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armentage29-Jul-03 6:55

29-Jul-03 6:55

I'm trying to put text into an MFC CToolBar, and am having problems with end of my tool bar getting cut off. What's happening is that app is computing the size of the toolbar WITHOUT the text, just the width of the icons/separators, so the toolbar ends up too narrow.

I'm using Visual Studio 6.0 SP5, with IE6.0 installed on my system. Here's the code I am using:

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DWORD dwExStyle = TBSTYLE_EX_DRAWDDARROWS|TBSTYLE_EX_MIXEDBUTTONS ;<br />
tbar.GetToolBarCtrl().SendMessage(TB_SETEXTENDEDSTYLE, 0, dwExStyle);<br />
<br />
int index = CommandToIndex(IDM_CALCULATE);<br />
WORD dwStyle = tbar.GetButtonStyle(index);<br />
dwStyle |= BTNS_SHOWTEXT|BTNS_AUTOSIZE;        <br />
tbar.SetButtonStyle(index, dwStyle);<br />
tbar.SetButtonText(index, "Calculate");

Some info: BTNS_SHOWTEXT is NOT defined by the MFC/Win32 header files that are installed on my system. I had #define BTNS_SHOWTEXT 0x40 to get this to work. I found many references to it on MSDN, and google'd for its value. I understand it will only work on systems that have IE5.0 or better.

What I'm guessing is that the MFC CToolBar implements the CalcSize function using assumptions about IE4.0; rather than calling CToolBarCtrl::GetItemRect, its assuming the size of each icon by using its bitmap size + padding. The BTNS_SHOWTEXT option is new and the circa 1998 (IE4 was just released) MFC just doesn't know to deal with it.

Thing is, I can't find any threads or discussions on what to do in this situation. I can't find a place to download a set of Win32 headers that match the new ComCtl32.dll v5.8, or any sort of MFC patches to expore the v5.8 functionality to VC6.0

Any help would be greatly appreciate. I can't switch to VC.NET (as much as I'd love to) because my company likes to drag it's feet when it comes to upgrading development tools.

Re: ToolBar text with BTNS_SHOWTEXT

Michael Dunn29-Jul-03 17:01

Michael Dunn

29-Jul-03 17:01

I wouldn't be surprised if your assessment is right, considering that MFC 6 is so old and pre-dates even IE 5.
As for getting the newest headers, download the Platform SDK (see the VC forum FAQ for details on doing this)

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Re: ToolBar text with BTNS_SHOWTEXT

armentage30-Jul-03 3:06

armentage

30-Jul-03 3:06

Michael Dunn wrote:
considering that MFC 6 is so old and pre-dates even IE 5

Do you happen to know if the MFC that ships with VC.NET has been imrpoved (updated) to expose more of the new ComCtl32 features? Maybe not this problem specifically, but how about images in CListCtrls or the new thumbnails view, etc.

Even more off-topic, is this one of the reasons everyone seems to be using WTL now a days?

read and write MS Office file in Visual C++

Jason Truong29-Jul-03 6:20

Jason Truong

29-Jul-03 6:20

Hi there!
I 'm writing a project that converts MSO file content int to my own language ( Vietnamese). But I don't know how to read and write to them. Is any body help me?

Thanks
Jason Chang
tmsnhien@yahoo.com

Re: read and write MS Office file in Visual C++

David Crow29-Jul-03 7:26

David Crow

29-Jul-03 7:26

Each Office application exposes a COM interface. Using automation, you should be able to do what you need.

Re: read and write MS Office file in Visual C++

Jason Truong31-Jul-03 4:19

Jason Truong

31-Jul-03 4:19

Thanks for reply!
May you say more clearly please. I know that this problem can be solved by COM. I know "Excel?.Dll" "MSWord*.dll" can use for programming. But I don't know all of its function. And how to open MS Office file without opening MS Office Application.

Thanks
Jason Chang
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Re: read and write MS Office file in Visual C++

David Crow31-Jul-03 4:40

David Crow

31-Jul-03 4:40

Check out MSDN article Q178749.

Visual C++ Resource Editor

Anonymous29-Jul-03 5:39

Anonymous

29-Jul-03 5:39

How do I group Radio buttons using the Resource Editor?

Re: Visual C++ Resource Editor

keegan29-Jul-03 5:48

keegan

29-Jul-03 5:48

in the dialog editor window thingy where you see the radio buttons, edit boxes, etc, right above the radio box is the Group Box Function. use that, and change the status of "Group" in the radio buttons properties to TRUE for the first radio button in the group.

if that makes any sense.

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Re: Visual C++ Resource Editor

Anonymous29-Jul-03 6:13

Anonymous

29-Jul-03 6:13

Thank You,
But their is not "Status" option in Visual Studio 6 Resource editor. Your help did show me the way. Select "Group" for the first control in the group and not selected in subsequent controls.

Re: Visual C++ Resource Editor

Maximilien29-Jul-03 7:07

Maximilien

29-Jul-03 7:07

a group of radio buttons is defined by tab order, in which the first one has the "group" (and "tab stop"?) check box checked in the properties for the first checkbox button in the group you want to have.

It's not a visual group, more a logical grouping.

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Re: Visual C++ Resource Editor

idir29-Jul-03 7:26

idir

29-Jul-03 7:26

bonjour
j'aimerais bien savoir est ce que la fonction " load fromfile" existe en vc++?

Re: Visual C++ Resource Editor

Maximilien29-Jul-03 8:16

Maximilien

29-Jul-03 8:16

pardon ? je comprend pas, peux-tu mettre en contexte ? load quoi ? et dans quoi ?

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Linking to a spot in source code

keegan29-Jul-03 5:34

keegan

29-Jul-03 5:34

Welp its time to comment all my 10000000000 pages of cpp files, and i'd like to link to a certain area. Ie, i could say

"click here to go to this function"

and when they click on "here" it teleports them to the function source code.

Is it possible?

*.*
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Re: Linking to a spot in source code

Ian Darling29-Jul-03 5:38

Ian Darling

29-Jul-03 5:38

I don't know about in Visual C++ itself, but you can probably do something like this in doxygen.

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Re: Linking to a spot in source code

keegan29-Jul-03 5:49

keegan

29-Jul-03 5:49

I'm using vc++.net 2k3

Frown | :(

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Re: Linking to a spot in source code

Neville Franks29-Jul-03 5:56

Neville Franks

29-Jul-03 5:56

keegan wrote:
"click here to go to this function"

ED (see sig) provides this capability via. its Source Database.

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CStringArray in a CList

Anonymous29-Jul-03 4:13

Anonymous

29-Jul-03 4:13

I have tried to create a CList of one/more CStringArray objects. If I try and add CStringArray to my CList I get the error:

error C2558: 'CStringArray' : no copy constructor available

Do I have derive from CStringArray and write copy constructor for my derived class? How come CStringArray does not already have copy constructor. Surely it knows the type of its elements so surely it should know how to copy itself?

Re: CStringArray in a CList

Ian Darling29-Jul-03 4:19

Ian Darling

29-Jul-03 4:19

Anonymous wrote:
Do I have derive from CStringArray and write copy constructor for my derived class?

Yes, in this case.

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Re: CStringArray in a CList

C^hris L^osinger29-Jul-03 5:34

C^hris L^osinger

29-Jul-03 5:34

ugh... STL makes this all so easy:

<br />
#include < string ><br />
#include < vector ><br />
#include < list ><br />
<br />
// list of arrays of strings<br />
std::list< std::vector< std::string > > > myStringArrayList;<br />

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Re: CStringArray in a CList

Anna-Jayne Metcalfe29-Jul-03 6:13

Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

29-Jul-03 6:13

Sure does...all the level 4 compiler warnings are a pain though.

Although you can get rid of them, they shouldn't arise in the first place.

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How to create a text field within a dialog box

Deepak Samuel29-Jul-03 4:12

Deepak Samuel

29-Jul-03 4:12

Hi,
I need to create a text field within a dialog box, where i want some data to be printed out (i.e., to show) .
How do I start ?

Thanks,
Deepak Samuel

Re: How to create a text field within a dialog box

PremL29-Jul-03 5:20

PremL

29-Jul-03 5:20

I assume you already have a dialog working.

Got to the resource editor and add a static text control. Its ID is going to be IDC_STATIC change that to your own ID. Like IDC_MYTEXT. What you put as the text of the static control is going to be the text that is initially displayed.

Now, in one of your dialog message handler, wherever you want to change the text on the dialog, put the following:

CStatic* pText = (CStatic*) GetDlgItem(IDC_MYTEXT); //get a pointer to the control
pText->SetWindowText(“Hello World”); //set the text

When the message handler is called the text is going to change to Hello World.

This works with an edit box too. Make an Edit box on your resource template with ID IDC_MYEDIT. The following code will display the text.

CEdit* pEdit = (CEdit*) this->GetDlgItem(IDC_MYEDIT);
pEdit->SetWindowText("Hello World");

I hope this helps.

Lorenz Prem
Microsoft Corporation

Re: How to create a text field within a dialog box

armentage29-Jul-03 7:43

armentage

29-Jul-03 7:43

You might want to consider using an EDIT control instead of a STATIC, and then set the ReadOnly property on it. The advantage is that users will be able to copy & scroll the data in the control. If you don't plan on displaying all that much data, then maybe the STATIC is the right way to go.

Re: How to create a text field within a dialog box

Mike Dimmick29-Jul-03 13:32

Mike Dimmick

29-Jul-03 13:32

Jeez, even the guys at MS don't know about SetDlgItemText.

I don't know about you, but I find a one-liner much more readable:

SetDlgItemText( IDC_MYEDIT, _T( "Hello World" ) );

Also, there's no need to cast to a CEdit or CStatic pointer if you're just going to be calling a method implemented on CWnd.

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.