Detect Button Press in Tab Page - winapi

Question

I am using the WinAPI to create a GUI utility. I have two Tabs and each tab has some buttons. I am creating the buttons with this function:
CreateWindowEx(NULL,"button", "Clear", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_PUSHBUTTON,
150, 175, 100, 25, tab_window_2, (HMENU) CLEAR_DATA, instance_handle, NULL);
In the Windows proc function, I don't know how to detect when the above button is pressed. I also tried handling CLEAR_DATA in the WM_COMMAND switch construct, as follows.
switch ( message ) {
case WM_COMMAND:{
switch(LOWORD(wparam)) {
case CLEAR_DATA : break
}
}
How can I detect and handle those buttons being pressed?
I am creating the tab_window_2 tab as follows :
class frame_window {
private:
LPCSTR window_class_name;
HINSTANCE instance_handle;
HCURSOR cursor_arrow;
HWND window_handle;
HWND tab_handle;
HWND tab_window_1;
HWND tab_window_2;
HWND current_tab_window;
RECT client_rectangle;
public:
frame_window(LPCSTR window_class_identity) : window_class_name(window_class_identity) {
INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX common_controls;
common_controls.dwSize = sizeof(INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
common_controls.dwICC = ICC_BAR_CLASSES;
InitCommonControlsEx(&common_controls);
int screen_width = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXFULLSCREEN);
int screen_height = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYFULLSCREEN);
instance_handle = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
WNDCLASS window_class = { CS_OWNDC, main_window_proc, 0, 0,
instance_handle, NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL,
window_class_name };
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
// Create a standard frame window
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RegisterClass(&window_class);
window_handle = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE | WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
window_class_name,
"IR Remote and Barcode Demo",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW |
WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
100, 100, screen_width-1600,
screen_height-490, NULL, NULL,
instance_handle, NULL);
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
// Get the size of the client rectangle for the window we have just created
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RECT client_rect;
GetClientRect(window_handle, &client_rect);
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
// Create the tab control window.
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tab_handle = CreateWindowEx(NULL, WC_TABCONTROL, NULL,
WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE,
10, 10, client_rect.right-client_rect.left-20,
client_rect.bottom-client_rect.top-10,
window_handle, NULL,
instance_handle, NULL);
// Create three tabs.
TCITEM tab_info;
memset(&tab_info, 0, sizeof(tab_info));
tab_info.mask = TCIF_TEXT;
tab_info.pszText = "tab#1";
tab_info.cchTextMax = 5;
SendMessage(tab_handle, TCM_INSERTITEM, 0, (LPARAM)&tab_info);
tab_info.pszText = "tab#2";
SendMessage(tab_handle, TCM_INSERTITEM, 1, (LPARAM)&tab_info);
RECT tab_rectangle;
GetClientRect(tab_handle, &tab_rectangle);
SendMessage(tab_handle, TCM_ADJUSTRECT, FALSE, (LPARAM)&tab_rectangle);
// Create the tab view windows
tab_window_1 = CreateWindowEx(NULL, "STATIC", " ",
WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE|SS_OWNERDRAW,
tab_rectangle.left+10, tab_rectangle.top+10,
tab_rectangle.right-tab_rectangle.left,
tab_rectangle.bottom -tab_rectangle.top,
tab_handle, (HMENU)1,
instance_handle, NULL);
SetParent(tab_window_1, window_handle);
current_tab_window = tab_window_1;
tab_window_2 = CreateWindowEx(NULL, "STATIC", " ",
WS_CHILD|SS_OWNERDRAW,
tab_rectangle.left+10, tab_rectangle.top+10,
tab_rectangle.right-tab_rectangle.left,
tab_rectangle.bottom -tab_rectangle.top,
tab_handle, (HMENU)2,
instance_handle, NULL);
CreateWindowEx(NULL,"button", "Clear", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_PUSHBUTTON,
150, 175, 100, 25, tab_window_2, (HMENU) CLEAR_DATA, instance_handle, NULL);
SetParent(tab_window_2, window_handle);
SetCursor(LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW));
SetWindowLongPtr(window_handle, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG)this);
ShowWindow(window_handle, SW_SHOW);
UpdateWindow(window_handle);
}
~frame_window() {
UnregisterClass(window_class_name, instance_handle);
}
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
// Windows main entry point
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance_handle, HINSTANCE, LPWSTR, INT) {
frame_window main_window("my base window");
main_window.run();
return 0;
}

Answer 1

The WM_COMMAND for handling the events from a Push Button must be in the Window Procedure of it's parent. Your code show tab_window_2 as the parent for the CLEAR_DATA button.
Move the WM_COMMAND code in the right Window Proc (or Dialog Proc).
EDIT: I think you didn't understand how the Tab Control works.
If you want each Tab View to contain more than a dummy static control, you should use modeless and borderless DialogBox, children of the Tab Control, and show/hide them accordingly to the TCN_SELCHANGE notification.
If you don't realy need the Dialog Box functionalities, you could create regular child windows (with RegisterClass/CreateWindow) and then add your controls as child windows.
In either case, the show/hide code must react to TCN_SELCHANGE.
With regular child windows or with Dialog Box the net effect is the same: you will have a Window Procedure, or a Dialog Procadure, in which WM_COMMAND will deal with user actions.
Don't play with SetParent. But, if you absolutly want it, then use:
HWND hWndPushClear = CreateWindowEx(NULL,"button", "Clear", [...]
SetParent( hWndPushClear, window_handle );
You may have weird Paint/Focus problems, however.
EDIT: Unfortunately, it seems that there is no good Tab Control tutorial in line.
I recommend updating your actual source code. As a starting point, do the following:
Replace CreateWindowEx by CreateDialog for tab_window_1 end tab_window_2 (only one Dialog must be visible)
Suppress all SetParent calls

Answer 2

Your CreateWindowEx() and WM_COMMAND code are seems correct.
So,
Check return value of CreateWindowEx() whether is NULL. NULL means which is failed to create control.
Check HWND of parent is valid. In your code, it is tab_window_2.
Also, if you do not want to any WS_EX_XXX style, you can just use CreateWindow().
This code is just sample.
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd,UINT iMessage,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(iMessage) {
case WM_CREATE:
CreateWindow("button","Clear",WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | BS_PUSHBUTTON,
20,20,100,25,hWnd,(HMENU)0,g_hInst,NULL);
return 0;
case WM_COMMAND:
switch(LOWORD(wParam))
{
case 0:
MessageBox(hWnd,"Clear Button Clicked","Button",MB_OK);
break;
}
return 0;
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);
return 0;
}
return(DefWindowProc(hWnd,iMessage,wParam,lParam));
}