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Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

bhanu_850926-May-09 2:12

26-May-09 2:12

Dear All,

I developed a project by setting the Character Set option (Project Properties) to "Not Set" in Visual C++. Now one of my class in the project needs Unicode character set support and if I change the Character set option in the Project properties then it displays several errors on the text declaration for the other class files.

It will be too difficult for me to modify the other class files according to Unicode character set. Can anyone please advice me to change the Character set for that specific class alone. I will be very grateful if someone helps me.

Thanks in Advance.

Bhanu

Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

Rajesh R Subramanian26-May-09 2:18

Rajesh R Subramanian

26-May-09 2:18

Just build your application for Unicode. In the preprocessor settings, remove _MBCS and add _UNICODE (additionally add UNICODE if it is a non-MFC app).

You may get further help with those "many errors", if you give precise details of them.

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Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

bhanu_850926-May-09 21:55

bhanu_8509

26-May-09 21:55

I have given the information in another reply.

Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

ThatsAlok26-May-09 22:16

ThatsAlok

26-May-09 22:16

you didn't reply to his question.. humm busy with work!

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Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

«_Superman_»26-May-09 2:21

«_Superman_»

26-May-09 2:21

You can use the MultiByteToWide char to convert the required strings to unicode.
Or you can explicitly use the wide version of the APIs, for example, GetWindowTextW etc.
Use wchar_t instead of char. Use wcscpy instead of strcpy.
Also constant string must be preceded with L (L"hello world")

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Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

bhanu_850926-May-09 21:47

bhanu_8509

26-May-09 21:47

The problem is that I already created the project without setting the Character set and I used declarations such as

CString str = ""; char temp[20];

. In addition to this I also used strcpy, strlen like methods. If I change the Character Set in the Project properties to "Unicode" then I need to change all the above and this is not at all simple. Even though if I change all the strings, some of my classes does not support Unicode char set. Now I am in deep trouble to solve this issue.

The real work for me now is to display the characters such as ►♂↨∟↑•↕ in a text box. Please tell me and help me how can I display these characters without changing the Character set in project properties.

P.S : I already using Character set as "Not Set"

Please help me Frown | :(

Bhanu

Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

ThatsAlok26-May-09 22:15

ThatsAlok

26-May-09 22:15

bhanu_8509 wrote:
char temp[20];

use TCHAR instead of char!

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Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

bhanu_850926-May-09 22:47

bhanu_8509

26-May-09 22:47

I already told that it is not possible to change all the datatypes and string assignments and some of my classes doesn't support Unicode. Please give me a good solution.

Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

«_Superman_»27-May-09 2:34

«_Superman_»

27-May-09 2:34

Like I said before use the wide versions of the API only for those strings.

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Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

aravind.sn16-Jun-09 2:46

aravind.sn

16-Jun-09 2:46

Hey Bhanu,,
Y dont you try out this,,
Say you wanna display "↨↔♀☺☻♥♦♣" on the MFC window..
create an array of type unsigend short with the decimal values of these symbols.say,

wchar_t mySymbols[]={8616, 8595, ...., ...., ...., 0000};
//(make sure array ends with 0000);
//this unicode values u can get from MSWord[Menu->Insert->Symbols)
//then
CString symbolText(mySymbols);
M_displaytext=symbolText;
or
M_displaytext=SetWindowText(symbolText);

.. think this will work out...
-regards
aravind sn

Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

bhanu_850919-Jun-09 0:52

bhanu_8509

19-Jun-09 0:52

The CEdit control displays only ??. Please advice some other way.

wchar_t mySymbols[]={9664, 9824, 0000};
CString symbolText(mySymbols);
Edit.SetWindowText(symbolText);

Re: Displaying unicode value in MFC CEdit text box

aravind.sn19-Jun-09 1:07

aravind.sn

19-Jun-09 1:07

nope i tried it before sending the last post, also make sure u have used the macros _UNICODE and UNICODE, y dont u give it a go for variable of type CString of that EditBox and then m_EditMessage=symbolText;
but the Edit control has to work,,,i wonder,
also check whether it can read the unicodes

if(symbolText.GetAt(0) == 0xFEFF)
{
Edit.SetWindowText(symbolText);
}
else
MessageBox("\nOoops Sorry,, I gave UP..!!! Smile | :)

");

CMfcOutlookbar

VCsamir26-May-09 1:52

VCsamir

26-May-09 1:52

hi all,

I have a MfcOutlookbar which is fixed at the left side of my application. Is there a way to make this as Auto-hide Bar like CDockablePane.

Thanks in Advance

Regards,
Samir

Re: CMfcOutlookbar

Stuart Dootson26-May-09 2:27

Stuart Dootson

26-May-09 2:27

I don't know - but looking at the documentation, CMfcOutlookBar inherits a method called "HasAutoHideMode" from CBaseTabbedPane - it also has a method called "SetAutoHideMode". Why not experiment - try calling that method from your application and see if your Outlook bar auto-hides...

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Re: CMfcOutlookbar

VCsamir26-May-09 23:23

VCsamir

26-May-09 23:23

hi ,

i have tried the thing what u have asked but the same does not work!! Is there any alternate way ?

Thanks in Advance

Regards,
Samir

Re: CMfcOutlookbar

Stuart Dootson27-May-09 1:24

Stuart Dootson

27-May-09 1:24

Not that I'm aware of.

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

Re: CMfcOutlookbar

VCsamir27-May-09 20:57

VCsamir

27-May-09 20:57

Sir,

So is there any other way i can achieve it?? The the problem is that i have already done all the functionality on the outlook bar.. can i add the full CMFCOutlookBar on CDockablepane?? i have tried that also but it is also not working.. Confused | :confused:

I dont kno if i m wrong but adding all my functionality to individual pCDockablepane and then docking it will help??

Thanks in Advance

Regards
Samir Satardekar

Re: CMfcOutlookbar [modified]

JHeikkilajr12-Aug-09 1:49

JHeikkilajr

12-Aug-09 1:49

It may be a little late, but here's how I'm doing it:

1) In the frame-window's OnCreate() method, I add the following code just before the call to CreateOutlookToolbar()

<br />
// enable Visual Studio 2005 style docking window auto-hide behavior<br />
EnableAutoHidePanes(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);<br />

2) In the CreateOutlookToolbar() method, I change the call to bar.Create() to include ControlBarStyles as illustrated below:

<br />
if (!bar.Create(strTemp, this, CRect(0, 0, nInitialWidth, 32000), uiID, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_LEFT, AFX_CBRS_AUTOHIDE | AFX_CBRS_RESIZE))<br />
{<br />
  return FALSE; // fail to create<br />
}<br />

Quite simple really, but with one slight draw-back: you don't get to see the stick-pin icon! No, in order to actually have the outlook bar auto-hide, you have to right-click the caption on top... Not a big deal for me - I'm gonna try and fix it later, but for now it will do.

Hope this helps,
Jumpster

Edit: Realized I missed a step... Added it as step 1 above.

Re: CMfcOutlookbar

QuiOui9-Sep-09 21:08

QuiOui

9-Sep-09 21:08

Better late than never.

If found that you can display a pin by adding a gripper to the outlook bar using the following code (notice the additional CBRS_GRIPPER style):

if (!bar.Create(strTemp, this, CRect(0, 0, nInitialWidth, 32000), uiID, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_LEFT | CBRS_GRIPPER, AFX_CBRS_AUTOHIDE | AFX_CBRS_RESIZE))
{
return FALSE; // fail to create
}

Unfortunately, you do get a duplication of the current name of the pane in the gripper as well as the underlying CMFCOutlookBarTabCtrl.

Regards,

QuiOui

check for Substring

p_196026-May-09 0:41

p_1960

26-May-09 0:41

HI,
i have a string like ..
CString Str="dc.xml,Copy";
how can i check whether the string "Copy" exists in Str..
Please help me...

Re: check for Substring

Rajesh R Subramanian26-May-09 0:43

Rajesh R Subramanian

26-May-09 0:43

See CString::Find()[^]

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Re: check for Substring

ThatsAlok26-May-09 22:18

ThatsAlok

26-May-09 22:18

sorry to being sarcastic! i think you are learning MFC.. Try to search Class reference in MSDN.

This will help in future, if not now. anyways CString::Find can resolve your problem

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Re: check for Substring

ankitbtrivedi27-May-09 0:35

ankitbtrivedi

27-May-09 0:35

You can use StrStrI function.For using it u need to include "shlwapi.h"

e.g
CString Str="dc.xml,Copy";
LPTSTR pExist = StrStrI(Str, L"Copy");
if(pExist)
printf("Str contains Copy");
else
printf("Str does not contains Copy");

Re: check for Substring

Rajesh R Subramanian27-May-09 3:34

Rajesh R Subramanian

27-May-09 3:34

ankitbtrivedi wrote:
You can use StrStrI function.

Why would you not use the find method that's built into CString, if CString is already being used? Not to mention that you will need to explicitly link to shlwapi.lib! Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: check for Substring

ThatsAlok28-May-09 6:02

ThatsAlok

28-May-09 6:02

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
if CString is already being used? Not to mention that you will need to explicitly link to shlwapi.lib! Roll eyes

good, talking like a real programmer. some time i think i am quite beginner in programming now

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