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Re: Help with menus

Ryan McDermott7-Nov-04 15:23

Ryan McDermott

7-Nov-04 15:23

Thanks Michael you're a god Smile | :)

I guess I will try MFC. I always though the Visual Studio IDE just used regular windows APIs. My Dad's friend that works for IBM, has a few friends at microsoft and that's who told me about Microsoft and MFC.

-Ryan M.

Re: Help with menus

Christian Graus7-Nov-04 15:29

Christian Graus

7-Nov-04 15:29

Ryan McDermott wrote:
My Dad's friend that works for IBM, has a few friends at microsoft

They didn't fire him for that ? :P

He may have been thinking of apps like Word, which predate MFC, and I believe continue not to use it. The reason is the cost of a rewrite, not any problem with MFC itself.

Christian

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Re: Help with menus

Ryan McDermott7-Nov-04 15:33

Ryan McDermott

7-Nov-04 15:33

OK I have always assumed that. I might open up Word or Visual studio in a hex editor and take a look at what DLLs they are linked to Wink | ;)

Does anybody have any tutorials on MFC? I would appreciate it.

-Ryan M.

Re: Help with menus

Christian Graus7-Nov-04 15:38

Christian Graus

7-Nov-04 15:38

Ryan McDermott wrote:
Does anybody have any tutorials on MFC? I would appreciate it.

I hear there's a cool site called CodeProject with heaps of MFC articles on it.....

Christian

I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

Re: Help with menus

Ryan McDermott7-Nov-04 15:50

Ryan McDermott

7-Nov-04 15:50

ok ok, very cocky now. I have read many a article here at codeproject and I can't really understand all the MFC headers and all those weird APIs. Everything in MFC is so sloppy and I thought it was designed so you can be more productive. Quite the contrary, you write endless lines of classes and macros and where does it getcha? Half of what I say is probably wrong and you all might contradict me but I just am not all that fond of much Microsoft stuff.

-Ryan M.

Re: Help with menus

Ravi Bhavnani7-Nov-04 18:53

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7-Nov-04 18:53

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Re: Help with menus

Christian Graus8-Nov-04 8:37

Christian Graus

8-Nov-04 8:37

Ryan McDermott wrote:
Everything in MFC is so sloppy

MFC is an attempt to OO Win32. It's not perfect, by any means. Your best bet is to work your way through some examples, and learn a bit at a time.

Ryan McDermott wrote:
you write endless lines of classes and macros

You shouldn't have to write any macros. Macros are evil. I don't think you need to write endless classes either. Have you done any Win32 ? It's a lot more verbose.

Christian

I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

Re: Help with menus

User 5838527-Nov-04 17:05

User 583852

7-Nov-04 17:05

Try wtl. Lots of templates in there though that you might not like the look of.
50+ projects in 2 years eh?

Re: Help with menus

Ryan McDermott7-Nov-04 17:13

Ryan McDermott

7-Nov-04 17:13

Yes 50+

I did mainly small apps like a Splash Screen class, a Remote administration server, basic FTP client. Anyway, I found an interesting book on MFC online that I will order.

-Ryan M.

Re: Help with menus

Member 3076127-Nov-04 19:29

Member 307612

7-Nov-04 19:29

Have you checked WTL? It is generally considered a good alternative to MFC. Much less crap, smaller binaries. There are also a lot of ready-to-use classes, including menu (check CP's wtl part)

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How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK7-Nov-04 10:44

Dody_DK

7-Nov-04 10:44

Hey every one...
I have read and tested some stuff with "SetWindowText"
and when i use SetWindowText i can change the caption of my appelcation, but I think it is possible to change window's caption of other programs....

i am not sure if it is SetWindowText(hWnd,"My Text");

but i used it and it gave me an eroor... so any help?

thanks alot

I am still a beginner Wink | ;)

Re: How to change a caption of any window

faroqtam7-Nov-04 11:06

faroqtam

7-Nov-04 11:06

Hi.
you can use
Findwindow(wndclass,wndtetxt) API function to retrive the
hwnd for any window, and then you can use
SetWindowText function.

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if you need some help contact me on faroq_tam2004@yahoo

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while your mind running.

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Re: How to change a caption of any window

David Crow8-Nov-04 5:17

David Crow

8-Nov-04 5:17

Dody_DK wrote:
...but i used it and it gave me an eroor...

My telepathy powers are weak today. Can you tell us what the error is?

"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

Re: How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK8-Nov-04 6:23

Dody_DK

8-Nov-04 6:23

It will give me this error

error C2065: 'hWnd' : undeclared identifier

Sigh | :sigh:

hope you can help...

Re: How to change a caption of any window

David Crow8-Nov-04 6:30

David Crow

8-Nov-04 6:30

From where and how are you calling SetWindowText()?

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Re: How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK8-Nov-04 6:50

Dody_DK

8-Nov-04 6:50

I creat a button, and from the classwizard I chose BN_Clicked and I add function. then I click edit code and write SetWindowText(hWnd,"My Text");... so it will be

void CAdfadfhgDlg::OnButton1()
{
SetWindowText(hWnd,"My Text");
}

I think i am doing something wrong... right?

Re: How to change a caption of any window

David Crow8-Nov-04 6:55

David Crow

8-Nov-04 6:55

Dody_DK wrote:
I think i am doing something wrong... right?

Right, you are doing something wrong. Simply remove the hWnd parameter. It's not needed since you are already in the context of the dialog. That will fix that particular compiler error.

"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

Re: How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK8-Nov-04 6:57

Dody_DK

8-Nov-04 6:57

Yeah I did that also, but this will change my applecation's Caption not the other applecation's caption... and this is what I want to change the Window title of other applecation....

is it possible?

Re: How to change a caption of any window

David Crow8-Nov-04 7:57

David Crow

8-Nov-04 7:57

Dody_DK wrote:
is it possible?

Yes, just call FindWindow() as has already been mentioned.

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Re: How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK8-Nov-04 9:57

Dody_DK

8-Nov-04 9:57

I did that also, but the same problem, only my applecation's caption will be changed, not others...

void CAdfadfhgDlg::OnButton1()
{
HWND hwnd = ::FindWindow(NULL, "Title of program");
if (hwnd)
{
::ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOWDEFAULT);
::BringWindowToTop(hwnd);

SetWindowText(hWnd,"My Text");
}

hmm is there any thing wrong i am doing?

thanks alot Wink | ;)

Re: How to change a caption of any window

David Crow8-Nov-04 10:04

David Crow

8-Nov-04 10:04

Unless the title of CAdfadfhgDlg is "Title of program", the code you have should work.

Dody_DK wrote:
SetWindowText(hWnd,"My Text");

I assume that hWnd is supposed to be hwnd. Yes?

"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

Re: How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK8-Nov-04 10:39

Dody_DK

8-Nov-04 10:39

Yes hWnd = hwnd, but i deleted it also as you said and used
SetWindowText("My Text");

I have tried to do it with many programs.... but it didn't work...hmmmm

I hope that you have other selution...

thanks alot Wink | ;)

Re: How to change a caption of any window

David Crow8-Nov-04 10:43

David Crow

8-Nov-04 10:43

Dody_DK wrote:
SetWindowText("My Text");

This is obviously not going to work as the function is being called in the context of your dialog. The net result being that your dialog's caption gets changed.

Perhaps you should explain what you are actually trying to do. If we knew the whole story, we could make more informed suggestions.

"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

Re: How to change a caption of any window

Dody_DK8-Nov-04 10:47

Dody_DK

8-Nov-04 10:47

What I want to do is:

A small change the caption of a specific program like MSN Messenger or yahoo or any thing else.... this is the whole story Smile | :)

I am very thankful for your support and help Wink | ;)

Re: How to change a caption of any window

ThatsAlok8-Nov-04 18:52

ThatsAlok

8-Nov-04 18:52

Dody_DK wrote:
A small change the caption of a specific program like MSN Messenger or yahoo or any thing else.... this is the whole story

I Think this little Code Will help for chanfing yahoo or msn Messenger !

<br />
HWND hYahooWnd=::FindWindow("YahooBuddyMain",NULL);<br />
	if(hYahooWnd)<br />
	{<br />
		::SetWindowText(hYahooWnd,"alok Gupta");<br />
	}<br />
<br />
	HWND hMSNWnd=::FindWindow("MSBLClass",NULL);<br />
	if(hYahooWnd)<br />
	{<br />
		::SetWindowText(hMSNWnd,"alok Gupta");<br />
	}

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