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includeh1012-Nov-02 18:11

12-Nov-02 18:11

there are 2 menus in MDI mfc app, one is for main-frame, another one for child-window.

if no child window opened, the menu used is main-fram menu, otherwise is child-window menu.

GetMenu() only gets current menu. I want to get these 2 menus in one function - or at same time (child-window may be opened or not while the function is called), how to do that?

thx.

includeh10

Re: get 2 menus at same time

Maximilien13-Nov-02 3:12

Maximilien

13-Nov-02 3:12

I don't understand what you want to do ? you want to always see the menu visible when a "child window" is openned ?

Setting Color background in CClientDC

WayneJ12-Nov-02 17:45

WayneJ

12-Nov-02 17:45

I am trying to set the cleint window background color from a menu selection. I am looking for the member fuctions needed to set the color from my menu

Re: Setting Color background in CClientDC

dabs13-Nov-02 0:13

dabs

13-Nov-02 0:13

You will have to do the drawing yourself. The easiest way is probably to store the color in a COLORREF variable in the window which you want to change the background of. Update this variable with the new color and tell the window to redraw itself. Then intercept the WM_ERASEBKGND message and fill the background using this color value. There is a handy function in CDC that does exactly that -> FillSolidRect( ).

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simple listctrl doubt

fordge12-Nov-02 17:17

fordge

12-Nov-02 17:17

I think this is simple enough though the solution seems to be eluding me for almost a day now

i have a standard listctrl with checkbox ,say

m_list.SetExtendedStyle(LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES|LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT);

what i want is to lock some of the list rows,say row 2
so that the check box value cannot be modified by the user

so i wrote the following in NM_CLICK

{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
NMITEMACTIVATE* pLVCD = reinterpret_cast<NMITEMACTIVATE*>(pNMHDR);
LVITEM rItem;
int nItem = pLVCD->iItem;
ZeroMemory ( &rItem, sizeof(LVITEM) );
LVITEM rItem;
rItem.mask = LVIF_STATE;
rItem.iItem = nItem;
rItem.stateMask = LVIS_SELECTED|ODS_DISABLED;
m_list.GetItem ( &rItem );
if ( nItem ==2)
{
BOOL bSel=m_list.GetCheck(nItem);
m_list.SetItem(nItem,bSel);
m_list.Update(nItem);
}
*pResult = 0;
}

here if a checkbox is unselected and i click it
the control comes to the above code and bSel is FALSE and eventhough i say to update the list row 2 with that itself ...it doesnt work.

the rows check box gets selected invariable

i tried the same in LV_ITEMCHANGED and a couple of others as well...
but to no avail...

please put me out of my misery

what am i doing wrong??

Re: simple listctrl doubt

Shog⁹12-Nov-02 17:26

Shog⁹

12-Nov-02 17:26

1) an item does NOT have to be selected for the check to be checked/unchecked.

2) if you want to prevent the check from being checked... or unchecked... or prevent an item from being modified in any other way, just handle LVN_ITEMCHANGING and watch the status of the modified item (which, need i remind you, is not necessarily selected). If the state image changes (item state & LVIS_STATEIMAGEMASK), then the check has been modified. If you don't agree with the modification, then just return FALSE, and the change will not occur. Otherwise, return TRUE.

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Customized Windows

Shamoon12-Nov-02 16:35

Shamoon

12-Nov-02 16:35

Its second time Smile | :)

I hope you all've used MSN messenger. The window/GUI of MSN messenger is customizable and there are many custom add-ons present. I mean that we can customize the window of MSN messenger without having the access to the original source code.

I also want to make my window based application that i can customize later without accessing the original source code, just like MSN messenger. Can any one tell me how such applications are created ???

Re: Customized Windows

Christian Graus12-Nov-02 16:53

Christian Graus

12-Nov-02 16:53

By exposing an interface, so that the code to *generate* these changes is present, and so is code to parse the add-ons. At least that is what WinAmp does.

Christian

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Re: Customized Windows

Chris Maunder12-Nov-02 17:09

Chris Maunder

12-Nov-02 17:09

Take a look at the Skins and Advanced UI articles.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

How to display standard shell properties for certain file?

Alex Cramer12-Nov-02 16:31

Alex Cramer

12-Nov-02 16:31

Subj (I need properties window like in Explorer).

Re: How to display standard shell properties for certain file?

Chris Richardson12-Nov-02 17:46

Chris Richardson

12-Nov-02 17:46

I'm not on my Dev machine right now, so you might have to change some of the names of the members of the SHELLEXECUTEINFO struct.

SHELLEXECUTEINFO a_stInfo;
memset( &a_stInfo, 0, sizeof( a_stInfo ) );
a_stInfo.cbSize = sizeof( a_stInfo );
a_stInfo.lpVerb = _T("properties");
a_stInfo.lpFile = _T("C:\\YourFile.ext");
a_stInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST;
ShellExecuteEx( &a_stInfo );

Chris Richardson

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Determining Platform from WinCE DLL file

Paul Wolfensberger12-Nov-02 15:58

Paul Wolfensberger

12-Nov-02 15:58

I'm supporting multiple platforms and want to make sure that the person who creates our CE installation package doesn't put a DLL for a MIPS device on an ARM device.....yeah I know I shouldn't have to do this, but I found that none of the correct files were on the device after a couple hours of trouble shooting.

Ideally I could read part of the DLL from the device and determine which platform it is supposed to run on.

Ideas??

Thanks,

Paul

VC coding Font!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stevenson12-Nov-02 15:35

stevenson

12-Nov-02 15:35

Hi,
I want to change the font of code in my VC++6.0 IDE, but the font I wanted not listed in VC++6.0 IDE, how to realize my dream??????

Thanks a lot

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Re: VC coding Font!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christian Graus12-Nov-02 15:51

Christian Graus

12-Nov-02 15:51

stevenson wrote:
how to realize my dream??????

You need to dream a bit harder....

Is the font installed on the PC ? I can't imagine why it's not in the list, if it is.

Christian

No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002

Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002

During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

Re: VC coding Font!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stevenson12-Nov-02 20:40

stevenson

12-Nov-02 20:40

There is no Font such as Courier New in the list! and no Verdana. But they shows in Word2000. how to crack this????

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Re: VC coding Font!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christian Graus12-Nov-02 20:46

Christian Graus

12-Nov-02 20:46

I suspected something like what PJ has said but was not sure. I'm missing why it's so important though....

Either way, it sounds like it cannot be done.

Christian

No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002

Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002

During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

Re: VC coding Font!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PJ Arends12-Nov-02 19:53

PJ Arends

12-Nov-02 19:53

One can only use fixed width fonts in the VC6 IDE. Which font do you want to use? It is probably a variable width font.

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Re: VC coding Font!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stevenson12-Nov-02 21:02

stevenson

12-Nov-02 21:02

Hi,

There are only two Font, one is Fixedsys and the other is Terminal, no more thing. It's rather boring to use only two fonts.

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How to design the screen like XP "My Computer"?

sages12-Nov-02 15:07

sages

12-Nov-02 15:07

I like the left dragdown style in XP "My Computer",Who could tell me how to do it? Wink | ;)

Thanks

How to Get fields form DataGrid?

YXF12-Nov-02 14:58

YXF

12-Nov-02 14:58

Please tell me as long as you know!

I along to found the answer of the question!

I can connection the database for DataGrid,i want to get current point

record!

thanks!^_^ Big Grin | :-D

Re: How to Get fields form DataGrid?

Mazdak12-Nov-02 20:02

Mazdak

12-Nov-02 20:02

Which datagrid? Ms Datagrid that is used with VC6 ?

C_Recordset::GetCursorLoacation

Mazy

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mfc dll

peter ho12-Nov-02 14:45

peter ho

12-Nov-02 14:45

Hi I wrote a dialog based program using mfc. When I run it from another computer, the program indicates "can not find mfc42.dll, mfc042.dll....." Does anyone know how to compile the program so that these dll files will be included?

thanks

Re: mfc dll

C^hris L^osinger12-Nov-02 14:50

C^hris L^osinger

12-Nov-02 14:50

Project / Settings / General

change Microsoft Foundation Classes to the "Use MFC in a static library" option.

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Re: mfc dll

roboo12-Nov-02 14:53

roboo

12-Nov-02 14:53

I think you can create a setup package.

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Re: mfc dll

Christian Graus12-Nov-02 15:05

Christian Graus

12-Nov-02 15:05

It depends on the version of VC you have - Standard will not allow you to bind statically, although I believe there are articles about on how to do that anyhow. In any case, the alternative is to ship the dll's.

Christian

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Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002

During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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