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Re: question about deleting a record in a database table.

Alexandru Savescu5-Sep-02 20:48

5-Sep-02 20:48

It depends. If you are using CRecordset and ODBC then they are not arranged. You sould use Move(0) to refresh current row. Also you can test if the row has beem deleted with the IsDeleted method.

Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu

Compilation Question

Michael Pyatski4-Sep-02 7:50

Michael Pyatski

4-Sep-02 7:50

When I copy a folder with my source and binary files to a different folder, it is necessary to re-build the whole project, even though it was
built successfully at a previous location. Why is that? How can I avoid it when moving projects do a different location on a hard drive?

Thanks,

Michael

Re: Compilation Question

Matthew R. Miller4-Sep-02 10:26

Matthew R. Miller

4-Sep-02 10:26

Because Microsoft probably does something like taking the checksum of the path and file, so that if there any changes to the file or location... most likely it will need to be recompiled. Since you are moving all of your files, all files have changed. Cheers!

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Re: Compilation Question

Stephane Rodriguez.4-Sep-02 10:38

Stephane Rodriguez.

4-Sep-02 10:38

No, MSDEV will not recompile, as it simply does a touch (Unix word for last modified date comparison).

And I swallow a small raisin.

Re: Compilation Question

Gary R. Wheeler5-Sep-02 3:10

Gary R. Wheeler

5-Sep-02 3:10

If any of your projects create COM objects, the build process automatically registers them. The registration process places entries in the registry that associate the class and interface ID's with your object, and the location of that object's code on disk. Therefore, when you move the object's code to a different place, Windows can no longer find it. Rebuilding the project re-registers the objects and fixes the problem.

Gary R. Wheeler

lost cursor

Anonymous4-Sep-02 6:34

Anonymous

4-Sep-02 6:34

Hi,

I have a problem which can be reduced to the following question: how can I place programmatically the cursor to a given position in my view?

In more detail: I make some manipultions of the UI and at this time the focus in the main window gets lost. I tried

1. Setting focus to the MainFrame

pFrame->SetFocus();

2. Setting focus to the view

pView->SetFocus();

3. Showing the caret at its previous position

pView->SetFocus();
pView->SetCaretPos(pointCaret);
pView->ShowCaret();

without success, the cursor remains lost.
Its about a CHtmlEditView.
Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

R.

Re: lost cursor

John Fisher4-Sep-02 7:56

John Fisher

4-Sep-02 7:56

You'll need to use the SetCursorPos() function rather than SetCaretPos().

John

help! How to exit gracefully

ns4-Sep-02 6:34

4-Sep-02 6:34

In my view class I have a CFileDialog:

int nRetMainDB =  fileDlg.DoModal();

if (nRetMainDB == IDCANCEL)return;

Now if the user presses cancel I want the app to exit. With the return that I have above,
it doesnt terminate the program , just crashes! Why? and how do I exit?

Thanks,
ns Confused | :confused:

Re: help! How to exit gracefully

Gero Gerber4-Sep-02 6:43

Gero Gerber

4-Sep-02 6:43

Maybe PostQuitMessage() will help you...

Gero

Re: help! How to exit gracefully

Abin4-Sep-02 7:18

Abin

4-Sep-02 7:18

I usually do the following:

if (nRetMainDB == IDCANCEL) { exit(0); }

Thanks much !!

ns4-Sep-02 7:29

4-Sep-02 7:29

I appreciate both the responses. I implemented the PostQuitMessage(0) since I'd gotten it first and it seems to be doing fine! Thanks for the exit(0) too.
ns Laugh | :laugh:

Accelerator Keys in dialog

DRHuff4-Sep-02 5:50

DRHuff

4-Sep-02 5:50

I have a menu in a dialog but the accelerator keys don't work eg Alt-F does not drop down the file menu.

How do I make it work?

Thanks

Dave

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Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

Tomasz Sowinski4-Sep-02 5:56

Tomasz Sowinski

4-Sep-02 5:56

Works for me - I've created dialog-based app, added menus to main dialog and about box and everything works as expected.

Are you playing with PreTranslateMessage?

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Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

DRHuff4-Sep-02 6:04

DRHuff

4-Sep-02 6:04

This is not a dialog based app but a dialog called by an SDI app. I am not touching PreTranslateMessage.

Dave Huff

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Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

Max Santos4-Sep-02 7:44

Max Santos

4-Sep-02 7:44

I made a SDI application that opens a dialog (modal) with a menu.
work fine.

Are you using modeless dialogs?? (i did not try it)

Casa.Sapo.pt

Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

C^hris L^osinger4-Sep-02 7:55

C^hris L^osinger

4-Sep-02 7:55

for dialogs, you can load the accelerators yourself, in PreTranslateMessage:

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

BOOL ColorEditWnd::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg) 
{
   if (m_bUseKBAccel)
   {
      if ((pMsg->message == WM_KEYDOWN) && (pMsg->hwnd == m_hWnd))
      {
         HACCEL hAccel = LoadAccelerators( AfxGetInstanceHandle(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_EDIT_ACCELS) );
         if (::TranslateAccelerator( m_hWnd, hAccel, pMsg ) )
         {
            // yes, we handled the accel.
            return TRUE;
         }
         else
         {
            return CWnd::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
         }
      }
   }

   return CWnd::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
}

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Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

Andreas Saurwein4-Sep-02 12:41

Andreas Saurwein

4-Sep-02 12:41

Please dont suggest loading the accels on every keystroke. Do it in OnInitDialog at least.

int x=1, y=5; 
x^=y^=x^=y; // whats the content of x and y now?
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Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

C^hris L^osinger4-Sep-02 12:45

C^hris L^osinger

4-Sep-02 12:45

that step was left to the reader.

thanks for contributing.

-c

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Re: Accelerator Keys in dialog

Alexandru Savescu4-Sep-02 21:16

Alexandru Savescu

4-Sep-02 21:16

In a dialog based application all keyboard events go to the control that have the focus. If you do not have any control on the form then I am pretty sure it will work. To use keystrokes you must, as Chris said, override the PreTranslateMessage method.

Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu

how to highlight item selected in the listctrl

ns4-Sep-02 4:30

4-Sep-02 4:30

When I click on an item in a listctrl, it doesnt make it highlighted and blue. How do I get this to happen?

Re: how to highlight item selected in the listctrl

Pavel Klocek4-Sep-02 4:36

Pavel Klocek

4-Sep-02 4:36

Has the control focus while it doesnt make the selection highlighted and blue? The selection is not displayed in blue while the control isn't focused if the "Show selection allways" is not set.

Pavel
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Re: how to highlight item selected in the listctrl

ns4-Sep-02 4:48

4-Sep-02 4:48

the "show selection always' did the trick. Many many thanks!
ns

Reading past end-of-file

Haim Yulzari4-Sep-02 4:17

Haim Yulzari

4-Sep-02 4:17

I have a file that I read character by character. However, the file is scattered with '^Z' (control-Z) characters so the process stops at the first of them due to
end-of-file. Is there a way to ignore these characters and continue reading till I
reach the "real" end of the file?

Thanks!

Re: Reading past end-of-file

Tomasz Sowinski4-Sep-02 4:31

Tomasz Sowinski

4-Sep-02 4:31

You need to open the file in binary (not text) mode. Are you using stdio or iostream?

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Re: Reading past end-of-file

Haim Yulzari4-Sep-02 4:42

Haim Yulzari

4-Sep-02 4:42

Thanks! That solved the problem. (I'm using iostream.)

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