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Re: Minimize a dialog type app RobJones18-Sep-01 5:24 RobJones 18-Sep-01 5:24  I have created a dialog type app that uses a bitmap for a background.. This allows me to create a non-rectangular dialog box (mine has rounded transparent corners and a nice skin/type look).. The problem is to do this I can't use a border on the dialog box nor can I use a title bar.. so I don't even have a minimize button on this dialog.. I need to make my own minimize button to minimize the app. Thanks, Rob Re: Minimize a dialog type app Michael P Butler18-Sep-01 5:34 Michael P Butler 18-Sep-01 5:34  Okay. I see. Where do you want to put the minimize button? I assume you know how to minimize the window ( ShowWindow(SW_MINIMIZE) ). Michael Re: Minimize a dialog type app RobJones18-Sep-01 5:49 RobJones 18-Sep-01 5:49  I'm pretty new to programming and I don't even know where to start on the minimize process.. I want the app to minimize to the tray/system bar like most other apps do by default.. Minimizing the app by the system clock would be awesome but it would probably require a lot more code and I assume it would be much more difficult, so for the time being just minimizing to the tray/system bar would be fine. Do you have sample code I could try? Thanks for you help and fast responses!!!! Rob Re: Minimize a dialog type app RobJones18-Sep-01 6:20 RobJones 18-Sep-01 6:20  Never mind the CDialog::ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMINIMIZE); worked fine Thanks!! Rob Re: Minimize a dialog type app Michael P Butler18-Sep-01 8:07 Michael P Butler 18-Sep-01 8:07  If you are interested in minimizing to the system tray (next to the clock), check out http://www.codeproject.com/shell/systemtray.asp Michael Creating a GUI in CVIEW 18-Sep-01 4:53 18-Sep-01 4:53  Hi! I've been searching and lurking around here looking for ways to create a GUI. It wasn't so easy to find info so I thought I'd confront you guys with questions that swirrel around in my head. I had to test things and appended a VM_LBUTTONCLICK to my CVIEW. in the code I had the following: [CODE] CDC *dc = this->GetDC(); dc->MoveTo(point); CButton *knapp = new CButton(); CRect rect; rect.bottom = point.y+20; rect.top = point.y; rect.left = point.x; rect.right = point.x+50; knapp->Create("test",BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON|WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP,rect,this->GetParent(),IDC_BUTTON_EXISTING_IN_ADIALOG); [/CODE] This did in turn create a button everywhere I pressed the left mousebutton. Fair enough; What I need now is an action beeing performed on pressing that button. For instance MessageBox("some message"); Say I placed the code somewhere ELSE, in OnInitialUpdate() forinstance. Creating only one button. Would this be a BAD and HARD way to create a GUI? Say that I would like editbox'es and stuff. (PS: anyone know of a tutorial on how to create a GUI?) In advance thanks, you're all great resources! Re: Creating a GUI in CVIEW Michael P Butler18-Sep-01 5:07 Michael P Butler 18-Sep-01 5:07  Can't you not use a CFormView and create your controls on the dialog resource? Michael Re: Creating a GUI in CVIEW 18-Sep-01 6:46 18-Sep-01 6:46  Yeah well.. You know what?! That idea.. You can just.. stuff it up.. hmm.. maybe.. Guess it wasn't quite so dumb afterall :P I might just do exactly that! Thanks man! =) I O U 1! =) "You know you're drunk when you can't even lie still on the floor without holding on to the floor" CMenu *pBitmap Braulio Dez18-Sep-01 4:06 Braulio Dez 18-Sep-01 4:06  Hi ! I have one option of a menu and I need to change the associated bitmap, in modifyMenu it asks me for a pointer to bitmap, but... Should I take care to destroy that bitmap or the menu handles it ? Thanks, Bye ! Braulio Re: CMenu *pBitmap Tomasz Sowinski18-Sep-01 4:44 Tomasz Sowinski 18-Sep-01 4:44  Should I take care to destroy that bitmap or the menu handles it ? You're responsible for destroying the bitmap. However, you should do it until the menu uses this bitmap. If you delete it earlier, you will see garbage in the menu item. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com Toolbars SnapRick18-Sep-01 3:57 SnapRick 18-Sep-01 3:57  I need help bad!!!!! I created a second toolbar in addition to the default toolbar. Everything works fine in release mode, but in debug mode, the application hangs upon exiting. If I remove the toolbar everything works okay. If I add just the definition of the toolbar and not the code, it hangs in debug mode. I'm using CToolbarEx to define the toolbar. Any ideal to what could be causing this????? Any thought, comment or assistance would be greatly appreciated. I found the following errors: memory check error at 0x00D45834 = 0x00, should be 0xFD. memory check error at 0x00D45835 = 0x00, should be 0xFD. memory check error at 0x00D45836 = 0x00, should be 0xFD. memory check error at 0x00D45837 = 0x00, should be 0xFD. Could this be anything??? Thank-you Sincerely, RAH Re: Toolbars Tomasz Sowinski18-Sep-01 4:13 Tomasz Sowinski 18-Sep-01 4:13  Ctrl+Break when app hangs and have a look at the call stack. You should be able to see where's the problem. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com [Message Deleted] VladTheImpaler18-Sep-01 3:51 VladTheImpaler 18-Sep-01 3:51  [Message Deleted] Re: Two possiblities, which one is better Tomasz Sowinski18-Sep-01 4:04 Tomasz Sowinski 18-Sep-01 4:04  Is exiting the function right away will provide less memory movement Don't worry about that. Worry about code readability - and in this case exiting early wins hands down. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com Re: Two possiblities, which one is better Joaquín M López Muñoz18-Sep-01 5:05 Joaquín M López Muñoz 18-Sep-01 5:05  Chances are it makes no difference which version you use, as probably the compiler redirects all returns inside a function to the same code stub. Anyway, you can always try to run a profile batch against your program to know (your VC++ comes with a profiler tool). From the point of view of readability, my opinion is (in accordance with what others have said) that the first version is better: When you finally got to the main part of code all secondary scenarios are ruled out, and that makes it easier to concentrate on a smaller mental model of your problem. That's how my brain works at least. I guess this could make for an interesting discussion subject at the lounge. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo [Message Deleted] VladTheImpaler18-Sep-01 5:23 VladTheImpaler 18-Sep-01 5:23  [Message Deleted] Re: Two possiblities, which one is better Tomasz Sowinski18-Sep-01 9:56 Tomasz Sowinski 18-Sep-01 9:56  second option generates a higher jump value than the first one So what? How many nanoseconds do you want to save? I think you're wasting your time on totally irrelevant stuff. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com [Message Deleted] VladTheImpaler19-Sep-01 13:24 VladTheImpaler 19-Sep-01 13:24  [Message Deleted] Re: Two possiblities, which one is better Tomasz Sowinski19-Sep-01 22:35 Tomasz Sowinski 19-Sep-01 22:35  In a 3d engine, nothing is Irrelevant when it's about optimization Bullshit. In function like this you're checking if file exists. This means you have to call underlying OS, which usually causes context switch. This operation alone takes orders of magnitude longer than time saved with possible 'optimization' after rearranging control flow. As Michael Abrash writes in his "Graphics Programming Black Book": Know when it matters. (identify the portions of your program where peformance matters, and don't waste your time optimizing the rest. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com [Message Deleted] VladTheImpaler20-Sep-01 9:01 VladTheImpaler 20-Sep-01 9:01  [Message Deleted] Re: Two possiblities, which one is better Tomasz Sowinski20-Sep-01 9:06 Tomasz Sowinski 20-Sep-01 9:06  But let say this function is called every cycle Are we still talking about bmpLoader function? Do you suggest that you'll be loading bitmaps from disk in tight, time-critical loop? Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com Problem with SendMessage called from DLL Naveed Anis18-Sep-01 3:08 Naveed Anis 18-Sep-01 3:08  I have made a DLL. I have used it from SDI program. I want to send a message from dll through SendMessage() to view of SDI. I have written the message handler as well. I have registered the message on both dll as well as application (that is SDI) Luck favors the prepared mind.... [Under Siege 2] Regards Naveed. starting help 18-Sep-01 3:01 18-Sep-01 3:01  I have created a help file external to vc++, but i can not figure out how to run it. I have created a message map ON_COMMAND(ID_HELP,OnHelp) I have created a OnHelp function What do i need to put in the OnHelp function to startup the help file? Or am I looking at this from the wrong direction thank you ? Re: starting help Anders Molin18-Sep-01 6:33 Anders Molin 18-Sep-01 6:33  From MSDN: WinHelp Starts Microsoft® Windows® Help (Winhelp.exe) and passes additional data that indicates the nature of the help requested by the application. BOOL WinHelp( HWND hWndMain, LPCTSTR lpszHelp, UINT uCommand, DWORD dwData ); - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" how to get the method's address in the class? ac952_z_cn18-Sep-01 2:59 ac952_z_cn 18-Sep-01 2:59  In a class,I want to put the method's address to a DWORD value. How to do it? or can I access the vtable of the class? hi

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