About xtreme Toolkit Architecture

 

I have one doubt. I have implemented the ribbon bar in my MDI application.Also i implemented it in Dialog based application as well.

While handling the events of controls,i was screwed at one point.

Many of the event handlers of controls in a ribbon bar,are handled in a

View class.

 

1)As Ribbon bar is also like a toolbar,means it is also a part of a mainframe,then how can we handle the events of controls from a ribbon bar in view class? How the notification is directly sent from mainframe to view.Because when event happens, it shuld be directly given to the parent window.mainframe is a parent window for all the controls in a ribbon bar,then how is view handling the events?

 

2)How can i get the information of xtreame toolkit's architecture,so that i can get clear idea about it and then i will be able to implement it in my project properly.

 

3)How the position of controls is maintained in a ribbon bar. Can we handle the position of controls in ribbon bar explicitely? Also can we put controls in a ribbon bar without putting them in a group?

 

1)But what if u want to handle the events in one separate class other than the framework classes?

 

2)If i write one separate class for handling the events,i have to derive it from CWND or classes derived from CWND.What u suggest,if i want to proceed in this way?

 

3)Also if we handle the events in view or something,it has to be there in memory that time,otherwise we wont be able to handle the events there.Isnt?

 

Finally,i want to handle the events in a separate class, instead of all these framework classes. How can i do that ? From which class shall i derive my class ? How the controls on the ribbon bar will keep contact with this new class ? means how can i make my class as a parent of the controls on ribbon bar?

Please explain in detail. i am screwed at this point.

Thanks for ur kind support.

 

 

Thanks and regards,

Vijay.

 

I am sorry.May be i am not able to tell u properly about what i want to do.

Currently we have our application as MFC MDI application.In which we are using one DialogBar as a toolbar. On this dialog we are placing all our toolbar buttons. This dialog we are loading on mainframes create function.So till mainframe is in memory,this dialog also is there.

and all the event handlers of the toolbar buttons we are handling in this dialogbar's class which is derived from CInitDialogBar.

 

 

1)Currently our mainframe class is derived from CMDIFrameWnd. now if we derive it from CFrameEvent which is derived from CFrameWnd,wont it reduce any functionality?

 

2) Please make it clear abt u said as "write the methods in CMainframe".

Means do u want me to declare the events in message map of class derived from CFrameWnd and write the definations of the event handling functions in CMainframe ? If yes,Why so ? Then it will again be the same thing. Why cant we write the methods in the .cpp file of the same class which we will derive from CFrameWnd ? 

 

I know i am asking too many questions,but its really needed for me to clear all the concepts before deciding any approach for implementing this ribbon bar and new ui concepts.

 

Hope you will reply as early as possible.

 

Thanks And regards,

Vijay