Control Message Bar

// CtrlMessageBarDemoDlg.h : header file
//

#pragma once

#include "CMBEdit.h"

#include "CtrlMessageBar.h"

// CCtrlMessageBarDemoDlg dialog
class CCtrlMessageBarDemoDlg : public CDialog
{
// Construction
public:
	CCtrlMessageBarDemoDlg(CWnd* pParent = NULL);	// standard constructor

// Dialog Data
	enum { IDD = IDD_CTRLMESSAGEBARDEMO_DIALOG };
	CTreeCtrl	m_tree;
	CListBox	m_listbox;
	CListCtrl	m_list;
	CCMBEdit	m_edit;
	CButton		m_btn;
	CCtrlMessageBar bar;
	CCtrlMessageBar barEdit;
	CCtrlMessageBar barBtn;
	CCtrlMessageBar barTree;
	CCtrlMessageBar barList;
	CCtrlMessageBar barListBox;

	protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);	// DDX/DDV support


// Implementation
protected:
	void AddInitialMessageBars();

	HICON m_hIcon;
	CImageList m_iml;
	CImageList m_imlLarge;
	CImageList m_imlMessage;

	// Generated message map functions
	virtual BOOL OnInitDialog();
	afx_msg void OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam);
	afx_msg void OnPaint();
	afx_msg HCURSOR OnQueryDragIcon();
	afx_msg void OnReset();
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

Originally from an electronics background, I moved into software in 1996, partly as a result of being made redundant, and partly because I was very much enjoying the small amount of coding (in-at-the-deep-end-C) that I had been doing!

I swiftly moved from C to C++, and learned MFC, and then went on to real-time C on Unix. After this I moved to the company for which I currently work, which specialises in Configuration Management software, and currently program mainly in C/C++, for Windows. I have been gradually moving their legacy C code over to use C++ (with STL, MFC, ATL, and WTL). I have pulled in other technologies (Java, C#, VB, COM, SOAP) where appropriate, especially when integrating with third-party products.

In addition to that, I have overseen the technical side of the company website (ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), and have also worked closely with colleagues working on other products (Web-based, C#, ASP.NET, SQL, etc).

For developing, I mainly use Visual Studio 2010, along with an in-house-designed editor based on Andrei Stcherbatchenko's syntax parsing classes, and various (mostly freeware) tools. For website design, I use Dreaweaver CS3.

When not developing software, I enjoy listening to and playing music, playing electric and acoustic guitars and mandolin.