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Re: Home-grown tooltip window

20-Dec-05 7:14

VC6

I can't use the MFC-supplied tooltip handling (on a CFormView) because it doesn't return tooltips for a static control (with an ID) or for CDateTimeCtrl, so I've come up with my own code.

I've got my tooltips showing up, but they appear to not be "on top". By that, I mean the tool tip shows up, but it's partially hidden by any controls that might occupy the same part of the screen.

I've tried BringWindowToTop(), as well as SetWindowPos(&Cwnd::moveToTop, ...), and even SetWindowPos(Cwnd::FromHandle(HWND_TOP), ...).

Any help?

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PJ Arends20-Dec-05 7:36

PJ Arends

20-Dec-05 7:36

Are you using the WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW style as well as WS_EX_TOPMOST. Also try making it a child of the desktop so that it is not a sibling of the controls on your form.

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GetSysColor Weirdness

#realJSOP20-Dec-05 6:59

20-Dec-05 6:59

I'm calling ::GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOBK), and it's returning white, despite the fact that my tooltip background color has been set to yellow. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Jack Puppy20-Dec-05 7:20

Jack Puppy

20-Dec-05 7:20

Does GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_INFOBK) work?

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#realJSOP20-Dec-05 7:58

20-Dec-05 7:58

Well, since this particular color definition has been available since win95, i think i can be pretty sure that function will work. BTW, I'm getting the color for the text (COLOR_INFOTEXT).

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PJ Arends20-Dec-05 8:15

PJ Arends

20-Dec-05 8:15

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
i think i can be pretty sure that function will work.

One would think that GetSysColor would work too, but in your case it appears to not be. GetSysColorBrush will return NULL on error, where as GetSysColor does not have a reliable error check mechanism. Also if GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_INFOBK) also returns a white brush then your system settings may not be what you think they are.

#realJSOP20-Dec-05 10:37

to find and close empty word document out of many instances of word document

20-Dec-05 10:37

Actually, it was stupid programmer tricks. My fault entirely. Smile | :)

Nevermind.

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CTreeCtrl

Ivan Cachicatari20-Dec-05 6:39

Ivan Cachicatari

20-Dec-05 6:39

Hi guys,

How can I change the Font for an individual item of a CTreeCtrl?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: CTreeCtrl

RChin20-Dec-05 9:54

RChin

20-Dec-05 9:54

The easiest option would be to handle custom drawing. The mechanism is pretty straight forward. Take a look at the NM_CUSTOMDRAW message in the MSDN. I couldn't see any articles for tree controls, but this[^] article for List Controls got me first started.

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Re: CTreeCtrl

Jack Puppy20-Dec-05 10:46

Jack Puppy

20-Dec-05 10:46

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SetItemState(hItem, TVIS_BOLD, TVIS_BOLD);<br />

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Re: CTreeCtrl

Ivan Cachicatari26-Dec-05 8:26

Ivan Cachicatari

26-Dec-05 8:26

Thanks!

Works fine.

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anku12320-Dec-05 6:23

anku123

20-Dec-05 6:23

in my application i have multiple instance of Microsoft Word document and i need to close one perticular instance of Word which has no characters in it(i.e. close empty word document out of many instances). it should be a function and return value should be 1 if there is such document of Word which is empty and 0 if there is no such document on

can any one help me out with this problem ?

-anku

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Function to find out what files there are in a folder?

KevinSheedy20-Dec-05 5:11

KevinSheedy

20-Dec-05 5:11

Is there an easy way to do the following:
1) find out how many files there are in a particular folder
2) find out the names of the files.

The simpler the solution the better.
thanks

KevinSheedy

Re: Function to find out what files there are in a folder?

C^hris L^osinger20-Dec-05 5:27

C^hris L^osinger

20-Dec-05 5:27

_findfirst + _findnext

but, i always use this: http://www.codeproject.com/file/sadirread.asp[^]

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Re: Function to find out what files there are in a folder?

David Crow20-Dec-05 10:18

David Crow

20-Dec-05 10:18

Use the FindFirstFile()/FindNextFile() pair for both.

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Re: Function to find out what files there are in a folder?

ThatsAlok20-Dec-05 22:20

ThatsAlok

20-Dec-05 22:20

KevinSheedy wrote:
The simpler the solution the better.

what about CFileFind MFC Class

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displaying Bytes in hex format

bachirzantou20-Dec-05 4:55

bachirzantou

20-Dec-05 4:55

Hi,

Could someone help me modify the following code in order to dispaly in hex format the received bytes from a serial port.

<br />
    CCom *pCom=(CCom*)ch;<br />
    char *szReceive;<br />
    int nr;<br />
    szReceive = new char [(nr=(pCom->SizeUsedInRXBuf()+1))];	<br />
    memset(szReceive,0,nr);	<br />
    pCom->ReadBuffer(szReceive,nr-1);<br />
    CString str,toto;<br />
    m_Edit.GetWindowText(str);<br />
    str+=szReceive;<br />
    delete [] szReceive;	<br />
    m_Edit.SetWindowText(str+"\r\n");

C^hris L^osinger20-Dec-05 5:06

C^hris L^osinger

20-Dec-05 5:06

this is a function i use to convert BYTE arrays to hex strings. maybe it will help...

CString HexDump(BYTE *pData, DWORD dwSize, int imax)
{
	CString out;

	for (DWORD i=0; i < dwSize; i++)
	{
		CString f;

		if (pData[i]<16)
			f.Format("0%x", pData[i]);
		else
			f.Format("%x", pData[i]);
		
		out+=f;
	}

   if (imax > 0 && imax < out.GetLength())
   {
      out = out.Left(imax);
      out+="...";
   }

	return out;
}

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PJ Arends20-Dec-05 7:29

PJ Arends

20-Dec-05 7:29

Looking at the formatting of the code reinforces my belief that using tabs for indenting should be banned. Use spaces only. No matter how careful you are to try and use tabs, somewhere in the code you are going to press the space bar 4 times rather than the tab key once. Now when the code is viewed with a different tab spacing it looks all screwy.

C^hris L^osinger20-Dec-05 7:34

C^hris L^osinger

20-Dec-05 7:34

PJ Arends wrote:
Looking at the formatting of the code reinforces my belief that using tabs for indenting should be banned.

sometimes, when i re-install VC, i forget to turn on Insert Spaces. Frown | :(

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bachirzantou21-Dec-05 0:47

bachirzantou

21-Dec-05 0:47

That was exactly what I was looking for;
Thanks a lot

bachirzantou21-Dec-05 3:49

bachirzantou

21-Dec-05 3:49

what are dwSize and imax for?