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CTabCtrl Background in XP Themed

16-Sep-05 5:48

Rainos wrote:
Im guessing you have Platform SDK installed then?

That is correct.

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RickyC15-Sep-05 4:15

RickyC

15-Sep-05 4:15

Hi All,
I've been working on a project that makes use of CTabCtrl in a derived class.
My problem is that when my application runs on Windows XP Themed, the background color of that tabs that should be white (?)- default - are gray as the dialogs that they are. So it causes a strange feeling... the tabs titles are white and beautiful... but the tabs contents are gray... Sniff | :^)

Does anybody already pass through this or have some idea of how can I avoid this? Maybe makes the color of my dialogs (tab contents) transparent... I just don't know Frown | :(

ps.: its important that works on XP Themed and other versions of Windows too.

Thanks all for the attention,
Cheers!

-- modified at 10:16 Thursday 15th September, 2005

Ravi Bhavnani15-Sep-05 8:07

Ravi Bhavnani

15-Sep-05 8:07

RickyC wrote:
makes use of CTabCtrl in a derived class.

The default CTabCtrl displays a white background (as expected) on my themed XP system. Perhaps the derived control you're using swaps in modeless dialogs when the user switches tabs? If so, the dialog's background will be COLOR_WINDOW (grey) by default.

Instead of the CTabCtrl derived control, you may want to try using a CPropertySheet (and CPropertyPages) and see if that gets you the desired behavior.

/ravi

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RickyC15-Sep-05 9:39

RickyC

15-Sep-05 9:39

Hi Ravi, thanks for your answer.
I have been looking into CPropertySheet and the problem that I see, is that CPropertySheet behave like a Modal Dialog isn't?
And my CTabCtrl is inside a Dialog, like part of the controls of that Dialog.
Can I use the CPropertySheet like a normal MFC Control otherwise than a separated Modal Dialog?

Well, I'll try'it anyway Smile | :)

Thank you very much for your patience and assistance.

Ravi Bhavnani15-Sep-05 9:44

Ravi Bhavnani

15-Sep-05 9:44

Can I use the CPropertySheet like a normal MFC Control

Yes, absolutely! See this[^] article for instructions.

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RickyC16-Sep-05 1:39

RickyC

16-Sep-05 1:39

Thanks Ravi!
You help me a lot! Smile | :)

Extending Command Routing

Ravi Bhavnani16-Sep-05 2:14

Ravi Bhavnani

16-Sep-05 2:14

Glad to be of help!

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Joel Holdsworth15-Sep-05 4:03

Joel Holdsworth

15-Sep-05 4:03

Hi,
If I'm implementing a view that recieves WM_COMMAND messages, and OnUpdateCmdUIs, what is the easiest way to include some of my view's child windows in the routing, so that they can also recieve these notifications, without reflecting each notification one by one?

Joel Holdsworth

Re: Extending Command Routing

Taka Muraoka15-Sep-05 7:36

Taka Muraoka

15-Sep-05 7:36

It's a bit hacky but I often override OnCmdMsg() and forward it on to the child windows to see if any of them want it.

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Re: Extending Command Routing

Joel Holdsworth15-Sep-05 21:36

Joel Holdsworth

15-Sep-05 21:36

Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm!

Joel Holdsworth

Adding a new search function to the explorer

chrisbk215-Sep-05 3:23

chrisbk2

15-Sep-05 3:23

Hi
I'm writing an application and I would like to add a search function to it. What I would like to have is something similar to the "search file" function from the explorer, but using my own search search parameters and search engine. And this is where I get confused

Browsing the msdn I found two things :

-> Search Handler. I found a little description of what they are in the "Creating Search Handlers"(1) document, but that didn't help me much. What are they really capable of ? Are they the solution to my problem (custom search engine based on custom parameters) or are they just a tool to help XP search in file ? (I mean, like described here )

-> Explorer pane. I was able to implement a vertical explorer pane and adding a few event to it (straight win32 message loop, nothing fancy), but how can I display the search result the same way they are displayed when searching for file ? (To clear a bit this : I receive the "search" event. My app looks input values and perform the search. How can I present the results in the right pane (the listview) of the explorer ?)

Thanks !

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(1) Creating Search Handlers

Active document server in .NET instead of VC++

Bruce Pataki15-Sep-05 3:17

Bruce Pataki

15-Sep-05 3:17

I have an MFC MDI application in VC++ which is active document server application which allows opening document in container like internet explorer.

Is it possible to create the active document server application using .NET framework and allow to open document in internet explorer?

Any tips on the same will be helpful.

Thanks.

File Version

Supriya Tonape15-Sep-05 2:51

15-Sep-05 2:51

HI, can anybody tell me how get File Version without using GetFileVersionInfoSize() do let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Supriya Tonape

ThatsAlok15-Sep-05 3:45

ThatsAlok

15-Sep-05 3:45

Supriya Tonape wrote:
can anybody tell me how get File Version without using GetFileVersionInfoSize() do let me know.
I Believe, you are facing trouble using GetFileVersionInfoSize api, any way here is the link that simplify that process...
http://www.codeproject.com/file/VersionInfo.asp[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/file/fileversioninfo.asp[^]

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David Crow15-Sep-05 7:34

15-Sep-05 7:34

ThatsAlok wrote:
I Believe, you are facing trouble using GetFileVersionInfoSize...

Why would there be trouble in using GetFileVersionInfoSize()? Aside from reading the EXE/DLL directly, that function, along with VerQueryValue(), are the only way to go.

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Supriya Tonape15-Sep-05 22:04

15-Sep-05 22:04

thanks to both of U dear but I m not able to get desired o/p Confused | :confused:

below is sample code I m doing, I m getting Invalid data Error (13)

====================
DWORD dwVerInfoSize; // Size of version information block
DWORD dwVerHnd = 0; // An 'ignored' parameter, always '0'

TCHAR *szAppName= L"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Desktop\\unicows.exe";
TCHAR *verdata = L"";

//WIN32_FIND_DATA var;
//HANDLE hFileHandle = FindFirstFile (szAppName,&var);

dwVerInfoSize = GetFileVersionInfoSize( szAppName, &dwVerHnd );
cout << dwVerInfoSize; // here I m getting o/p as "2052"

GetFileVersionInfo(szAppName,0,dwVerInfoSize,verdata);

LPVOID lpInfo;
UINT unInfoLen;

VerQueryValue(verdata, _T("\\"), &lpInfo, &unInfoLen);

cout<< "lpInfo : " << lpInfo<<"\n\n"; //o/p is 0xccccccc
cout<< "unInfoLen :" << unInfoLen; // o/p is zero

cout<<"\n"<< GetLastError(); //13
========================

tell me what's wrong in it...

thanks n Regards
Supriya Tonape

-- modified at 6:27 Friday 16th September, 2005

David Crow16-Sep-05 2:05

16-Sep-05 2:05

Supriya Tonape wrote:
GetFileVersionInfo(szAppName,0,dwVerInfoSize,verdata);

Here verdata does not point to a valid block of memory. See here for code snippets that use these functions.

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Supriya Tonape16-Sep-05 4:10

16-Sep-05 4:10

Thanks David Smile | :)

It did help n I got the o/p. It's in decimal ,I will check out how to get it in the format #.#.#.#
bye n have a nice week end
Regards
Supriya Tonape.

David Crow16-Sep-05 4:48

16-Sep-05 4:48

Supriya Tonape wrote:
,I will check out how to get it in the format #.#.#.#

The variables for that are also mentioned in that article.

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Supriya Tonape7-Oct-05 1:49

7-Oct-05 1:49

Hi David,
Can U plz explain how to get file version in #.#.#.# I m not getting how to get it after VerQueryValue().
thanks in advance
Supriya Tonape.

Supriya Tonape7-Oct-05 2:07

7-Oct-05 2:07

Hi David,
I got it, dont look into this now Smile | :)

bye
Supriya Tonape

ky_rerun16-Sep-05 5:06

ky_rerun

16-Sep-05 5:06

typedef struct _verStruct<br />
	{<br />
		unsigned short Minor;<br />
		unsigned short Major;<br />
	}VerStruct;<br />
	stringstream SS;<br />
   char *pBuff;<br />
	char SubBlock[255];<br />
	VerStruct *MajorVer,*MinorVer;<br />
	WORD wCountry = 0x0409;<br />
	WORD wCodePage = 0x0000;<br />
	void *Base;<br />
	VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *FileVerInfo;<br />
	unsigned int Length;<br />
	pBuff=NULL;<br />
	<br />
	string FileName;<br />
	try<br />
	{<br />
		//Get the version of the local file<br />
		strcpy(SubBlock,"");<br />
      FileName = "SomeFile"<br />
		Length = GetFileVersionInfoSize(FileName.c_str(),0);<br />
		pBuff = (char *)calloc(sizeof(char),Length);<br />
		GetFileVersionInfo(FileName.c_str(),NULL,Length,pBuff);<br />
		DWORD ErrorNum = VerQueryValue(pBuff,"\\",(void **)&FileVerInfo,&Length);<br />
		Base = &(FileVerInfo->dwProductVersionMS); //asign the address to a void PTR<br />
		MajorVer = (VerStruct *)Base;                 //Type case as a VerStruct<br />
      Base = &(FileVerInfo->dwProductVersionLS);<br />
      MinorVer = (VerStruct *)Base;<br />
   }<br />
   catch(...)<br />
   {<br />
      string Message = "Unable to determin the Local version";<br />
      _bstr_t OutMessage = Message.c_str();<br />
      return Error((BSTR )OutMessage);<br />
   }<br />
   SS << MajorVer->Major << "." << MajorVer->Minor << "." << MinorVer->Major << "." << MinorVer->Minor;<br />
   _bstr_t OutVal;<br />
   OutVal = SS.str().c_str();<br />
   *pVal = OutVal.copy();<br />
	return S_OK;

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Supriya Tonape7-Oct-05 2:08