Bolding Task Panel Iems

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   I created an application that uses the CXTPTaskPanel.  I studied the example from  ...\ToolkitPro\samples\ToolkitPro\TaskPanel
My goal is to have Task Panel items turn bold when the user clicks them, so I handle the 

XTPWM_TASKPANEL_NOTIFY message and I unbold any previous selection and them bold the new selection.  This technique seems to work fine....well, almost!
It appears that the size of the text is insufficient.  Most of my Task Panel items have labels that are 2 or 3 words long.  When an item is bolded the last word is chopped off.  I noticed that if I define the item text (in the resources) as having a few spaced padded to the end the bolding works.  This suggests that the GroupItem class is not properly resizing the text area for bolded items.
Any ideas how to handle this?  Oh, I don't want to add the padded spaces since that causes the hot link text the show underlined spaces.
BTW: I'm using Windows 2000; Xtreme Toolkit Pro 8.61

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DougW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 March 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote DougW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Bolding Task Panel Iems Posted: 03 March 2004 at 1:49pm
	I created an application that uses the CXTPTaskPanel. I studied the example from ...\ToolkitPro\samples\ToolkitPro\TaskPanel My goal is to have Task Panel items turn bold when the user clicks them, so I handle the XTPWM_TASKPANEL_NOTIFY message and I unbold any previous selection and them bold the new selection. This technique seems to work fine....well, almost! It appears that the size of the text is insufficient. Most of my Task Panel items have labels that are 2 or 3 words long. When an item is bolded the last word is chopped off. I noticed that if I define the item text (in the resources) as having a few spaced padded to the end the bolding works. This suggests that the GroupItem class is not properly resizing the text area for bolded items. Any ideas how to handle this? Oh, I don't want to add the padded spaces since that causes the hot link text the show underlined spaces. BTW: I'm using Windows 2000; Xtreme Toolkit Pro 8.61

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 March 2004 at 12:44pm
	Try to call m_wnTaskPanel.Reposition() after SetBold();
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

DougW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 March 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote DougW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 March 2004 at 3:56pm
	No go. I added the call to Reposition() but it still behaves the same. BTW: I streched out the width of my Task Panel window so that the width is not an issue. I am changing views based on what Task Panel item is clicked. When I do I am unbolding the previous selection and bolding the new selection. The new selection shows up in bold but the last wordis cut off (not partially...the whole word is gone). If I hover over the bolded item the underline (hot) text shows me the full label.

DougW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 March 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote DougW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 March 2004 at 4:12pm
	By the way, as a test I modified the TaskPanel sample and I get the same problem. The sample project is located at samples\ToolkitPro\TaskPanel. Here's my modifications: In the MainFrm.h file add a member variable to the CMainFrame class as follows: CXTPTaskPanelGroupItem* m_pPreviousTaskPanelItem; Now in the MainFrm.cpp file you need to initialize the member variable in the class constructor. CMainFrame::CMainFrame() { m_pPreviousTaskPanelItem = NULL; ... Finally, in the Task Panel's notification handler, change the click case to look like the following: LRESULT CMainFrame::OnTaskPanelNotify(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { switch(wParam) { case XTP_TPN_CLICK: { if (m_pPreviousTaskPanelItem) { m_pPreviousTaskPanelItem->SetBold(FALSE); } m_pPreviousTaskPanelItem = (CXTPTaskPanelGroupItem*)lParam; m_pPreviousTaskPanelItem->SetBold(TRUE); m_wndTaskPanel.Reposition(); } ... Notice that all I do is unbold the previous and bold the current selection. When you run it make the task panel plenty wide so that width is not an issue. Click an item; now click another one. I am seeing the last word dropped.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 March 2004 at 1:59am
	Ok, agree. I sended fix to email.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

DougW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 March 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote DougW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 March 2004 at 9:58am
	Yeah!!! It works! Thanks Oleg!

studioars Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 March 2004 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote studioars Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 March 2004 at 3:34am
	Please, can you send me that fix besause I have the same problem Thanks

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 March 2004 at 9:09am
	We must release next version within 3 weeks. Please wait a little.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS