Owner draw combo box showing big size - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

John M. Drescher22-Dec-03 6:33

22-Dec-03 6:33

.NET is ok as long as you do not use the .NET CLR runtime. I do have one warning though. To use the mmx/3dnow/sse instructions in inline assembly on VC5 or VC6 you need the processor pack. The problem is the processor pack breaks exceptions (try() catch() blocks) in some cases and this could cause your program to crash. This is why I would recommend the VC.NET. It has builtin support for mmx/3dnow/sse.

John

getting Program Files path

Amit Dey20-Dec-03 7:21

Amit Dey

20-Dec-03 7:21

how do I get the path to what on my system is C:\Program Files?

I'm looking up the value of %PROGRAMFILES% currently but this might not be defined on every system.

<br />
TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH + 1];<br />
ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PROGRAMFILES%",szPath,MAX_PATH);<br />

any alternatives? Do I have to lookup some reg key?

Thanks.

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Re: getting Program Files path

Michael Dunn20-Dec-03 7:36

Michael Dunn

20-Dec-03 7:36

Use SHGetFolderPath() to get the location of the folder CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES (that function is in shfolder.dll which you can redistribute, and it comes with any recent OS and IE version)

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Re: getting Program Files path

Code4Food20-Dec-03 12:31

Code4Food

20-Dec-03 12:31

I use the c function _getcwd to retrieve the current working directory which is almost always the directory the program is running in unless you have your working directory set differently when doing debugs in VC++.

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Re: getting Program Files path

John M. Drescher21-Dec-03 4:34

John M. Drescher

21-Dec-03 4:34

Code4Food wrote:
"There is no try; only do or do not"
-Yoda

I think that is my all time favorite movie quote...

John

Displaying international strings

Hyien20-Dec-03 7:06

Hyien

20-Dec-03 7:06

How can I display international strings? Is there a function like setlocale which I have to invoke for the various subsystems (GDI, USER etc, etc)

Re: Displaying international strings

John R. Shaw20-Dec-03 16:34

John R. Shaw

20-Dec-03 16:34

The simpilest way is to use UNICODE. There are articles at codeproject and else where on this subject. Also, if you want to develop international application you should get a copy of "Developing Internation Software for Windows...." [Microsoft Press] (a new revision of this book came out last year).

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Owner draw combo box showing big size

abcdefhgijklmnopq20-Dec-03 7:05

abcdefhgijklmnopq

20-Dec-03 7:05

Hi everybody

I'm developing a small application in MFC, where I need one combobox filled with two different kind of strings.
In between these two types I need a double line, like the one in MS Word Font combo box.

I've made my combo box with owner draw fixed and draw one line at the place where I required. But the line doesnt look exactly the same as in MS Word. Also my combo box is a little bigger when compared with normal combo box.

Please help me out to find a better method to develop this combo box.

Thanks in adavance
Luzmu

Luzmu

matlab C++ , help ~!

Vincent Sim20-Dec-03 7:05

Vincent Sim

20-Dec-03 7:05

hi everybody,

I followed completely the example

http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/27671.shtml

and tried to learn the idea but I met some linking problem about it.

Linking...

foowrap.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _mxCreateDoubleScalar

Debug/test.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

Error executing link.exe.

test.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

what can i do in order to settle the linking errors.

and here is another question,

if i plan to call the matlab function
[features, targets] = improved_DA1(x,[cluster,0.95]);
how can i settle such kind of scenario and calling the [ ] in reference with the website tutorial method,http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/27671.shtml

thank you for your all helping
Smile | :)

vincent sim

Changing the Look and Feel of the Window

AzfarKhan20-Dec-03 6:37

AzfarKhan

20-Dec-03 6:37

How one can change the shape, i.e. look and feel of the window using MFC code ?

Can you give me an example of making a Round or Elliptical window ?

Re: Changing the Look and Feel of the Window

Jörgen Sigvardsson20-Dec-03 6:39

Jörgen Sigvardsson

20-Dec-03 6:39

There are about a million articles on Code Project on how to make non rectangular windows. Check out the MFC article forum...

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KeyDown message

Atlence20-Dec-03 3:30

Atlence

20-Dec-03 3:30

Hi!

I would like to be notified when a user presses CTRL+A in an Edit control.

I derived the OnKeyDown function, but I received the notification when the user presses CTRL then when he presses A.

How to be sure that the CTRL key has been pressed when I receive the notification when the A key is down?

Thks in advance!
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Re: KeyDown message

Brad Bruce20-Dec-03 3:57

Brad Bruce

20-Dec-03 3:57

Use GetKeyState within your handler for the A key being pressed.

Brad

Re: KeyDown message

Atlence20-Dec-03 4:22

Atlence

20-Dec-03 4:22

Thks a lot!

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Sound Application

M.Joshi20-Dec-03 2:41

M.Joshi

20-Dec-03 2:41

Hi,

I would like to design a Visual application that can display external input information from the sound card.

I only really have experience of C and was wondering if there are any tutorials to help design a sound application?

Could someone also recommend a good, free C++ compiler / programming software.

Re: Sound Application

Jörgen Sigvardsson20-Dec-03 6:40

Jörgen Sigvardsson

20-Dec-03 6:40

Have you tried this?[^]

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Saving a file that has been received form another PC?

Semnanian20-Dec-03 2:37

Semnanian

20-Dec-03 2:37

I am sending a file through a WLAN card and from one pc to another. How can I save a file that have been received in the receiver PC? I don't know actually how to use VC++ to save a file in a computer either...

semnanian

Re: Saving a file that has been received form another PC?

Monty²20-Dec-03 2:42

Monty²

20-Dec-03 2:42

wrong group

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Re: Saving a file that has been received form another PC?

valikac20-Dec-03 6:01

valikac

20-Dec-03 6:01

One solution is CreateFile().

Kuphryn

Re: Saving a file that has been received form another PC?

Bob Stanneveld21-Dec-03 21:14

Bob Stanneveld

21-Dec-03 21:14

Hello,

I assume that the client pc has to do the saving by itself. When you are using MFC try CFile.

If you(host) have to save the file on the client pc, try some ftp.

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A professor knows a lot about little.
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Bad font used for buttons using the theme API for XP

Jörgen Sigvardsson20-Dec-03 1:51

Jörgen Sigvardsson

20-Dec-03 1:51

This is really disturbing as I only have this problem with some themes (including the standard themes).

When I draw text using DrawThemeText and theme data for "Button, then the font is mismatched sometimes. Using the theme "Watercolor", the font is just like it should be. But with standard XP themes for instance, the font is System. You know.. the butt ugly font. Hmmm | :|

What am I missing here!?

I am using the WTL theme classes, and I did try using the raw API. In both cases I get the same result. If I do this:

hTheme = OpenThemeData(m_hWnd, L"Button");
DrawThemeText(hTheme, hdc, BP_PUSHBUTTON, BPS_NORMAL, CT2CW(szText), -1,
DT_VCENTER | DT_CENTER | DT_SINGLELINE | DT_WORD_ELLIPSIS, 0, &rcClient);

I end up with an ugly text drawn with the System font.

Help. Please?

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Re: Bad font used for buttons using the theme API for XP

Jörgen Sigvardsson20-Dec-03 6:37

Jörgen Sigvardsson

20-Dec-03 6:37

Nevermind. It seems that this is by design. A really f'd up design if you ask me.

I guess I'll use ordinary HDCs for outputing the text.

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Re: Bad font used for buttons using the theme API for XP

Michael Dunn20-Dec-03 7:48

Michael Dunn

20-Dec-03 7:48

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
A really f'd up design if you ask me.

That pretty much describes the entire set of theme APIs. Wink | ;)

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how to get the total no of pages printed in one printing job in vc++/win32 application

skpanda20-Dec-03 1:24

skpanda

20-Dec-03 1:24

hello,
how can i get the total no of pages printed in one print job in vc++ /win32 appln.

please give some code ...

Re: how to get the total no of pages printed in one printing job in vc++/win32 application

Monty²20-Dec-03 1:35

Monty²

20-Dec-03 1:35

Search for Q196805 in MSDN there is a Article about print monitors and some sample code

if you want to Download the sample code
Click ME[^]

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