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how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

ingoogle10-Apr-08 23:49

10-Apr-08 23:49

Hi all,

I want to change default blue color of title bar for my SDI window.

I tried painting title bar area through OnNcPaint() but Icon, Caption,Buttons gets disappear, on mouse over buttons appear.

help me with some solution

thanks

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

followait11-Apr-08 0:37

followait

11-Apr-08 0:37

SetSysColor<br />
GetSysColor

Hope it helps.

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

ingoogle13-Apr-08 19:58

ingoogle

13-Apr-08 19:58

Yes it helps for system windows..

in my SDI appln,

CWnd* pWnd = CMainFrame::GetActiveWindow();

pWnd-> doesnt have setsyscolor or getsyscolor.

how could i get these functions to my CMainframe (constructor or create)

i NEED TO CHANGE ACTIVECAPTION/INACTIVECAPTION Colors.

thanks

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

followait13-Apr-08 22:55

followait

13-Apr-08 22:55

It's a api function, just call ::GetSysColor/::SetSysColor.
Use parameters like:

COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION<br />
COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

Maximilien11-Apr-08 2:17

Maximilien

11-Apr-08 2:17

AFAIK, if you handle OnNcPaint, you need to do everything (redraw everything )

(but I might be wrong).

Maximilien Lincourt
Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

ingoogle13-Apr-08 20:07

ingoogle

13-Apr-08 20:07

u r right ..if i handle NCPAINT i got to redraw each and evrything in title bar on my own.
Instead iam looking for some solution from which i can change color of Title bar without disturbing caption text,icon,standard buttons.

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

Hamid_RT12-Apr-08 5:46

Hamid_RT

12-Apr-08 5:46

Did you search on the codeproject it has good articles.

Re: how Chnage default backgroung color of Title bar

ingoogle13-Apr-08 20:02

ingoogle

13-Apr-08 20:02

yes i searched through and got one MDI application who does exactly what i wanted but he paints customised title bar on exhisting default bar by using subclass technique by Paul DiLascia(MS journal).

my client doesnt allow me to add custom class for this kind of need.

Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

followait10-Apr-08 23:39

followait

10-Apr-08 23:39

SDI, can't CMyApp::OnFileNew handle the the click message by the button?

int CMyView::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) 
{
  ...
  m_btnNew.Create(NULL,style,rcDummy,this,ID_FILE_NEW);
  m_btnNew.LoadBitmaps(IDB_NEW,IDB_NEW_DOWN);
}

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

Nitheesh George11-Apr-08 2:03

Nitheesh George

11-Apr-08 2:03

Hi,
have you mapped the WM_COMMAND to CWinApp::OnFileNew.?

thanks

Nitheesh

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

followait11-Apr-08 3:41

followait

11-Apr-08 3:41

No, I just created a button using ID_FILE_NEW.

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

Nitheesh George11-Apr-08 4:29

Nitheesh George

11-Apr-08 4:29

hi,

then u have to map the WM_COMMAND for the Button Id in following way. ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_NEW,CWinApp::OnFileNew)

thanks

Nitheesh

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

followait11-Apr-08 5:22

followait

11-Apr-08 5:22

It's there in CMyWinApp as part o fthe framework.
I don't why the message is not pumped there.

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

Nitheesh George11-Apr-08 6:45

Nitheesh George

11-Apr-08 6:45

Hi,

this is because the BN_CLICKED message is posted into the Parent Windows message queue. that is why the message is not getting into CWinApp.

thanks

Nitheesh.

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

followait11-Apr-08 7:09

followait

11-Apr-08 7:09

But CWinApp::OnFileNew is a protected member function, so I couldn't add the following line to CMyView:

ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_NEW,CWinApp::OnFileNew);

any quick way?

Re: Create a button whose id is ID_FILE_NEW, not be processed by CWinApp::OnFileNew

followait11-Apr-08 7:18

followait

11-Apr-08 7:18

I found the problem,
If a view receives a message it will go through the view's and doc's msg maps, the app's msg map will not be searched.

What is wrong with this iterator?

vikramlinux10-Apr-08 22:41

vikramlinux

10-Apr-08 22:41

<br />
vector<int> myIntVector;<br />
vector<int>::iterator myIntVectorIterator;<br />
<br />
// Add some elements to myIntVector<br />
myIntVector.push_back(1);<br />
myIntVector.push_back(4);<br />
myIntVector.push_back(8);<br />
<br />
for(myIntVectorIterator = myIntVector.begin(); <br />
        myIntVectorIterator <= myIntVector.end();<br />
        ++myIntVectorIterator)<br />
{<br />
    cout<<*myIntVectorIterator<<" ";<br />
    //Should output 1 4 8<br />
}<br />

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

vikramlinux10-Apr-08 22:46

vikramlinux

10-Apr-08 22:46

This code crashes on windows.

while on gcc 2.95.3 on unix
I get an output like
1 4 8 0

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

Cedric Moonen10-Apr-08 22:58

Cedric Moonen

10-Apr-08 22:58

vikrams wrote:
while on gcc 2.95.3 on unix
I get an output like
1 4 8 0

That's wrong. The code should throw an exception because you try to access the contents of an iterator outside the bounds of your vector.

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

Charting control [v1.3]

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

Stephen Hewitt13-Apr-08 14:21

Stephen Hewitt

13-Apr-08 14:21

Cedric Moonen wrote:
That's wrong. The code should throw an exception because you try to access the contents of an iterator outside the bounds of your vector.

The C++ standard does not require an exception to be thrown in this case. The behaviour is undefined.

Steve

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

Rajesh R Subramanian10-Apr-08 23:04

Rajesh R Subramanian

10-Apr-08 23:04

vikrams wrote:
while on gcc 2.95.3 on unix
I get an output like
1 4 8 0

I think your gcc 2.95.3 sucks and you should stop using it right now.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero
.·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·.
Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

Cedric Moonen10-Apr-08 22:50

Cedric Moonen

10-Apr-08 22:50

What's the problem ?

Anyway, AFAIK, you can only check for equality on iterators (don't know if that is the case also on vector iterator). This your end loop condition should be:
myIntVectorIterator != myIntVector.end();

EDIT: I tested and you can do that with vector iterators (for list iterators, you can't). Anyway the problem is that you have to stop incrementing your iterator before the end of your vector. So replace <= by <. Otherwise, if you are at the end of your vector (not a valid element), you will still try to access the contents of the iterator (which is invalid).

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

Charting control [v1.3]

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

Jonathan [Darka]10-Apr-08 23:00

Jonathan [Darka]

10-Apr-08 23:00

You are going past the end of the iterator, change the code to something like this:

vector<int> myIntVector;

    // Add some elements to myIntVector
myIntVector.push_back(1);
myIntVector.push_back(4);
myIntVector.push_back(8);

vector<int>::iterator iStart = myIntVector.begin();
vector<int>::iterator iEnd = myIntVector.end();

while(iStart != iEnd)
{
    cout << *myIntVectorIterator << " "; //Should output 1 4 8
    ++iStart;
}</int></int></int>

Jonathan Wilkes
Darka[Xanya.net]

[My Code Project Articles]

Re: What is wrong with this iterator?

vikramlinux11-Apr-08 1:31

vikramlinux

11-Apr-08 1:31

Thanks for your suggestions guys !

after pressing button dialog box should be pop up like Windos Explorer Start Button in SDK [modified]

Pankaj Kothawade10-Apr-08 19:48

Pankaj Kothawade

10-Apr-08 19:48

HI all,
i want to call a dialog box when i pressed a button which is at bottom side,the dialog box should be positioned on exact upper part of the button
how could i do dis?
plzzzzz help me

Pankaj

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