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Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

«_Superman_»10-Feb-09 1:55

«_Superman_»

10-Feb-09 1:55

Try changing

myTestTab.Create(IDD_PAGE_TestPage3, NULL);

myTestTab.Create(IDD_PAGE_TestPage3, &m_cTab);

«_Superman_»

Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

B_U_A10-Feb-09 21:56

B_U_A

10-Feb-09 21:56

Thanks, but that doesn't work either - same behaviour as with NULL.

Remember when I said, that by changing the tabs rapidly I can (very briefly) see a flicker of the dialog, but it gets overwritten instantaneously?
Well, for debug purposes only I did a little trick to force the program to halt, using a simple message box as shown below...

void CTestDlg::OnSelchangeTabMenus(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult) 
{
	CTest_Tab_Dialog myTestTab;	
	myTestTab.Create(IDD_PAGE_TestPage3, &m_cTab);
//	myTestTab.Create(IDD_PAGE_TestPage3, NULL);

	switch (m_cTab.GetCurSel())
	{
		case 0:
			MessageBox("Tab 1 is selected!");
			myTestTab.ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
			break;
	}

Now, when changing the tab control to this nasty Test Tab 1, the program has to stop (waiting for the MessagaBox to be closed) and - like magic - I can finally see my stupid test tab dialog (IDD_PAGE_TestPage3.
However, as soon as I OK the MessageBox, the content of the tab disapppears again. I assume it gets overwritten again by the tab contrl itself.
Any idea? ... I think we are almost there

Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

«_Superman_»10-Feb-09 22:07

«_Superman_»

10-Feb-09 22:07

To zero in on the problem, I would suggest you create a new workspace with only a tab and the dialogs to show on it. And get it right here before moving it into your main workspace.

«_Superman_»

Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

B_U_A10-Feb-09 22:26

B_U_A

10-Feb-09 22:26

I have done exactly that.
I am trying all this with a pretty clean workspace.
In fact I only ran the appwizard to create a dialog box based frame and all I have on the main window, is this Tab Control, which I want to display the dialog, just as per the snippets of code that I have posted.
There is nothing else than just the frame that the appwizard has created.

So if you want to give it a go, it would be very quick and easy to come to the same point.
Any other ideas/hints?
Do you think it is the right thing to create the object in the ONSELCHANGE function?
I mean I tried it in the OnInitDialog(), but the compiler didn't like it.
What else can I try... crazy this can't be so difficult. How many thousands of applications are out there that use something like this.

Please help Frown | :(

Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

B_U_A16-Feb-09 0:53

B_U_A

16-Feb-09 0:53

Hello out there, ... I just thought I post a last message to this case to let anyone who ever happens to read this thread by accident (or intention) know, that I have now managed to get things going.
My child dialogs are now working (almost) perfectly as contents of the individual pages of a tab control. Just some cosmetics that I have to tidy up.

While getting more and more frustrated, that I couldn't get something simple like a tab control going the way I wanted, I almost gave up.
The ultimate break-through was not until I came across the article from Andrew Lawrence ("Tabbed Dialog without Property Sheets"). I found this article just fabulous!!! It answered my question a hundred percent, and - while studying it - I learnt heaps more.
For the beginner of VC++ this is a highly recommended article!!!

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Andrew very much.

Many thanks also to you Superman for your patience and attempt to help. You were on the right track with your advice, but my ignorance about basic concepts prevented me from actually putting things right.

Keep up the good work Wink | ;-)

Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

Code-o-mat6-Feb-09 1:28

Code-o-mat

6-Feb-09 1:28

Read this[^] for starters.

p.s: something you should pay attention to, be sure to override the OnOK and OnCancel (or whatever you want to hook WM_COMMAND with IDOK and IDCANCEL to) methods otherwise when the user hits ENTER ot ESC while the focus is in one of your child-dialogs, the dialog will disappear...

> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. <
> Life: great graphics, but the gameplay sux. <

Re: How to create different Dialogs as Tabs in single window.

Rajesh R Subramanian7-Feb-09 5:36

Rajesh R Subramanian

7-Feb-09 5:36

You could probably use something like this? SAPrefs - Netscape-like preferences dialog[^]

Do a search. There are lot more cooler classes available for this purpose.

It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

Folder Size

john56325-Feb-09 23:49

john5632

5-Feb-09 23:49

Hi,

Is there any machenism using Shell or anything else to calculate the size of a folder?

Re: Folder Size

prasad_som6-Feb-09 0:51

prasad_som

6-Feb-09 0:51

Check XFolderSize[^] from Hans Dietrich.

Re: Folder Size

john56326-Feb-09 1:22

john5632

6-Feb-09 1:22

Is there any API like when window context menu propprty method?

As windows calculates size very fast, there should be any API like this.

Re: Folder Size

prasad_som6-Feb-09 1:58

prasad_som

6-Feb-09 1:58

MPTP wrote:
there should be any API like this.

Not in my information. There needs to be a class(article) for this requirement. So you should understand there is no such API.

MPTP wrote:
As windows calculates size very fast

Have you tried class in given link ? Isn't that fast ?

Re: Folder Size

Naveen6-Feb-09 2:16

Naveen

6-Feb-09 2:16

prasad_som wrote:
Not in my information.

You are right. I checked the call stack using process explorer while the size is been updated in the property sheet. It is using some function called SizeThreadProc() in the shell32.dll. May be if we can figure out the prototype of the funcion, it will be a nice hack. Smile | :)

nave

[OpenedFileFinder] [My Blog]

Re: Folder Size

prasad_som6-Feb-09 2:27

prasad_som

6-Feb-09 2:27

Naveen wrote:
SizeThreadProc()

Looks like callback function. Must be adding up size of individual file in folder structure.

Re: Folder Size

Naveen6-Feb-09 2:39

Naveen

6-Feb-09 2:39

hmmm...

BTW happy to see you back on codeproject. What happened in between?

nave

[OpenedFileFinder] [My Blog]

Re: Folder Size

prasad_som6-Feb-09 4:21

prasad_som

6-Feb-09 4:21

Naveen wrote:
BTW happy to see you back on codeproject.

Thanks ! And congrats for being awarded as MVP.

Naveen wrote:
What happened in between?

Changed employer, Changed country and busy with work.
Smile | :)

.ost to .pst conversion

PankajB5-Feb-09 23:18

PankajB

5-Feb-09 23:18

Hi All.

I want to convert .ost file to .pst file.
Just FYI, I am not looking for a any tool/executable i.e. oct2pst.exe to do the same, rather I am looking for some set of libraries for this implementation. If anyone can provide some pointers for the same, that will highly appreciated.

Also, if possible please provide some details regarding the file structure for these .exts.
Incase any information required, please let me know.

Thanks and Regards.
PanB

Re: .ost to .pst conversion

systools098-Apr-11 22:21

systools09

8-Apr-11 22:21

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time conversion

vineeshV5-Feb-09 22:33

vineeshV

5-Feb-09 22:33

how to convert time_t variable to formatted date

eg The long value [12345678900] to dd/mm/yyyy hh:ss

vineesh

Re: time conversion

«_Superman_»5-Feb-09 22:47

«_Superman_»

5-Feb-09 22:47

Use the localtime function to convert time_t to struct tm.
Then use string formatting to get the required format.

«_Superman_»

Re: time conversion

Naveen5-Feb-09 22:55

Naveen

5-Feb-09 22:55

Check the sample code at the end of this [^]documentation.

nave

[OpenedFileFinder] [My Blog]

Re: time conversion

vineeshV5-Feb-09 23:01

vineeshV

5-Feb-09 23:01

thanks naveen

vineesh

Re: time conversion

Madhu Nair5-Feb-09 22:59

Madhu Nair

5-Feb-09 22:59

Use the C runtime function strftime or _tcsftime

for details, visit the MSDN page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fe06s4ak(VS.80).aspx[^]

WebBrowser keyboard handling in MFC DLL - not working

daniel_zy5-Feb-09 21:28

daniel_zy

5-Feb-09 21:28

I have modeless dialog is derived from CDHTMLDialog that is hosted in DLL linked to MFC statically.
the problem is that keys such as tab don't work.

I have read Google documentation
1. for class derived from CDialog the solution in kb233263 work
2. for class derived from CDHTMLDialog this solution does not work
3. regarding the solution kb175502 PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg) is not called for the dialog class, so I don't understand what to do there

Thanks for any help

How to change border color of dialog?

AnithaSubramani5-Feb-09 21:13

AnithaSubramani

5-Feb-09 21:13

Hi All,

I need to change border color of dialog window in MFC.

Please help me..............

Thanks Regards,
Anitha

Re: How to change border color of dialog?

Code-o-mat6-Feb-09 1:01

Code-o-mat

6-Feb-09 1:01

The only way i can think of now is to draw your own border using WM_NCPAINT, but this can be a real pain in the rect.bottom...

> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. <
> Life: great graphics, but the gameplay sux. <

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.