History of setDialogStyleEx

== Syntax ==

:int setDialogStyleEx(int flags)

== Arguments ==

:flags

::An integer of bitwise flags enabling different extended window styles

== Return ==

:Returns the previous settings of the extended flags as an integer if the function succeeds. Returns zero if it failed.

== Description ==

:Sets (or enables) a particular extended style on a dialog. For example, you can make a window respond to drag & drop files using WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES. The [extended window style flags are defined at MSDN]. You can clear these settings later using (clearDialogStyleEx)?.

== Example ==

<code>

// Make the dialog accept files that are dropped onto it via drag & drop

setDialogStyleEx(WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES);

</code>

== See Also ==

:setDialogStyle, (clearDialogStyle)?, (clearDialogStyleEx)?

== Comments ==

:Internally, SetDialogStyleEx is a wrapper around the [SetWindowLong Win32 API function] with GWL_EXSTYLE as the second parameter.