C / C++ / MFC

23-May-07 22:35

:->I have created a class CSkinDesignerDlg derived from CDialog.As its default background color is too normal,I want to change its color.After having searched on the web,I find a way to change its color.Draw its back color in function "OnPaint()",just like below:
void CSkinDesignerDlg::OnPaint()
{
................
CPaintDC dc(this);
CRect rect;
GetClientRect(rect);
dc.FillSolidRect(rect, RGB(0,0,255));
.................
}

As I will always need to show or hide this Dialog form in my program,there will be a shimmer in my program.Is there anybody know some better way to change the background color.

baerten23-May-07 22:44

baerten

23-May-07 22:44

I made it in this way :

in OnCtlColor( CDC pDC ...)

you replace the core with :

if((nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_STATIC) || (nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_DLG) ) {
  pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(255,255,255));
  return (HBRUSH) MyBrush;
}

( HBRUSH hbr = ... rests )

where MyBrush is of Type CBrush and will be initialized via MyBrush.CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,255,255));

I hope it helps

Peter, Chan24-May-07 0:18

24-May-07 0:18

I know "OnCtlColor()" is used to set child control's color.And I have also tried to use it. But it seem doesn't work, still have glimmer.

Now I will have a more detail introduction of my software. It has a main form.In the main form,there are a lot of child forms. There's a tab control in the main form which I could used to choose which child form to display. As I have changed the main form and child form's background color(main form and child form have different color), there will always be a glimmer when I change the child form to display.

Is there anybody can help me solve this problem.
Thanks to all the helper.

Hamid_RT24-May-07 0:51

Hamid_RT

24-May-07 0:51

Peter, Chan wrote:
it seem doesn't work,

Why it doesnt work how do you use it?

WhiteSky

Peter, Chan24-May-07 21:14

24-May-07 21:14

Sorry, I said wrong. It works, but still glimmer.

I have tried "CWnd::OnEraseBkgnd(...)". And only paint the area that I need to redraw. Now it shows well, do not have any glimmer.

Hamid_RT24-May-07 21:40

Hamid_RT

24-May-07 21:40

Peter, Chan wrote:
Now it shows well, do not have any glimmer

Well it seems that your problem solved.;)

WhiteSky

Hamid_RT23-May-07 23:17

Hamid_RT

23-May-07 23:17

You can use of these messages (of the MSDN)

CTLCOLOR_BTN       Button control 
CTLCOLOR_DLG       Dialog box 
CTLCOLOR_EDIT      Edit control 
CTLCOLOR_LISTBOX   List-box control 
CTLCOLOR_MSGBOX    Message box 
CTLCOLOR_SCROLLBAR Scroll-bar control 
CTLCOLOR_STATIC    Static control 
//more information at the MSDN

WhiteSky

James R. Twine24-May-07 1:07

James R. Twine

24-May-07 1:07

You have tried using the CWnd::OnEraseBkgnd(...) function to paint the background yourself? Doing it in the CWnd::OnPaint(...) function may not be the best place because I think that it will only update any region that is marked as invalidated, so parts of the dialog may not get painted correctly.

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Peter, Chan24-May-07 21:11

Help about capDlgVideoSource

24-May-07 21:11

I have tried "CWnd::OnEraseBkgnd(...)". And only paint the area that I need to redraw. Now it shows well, do not have any glimmer.

I am very thankful for your kindness. Laugh | :laugh:

kcynic23-May-07 22:33

kcynic

23-May-07 22:33

I want to use capDlgVideoSource function to adjust the video picture.
First,I use capCreateCaptureWindow to create a HWND to assosited with the capture,and trans the right HWND to capCreateCaptureWindow.If capturing is not active,it works well(show the adjust dialog and return TRUE),but if is active,it would fail(could not show the adjust dialog and return FALSE).

Why?
And how should I using the function to adjust the video?

GOOD LUCK

Re: Help about capDlgVideoSource

Mark Salsbery24-May-07 7:05

Mark Salsbery

24-May-07 7:05

Not all VFW drivers will show the dialogs when the video is active, especially the source dialog.

"Newer" WDM drivers seem to have better live dialog support. I've only accessed these
through DirectShow.

Mark

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DLL Initialization Failed

Tal S.23-May-07 22:32

Tal S.

23-May-07 22:32

I go this error:

"Unhandled exception at 0x7c964ed1 in 123.exe: 0xC0000142: DLL Initialization Failed."

Do you know how to get more information for this error?

Thanks,

Is it possible to give window message different priority ?

GameProfessor23-May-07 22:14

GameProfessor

23-May-07 22:14

hi all,

I wonder if it is possible to give window message different priority, or in other word, one message can interrupt the message queue and is processed before other messages although it arrives in the message queue later.

if that's not possible, what's your solution to handle the situations when a window have to process a long message queue, could be > 10 or even 20 messages waiting to be processed.

Re: Is it possible to give window message different priority ?

Roger Stoltz23-May-07 23:28

Roger Stoltz

23-May-07 23:28

GameProfessor wrote:
I wonder if it is possible to give window message different priority, or in other word, one message can interrupt the message queue and is processed before other messages although it arrives in the message queue

Not unless you invent it yourself with a different message queue that you handle yourself.
Windows messages can be considered to have three priority levels. Posted messages have the highest priority. This means that they have a higher priority than input messages which are the next priority level. WM_PAINT and WM_TIMER have the lowest priority, in fact they are "pseudo" messages that not even make it to the message queue. The messages are simulated by setting a flag instead and they are processed when the message queue is empty. This also means that even if a timer has expired multiple times before being handled, the message handler for the WM_TIMER message will only be called once.

GameProfessor wrote:
if that's not possible, what's your solution to handle the situations when a window have to process a long message queue, could be > 10 or even 20 messages waiting to be processed.

Depends on the situation, you have to elaborate more on the problem you're trying to solve.
I suspect I would use a worker thread reading a queue with application specific contents and not use the windows message queue. The thread would wait for a semaphore that is released when a new object is placed in the queue and process the new object. But this could be a bad solution, it depends on what you're trying to do.

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Object Ids for my menu options

prithaa23-May-07 21:56

23-May-07 21:56

Hello,

I have created a menu in my Application class and one of my child windows have that menu when the child window is created.

How do I create object Ids for the menu options so that I can write function handlers for the menu option through class wizard by selectiong those object Ids.
Or Is it that I cannot go through the class wizard route if I have created my menu through CMenu class.

Thanks
Prithaa

Naveen23-May-07 22:06

Naveen

23-May-07 22:06

prithaa wrote:
I have created a menu in my Application class

Do u have the menu in the resource or you dynamically created it?

nave

prithaa23-May-07 23:18

23-May-07 23:18

Hello,
Thanks for your reply
I created the menu using CMenu class.
CMenu M;
M.CreateMenu();
M.AppendMenu(MF_POPUP ,IDR_STRING142,(LPCTSTR)"Demand");
M.AppendMenu(MF_STRING ,IDS_STRING143,(LPCTSTR)"Supply");
M.AppendMenu(MF_STRING ,IDS_STRING144,(LPCTSTR)"Cost");

And I added these IDS_STRING142 in the string Table.
Now I want Object Ids to write sunction handlers for the above menu options

Prithaa

Naveen23-May-07 23:25

Naveen

23-May-07 23:25

When a menu is clicked, a WM_COMMAND message is send to the parent window of that menu. So handle the WM_COMMAND message ( overide the OnCommand if your using MFC dialog ) in the parent window.

BOOL CMyDlg::OnCommand(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) <br />
{<br />
	// TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class<br />
	if( HIWORD(wParam) == 0 )<br />
	{<br />
		if ( LOWORD(wParam) == IDR_STRING142 )<br />
		{<br />
			// menu with id IDR_STRING142 clicked<br />
		}<br />
		else if ( LOWORD(wParam) == IDS_STRING143 )<br />
		{<br />
			// menu with id IDS_STRING143 clicked<br />
		}<br />
		....<br />
	}<br />
	return CDialog::OnCommand(wParam, lParam);<br />
}

nave

prithaa24-May-07 0:08

24-May-07 0:08

Hello,

Thanks Naveen.

This should work I'll try. I just forgot about WM_COMMAND messages.I could not think out of MFC's and got lost in the class wizard ,I suppose

Anyway thanks Bye

Thanks

Naveen24-May-07 0:12

Naveen

24-May-07 0:12

prithaa wrote:
Thanks Naveen.

And with my previous post I made my post count 1000 Smile | :)

nave

prithaa24-May-07 0:44