In addition to catalog, tool palette, and tool definition interfaces and classes, the Tool Palette API provides classes that handle the appearance and functionality of its user interface. These classes, whose names begin with a CAcTcUI prefix, specialize and derive from AdUi and MFC classes. They extend AutoCAD's Enhanced Secondary Window (ESW) technology.
You can use the Tool Palette UI classes in much the same way you would use other MFC controls. For instance, you can use the CAcTcUiPaletteView class to display a tool palette in a modal dialog box or other custom window.
The following figure shows the Tool Palette UI class hierarchy.
Tool Palette UI class hierarchy
The following table describes the available Tool Palette UI classes.
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Tool Palette UI Classes |
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Interface |
Purpose |
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CAcTcUiCatalogView |
Displays the child items of a catalog item. |
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CAcTcUiCatalogViewItem |
Encapsulates an item displayed by CAcTcUiCatalogView. Created and maintained by the catalog view. |
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CAcTcUiPaletteView |
Displays the tools contained in a tool palette. |
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CAcTcUiToolPalette |
Contains a single CAcTcUiPaletteView object. |
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CAcTcUiToolPaletteSet |
Contains one or more tool palettes. |
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CAcTcUiToolPaletteGroup |
Manages user-specified tool palette groups. |
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CAcTcUiScheme |
Handles UI schemes in tool palettes. |
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CAcTcUiManager |
Manages the tool palette UI module. Global single object. |