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Using the VS2005 theme/skin/thing, and of course when you drag a dockable window somewhere else it can dock you get the "docking guides" that show the four hours and the tab option in the center:

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What I want to do is disable the four arrow buttons.  I can make sure my window(s) won’t dock to them utilizing _CanDockLTRB and make sure tabbing is still allowed via  _CanDockToTabbedContainers, but the four arrow buttons are still visible.  They don’t do anything, but they are visible.

Is there any way to remove them when I am using a window I don’t want to dock LTRB?

K.

Hi,

In a popup menu using CExtPopupMenuwnd we are modifying popup menu and within that menu item we are enabling and disabling certain items using EnableMenuItem( ) method in MFC. Is there a equivalent for EnableMenuItem( ) method in Prof-UI. 

If not how to achieve this functionality  in Prof-UI

Thanks

Howard  

Is there an article about how to add additional buttons to the CExtPropertyGridToolBar control? Is it at all possible to do so?

I would like to add additional buttons to the CExtPropertyGridToolBar and also handle there ON_BTN_CLICK event. Could you provide an example on how to do that?

Thanks

The specialized version of the CExtPPVW template class for the CExtPropertyGridCtrl class demonstrates how to do this. The CExtPPVW template class implements printing and print previewing for other controls. It adds print and print preview buttons to the toolbar of the property grid control. The CExtPPVW < CExtPropertyGridCtrl > :: OnPgcCreateBars() virtual method modifies the toolbar of property grid control by adding new buttons to it. The CExtPPVW < CExtPropertyGridCtrl > :: OnCmdMsg () virtual method handles and updates the state of toolbar commands.

Hello.

1, I want to make CExtContorlBar by non-display.

2, In addition, I want you to teach a called virtual function when it was displayed for the first time

All the Prof-UIS control bars are created through invocation of the CExtControlBar::Create() method which is declared as:

virtual BOOL Create(
            __EXT_MFC_SAFE_LPCTSTR lpszWindowName,
            CWnd * pParentWnd,
            UINT nID = AFX_IDW_DIALOGBAR,
            DWORD dwStyle =
                        WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|WS_CLIPCHILDREN|WS_CLIPSIBLINGS
                                    |CBRS_TOP|CBRS_GRIPPER|CBRS_TOOLTIPS
                                    |CBRS_FLYBY|CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC
                                    |CBRS_HIDE_INPLACE
            );

You can hide a control bar using the CFrameWnd::ShowControlBar() method. But first, you should check whether the bar is auto-hidden using the CExtControlBar::AutoHideModeGet() method. The auto-hidden control bars can be switched into the simple hidden state using the CExtControlBar::AutoHideModeSet() method. Then you can set the CExtControlBar::m_bAppearInDockSiteControlBarPopupMenu() property to false() if you want to hide the command displaying the control bar from all the built-in context menus displayed by Prof-UIS over frame window areas.

I’m trying to detect if a CFrameWnd contained within a CExtDynAutoHideSlider has been activated by the user clicking on it.  How do I determine that a pinnable window has been activated by a mouse click?  I can’t find anything looking through CExtDynAutoHideSlider.

Kevin Eshbach

I want my application to look professional. Is there a version of CListView that I should be using?

Yes, it already exists in the beta version of Prof-UIS 2.84. Here is the compiled test project:

NewControls3.zip

Hi,

After applying Prof-UI over the (MFC based ) user interfaces present in our application, we see a kind of performance problem. When we try to resize the user interface we see that the painting process/ getting back to normal appearence take a resonably long time. Is there a way to speed up the performance ( of repainting) after an operation like resizing

Thanks  

Howard

Hi,

Is there a way to disable Navigator option in page navigator ctrl in prof-ui/ Page Navigator button come on the right click of the page navigator

Thanks,

Howard

Hi,

Is there any specific prof-ui API for insertion of dynamic menu item in CExtMenuPopupWindow

We tried to insert using MFC API insert menu item & delete menu item to perform some dynamic updations in the drop down and popup menu

Thanks,

Howard

I want my entire application to look professional. Is there some supported method for having a get folders dialog box that looks nice?

Here is the demonstration of beta shell dialogs including a browse for folder dialog:

BetaShellDialogs.zip

Completely new, written from scratch and un-comparable with any existing shell tree/list controls and common file dialog and brows for folder/file dialog will appear in the nearest Prof-UIS version. We can provide you with beta code.

I want my whole application to look professional. Is there a currently supported way or an alternative to AfxMessageBox that looks nice?

Is it possible to fix the width of some columns while the rest are proportional?

Thanks, Dave

When is this feature / bug-fix going to be available? we need it badly.

Thanks,

Ron.

This feature is not finished yet. It requires some serious changes in tree grid’s source code including some loops that find grid cells during hit-testing and partial grid re-painting. It will be added in the next release.

Any date to this release?

Will the next release solve also the problem of tabs not looking good for with embeded dialogs?

We are currently having problems with the input of key codes (ALT + character sequence).  For instance, in ProfStudio if you attempt to enter ALT + 0176 to input a "degree" symbol you get the "spade" or ALT+6.  It appears as though all but the last character are being ignored.

This seems consistent in all prof controls (i.e. in the profstudio child window or in either of the edit controls in the tool bars).



Any help would be much appreciated.

This issue is not fixed yet. We are working on it.

Hi,

I have a popup menu which display icons next to the items in it. When the menu is displayed I need to chnage one of the icons according to some conditions in the code.

Can this be done? How?

Thanks,

Ron.

Hi,

Is it possible to set the icon size for a CExtPopupMenuWnd?

The last reply does not seem to be relevant.

I am using a stand-alone popup menu, calling TrackPopupMenu().

A simplified code extract is:

CExtPopupMenuWnd* pMenu =

We suspect you are using the LoadIcon() Win32 API which always loads a 32x32 icon image regardless of the image format stored inside the icon. If our guess is correct, you should simply use the LoadImage() Win32 API for loading 16x16 icons.

If you are constructing popup menus by handling the CExtPopupMenuWnd::g_nMsgPrepareOneMenuLevel registered message, you should inform Prof-UIS about whether any of menu items were modified:

<code><pre>LRESULT CYourClass::OnExtMenuPrepareLevel( WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
      lParam;
      CExtPopupMenuWnd::MsgPrepareMenuData_t * pData =
            reinterpret_cast
            < CExtPopupMenuWnd::MsgPrepareMenuData_t * >
            ( wParam );
      ASSERT( pData != NULL );
      CExtPopupMenuWnd * pPopup = pData->m_pPopup;
. . .
      // if the pPopup menu was modified, then you should invoke the following:
      pData->m_bMenuChanged = true;
. . .

I am using ItemInsertCommand, so icons are not taken from command manager.

I use the version of ItemInsertCommand that passes in an HICON.

The default seems to be an icon size larger that 16x16 (looks more like 24x24).

I have found I can use ItemGetIcon to get the icon then call scale to set it to 16x16. This correctly sets the icon to 16x16, but the height of the menu item is still larger than one which does not have an icon set.

Ideally, I would like to set the default icon size so that I can pass in icons as HICONs and not have to resize them.

I post once again my question because I noticed that it was ignored so far (I really need your help)....

I’m sorry, I had a problem with the Paste command....my code is:

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::PAGE_ITEM_INFO *pPage = m_pParentNav->ItemGetInfo(m_iPage /*idxPage*/); 

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane1 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_FAVORITES);

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane2 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_NAVIGATION);

CRect rcPage;

m_pParentNav->GetClientRect(rcPage);

int iMinH = (rcPage.Height() / 2) - 10;

long lHalfH = iMinH / 2;

The value of lHalfH is the problem, because m_pParentNav->GetClientRect(rcPage) fails to return the correct value when the pane is floating. I need to calculate the value of half the height of the Page Navigation control’s client area and that doesn’t work correctly when the Page Navigation control is floating.

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::PAGE_ITEM_INFO *pPage = m_pParentNav->ItemGetInfo(m_iPage

/*idxPage*/); int iMinH = (rcPage.Height() / 2) - 10;if (iMinH < 150)long lHalfH = iMinH / 2;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane1 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_FAVORITES);

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane2 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_NAVIGATION);

CRect rcPage;

m_pParentNav->GetClientRect(rcPage);

    iMinH = 150;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::PAGE_ITEM_INFO *pPage = m_pParentNav->ItemGetInfo(m_iPage

/*idxPage*/); int iMinH = (rcPage.Height() / 2) - 10;if (iMinH < 150)long lHalfH = iMinH / 2;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane1 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_FAVORITES);

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane2 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_NAVIGATION);

CRect rcPage;

m_pParentNav->GetClientRect(rcPage);

   iMinH = 150;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::PAGE_ITEM_INFO *pPage = m_pParentNav->ItemGetInfo(m_iPage

/*idxPage*/); int iMinH = (rcPage.Height() / 2) - 10;if (iMinH < 150)long lHalfH = iMinH / 2;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane1 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_FAVORITES);

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane2 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_NAVIGATION);

CRect rcPage;

m_pParentNav->GetClientRect(rcPage);

  iMinH = 150;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::PAGE_ITEM_INFO *pPage = m_pParentNav->ItemGetInfo(m_iPage

/*idxPage*/); int iMinH = (rcPage.Height() / 2) - 10;if (iMinH < 150)long lHalfH = iMinH / 2;

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane1 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_FAVORITES);

CExtPageNavigatorWnd::ITEM_PANE_INFO *pPane2 = pPage->PaneGetInfo(INDEX_PANE_NAVIGATION);

CRect rcPage;

m_pParentNav->GetClientRect(rcPage);

 iMinH = 150;

Dear support,

We have been dicussing this for years now, and it’s time to end this problems

1) When you have a tab control with a grid inside, it looks very bad, because the panels do not have any frame

2) When you have a tab control with a dialog inside, it looks very bad, because the color of the tab control is light, and the back color of the dialog is dark - the normal dialog back-color, and it does not look connected to the tab. again, some frame might help.

You said that you will work on fixiong these problems, but never did.

Please give some details as to how and when you are going to fix these problems - it causes a major set-back for us.

Regards

Ron.

We thought about this problem. It depends on the UI theme and it does not have 100% equal solution for all the themes. That’s is why we still haven’t resolved this. It looks like it would be easier to implement a grid window with all the required border lines and remove any borders from the parent container window at all.

Hi

While surfing the web seeking for a more advanced progress bar ctrl I came across the following code sample on code project.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/text_progressctrl.aspx

This progress ctrl features a marquee and text.

Are there plans to include these features in the CExtProgressWnd anytime soon?

Thanks