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Is there a way that I can disable sorting on a column when clicking on that column heading but still allow group sorting using drag and drop or programatic methods.

Not a huge issue but the context menu presented from the "Group By" box in a report grid is the global menubar/toolbar/controlbar enable disable version rather than the Report grid context menu which presents Report grid options.

For consistency sake it would seem that if one right clicks on the "Group By" box in a report grid it would make sense to present the Report grid context menu just as a right click over a column heading does.

Just a suggestion.

Hello again,

While changing the current theme in the ribbon bar; if there is an already opened window , I get asserts from wincore.cpp at line 883 and 884

883->ASSERT((p = pMap->LookupPermanent(m_hWnd)) != NULL || (p = pMap->LookupTemporary(m_hWnd)) != NULL);
884->ASSERT((CWnd*)p == this); // must be us

What are the reasons of these asserts?

Thanks for all your help.

Hi,

I could not write all of them here. So I have mailed you codes as a sample.

Thanks

When the menu strings are short, I get one of the shortcut key strings overwriting a main menu string. Here’s a pic

http://www.predator-software.com/employee/tima/MenuProblem.bmp

Is there anything obvious I’m doing wrong before I start digging into this problem farther?

I’m building this menu dynamically and profuis is gluing the keyboard shortcut to it inside some menu processing somewhere

...
String.LoadString(IDS_MENU_PROPERTIES);
pMenu->AppendMenu(MF_STRING|MF_ENABLED, ID_EDIT_PROPERTIESPXP, (LPCTSTR)String);
...

If you build menus dynamically then (we guess) you handles the CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nMsgPrepareMenu registered message handler as it is described in the How to insert menu items at run time? If so, the message handler looks as follows:

LRESULT CYourDialogOrFrame::OnExtMenuPrepareLevel(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
      lParam;
      CExtPopupMenuWnd::MsgPrepareMenuData_t * pData =
            reinterpret_cast
            < CExtPopupMenuWnd::MsgPrepareMenuData_t * >
            ( wParam );
      ASSERT( pData != NULL );
      CExtPopupMenuWnd * pPopup = pData->m_pPopup;
      ASSERT( pPopup != NULL );
      pData->m_bMenuChanged = true;
      . . .

I’m building a popup. I blocked out a set of menu id’s that I change dynamically according to what tree node I’m currently on. I ask each node to return a CMenu that has a variable number of these menu id’s along with a block of custom text. like this (stripped down a little):

// we are inside OnRClick here
// do floating menu based off of the individual node we are on
CMenu MainFloatMenu;
pNode->GetRClickMenu(&MainFloatMenu);

// We now have a MainFloatMenu with custom strings inside my blocked out menu id range,
// along with the usual cut/copy/past/properties stuff

//Message handled!
*pResult = 1;

// USE_PROFUIS_TOOLKIT
// These things are deleted "magically" by the profuis toolkit
CExtPopupMenuWnd *pPopupMenu = new CExtPopupMenuWnd;

// Here’s the problem
// If I do this call it sets up the spacing correctly BUT it also changes
// my customized menu strings back to the original ones as blocked out in
// a spare menu inside of my resources
pPopupMenu->UpdateFromMenu(GetSafeHwnd(), &MainFloatMenu, false, true, false);

// However, if I do this it leaves the customized menus alone but does incorrect spacing
// of the properties menu item
pPopupMenu->UpdateFromMenu(GetSafeHwnd(), &MainFloatMenu, false, true, true);

pPopupMenu->TrackPopupMenu
...

I also never get the afore mentioned custom menu handler message inside cmainframe (it’s an mdi app). I’m apparently doing something wrong with this way of doing things?

Hi,

The list box in Undo/Redo toolbar button behaves strange, for some reason the multiple selection is used, which makes it not intuitive to users. I don’t really understand what was a reasoning to make the selection to work the way it does, but I am sure that this is more confusing to a user than helpful. Can you change it to the single selection or may be add an option that would allow to change the list box style in the next version... I tried to put the code below in the CMainFrame::OnPopupListBoxInitContent, but it did not help. Or may be you have other suggestions that would allow selecting a single item in this list box.

DWORD dw = wndListBox.GetStyle();
dw &= ~(LBS_MULTIPLESEL | LBS_SORT | LBS_EXTENDEDSEL);
::SetWindowLong( wndListBox.GetSafeHwnd(), GWL_STYLE, dw );

Thanks,

All the list box menus are owner drawn (although, by default, they look like standard list boxes and you can see the font size selection list box in the StyleEditor sample). The undo/redo list box is similar to that in Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET and MS Office applications. The actions to be undone or redone are represented as selected items and this is logically correct and more understandable than one selected item which could confuse users about which actions are actually to be undone or redone: actions above or below the selected item.

I actually do not use this button for Undo/Redo. The problem is that I could not find the with a divider button which would drop list box, like the combobox button, but without the text field. There is button that drops menu, but I need a list box, so the closes I found in undo/redo button. Unfortunately, I need single selection not multiple. I know I can write my own button, but I was trying to fid a quick way.

I have a dialog box which uses a list box and a Prof UIS push button. When the user selects any item in the list box and presses enter/return key, I need for the default push button to be activated. This isnt happening with Prof UIS push button.

Only the button is getting the default style but not the behavior. When I press the enter or return key it doesnaˆ™t not invoke the handler for the default button. So something is still missing.

We tried to repeat the reported behavior using the standard and Prof-UIS buttons and in both cases we failed to reproduce this. The button handler is not invoked. Would you provide more details about the problem?

I have sent the sample which shows that DM_SETDEFID isnt working with Prof UIS.

You can use the following code to make the button default.

void MyDialog::OnSelectChange() 
{
//  ::SendMessage( m_hWnd, DM_SETDEFID, ID_ADD_CHILD, 0L );

    m_btnAddChild.SendMessage(
        BM_SETSTYLE,
        BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON,
        TRUE
        );
}

Well it works when I fire the DM_SETDEFID message within the focus handler of the list box in the IconEditor sample. But in my application I am using a dialog box present within a CExtControlBar and it doesnt seem to be working in this scenrio.

OK you have set the Default Button property to true for the push button. How can I do it without setting this property to true? My application uses the DM_SETDEFID to set a button as the default button but this doesnt seem to work with the Prof UIS button since it is owner drawn.

Although this message is not supported by Prof-UIS, it is not a problem to implement it. But it would be very convenient to receive a modified version of the IconEditor sample from you, which demonstrates the problem.

Hello~~

I stick CExtPPVW CExtGridWnd on Dialog.

When I do Dialog-Create by a program, I seem to have to appoint GetDesktopWindow in pParentWnd.

Unless I go through such a procedure.
"Assert" appears by a print preview.

Why?

We failed to reproduce this problem with the ProfUIS_Controls sample. Could you provide us with a small test project demonstrating the problem?

We are recoding the printing and print preview at the moment. We will notify you later about this.

Hi

I cannot make a reproduction program.
Assert appears first of all at the following points.

-----------------------------------------------
int CView::OnMouseActivate(CWnd* pDesktopWnd, UINT nHitTest, UINT message)
{
int nResult = CWnd::OnMouseActivate(pDesktopWnd, nHitTest, message);
if (nResult == MA_NOACTIVATE || nResult == MA_NOACTIVATEANDEAT)
return nResult; // frame does not want to activate

CFrameWnd* pParentFrame = GetParentFrame();
if (pParentFrame != NULL)
{
// eat it if this will cause activation
>>>>>>>>ASSERT(pParentFrame == pDesktopWnd || pDesktopWnd->IsChild(pParentFrame));
-----------------------------------------------

Please answer it if I seem to understand a cause.
It moves commonly if I do normal how to make.

Thank You

Please contact us via email at support@prof-uis.com. We have a solution that should fix this problem.

Hi

When I am for "Debug", this Assert occurs.
Please move to a print preview screen.
With a mouse, please click a preview screen
Assert occurs. (-o-;)

ttp://profuis0.tripod.com/20070509/image01.jpg
ttp://profuis0.tripod.com/20070509/pptest3.lzh

[ A cause of an error ]
In SDI Frame, I make a dialog.
It seems to be not good when I set up a preview in the dialog.

We are sorry for the delay with this reply. Thank you for reporting the problem. You can fix it by updating the source code of the CExtPPVW_HostWnd::OnMouseActivate() method:

int CExtPPVW_HostWnd::OnMouseActivate(CWnd* pDesktopWnd, UINT nHitTest, UINT message)
{
      ASSERT_VALID( this );
int nResult = CWnd::OnMouseActivate( pDesktopWnd, nHitTest, message );
      if( nResult == MA_NOACTIVATE || nResult == MA_NOACTIVATEANDEAT )
            return nResult;
CFrameWnd * pParentFrame = NULL;
CWnd * pParentWnd = GetParent();
      for( ; pParentWnd != NULL; pParentWnd = pParentWnd->GetParent() )
      {
            if( pParentWnd->IsFrameWnd() )
            {
                  pParentFrame = STATIC_DOWNCAST( CFrameWnd, pParentWnd );
                  break;
            }
            if( ( pParentWnd->GetStyle() & WS_CHILD ) == 0 )
                  break;
      }
      if( pParentFrame != NULL )
      {
            CView * pView = pParentFrame->GetActiveView();
            HWND hWndFocus = ::GetFocus();
            if(         pView == this
                  &&    m_hWnd != hWndFocus
                  &&    ( ! ::IsChild( m_hWnd, hWndFocus ) )
                  )
                  OnActivateView( TRUE, this, this );
            else
                  pParentFrame->SetActiveView( this );
      }
      return nResult;
}

How can I set the check/uncheck mark of a menu item in a context menu which is not part of the command manager i.e these items are dynamically created and I do not want this information to be serialized. I have created CExtPopupMenuWnd, called CreatePopupMenu and then inserted the items using ItemInsertCommand. Even though I pass the nCheck parameter with appropriate values (1 & 0), I dont see the check marks on the context menu item. Am I missing something?

ok works. thanks

Hi Tech Support

I have a CExtGridWnd with a bunch of columns containing values, I would like to have a row above in the grid where I could have a single column span 4 columns. This would allow me to have a row where I could set titles and a row below with extra sub columns.

=====================================
| Address | Gender | <-----header line 1
| city | state | zip code| <-----header line 2
=====================================
| AB | BC | CD | Male | <-----first row
| GH | IJ | KL | Female | <-----second row
=====================================

Is this possible to do in a CExtGridWnd or maybe possible in another type of grid window?

This would be a great feature to have so you could have a column that contains a person’s address and have the address broken down in the next row into street, city, etc. Allowing the entire address column to be hidden or displayed instead of having to manage a bunch of sub columns independently .

I hope I have explained this well enough. If not I can respond and clarify. (It’s possible to do this in Excel and Word)

Thank you tech support for all your help in the past,
Darren

Thank you for a quick response.

I think your solution for expanding a column overtop of the next column will work.

Is there a way to give a grid two header rows? I have tried adding a second row but I crash when I try to get the second row’s first cell as a CExtGridCellHeader.

Thanks again!

The CExtGridWnd and CExtTreeGridWnd classes support multiple header rows and columns. You should invoke the CExtGridWnd::OuterRowCountTopSet(), CExtGridWnd::OuterRowCountBottomSet(), CExtGridWnd::OuterColumnCountLeftSet() and CExtGridWnd::OuterColumnCountRightSet() methods to specify the desired number of header rows/columns. The CExtGridWnd::GridCellGet() and CExtTreeGridWnd::ItemGetCell () methods allow you to instantiate grid cells in any area of the grid window. The CExtReportGridWnd class does not support multiple headers

OuterRowCountTopSet( 2 ); will add 2 header rows.

After that you can get the first cell of the second header row with
CExtGridCellHeader * pCell =
    STATIC_DOWNCAST(
        CExtGridCellHeader,
        m_wndGrid.GridCellGetOuterAtTop(
            0L,
            1L,
            RUNTIME_CLASS(CExtGridCellHeader)
            )
        );

If I right click on the title bar of a CExtControlBar it brings up a menu with a list of bars that can be shown.

However, I have a bar that is initially auto hidden. If I right click on that bar’s tab while the bar is hidden I get an assertion failure in CExtPopupMenuWnd::ItemInsert() when it gets a NULL back from g_CmdManager->CmdGetPtr().

I stepped into g_CmdManager->CmdGetPtr() and it seems that my auto hidden bar is not listed in the CmdManager.

NOTE: The assert only happens if I haven’t already displayed the list by right clicking on a title bar first - once i have done that right clicking on a hidden bar’s tab works correctly.

I wonder if there is a problem in my OnCreate() method. This is it:

int CMainFrame::OnCreate( LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct )
{
if( CExtNCW < CMDIFrameWnd > :: OnCreate( lpCreateStruct ) == -1 )
return -1;
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 1: Initialize the command manager
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CWinApp * pApp = ::AfxGetApp();
ASSERT( pApp != NULL );
ASSERT( pApp->m_pszRegistryKey != NULL );
ASSERT( pApp->m_pszRegistryKey[0] != _T(’\0’) );
ASSERT( pApp->m_pszProfileName != NULL );
ASSERT( pApp->m_pszProfileName[0] != _T(’\0’) );
VERIFY( g_CmdManager->ProfileWndAdd(
__PROF_UIS_PROJECT_CMD_PROFILE_NAME,
GetSafeHwnd() ) );
VERIFY(
g_CmdManager->UpdateFromMenu(
__PROF_UIS_PROJECT_CMD_PROFILE_NAME,
IDR_MAINFRAME
)
);
VERIFY(
g_CmdManager->UpdateFromMenu(
__PROF_UIS_PROJECT_CMD_PROFILE_NAME,
IDR_GuiMdiTYPE
) );
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 2: Pre-initialize fixed size bars
// (menu bar, ribbon bar, toolbars)
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if( ! m_wndRibbonBar.Create( NULL, this ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create the m_wndRibbonBar toolbar\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1;
// fail to create
}
m_wndRibbonBar.Init();

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 3: Pre-initialize resizable bars
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
HFONT hDefaultGuiFont = (HFONT) ::GetStockObject( DEFAULT_GUI_FONT );
if( hDefaultGuiFont == NULL )
{
hDefaultGuiFont = (HFONT) ::GetStockObject( SYSTEM_FONT );
ASSERT( hDefaultGuiFont != NULL );
}
// Init System tree (part 1):
m_wndSystemTree.SetInitDesiredSizeVertical( CSize( 200, 400 ) );
m_wndSystemTree.SetInitDesiredSizeHorizontal( CSize( 400, 200 ) );
if( ! m_wndSystemTree.Create( _T("System Tree"), this, ID_SYSTEM_TREE ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndSystemTree\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
if( ! m_wndSystemTreeCtrl.Create(
CTreeMainDlg::IDD,
&m_wndSystemTree
) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndSystemTreeCtrl\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
m_wndSystemTree.SetFont( CFont::FromHandle( hDefaultGuiFont ) );
// Init Resource tree (part 1):
m_wndResourceTree.SetInitDesiredSizeVertical( CSize( 200, 400 ) );
m_wndResourceTree.SetInitDesiredSizeHorizontal( CSize( 400, 200 ) );
if( ! m_wndResourceTree.Create( _T("Resource Tree"), this, ID_RESOURCE_TREE ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndResourceTree\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
if( ! m_wndResourceTreeCtrl.Create(
WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|WS_VSCROLL|WS_HSCROLL
|TVS_HASBUTTONS|TVS_HASLINES|TVS_LINESATROOT
|TVS_INFOTIP|TVS_DISABLEDRAGDROP
|TVS_SHOWSELALWAYS,
CRect( 0, 0, 0, 0 ),
&m_wndResourceTree,
m_wndResourceTree.GetDlgCtrlID()
) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndResourceTreeCtrl\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
m_wndResourceTree.SetFont( CFont::FromHandle( hDefaultGuiFont ) );
// Init Selection List (part 1):
m_wndSelectionList.SetInitDesiredSizeVertical( CSize( 100, 200 ) );
if( ! m_wndSelectionList.Create( _T("Selection List"), this, ID_SELECTION_LIST ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndSelectionList\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
if( ! m_wndSelectionListCtrl.Create(
CSelectionDlg::IDD,
&m_wndSelectionList
) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndSelectionListCtrl\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
m_wndSelectionList.SetFont( CFont::FromHandle( hDefaultGuiFont ) );
// Init Indicators (part 1):
m_wndIndicators.SetInitDesiredSizeVertical( CSize( 100, 200 ) );
if( ! m_wndIndicators.Create( _T("Indicators"), this, IDD_DLG_INDICATOR_GRID ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndIndicators\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
if( ! m_wndIndicatorsCtrl.Create(
IDD_DLG_INDICATOR_GRID,
&m_wndIndicators
) )
{
int i = GetLastError();
TRACE0("Failed to create m_wndIndicatorsCtrl\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
m_wndIndicators.SetFont( CFont::FromHandle( hDefaultGuiFont ) );

// Init State Dialog (part 1):
m_wndState.SetInitDesiredSizeVertical( CSize( 200, 400 ) );
//m_wndState.SetInitDesiredSizeHorizontal( CSize( 400, 200 ) );
if( ! m_wndState.Create( _T("State"), this, IDD_STATE_DIALOG ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create State Dialog\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
if( ! m_wndStateCtrl.Create(
IDD_STATE_DIALOG,
&m_wndState
) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create State Dlg Ctrl\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
m_wndState.SetFont( CFont::FromHandle( hDefaultGuiFont ) );
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 4: Initialize status bar
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if( (! m_wndStatusBar.Create( this ) )
|| (! m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators( indicators, sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT) ) ) )
{
TRACE0("Failed to create status bar\n");
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1; // fail to create
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 5: Enable re-docking feature only for those
// bars which need it
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Init System tree (part 2):
m_wndSystemTree.EnableDocking( CBRS_ALIGN_ANY );
// Init Resource tree (part 2):
m_wndResourceTree.EnableDocking( CBRS_ALIGN_ANY );
// Init Selection List (part 2):
m_wndSelectionList.EnableDocking( CBRS_ALIGN_ANY );
// Init Indicators (part 2):
m_wndIndicators.EnableDocking( CBRS_ALIGN_ANY );
// Init State Dialog (part 2):
m_wndState.EnableDocking( CBRS_ALIGN_ANY );
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 6: Enable re-docking feature only for entire
// main frame window and, optionally, enable
// enable auto-hiding feature fore resizable
// bars
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Enable control bars in the frame window to be redocable
if( ! CExtControlBar::FrameEnableDocking( this ) )
{
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1;
}
// Enable autohide feature for resizable control bars
if( ! CExtControlBar::FrameInjectAutoHideAreas( this ) )
{
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 7: Load command manager state if needed
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// g_CmdManager->SerializeState(
// __PROF_UIS_PROJECT_CMD_PROFILE_NAME,
// pApp->m_pszRegistryKey,
// pApp->m_pszProfileName,
// false
// );
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 8: Try to load state of all the bars and dock
// all of them initially if the state loading
// was failed
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/* if( ! CExtControlBar::ProfileBarStateLoad(
this,
pApp->m_pszRegistryKey,
pApp->m_pszProfileName,
pApp->m_pszProfileName,
&m_dataFrameWP
) )
*/ {
// Init System tree (part 3):
m_wndSystemTree.DockControlBarInnerOuter( AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT, true );
// Init Resource tree (part 3):
m_wndResourceTree.DockControlBarInnerOuter( AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT, true );
m_wndResourceTree.AutoHideModeSet(true, true, true, false);
// Init Selection List (part 3):
m_wndSelectionList.DockControlBarLTRB( &m_wndSystemTree, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_BOTTOM );
m_wndIndicators.DockControlBarInnerOuter( AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_BOTTOM, true );
m_wndIndicators.AutoHideModeSet(true, true, true, false);

m_wndState.DockControlBarInnerOuter( AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_BOTTOM, true );
m_wndState.AutoHideModeSet(true, true, true, false);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// STEP 9: Initialize other features. Embeddable controls
// such as MDI tabs should be initialized here
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if( ! m_wndMdiManager.Create(
this,
CRect( 0, 0, 0, 0 ),
UINT( IDC_STATIC ),
WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
__ETWS_ORIENT_TOP|__ETWS_ENABLED_BTN_CLOSE|__ETWS_SHOW_BTN_CLOSE
) )
{
ASSERT( FALSE );
return -1;
}
RecalcLayout();
return 0;
}

I have a toolbar in a dialog box which needs to wrap as the dialog is resized. The toolbar is always docked and cannot float. I need the buttons in the toolbar to be always displayed (the buttons should wrap to the next row. something like the menubar on the frame window). Is there an easy way to do this?

Works. Thanks

OK I this only works if you use SetWrap and hard code the positions where wrapping will occur. How can I provide for dynamically wrapping
the toolbar buttons based on the dialog width and height?

Please download and try a test project that we coded to demonstrate you how it works.

Hi,

I want to use ribbon bar in a terminal service. But when the program starts with ribbon bar in the terminal service the animations,color changes of groupboxes and also the fade in - fade out actions of the File menu makes the program slow. So, How can I disable all of the animations and changes of the menus ?

The animations are controlled by the paint manager rather than by particular controls. There are several ways to turn off all the animations. You can create and use a custom paint manager that is derived from the supported paint managers and implements the CExtPaintManager::Animation_GetParameters() virtual method like as follows:

const CExtAnimationParameters *
      CExtPaintManager::Animation_GetParameters(
            INT eAPT, // __EAPT_*** animation type
            CObject * pHelperSrc,
            const CExtAnimationClient * pAC,
            LPARAM lParam // = 0L
            ) const
{
      ASSERT_VALID( this );
      ASSERT( pAC != NULL );
      eAPT;
      pHelperSrc;
      pAC;
      lParam;
      return (&g_DefAnimationParametersEmpty);
}

      CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersNormal
            = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersSlow
            = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersVerySlow
            = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersVerySlowAndSmooth
            = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersEmpty;

Hello again,

I tried to implement the second solution in my application and I reset the globals as you said. But it did not solve my problem. Still the button group’s colour change when we move on it with mouse and also still our menus are opening and closing slowly (like transparent).
I saw "SetupUiAdvancedOptions()" function in your examples and modified it as I want
{
......................
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuWithShadows = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuShowCoolTips = true;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuExpanding = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuHighlightRarely = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuExpandAnimation = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bUseDesktopWorkArea = true;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_DefAnimationType =    CExtPopupMenuWnd::__AT_NONE;
.............
}
But it could not be the soultion too..

What am I doing wrong?Do you have any other suggestions?

Please try the code below

CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuWithShadows = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuShowCoolTips = true;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuExpanding = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuHighlightRarely = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_bMenuExpandAnimation = false;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_DefAnimationType = CExtPopupMenuWnd::__AT_NONE;

CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nDefaultFadeOutAnimationStepCount = 0;
CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nDefaultFadeOutAnimationEllapse = 0;
CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersNormal
      = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersSlow
      = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersVerySlow
      = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersVerySlowAndSmooth
      = CExtPaintManager::g_DefAnimationParametersEmpty;

I want to hide the date and time cell button for modifying the date and time.

I want the sort capabilities of the date and time ctrl, but not the editing features

You can make any grid cell read-only using this method

pCell->ModifyStyle( __EGCS_READ_ONLY );

pCell->ModifyStyle( __EGCS_NO_INPLACE_CONTROL );

While this disabled the ability to change the date and time, the dropdown button is still visible. I want to hide the button.

How do I do that???

Any grid cell supports 3 built-in buttons: up-down, drop-down and ellipsis. This is controlled with the following styles:

__EGCS_BUTTON_UPDOWN
__EGCS_BUTTON_DROPDOWN
__EGCS_BUTTON_ELLIPSIS.

You can add/remove these styles using CExtGridCell::ModifyStyle().

I have the report grid grouped and collapsed. When I insert a row it expands. I want it to stay collapsed.

Is there a style I can set?
Is there an override I can change?

Hi!!

How to arrange toolbars attached in a MDI child view ?
I got the following codes.
It doesn’t work.


CRect rectAlreadyDockedBar;
m_wndToolBarZoom.GetWindowRect(&rectAlreadyDockedBar);
rectAlreadyDockedBar.OffsetRect(1, 0);
DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBarZoom, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_TOP);
//DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBarZoom, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_TOP, &rectAlreadyDockedBar);


Thanks.

Hi!!

I got the following message map.
OnExtMenuPrepare and OnDrawPopupMenuItem method are called
but OnDrawPopupLeftArea method is not called.
I just followed an example given.

Any idea ?

Thanks.



BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CChildFrame, CMDIChildWnd)
///

ON_REGISTERED_MESSAGE(CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nMsgPrepareMenu, OnExtMenuPrepare)
ON_REGISTERED_MESSAGE(CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nMsgPopupDrawItem, OnDrawPopupMenuItem)
ON_REGISTERED_MESSAGE(CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nMsgPopupDrawLeftArea, OnDrawPopupLeftArea)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

The popup menus displayed from the menu bar in your application send their notification messages to the main frame window only and you should resend the needed messages to the active MDI child frame manually and exactly as it is demonstrated in the DRAWCLI sample. The context menus send their messages to the window handle which was specified when invoking the CExtPopupMenuWnd::CreatePopupMenu(), CExtPopupMenuWnd::LoadMenu() or CExtPopupMenuWnd::UpdateFromMenu() methods.

I’ve got an MDI Doc/View application which can open multiple documents, each in their own tabbed window. There are four views in each tab, created with a splitter. There’s also a bunch of other stuff going on with three dockable control bars which display additional views of the topmost document.

My problem:
When I click on the "x" close button, either in the ChildFrame or in the main menu bar, the topmost tab disappears and the document is closed. The next document’s tab becomes uppermost, but the views don’t refresh. I get a completely blank white screen -- the frames and splitters are all properly arranged, but nothing displays within them.

If I activate another tab by clicking on it, it displays properly. Same thing if I go back to the original "blank" tab. But nothing refreshes properly when the close button is pressed.

This USED to work before I implemented my tabs as CExtTabMdiWnd... so I suspect I need to call something in addition to the defaults. Within the ChildFrame, I’ve tried to UpdateAllViews(NULL) ala

void CMIPSChildFrame::OnMDIActivate(BOOL bActivate, CWnd* pActivateWnd, CWnd* pDeactivateWnd)
{
    CMDIChildWnd::OnMDIActivate(bActivate, pActivateWnd, pDeactivateWnd);

    CMainFrame* pMF = (CMainFrame*) ::AfxGetMainWnd();
    if (bActivate) {        // window is becoming active
        CView5Doc* pDoc = (CView5Doc*) GetActiveDocument();
        if (pDoc) {
            // load history window with current document
            CHistoryBar* pBarHistory = (CHistoryBar*) pMF->GetControlBar(ID_VIEW_HISTORY);
            if (pBarHistory != NULL) pBarHistory->SetHistory(pDoc);
            // maybe update the view? Doesn’t work, still blank white....
            pDoc->UpdateAllViews(NULL);
        }
....

Any suggestions? I’m going to have to disable all the X buttons if I can’t get this to work....

Thanks, Lynn

I am porting the Windows Menu Bar using CExtMenuControlBar. Some of my sample uses MF_MENUBREAK for creating new row and MF_MENUBARBREAK column column. How do I get these feature using CExtMenuControlBar?

Thanks.

What about MF_MENUBARBREAK. This is used as column in our application and can we get this feature?

We are sorry but it is not completely cleat what you mean exactly. Could you send us a screenshot of the menu line in your project demonstrating what you actually mean so that we can help you more efficiently?

I have an edit control in a dialog which requires validation. I am using the ON_EN_KILLFOCUS message to validate the input when the edit loses focus. This event calls UpdateData(TRUE) and MFC automatically shows a message box like "Please enter an integer between 0 and 100" if the data is invalid.

The problem is that when the focus moves to a Prof-UIS control, e.g. CExtButton, the error message box pops up twice (the kill focus message also comes twice). However, moving focus to a standard CButton only causes it once. It seems moving focus to any Prof-UIS control causes the problem, while any normal MFC control does not.

I am using Prof-UIS 2.64 under Windows XP SP2 with VS2005. I can email a simple example project showing this problem if you wish.

Richard Chaney

I am using a instance of CExtResizableDialog in a CExtControlBar. I need for the initial size on display to be the same as specified with
the dialog template resource. I need the resizing funtionality and hence dont want to use the CExtPanelControlBar. How would I go about doing this?

ok thanks that worked.

Yes I agree but I need the control over the size only when the dock window is floated. When it is docked I dont care about the size. I need the dialog resource size to be respected (atleast with the initial lauch of the app). Once the user resizes it, I dont care about the size of the dock windows (docked or floated) since the information is stored as part of the state and written out to the registry.

You can use the CExtControlBar::SetInitDesiredSizeFloating() method for that. It allows you to specify the floating size of your control bar with a dialog inside.

Any other approach other than the ones suggested above?

The control bar (CExtControlBar) is resizable, which means that if you dock more than one control bars in a row/column, they affect each other. That is the main difficulty in setting a particular size for the control bar (the size of dialog template in your case). If you have many control bars organized into a complex layout, this makes the problem even harder. The way we suggested in the previous post is worth to try. There is one issue we forgot to mention. You can anchor the controls on your dialog so that their size and layout proportionally changes when the dialog is resized. This is described in this article:

How to create a window containing auto-resizable controls

This approach (anchoring controls) may allow you to drop this requirement (a certain initial size) because the controls will always be neatly arranged on the dialog.

Anyway of it getting created with the size of the dialog resource rather than programmatically?

There is another approach. You run your application, dock the control bars manually, close the application and add the state of control bars including their positions (saved in the registry) to your installer. Please note you can also serialize the state to a file on disk instead of to the registry.