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There is two ways of learning. Diving in. And slowly learning the basics. "The best way?" oc cource learning all the basics is the best way, but ive created the 3rd way of learning, that is: Diving in while you are slowly learning.
In this case... I was wondering how do you make a window "The kind of window that MFC would make" I dont expect a complete tutorial thread response, maybe a link and a couple basic first steps "to get me in the right area"
Personaly i am getting dang tierd of the dos screen "not giving up, just need somthing to work on, in order for i can learn somthing new and exciting  "
Thanks all!
~SilverShalkin
ps... I got the right forum this time. "i kindof forget where i am half the time " RPG means Role Playing Game. Thats for those who read my last thread
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If you have VC, then use a wizard to create either a Win32 application to see how it's done the old way ( and the way that MFC wraps for you ), or a new MFC application to see how MFC does it. I'd recommend starting with an MFC dialog based application, it's the simplest. New dialogs are added by creating them in the resource editor, double clicking on the dialog and following the prompts to create a class. Then you need simply create an instance of the class and call DoModal on it. It will return IDOK or IDCANCEL if you want to test for what your user did with it and any data not stored in controls will be there for you after it closes.
Christian
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"I'm thinking of getting married for companionship and so I have someone to cook and clean." - Martin Marvinski, 6/3/2002
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SilverShalkin wrote:
I was wondering how do you make a window "The kind of window that MFC would make"
Take a look at CWnd::CreateEx
Nish
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote:
Take a look at CWnd::CreateEx
i looked up CWnd and it said that CWnd is the basis of all window functions, so aplying the ::CreatEx... That creats the window? How do i use this in my code?
Thanks!
~SilverWing
ps... Are there any tutorials any one know of? or any books to look into?
Thanks
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The best book to you is <inside visual="" c++=""> ms press
i am realfly8)
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sorry but the title of the book is "inside visual c++"
i am realfly8)
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Seriously, you need first to set up linking and including MFC, you'll be much better off taking my advice and letting the wizard give you a project in which all that is done for you.
Christian
The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little.
"I'm thinking of getting married for companionship and so I have someone to cook and clean." - Martin Marvinski, 6/3/2002
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Read this article:-
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/mfcprogflow.asp
where I explain a simple MFC program [no wizard]
Nish
My miniputt high is now 29
I do not think I can improve on that
My temperament won't hold
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I think you're approaching the problem from the wrong angle. MFC is a framework, not just a library. This means that usually it creates main window for you. Your program supplies parts of code used to fill in the holes. So "The kind of window that MFC would make" is a frame window or dialog window, depending on type of application.
When I was learning MFC, I've found that skeleton applications generated by AppWizard were the best place to start. Also, you may find SCRIBBLE tutorial useful - no kidding here, it really shows most important MFC concepts.
Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
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Hi all I am relatively new to the doc/view universe.
I have a pointer to my view and was wondering how to change the size of the view using code. I guess I want the document frame resized not the view.
Thanks
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If you're using CFormViews, then <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclib/html/_mfc_CScrollView.3a3a.ResizeParentToFit.asp">CScrollView::ResizeParentToFit</a> might be what you're looking for.
Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
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If you resize your frame window, the view will also get resized in an SDI applicaion.
Nish
My miniputt high is now 29
I do not think I can improve on that
My temperament won't hold
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You can use CView::GetParentFrame() to get a pointer to the frame containing the view. Then you might be able to call SetWindowPos or MoveWindow on the frame, if it not maximised.
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Derek Waters
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i think that should be like this:
pView->GetParentFrame()->SendWindowPos()
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i ma realfly
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Thanks all for your quick replys
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MFC Application
SDI
I have a wizard that is normally launched from the view class in a message handler, CMyView::OnWizard(). However, I want the wizard to launch automatically after the view has been initialized at startup, and after it is already showing on the screen. Placing a call to OnWizard() in the CMyView::OnInitialUpdate() handler causes the wizard to launch before the view is visible on the screen.
It seems like I should call CMyView::OnWizard() from CMyApp::InitInstance(), but I don't know how to get a pointer to the view object. Is this even the correct way to go about it?
Many thanks,
Jon Sagara
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Try handling WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED for your CMyView and launching the wizard the first time it gets called --this might work.
Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
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Ok, this is what I have come up with in the CMyApp::InitInstance() handler:
[EDIT: typo fixed]
CMyView *pView = (CMyView*)m_pMainWnd->GetActiveWindow();
pView->DoWizard();
DoWizard() is a public member function of the view class that I defined to wrap the protected OnWizard() function.
It works, but is it safe? Is there a better way?
Jon Sagara
What about ?
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Jon Sagara wrote:
(CMyView*)AfxGetApp()->GetMainWnd();
Oh! I always thought that would return the frame window. Didn't think it returned a pointer to the view.
Nish
My miniputt high is now 29
I do not think I can improve on that
My temperament won't hold
www.busterboy.org
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Yeah, that may be a problem. Do you know how I can get a pointer to the view object from CMyApp::InitInstance()? That's all that's really holding me back. I don't want to leave my code the way it is because it seems like a big hack.
Jon Sagara
What about ?
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Jon
I don't think you should even do all this from the CWinApp derived class.
Can you try this. From your CMyView::OnInitialUpdate() post a custom message, say WM_APP+1 to your CMyView. Tehn in the handler for that message, call your function.
This technique is used to hide modal dialogs. Because in the OnInitDialog if we hide the window, it won't be effective as the window is not shown yet. So we post a message and the message handler hides the window.
I didnt try this out and am too lazy to try it out now.
6:32 AM now. I am not in an active condition as you might expect 
But please could you try this out and let me know it it did work?
If it does not work, I apologize for the inconvenience caused...
Regards
Nish
My miniputt high is now 29
I do not think I can improve on that
My temperament won't hold
www.busterboy.org
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Pasted the wrong code.
CMyView *pView = (CMyView*)m_pMainWnd->GetActiveWindow();
pView->DoWizard();
Jon Sagara
What about ?
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Ah, that's better.
By the way read the other post where I have made a humble suggestion.
Nish
My miniputt high is now 29
I do not think I can improve on that
My temperament won't hold
www.busterboy.org
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Ah ha! I finally got it... *BUT* what a hack!
From CMyApp::InitInstance():
POSITION pos = pDocTemplate->GetFirstDocPosition();
CMyDoc *pDoc = (CMyDoc*)pDocTemplate->GetNextDoc(pos);
pos = pDoc->GetFirstViewPosition();
CMyView *pView = (CMyView*)pDoc->GetNextView(pos);
pView->DoWizard();
Jon Sagara
What about ?
Best Miniputt score: 21
Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
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Hate to spoil your fun, Jon, but that's not a hack - that's MDI! I'm working on an app with (wait, I'm just counting) 10 document/view types. I wrote quite a few of those functions before creating one in my app to GetCurrentView(of type)...
Oh yeah, and your code is assuming that there's only one DocTemplate, when you've got ten, you've got another layer to loop through, and error checking... and...
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