit box with a calculator:

Sample code:

CBCGPEdit m_wndFolderEdit;
CBCGPEdit m_wndFileEdit;
CBCGPEdit m_wndNumEdit;
...
m_wndFolderEdit.EnableFolderBrowseButton ();
m_wndFileEdit.EnableFileBrowseButton ();
m_wndNumEdit.EnableCalculatorButton ();