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Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

19 Oct 2010 by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

Nice effect for an "About" dialog

18 Jul 2010 by 4288

Hi all, I have written a MFC application in Visual C++ and I'd like to add something like a fancy effect (a rotating 3D logo or something like that, I already have a logo to insert into) in the about window.For once, I am not asking for help solving a big programming trouble.. but I am...

Nice effect for an "About" dialog

18 Jul 2010 by 4288

A shaped window with scrolling text sounds good and not too bad to implement (I suppose)Thank you for the idea, I think I'll proceed this way

sending message between two dialog

19 Apr 2010 by @Intersect☺™

Let me understand ur prob:Dlg1 has 2 CommandButton as cmd1->which create Dlg2 with a pre populated Listboxcmd2->which will pass the Selected Value from Dlg2 to Dlg1 (this is where ur stucked, am I ri8?)Could you plz post ur cmd2 function, it will enable me to solve ur prob.I am...

help on Progress Dialog Box in VB.NET

11 Feb 2010 by Abelk

Hi to all, I have been developing a project lately using VB.NET ... and some processes take time to finish and I want to display a progress dialog box or something to display a process is going on ...... and unfortunately I have no idea how to do it .... any one with ideas, comments,...

Create a VB.NET application displaying the use of dialog control

30 Nov 2012 by Abhishek Pant

Hi,This will help you-Working with different dialog controls in VB.NET[^]The Open File Dialogue Box[^]The SaveFileDialog Control[^]Font Dialog in VB.NET[^]The FolderBrowserDialog Control[^] and FolderBrowserDialog[^]The ColorDialog Control[^]and more help on controls refer More...

How do I resolve the the cannot resolve method findViewById(int) error

11 Jun 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

You need to first call the getView() function to get the view of the fragment and then you can call the findViewById(). Like this, private EditText city = (EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.cityDialog);Now it should work. Or you can use the getActivity() for the fragment...

Modal shell not working properly

19 Aug 2014 by ajitmlv

I am using the following code:Shell parent = getParent();Shell dialogShell = new Shell(parent, SWT.DIALOG_TRIM |SWT.APPLICATION_MODAL);When I minimize the application the child dialogshell also gets minimized. That is ok(expected behaviour), but while using tab the child dialog shell...

I want jquery modal dialog wiyh my button event

18 Oct 2015 by akalyoncu

i have simple project(master page).This is my deafult.aspx

Display a dialoge box in MFC

8 Jun 2011 by Alan Balkany

The first step is to distinguish the case where your handler isn't being called from the case where the dialog box is malfunctioning.You can put a breakpoint in the handler and see if it's hit, or put an AfxMessageBox () in there.

Windows 7 Dialog Update Different

20 May 2013 by alannx

does the static control is created ????

Display a dialoge box in MFC

8 Jun 2011 by Albert Holguin

That should work just fine given that rulesDlg is a properly defined CDialog. If you post you code for rulesDlg we can probably see if there's anything wrong there.

Is it possible to select what data is displayed in a combo box by the data selected in another combo box?

30 Jun 2011 by Albert Holguin

All you have to do is reload the dependent combobox every time the user selects something on the first.Topics to research:Load CComboBox Dynamically[^]Capture user selection in CComboBox[^]A couple of different approaches you can take on the dependent box:- Leave it blank until...

Including a New UI in a project

4 Aug 2011 by Albert Holguin

A MFC dialog based application has a main application (something derived from CWinApp) and a GUI (something derived from CDialog). With that said, you can add any number of GUIs (CDialogs or whatever) to the CWinApp, just look at the source in there to see where its most appropriate. Usually a...

open dialog by condition

17 Jan 2012 by Albert Holguin

This is trivial... If you only need to display information, use a AfxMessageBox() (it's easy to use), if you need a dialog, then make a dialog derived from the CDialog MFC class and use the CDialog::DoModal() method to bring up the dialog (this is if you want to make it modal, to make it...

MVC html.ActionLink with JQuery UI Dialog Confirm with dynamic buttons

15 Jan 2012 by Alberto Biasiutti

I'm trying to implement confirmation for an Html.ActionLink via jQuery UI Dialog.I'll start from a link example to better explain; the actionlink generated will call the controller function to delete the item specified by id:@Html.ActionLink("linkText", "actionName", "controller", new {...

Border on a window (like in Kaspersky Sandbox)

10 Jun 2010 by alij_juma

Hello,Try setting your form border style to none and use a container that has a border you can manipulate e.g. panel. Dock the container to fill the window 'borderless' window.Add your controls including a close, min and max button and code them appropriately.You should have your...

wpf modeless dialog and windows, how to communicate

2 Aug 2011 by Alimjan Yasin

I want to ask a question , maybe it is stupid , but I want to best solution , so here it is:I have a mode-less dialogue in wpf, its owner is a window. when I click a button on the model-less dialogue I want to do something on a part of windows. I tried a solution like that:define a...

C# Handle a dialog's button click in another form

31 May 2011 by All Time Programming

Hi, I have a form. In that I got to show a dialog (on some circumstances) with Text and a Cancel button. I want to catch the event of that button in my form Or know if that cancel button was clicked. How can this be done ? I believe this should be possible but can't make out how...

Can not obtain dialog's background bitmap from treeview's subclass procedure

4 Apr 2014 by AlwaysLearningNewStuff

I have a dialog box with a bitmap as background.I am trying to create transparent treeview so I need to grab the underlying bitmap from treeview's WM_PAINT handler, but I do not know how to do this.I assume that I will need ScreenToClient and ClientToScreen APIs, but I do not know how to...

Can't reposition page (child dialog box) to fit tab control's display area

12 Nov 2014 by AlwaysLearningNewStuff

I am trying to insert dialog boxes, as separate pages, into tab control.I have created the dialog boxes successfully in resource editor, with all necessary styles.Since my application uses visual styles, I ran into problem with transparency of the dialog's child controls ( radio button,...

C++ - How can I show modeless dialog as a tooltip

28 Aug 2014 by amitbora_27

Hi,Is there any way to show dialog as tooltip on button control..I have created one button and want to show modal dialog as tooltip when I hover on button. Dialog has some fields to input data.Can you tell me how can I achieve this in C++ , using windows API?

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

18 Jun 2010 by Andrew Rissing

Or even...if (frm.ShowDialog() == true){ // do something here}

Android Alert Dialog Tutorial : Working with Time Picker, Date Picker and List Dialogs

18 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Alert Dialog Tutorial : Working with Time Picker, Date Picker and List Dialogs In this tutorial we will discuss how to use dialogs and alerts in Android Apps. A Dialog is a small popup shown to the user to get some additional information from the user or ask him to make some decision. Alert

How to prevent button from creating dialog box on repeated clicks.

12 Mar 2017 by Anoha

i created a dialog box while clicking on the button.but when i again clicked again dialog box is creating. i want to create it on the first click. when the button is clicked further clicks should be disabled.can u help me to do this?What I have tried:i created a dialog box while clicking...

Incorrect behavior with $.val() in dialogs

6 Aug 2012 by anthony 008

Hello,I'm currently working on a small project that makes use of JQuery and JQuery UI. I want to make a dialog that edits certain data in a table. The user double click on a row and the dialog popsup. This all works perfectly but when i click on a tagged link and go back to the page the...

Incorrect behavior with $.val() in dialogs

6 Aug 2012 by anthony 008

This issue may be marked as fixed.Currently i found out that the dialogs gets added continuesly at the end of the document between the and . By executing the command $("#dialog").remove() the issue is fixed.This is mainly happening in combination with ajax it seems.A ticket about...

Change parent of modal dialog

1 Jun 2010 by Anthony Mushrow

I suppose you could use this:SetParent[^]It should do exactly what you want.

Disable close button in dialog

3 Jun 2010 by Anu Koshy

You can useclosebutton.EnableWindow(0);where closebutton is the variable name of the control.

Custom Richtextbox for text tip (like screen tip), protected text and much more !

17 Jun 2012 by Apemania

C# Forms RichTextEditor with custom hyperlink with Outlook address like text entities, custom popup listbox, and a screen tip.

Modeless property sheet & Dialog focus issues

19 Nov 2012 by Aravind Badrinath Krishnan

Hi,I have an issue with setting window position of a Popup window behind a WS_CHILD property sheet. My application has controls bars, a WS_CHILD Style property sheet & a few modeless dialog boxes in a view. users works with multiple dialog boxes.I have a requirement that when a user does...

Task bar icon dissapeared, missing or not shown

5 Nov 2010 by ARopo

Have you tried, for testing purposes, doing the initialisation after on Init Dialog, e.g. on a button press or a timer tick. I suspect the problem is to do with it being in onInitDialog.If it works in thuis scienario , you could consider disabling the dialog in OnInitDialog, then doing your...

.NET OpenFileDialog Limit

8 Dec 2010 by ARopo

I found this thread, it suggests using the windows API GetOpenFileName, which you can change the size of unlike the .NET version.http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/17/86277.aspx[^]

Weard problem with VB 6 common control open dialog please help

3 Jul 2011 by asmanu

Can someone help me understand this why VB dialog control is doing this.I have 2 Forms and 1 ModuleForm1 Form2 Module1 Module1 code is Public Declare Function stCheckSign Lib "NEWSTSIGN.dll" (ByVal szpath As String) As IntegerForm1 code is Private Sub...

Multithreading-- Writing using 2nd thread

21 Mar 2010 by Avi Berger

If you have one thread for reading from an input file and a second thread for writing to an output file, it seems to me that having the thread that handles the file be the one that is responsible for opening and closing it makes sense. Since you are splitting the handling of the output file...

Hosting Windows Forms User Control in MFC Dialogs

7 May 2013 by Aydin Homay

This tip/trick discusses about hosting a Windows Form user control in an MFC dialog box and View windows.

File or Folder Picker combination dialog

8 Jun 2011 by badoedipus

I'm looking for an easily deployed solution to a problem I am having. I need to present the user with a dialog box that will allow them to browse their computer freely and select a folder or a file. Upon submit, I need the path of selected object passed back to a VBA macro. Any one have a...

Problem with numerical data in edit box

15 Jun 2011 by barneyman

wrap the text in _T(), you're working with wide strings, and giving Format a narrowm_dbFeeAmt.Format(_T("%.2f"), FeeAmt); // Errorm_dbPkUpAmt.Format(_T("%.2f"), PickupAmt); // Error(nods to SA)The _T() macro is extremely useful, it substitutes as appropriate, for the string...

Can't reposition page (child dialog box) to fit tab control's display area

12 Nov 2014 by barneyman

from some distant memory of this, try doing the adjustRect and child movewindow AFTER the insertion ... the tab control changes size ISTRBTW, you'll have to do an adjustRect, movewindow for all children after each insert (or once after a block insert), because the tabControl header resizes...

modal dialog without an address bar?

25 Jul 2012 by bbirajdar

Use can use the AJAX Modal Popup extender instead.http://www.asp.net/ajaxLibrary/AjaxControlToolkitSampleSite/ModalPopup/ModalPopup.aspx[^]

Postback not fired for Base Admin Confirm dialog in Gridview

11 Dec 2013 by bbirajdar

I have a Gridview and I am using the Base Admin Bootstrap HTML 5 theme from here Base Admin Bootstrap theme[^]My Gridview code is as follows:

Ribbon Form prevent maximize minimize

25 Apr 2013 by be_5demtak

Hello, I am using the free windows forms ribbon control Version 3.5.6.1 page here in a vb.net application.The form which i placed the ribbon control in is inherited from System.Windows.Forms.RibbonForm* Form Properties are set as follows:Me.FormBorderStyle =...

C++ window Dialog error

11 Jun 2015 by bhawin parkeria

#include #include "resource.h"const char g_szClassName[] = "myWindowClass";// defining dialog box IDD_ABOUT DIALOG DISCARDABLE 0, 0, 239, 66 STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU CAPTION "My About Box" FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif" ...

C# Handle a dialog's button click in another form

31 May 2011 by BobJanova

if(DialogResul...

wpf modeless dialog and windows, how to communicate

2 Aug 2011 by BobJanova

In WPF you should have the data grid (including its selected index property) bound to a view model. Give the second form a reference to that view model instance and then it can simply set the property (which will cause the UI controls on the first form, and anything else that is watching it, to...

How do I know what to send to the Serial Port?

21 Aug 2014 by Bryan Se To

HiI do know how to Open, Read, Write and Close a serial port using MFC/C++.The problem is I do not know what to send to the serial port.I have seen my colleagues sending something like 21 04 07 00 08 00 0F 22.I converted it to control and it says ! EOT BEL NUL BS NUL SI...

How do I know what to send to the Serial Port?

28 Aug 2014 by Bryan Se To

21 04 07 00 08 00 0F 220x21 is the start byte, the device uses it to synchronise itself in order to detect the start of the frame.0x22 is the end byte, a confirmation that no more bytes are expected to follow. The device uses this to know that the frame was received in full so it can...

CCommonDlg CDN_INITDONE Not working as expected

19 Mar 2014 by C3D1

Hey out there,i'm using a CCommonDlg based FileOpen Dlg.I wan't to do some stuff with the CListCtrl (for example selecting an item) after the Dialog has been created.So i add my additional functionality into my OnInitDone() function which i called this way from the OnNotify:BOOL...

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

26 Jul 2010 by catbirch

if(frm.DialogR...

Windows 7 Dialog Update Different

11 Dec 2012 by chaau

I had a similar problem that was somehow related to the Windows Colour Management. Please check this discussion[^] on how to set the correct Colour Profile (applies to Windows Photo Viewer, but will affect other programs as well)

How to create link Jquery dialog in ASP.NET?

29 Jun 2011 by Chamiss

I create link button asp.net and I call fuction from JQUERY. The dialog is not open, and also refresh the page and close div tag , made visible when i click some button or check ... Clikand jquerywrite... function...

Change the shape of Dialog box

1 Mar 2012 by Chandrakantt

Yes you can make irregular dialog box with different skins.have a look at below linkhttp://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-d/dislog/bitmapsimages/article.php/c4977[^]

How to get value of textbox placed inside jquery popup dialog

1 Sep 2014 by ChauhanAjay

Kindly have a look at the answer provided in the below linkaccess textbox text value in jquery popup to code behind page[^]Hope this helps

How do I create dialog without menu bar

23 Jan 2019 by Chopin2001

I don't know how to remove menubar from dialog that inherit CDockablePane, create by CreateEx function in mainframe of MDI(MFC). My Dialog's problem is have a menubar that have a 'X' icon for close. I want to remove that. Thanks. What I have tried: m_wndOptionBar.CreateEx(NULL, NULL, this,...

Problem displaying modal child dialogs

18 May 2010 by Chris Meech

You are just filling the stack up with CPicture2 and CPicture3 dialogs. Eventually you will run out of resources. I would recommend that instead of switching from child to child, have the parent create modeless dialogs instead. :)

How to fecth value from one dialog box to another

27 Jan 2010 by Christian Graus

You can use a function pointer to call a method back in your positioner, to tell it to update the values exposed by this child dialog, or you can use a timer. I assume the second dialog is modeless, otherwise there would be no problem, you'd just access properties you exposed.

Multithreading-- Writing using 2nd thread

18 Mar 2010 by Christian Graus

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Nice effect for an "About" dialog

18 Jul 2010 by Christian Graus

I'd do a non standard shaped window, lots of info online about that. Something rotating without DirectX, unless it's just an animated GIF or something, is likely to look chunky, I reckon.Just scrolling text can look cool, too.If you want motion, I suggest you render frames, then use a...

COleDateTime/COleDateTimeSpan in dialogs & manipulation

5 Jul 2011 by Christian Graus

I don't think this is the only or even necessarily the best way to encapsulate a date, but it's really straightforward from what I see.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/by5d3kb1(v=VS.80).aspx[^]GetCurrentTime gets the current time. SetDateTime sets it. Operator +, -, +=, -=,...

How to bind a grid or parsed XML data to a custom Windows Installer User Interface Dialog Box?

23 Nov 2010 by ChristInBen

Hi guys,I'm creating a C# Windows Installer (using a C# Setup Project) for an application that I'm deploying and I have a problem with the limited UI controls.Throughout the install process, I am logging all the installer activity to an XML file, so in the final screens of the install...

How do I parse an XML file into an RTF Text block and then bind it to an RTF Text Box control?

24 Nov 2010 by ChristInBen

Hi,I'm trying to convert an XML file into an RTF text block using C# and then apply that RTF text block into an RTF Text Box on a Windows Form.Do you guys have a quick way to do this? Preferrably using Linq to XML as that is how I built the XML file.Thanks very much.

Dialogic D/41EPCI From Scratch [Connect With Dialogic Card]

29 Jul 2011 by Claudio Ludovico Panetta

Hello everyone.I started developing an application to manage D/41Epci Dialogic cards.I'm writing it Visual C + + (and I use Visual Studio 2010 as IDE).For now it does absolutely nothing ... because I do not know how to use the libraries provided by Dialogic ..My code, for now, is the...

Intercept Catch File Open Save Dialog

14 Apr 2011 by Costica U

Check this Customizing OpenFileDialog in .NET[^]

how to change the group box's background color?

30 Dec 2009 by CPallini

Override the OnCtlColor method of your dialog box, see, for instance, an example here [^].

Restrict Dialog Box to be within Application Boundaries

5 May 2010 by CPallini

You may find this DavidCrow's article [^] helpful. :)

open dialog by condition

17 Jan 2012 by CPallini

In a glance, you need a modal dialog. I think there's a plethora of tutorials[^] on the web.

How to prevent button from creating dialog box on repeated clicks.

9 Mar 2017 by CPallini

Just disable the button after first click, see CWnd::EnableWindow[^].

How to press the button in case if the number entered in edit control box is even

12 Jun 2018 by CPallini

Get the integer, say n, from the edit box. Check is n is even, namely: bool is_even = (n % 2 == 0); Call the button code (I would put it in a separate method say DoMyWonderfulAction and then call it appropriately both from code and the button). Please note, there are several ways to...

SDI(single document interface) MFC VC++ 2015

3 Oct 2018 by CPallini

Assuming the dialogs share same parent window, any public method of such parent window is accessible to both. E.g. suppose the parent window (say MainWindow) implements a public method (say getMass()), then, in any of dialogs you may write: MainWindow *pmw = reinterpret_cast...

Invoke File Property Dialog and Service Property Dialog

18 Jan 2011 by creizlein

Is there any way to programmatically call and host the default property dialog for a file and/or for a service ? So far I haven't found anything related but I'm pretty sure that there has to be a way; at least using some Win32 API calls.As answers start to appear i found that display the...

File open's custom extensions picks up matching pattern in filename

25 Feb 2018 by dandy72

Hey all, I'm using the standard File Open dialog box in my WinForms app, to prompt the user for a license file (extension ".lic") at startup if I don't find one in a predefined folder. My search filter is set to: string strFilter = "License files (*.lic)|*.lic"; I've noticed a slight...

File open's custom extensions picks up matching pattern in filename

25 Feb 2018 by dandy72

Good question. I've seen this on clean Windows 8 and 8.1 VMs. In both instances, Windows Explorer is set to show everything (don't hide anything at all--ever).

[Solved] For some reason my savefiledialog is instantly returning false

22 Apr 2011 by DannyStaten

My code hasn't changed in any significant way, but for some reason my save file dialog now flickers open, then closes and the show dialog result returned is false. It was working flawlessly for some time, but now it is doing this. Has anyone else seen something like this?internal string...

[Solved] For some reason my savefiledialog is instantly returning false

22 Apr 2011 by DannyStaten

Ok I figured out what is happening. The button that executes the show modal actions is inside a wpf popup control. I modified the popup to StaysOpen="false". So the popup hides the moment it loses focus (when the modal shows up) and thus the context that called the modal is killed so it just...

c# code to print a document in citrix enviornment

28 Mar 2014 by Dave Kreskowiak

There is no different code as far as I've ever heard of.I have run into a problem in Citrix environments where the client had to have a goofy printer setup in order for them to show up in the Citrix environment. That was about 8 years ago and I can't remember what it was I had to do to get...

Android - To Do\Shopping List

13 Jun 2013 by Deepali Dhingra

This tip explains how to create a to do or Shopping List app with listview, sqlite, dialog and customadapter

help on Progress Dialog Box in VB.NET

11 Feb 2010 by deostroll

Hi,For simple things BackgroundWorker component will do. But you've to be aware windows forms will not function well in a multi-threaded environment. Hence a direct update to UI (for e.g. updating a label, or textbox, etc) will result in an exception. You have to invoke functions which do...

regarding dialog bar in mfc

17 Mar 2010 by dharshinicpriya

hello everyone.. I have just started learning vc++ and mfc. Im creating a simple project with Dialogbar. my question is how to set background color for the dialogbar. Plz help me out of this. thanks in advance.

MFC CDailog in CFrameWnd

11 Apr 2012 by Diego2la

How can I create current CDailog in class MainWnd: public CFrameWnd ?Can't you give an code exaple.Thanks.

MFC CDailog which should not be shown

12 Apr 2012 by Diego2la

Hi!I create Cdialog which contain different handlers. On this Cdialog I create CSizingControlBar: resizable control bar(who can dragged outside Dailog) So, can I use Cdialog only as event handler and not to call .doModal() for him? In other words, I whant not to show Cdialog but his...

Closing Windows and Applications with WPF and MVVM

10 Aug 2012 by Dirk Bahle

This article samples a MVVM conform implementation of startup and shutdown sequences for an application and its dialogs.

Dialog layout right to left

4 May 2010 by dj4400

Hi all,I would appriciate if someone can tell me how to change a dialog layout dynamically so that tabs in a tab control would be ordered from right to leftthanksdj4400

Dialog layout right to left

4 May 2010 by dj4400

SetWindowLong(hTabCtrl,GWL_EXSTYLE,WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL);

HTML5/CSS 3 Modal Dialog Box; no JavaScript

13 Jun 2015 by DrABELL

Pure HTML5 modal pop-up box ("darkbox") implemented via CSS 3

Problem with numerical data in edit box

15 Jun 2011 by DrBones69

I can not figure out why converting back to a string isn't working m_wndLoanAmt.GetWindowTextW(m_dbLoanAmt); LoanAmt = _wtof(m_dbLoanAmt); FeeAmt = LoanAmt*Percent; PickupAmt = LoanAmt+FeeAmt; m_dbFeeAmt.Format("%.2f", FeeAmt); // Error ...

Storing masked edit values in an array, is there a different way that I'm missing?

22 Jun 2011 by DrBones69

Hi All! I created an array to store the edit control box values, they are all of type CString, I have also serialized this. Everything was working fine until I changed two of my edit control boxes from CEdit to CMFCMaskedEdit controls. Now, when stepping through my array, the two masked values...

Is it possible to select what data is displayed in a combo box by the data selected in another combo box?

30 Jun 2011 by DrBones69

Can someone point me in the right direction? I can't locate documentation on this subject. I want to be able to have the data in a combo box change depending on the data selected in another combo box.For example, if I select GOLF CLUBS in one combo box the next combo box will contain the...

Is it possible to select what data is displayed in a combo box by the data selected in another combo box?

4 Jul 2011 by DrBones69

OK, so I finally made the combo boxes perform the way I wanted. I used ON_CBN_CLOSEUP and ON_CBN_SELCHANGE to get the job done. But, can someone tell me why the event handlers act differently when I change between types? (DropDown or DropList)If I choose an element of the DropDown combo box,...

COleDateTime/COleDateTimeSpan in dialogs & manipulation

5 Jul 2011 by DrBones69

I have read until my head started spinning. I can not figure out how COleDateTime works with dialogs. I can add the current date and time to my dialog, but I want to know how to manipulate the date/time (get the current date/time and set it to another date/time and then display it). How do I...

COleDateTime/COleDateTimeSpan in dialogs & manipulation

6 Jul 2011 by DrBones69

I created a variable m_oleMyDate of type COleDateTime in my ...View.h file and then initialized it to (COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime()) in my View .cpp file.Next, I created three variables of type int (nYear, nMonth, nDay) and then set the variables with the current month day and year as...

Event handler behavior

6 Jul 2011 by DrBones69

If I choose an element of the DropDown type combo box, the ON_CBN_CLOSEUP() event handler is NOT called unless I select the element again. But when I change to DropDownList type, the ON_CBN_CLOSEUP() event handler is called the first time I select an element. Does anyone know why?

Dynamic ComboBoxes and Variables (specifically Control & Value)

12 Jul 2011 by DrBones69

I have been playing with different controls trying to learn how they operate. Any comments and/or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. ThanksIf I create a combobox like:CComboBox *CaliberBox = new CComboBox; CaliberBox->Create(WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL |...

Customize Print Dialog for windows desktop system users

24 May 2015 by Duncan Edwards Jones

To add this message to all print jobs is going to require writing some print spooler dll[^] (probably a port monitor but not sure).This will have to be in a standard dll, which (most likely) means C++.

Windows Desktop tool

14 Sep 2010 by E.F. Nijboer

One way would be to simply use the desktop window as your window and make desktop window the parent of your controls.Simply create a form and put all the control on a panel. Then use the handle from GetDesktopWindow to set the parent of that panel. Maybe some adjustments to place it...

Windows Desktop tool

14 Sep 2010 by Eli Huang

How to make a tool always on the Desktop but the windows isn't TopMost like Windows7's Desktop tools. When we press the key of "Win+D" or press the Desktop button of "Show Desktop",the tool also on the Desktop.my project created by VC.anybody help me!thank you !

Invoke File Property Dialog and Service Property Dialog

18 Jan 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Here is an example opening, among other things, the properties dialog:C# does Shell, Part 2[^] using ShellExecute. Actually part of a very nice series by Arik PoznanskiDoing this for a service though ... that's the interesting part of this question :) RegardsEspen Harlinn

regarding dialog bar in mfc

17 Mar 2010 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

You could implement a reaction on WM_ERASEBKGND for your bar :) :...BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CYourBar, CYouBarBase) ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()...END_MESSAGE_MAP() BOOL CYourBar::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC){ CRect cClientRect; GetClientRect(cClientRect); pDC->FillSolidRect(cClientRect,...

How to create a CFileDialog-like interface on tab or property page

5 May 2010 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

Please see CMFCShellTreeCtrl and CMFCShellListCtrl in the VS2008 MFC set :)(Since VS2010 is it also possibleto "mount" them directly in the resource view)

DialogBoxIndirect creates dialog bigger than asked

8 Feb 2012 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

Please try to set the same (or another special) fontat the WM_INITDIALOG part of ActivateWlsMsgDialog :)

ColorPicker - a jQuery UI Widget

2 Oct 2020 by Evoluteur

A web color picker which looks like the one in Microsoft Office 2010