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Re: Can you suggest some software to create a help file for my application?

15-Jan-04 9:02

html help seems to need to input index one by one, but old help can generate all indexes automatically.

includeh10

ElizabethC15-Jan-04 11:00

ElizabethC

15-Jan-04 11:00

Thank you all. HTMLHelp fixs better for us since the files can be used cross platform. We are sharing the help files with both Windows and Web applications.

Elizabeth

Owner draw combo-boxes are higher

BadJerry15-Jan-04 7:28

15-Jan-04 7:28

... than normal combo-boxes. Any idea why? And how can I keep this from happening?
I have 3 combo boxes on a tool bar, one of them is owner draw and it looks rather weird...

Maximilien15-Jan-04 7:37

Maximilien

15-Jan-04 7:37

have you checked the MeasureItem method ?

Maximilien Lincourt
Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

BadJerry16-Jan-04 0:46

16-Jan-04 0:46

Yes... MeasureItem allows you to change the size of the items in the associated listbox of the control. My problem is that the editBox (and the combo control itself when not expanded) is actually higher by about 4 pixels.

You can test this in the resource definition, simply check the Ownerdraw for a combo and preview the dialog and it is already bigger. Not the end of the world but it looks weird when you have two combos next to each other. I may have to make them both owner-draw... Great!

Paul Vickery28-May-04 0:54

Paul Vickery

28-May-04 0:54

In MeasureItem you can specify not only the height of your items, but also the height of the combo-box itself when the item ID is -1:

if (lpMeasureItemStruct->itemID == (UINT)-1)
  lpMeasureItemStruct->itemHeight = 15;  // height of combo box
else
  lpMeasureItemStruct->itemHeight = 13;  // height of one item

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BadJerry28-May-04 1:35

how to remove items from Start menu?

28-May-04 1:35

Wow.. I am very grateful... Thanks for posting this! Better later than never!

includeh1015-Jan-04 7:19

15-Jan-04 7:19

which function or command is for removing items from Start menu programmatically?

thanks

includeh10

David Crow15-Jan-04 7:36

15-Jan-04 7:36

Try looking for SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(..., CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU, ...). Once you have access to the folder's IDL, adding to, or deleting from, it is trivial.

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includeh1015-Jan-04 8:08

15-Jan-04 8:08

thanks.
this function is COM staff, isn't?

includeh10

David Crow15-Jan-04 8:23

15-Jan-04 8:23

COM staff??

A rich person is not the one who has the most, but the one that needs the least.

includeh1015-Jan-04 9:04

15-Jan-04 9:04

i mean if the function uses COM inside

includeh10

David Crow15-Jan-04 9:17

Visual C++ 6.00 and Visual Source Safe

15-Jan-04 9:17

I'm 99% sure it does. In fact, I would be surprised if it didn't.

A rich person is not the one who has the most, but the one that needs the least.

Anonymous15-Jan-04 6:59

Anonymous

15-Jan-04 6:59

I have a project in VC++ 6.00 and its connected to Visual Source Safe. Basically I copied this project to another location to create a new project (version) and so add it to different location in vss. The project however is firmly tied to to old vss location and will never disconnect in the first place! How to disconnect this project and add to the vss at another location.

many thanks!

Re: Visual C++ 6.00 and Visual Source Safe

Peter Weyzen15-Jan-04 9:37

Peter Weyzen

15-Jan-04 9:37

You must do the painful task of editing the project and workspace files directly.

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Re: Visual C++ 6.00 and Visual Source Safe

Anthony_Yio15-Jan-04 15:02

Anthony_Yio

15-Jan-04 15:02

Change your working directory in source safe and delete the *.vss at your side (not in the server)

Open project from source safe and not by clicking the *.dsw.

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problem building with .net 2003

Binayak15-Jan-04 6:45

Binayak

15-Jan-04 6:45

Hi,

I can build my program (atl ) using visual 6.0. But if I try to build with .net2003 I get the following errors. I think it has something to do with the library file settings. Please advise.

HelloHierarchy.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class std::vector<class svioitem="" *,class="" std::allocator<class="" *=""> >::iterator __thiscall SvIoMessageItemArray::end(void)" (?end@SvIoMessageItemArray@@QAE?AViterator@?$vector@PAVSvIoItem@@V?$allocator@PAVSvIoItem@@@std@@@std@@XZ) referenced in function "public: virtual enum tagMSGSUCCESS __thiscall HelloPollMessage::Send(class SvIoTopic *,class SvIoHierarchy *)" (?Send@HelloPollMessage@@UAE? AW4tagMSGSUCCESS@@PAVSvIoTopic@@PAVSvIoHierarchy@@
@Z)

ServerBase.lib(IosItem.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) private: void __thiscall std::basic_string<unsigned short,struct="" std::char_traits<unsigned="" short="">,class std::allocator<unsigned short=""> >::_Tidy(bool)" (__imp_?_Tidy@?$basic_string@GU?$char_traits@G@std@@V?$allocator@G@2@@std@@AAEX_N@Z)

Re: problem building with .net 2003

Antti Keskinen15-Jan-04 8:42

Antti Keskinen

15-Jan-04 8:42

You have some sort of a header file included that declares the function/structure specified in the first error. However, you are not linking against a suitable library. Check your project settings and the function that causes the error (HelloPollMessage::Send). When you find the missing function, see it's reference for the library to link with.

The second error if of similar sorts, however, it just says that it cannot find the definition of 'basic_string' class. Make sure you are linking against the standard C/C++ library files.

Of course, you could check the VS .Net help files for the new features of ATL version 7 to see if some note there would explain your problem. The final option is to copy the ATL library files from VC++ 6.0 and link against them instead of the version 7 ones.

-Antti Keskinen

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How to drive WORD2000 from a thread

tlemetay15-Jan-04 6:43

tlemetay

15-Jan-04 6:43

Hi,
Coding my application with Visual C++, when i try to open WORD2000 application from a thread, an error occures.
Please, help me with an example explaining how to manage this problem.

Thanks

Re: How to drive WORD2000 from a thread

David Crow15-Jan-04 7:29

MDI Current Document Position

15-Jan-04 7:29

tlemetay wrote:
...an error occures.

And that error would be?

Are you using CreateProcess(), or OLE Automation?

A rich person is not the one who has the most, but the one that needs the least.

vancouver77715-Jan-04 6:42

vancouver777

15-Jan-04 6:42

I just figured out how to walk through each document like the below
when you open multiple project in MDI application

POSITION DocPos = pDocTemp -> GetFirstDocPosition();
while( DocPos != NULL )
{
CMyDoc * pDoc = ( CMyDoc * )pDocTemp -> GetNextDoc( DocPos );
}
Is there any way to know the position of current document (
which document is currently active)?

Thanks.
Shin

Re: MDI Current Document Position

Anthony_Yio15-Jan-04 14:55

Anthony_Yio

15-Jan-04 14:55

CFrameWnd::GetActiveView

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Re: MDI Current Document Position

vancouver77716-Jan-04 11:30

vancouver777

16-Jan-04 11:30

Thanks Anthony,
That did it.

CBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE and SetWindowLong

BadJerry15-Jan-04 6:05