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How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : Ok.. thx.. I did that and now...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:10:39 +0000

Author: jigarmehtamscit
Subject: 3272
Posted: 26 November 2005 at 1:10pm

Ok.. thx.. I did that and now its working.. Thx for the help..

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : SetPaneText can be called only...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:45:09 +0000

Author: Oleg
Subject: 3272
Posted: 26 November 2005 at 6:45am

SetPaneText can be called only from thread created status bar,

but you can send some message like:

#deifne MY_TEXT_CHANGED (WM_APP + 2)

pDlg->SendMessage(MY_TEXT_CHANGED);

and in CAppGUIDlg catch it and set status text.

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : oleg wrote:Why you need static...

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:04:43 +0000

Author: jigarmehtamscit
Subject: 3272
Posted: 25 November 2005 at 2:04pm

oleg wrote:

Why you need static text, if you can update text directly to status bar

m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText(...) ?

What if we want to set the m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText from a global thread ?? Following is my code for reference..

UINT threadBackgroundTask(LPVOID lParam)
{
    CAppGUIDlg *pDlg;
    pDlg = (CAppGUIDlg *)lParam;

    while(1)
    {
        if(pDlg != NULL)
        {
            pDlg->m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText(4, "Jigar");
            Sleep(1000);
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

And this thread is started from my dialog,

pBgThread = AfxBeginThread(threadBackgroundTask, this, THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL );

where I pass pointer to the dialog to the thread..

Now, the execution gives abort dialog while checking for ASSERT(this)..

So, does it mean that we can not access statusbar object from the global thread.. ?? I can not make the therad as the member of the class.. So, please suggest me the solution..

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : Thanks,It helped me.. but still...

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:15:00 +0000

Author: jigarmehtamscit
Subject: 3272
Posted: 25 November 2005 at 12:15pm

Thanks,

It helped me.. but still I am adding static control to the status bar..

Because i took code from the sample application, there it was Indicator.. If I change anything in the default struct of the indicator, my program doesnt work properly..

Like if I change,

static UINT indicators[] =
{
    ID_SEPARATOR,         ;   // status line indicator
    ID_INDICATOR_CAPS,
    ID_INDICATOR_NUM,
    ID_INDICATOR_SCRL,
};

to something like this,

static UINT indicators[] =
{
    ID_SEPARATOR,         ;   // status line indicator
    ID_MY_TEXT,
    ID_INDICATOR_CAPS,
    ID_INDICATOR_NUM,
    ID_INDICATOR_SCRL,
};

Program doesnt work properly so, I add my static control to the status bar and doint what i want... so, how can I add the items in the status bar ?

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : Why you need static text, if you...

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:45:19 +0000

Author: Oleg
Subject: 3272
Posted: 25 November 2005 at 2:45am

Why you need static text, if you can update text directly to status bar

m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText(...) ?

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : Oh.. again i was able to add teh...

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:16:46 +0000

Author: jigarmehtamscit
Subject: 3272
Posted: 24 November 2005 at 2:16pm

Oh.. again i was able to add teh static control to the statusbar.. but it comes on teh menu bar..

following is the code i wrote in initdialog function,

    m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneInfo(0, ID_SEPARATOR, SBPS_STRETCH, 100);

    int iIndex = m_wndStatusBar.GetPaneCount();
    m_wndStatusBar.AddIndicator(IDC_STATIC1, iIndex);

    int nIndex = m_wndStatusBar.CommandToIndex(IDC_STATIC1);
    ASSERT (nIndex != -1);
    m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneWidth(nIndex, 100);
    m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneStyle(nIndex, m_wndStatusBar.GetPaneStyle(nIndex) | SBPS_NOBORDERS);
    m_wndStatusBar.AddControl(&m_XPos, IDC_STATIC1, FALSE);

i took one static control made a control variable for that as m_XPos and it shows the static control on menu bar.. instaead of statusbar..

Please tell me what can be the problem.. I tried all teh things.. I debugged then found that PositionBars function called from addcontrol function gets some -18 value for my control as X value.. so, it calculates the value on its own and MoveWindow function moves my window to the menu bar as a result.

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : Oops..I got the sampel..But another...

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:56:26 +0000

Author: jigarmehtamscit
Subject: 3272
Posted: 24 November 2005 at 12:56pm

Oops..

I got the sampel..

But another questiion is, I want to add a static text to the status bar.. Now, the value of the static text will be updated on runtime.. just like line number of the cursor or like the X and Y co-ordinate of the mouse.. So, how to add that to the status control ?? Any sample for that ? i saw the sample application statusbar but not found how to add the static text to status bar..

Thx

How to apply menus (xp style) to dialog ? : Hi,I want to apply office xp style...

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:05:27 +0000

Author: jigarmehtamscit
Subject: 3272
Posted: 24 November 2005 at 12:05pm

Hi,

I want to apply office xp style menu to my dialog class.. So, how can i do that ? If i take code form the dialog, it gives error saying, GetCommandBars is not declared.. So, is there any sample of link from where i can find this.. ?