CS000862 - Drawing a standard border around a CEikEdwin

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ID	CS000862	Creation date	March 25, 2008
Platform	S60 3rd Edition, MR S60 3rd Edition, FP1 S60 3rd Edition, FP2 Beta	Tested on devices	Nokia E61i Nokia E90 Communicator Nokia N95 8GB Nokia 6220 Classic
Category	Symbian C++	Subcategory	UI
APIs	None	Classes	TGulBorder CEikEdwin
Methods	TGulBorder::Draw() TGulBorder::OuterRect() CEikEdwin::SetBorder() CEikEdwin::Border()

Overview

In this code snippet a standard border is drawn around a CEikEdwin. The same technique applies to all controls inherited from CEikBorderedControl.

MMP file

The following libraries are required:

LIBRARY egul.lib
LIBRARY eikcoctl.lib

Header file

CEikEdwin* iEditor;

Source file

void CAppView::ConstructL(const TRect& aRect)
    {
    // ...
    
    // Set border type
    iEditor->SetBorder(TGulBorder::ESingleDotted);
    
    // ...
    }

void CAppView::Draw(const TRect& aRect) const
    {
    // Get the standard graphics context
    CWindowGc& gc = SystemGc();
 
    // Clear the screen
    gc.Clear(aRect);
 
    // Get the border
    TGulBorder border = iEditor->Border();
    
    // Draw the border so that it surrounds iEditor
    TRect editorRect = iEditor->Rect();
    border.Draw(gc, border.OuterRect(editorRect));
    }

Postconditions

A standard border is drawn around a CEikEdwin.

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