October 28th, 2015

How do I create a wizard that contains none of the things that makes a wizard a wizard?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

A customer asked

We’re using the Property­Sheet function to create a wizard. We’ve been able to remove almost all of the wizard elements, but we can’t figure out how to get rid of the footer area. Is there a way to get rid of that?

The customer included a picture of what they were talking about, with the offending area highlighted:

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Um, that footer area is where the Back/Next buttons go. If you remove the navigation buttons, then what you have isn’t really a wizard any more.

What you’ve got there is a dialog box.

So use a dialog box.

You’ve ordered a cheeseburger and are trying to remove every last bit of cheese. Don’t do that. Just order a hamburger if that’s what you want.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Code

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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