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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe2-Jun-03 0:10

2-Jun-03 0:10

Work your way through the tutorials here and on MSDN. Oh and get some good books.

If that doesn't help, go on a Training Course.

If that doesn't help, maybe this isn't the career for you.

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Re: Please Help Me

Anonymous2-Jun-03 12:03

Anonymous

2-Jun-03 12:03

I am currently reading in B.C.S.Hons form Virtual Universty. But i not satisfied from that. I want to do gaem programming but here in Pakistan Multan no institue is offering for that, even in all Pakistan. Also i have visit the Libraries and Markets but I have got no book for it. If u think that books can take me up, then please send me a good prescription ,and if it possible send me the books also.
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Combo boxes

Zak_31-May-03 7:09

Zak_

31-May-03 7:09

Hi,

I'm just converting from Visual Basic to Visual C++ so please forgive me if I come across as a dumb ass Smile | :)

. At the moment I'm getting used to Dialogs using messages etc. My question is this - When you press the little button on the combo-box (causing CBN_DROPDOWN message), do you have to write the code that shows the available selections youreself? I'm used to having this done for me Smile | :)

. If you don't, does somebody know why no available selections come up when I press the button on my app?

Thanks in advance.

Zak

Re: Combo boxes

Jan van den Baard31-May-03 7:33

Jan van den Baard

31-May-03 7:33

You probably need to size the list. This is done by clicking on the drop-down rrow of the combobox in de resource editor. Then you can change the combobox it's height. Clicking the drop-down arrow again wil resume to normal sizing of the combobox control.

- Jan

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Re: Combo boxes

Zak_1-Jun-03 5:53

Zak_

1-Jun-03 5:53

Ok thats great thanks. I wouldn't have been able to see my strings. But no strings are still showing Frown | :(

This is my code to add a string to the list -

char TestString[] = TEXT("Test");
SendDlgItemMessage(hWnd, IDC_ADAPTER, CB_ADDSTRING, 0L, (LPARAM)(LPCTSTR)&TestString);

There must be something wrong with this - any ideas.

Thanks again

Zak

Re: Combo boxes

Jan van den Baard1-Jun-03 19:43

Jan van den Baard

1-Jun-03 19:43

Zak_ wrote:
char TestString[] = TEXT("Test");
SendDlgItemMessage(hWnd, IDC_ADAPTER, CB_ADDSTRING, 0L, (LPARAM)(LPCTSTR)&TestString);

There must be something wrong with this - any ideas.

Try it like this:

SendDlgItemMessage(hWnd, IDC_ADAPTER, CB_ADDSTRING, 0L, (LPARAM)(LPCTSTR)TestString);

Your code adds a pointer to a pointer to a 0-terminated string.

- Jan

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Problems with MFC (Without wizard)

Bob Stanneveld31-May-03 6:39

Bob Stanneveld

31-May-03 6:39

Hello,

I don't like wizards, so I decided to things on my own. I set up a project with a formview. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, but the CWnd::Create() method just won't be called!
Can anyone please tell me where that method is called and what I have to do for that?

thanks

Re: Problems with MFC (Without wizard)

Vikram A Punathambekar31-May-03 8:51

Vikram A Punathambekar

31-May-03 8:51

Give us the details, pal, and we'll be glad to help you. Why don't you post (part of) your code?

HINT: Check the return value of Create() and see if it returns 0 - if it does, something's terribly wrong.

Hope this helps (give the code, though) Smile | :)

,

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Re: Problems with MFC (Without wizard)

Bob Stanneveld31-May-03 9:00

Bob Stanneveld

31-May-03 9:00

Hi,

I just don't know where to call Create(), I can't even find it in the wizards generated code!

regards,

Re: Problems with MFC (Without wizard)

Vikram A Punathambekar31-May-03 9:13

Vikram A Punathambekar

31-May-03 9:13

iumentum wrote:
I just don't know where to call Create()

You should do it typically (but not always) from OnCreate() in the class that you derive from CWnd or CFrameWnd.

iumentum wrote:
I can't even find it in the wizards generated code

AFAIK, the wizard has no use for this. You'll have to enter it manually. Don't forget to check the return value.

TIP: Get MSDN, and a good book. I'd recommend "Programming Windows with MFC" by Jeff Prosise.

Vikram.
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List Box Style

georgiek5031-May-03 6:00

georgiek50

31-May-03 6:00

What is the necessary style the a list box must have to display characters such as this correctly: å, ä, ö, Å, Ä

Or is it just a matter of Windows regional settings?

Re: List Box Style

Ravi Bhavnani31-May-03 8:47

Ravi Bhavnani

31-May-03 8:47

I think the only requirement is that you set its font to one that's capable of displaying these chars. Arial seems like a good bet, but I suspect Tahoma (the now-standard Microsoft font) would also work.

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CButton question

rpadrela31-May-03 5:26

rpadrela

31-May-03 5:26

I want a button to be drawn fully red, do i need to create my own button class ? Owner-draw button is the way to go ? If so, can you point me too any good article that talks about it ?

Thanks

Re: CButton question

valikac31-May-03 7:01

valikac

31-May-03 7:01

One solution is ownerdraw via WM_CTLCOLOR.

Kuphryn

Re: CButton question

Joan M1-Jun-03 21:01

Joan M

1-Jun-03 21:01

You can also take a look here in CP at the Button articles in order to find out some classes already done... CButton ST is a good class...

HTH...

How can I terminate another application?

ATC31-May-03 4:13

ATC

31-May-03 4:13

Hi,

I have a VC++ application that launches another application in Run Time

<br />
	char* pszFileName = "c:\\NewApplication.exe";<br />
	spawnl( _P_NOWAIT, pszFileName, pszFileName,NULL);<br />

It works fine, but I could not find another command to terminate that application (NewApplication.exe) in Run Time

Anyone can help me?

Thanks

Re: How can I terminate another application?

skaanji31-May-03 6:09

skaanji

31-May-03 6:09

Use TerminateProcess(HANDLE hProcess,UINT uExitCode);

Re: How can I terminate another application?

Neville Franks31-May-03 12:39

Neville Franks

31-May-03 12:39

skaanji wrote:
Use TerminateProcess(HANDLE hProcess,UINT uExitCode);

No, No, No, No, No, unless you want the user to loose all the work they've done.

To quote the MS Docs:
The TerminateProcess function is used to unconditionally cause a process to exit. Use it only in extreme circumstances.

Please be very carefull about what you you suggest to people here.

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Re: How can I terminate another application?

ATC1-Jun-03 5:09

ATC

1-Jun-03 5:09

Hi,

I am trying & still find the way to do right!

Thanks

ATC

Re: How can I terminate another application?

ATC1-Jun-03 5:10

ATC

1-Jun-03 5:10

Hi,

I am working on it & still find the way to do right!

Thanks

ATC

Re: How can I terminate another application?

Neville Franks31-May-03 12:37

Neville Franks

31-May-03 12:37

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B178893[^]

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Re: How can I terminate another application?

ATC1-Jun-03 5:10

ATC

1-Jun-03 5:10

Hi,

I am working on it & still find the way to do right!

Thanks

ATC

Re: How can I terminate another application?

Tom Wright31-May-03 17:29

Tom Wright

31-May-03 17:29

Obtain the handle of the window. Pass a message to it to shut down.
If it's an app that requires saving before closing then it should ask
Example:

HWND hWnd;<br />
LRESULT lpResult;<br />
<br />
//Find the window<br />
hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, winName);<br />
if (hWnd == NULL)<br />
{<br />
    return 0;<br />
}<br />
//Set Window Style<br />
lpResult = DefWindowProc(hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, NULL);<br />

Hope this helps

Re: Compiled errors

ATC1-Jun-03 5:07

ATC

1-Jun-03 5:07

Hi,

I did try your suggestion, but when I compiled I had two errors:

---> hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, winName);
---> lpResult = DefWindowProc(hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, NULL);

error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'class CWnd *' to 'struct HWND__ *'
error C2660: 'DefWindowProcA' : function does not take 4 parameters

Do you know why?

Thanks for help

ATC

Is pointers in C++ a headache for real world programmers?

Link260031-May-03 3:00

Link2600

31-May-03 3:00

In Java, they got rid of the use of pointers, and most Java
programmers will tell you because the creators want to get
rid of the pointers headache for programmers. I wonder if it
is true? Is pointers a headache for you? And is it useful? If
you don't use pointers, what alternatives do you have?

(off topic) By the way, do you happen to know if there is a
Java forum that is similar to this site?

Thanks.

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