CXTPMenuBar in non-client-area ???

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   Hi!

I am currently trying to use Xtreme Toolkit Pro with an existing VC++.NET/MFC app.

our app hast just a single CFrameWnd based window with no document/view stuff.

I managed to convert our existing dynamic CMenu-structure (read from a
XML-file) into the XTP-stuff. altough I still couldnt figure out how to
create everything from scratch and convert it.

I am still using a dummy-resource-menu with
GetCommandBars()->SetMenu(_T("Menu Bar"), IDR_MENU1) to create the
CXTPCommandBar object and use GetControls()->RemoveAll()

afterwards. I would prefer to create all objects from scratch without the dummy-resource-menu.

I realized, that the office-2003 style menu is displayed within the client-area of

my window and I would like to have it dispalyed within the non-client-area as it is with

the MFC-menu.

how can I do that ?

my app-window doesnt need a client-area, it just displays the menu and probably a toolbar.

any help with this woudl be greatly appreciated,

thanx in advance!

best regards,

Hans

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hpesata Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 16 July 2004 Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote hpesata Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CXTPMenuBar in non-client-area ??? Posted: 27 December 2004 at 8:21am
	Hi! I am currently trying to use Xtreme Toolkit Pro with an existing VC++.NET/MFC app. our app hast just a single CFrameWnd based window with no document/view stuff. I managed to convert our existing dynamic CMenu-structure (read from a XML-file) into the XTP-stuff. altough I still couldnt figure out how to create everything from scratch and convert it. I am still using a dummy-resource-menu with GetCommandBars()->SetMenu(_T("Menu Bar"), IDR_MENU1) to create the CXTPCommandBar object and use GetControls()->RemoveAll() afterwards. I would prefer to create all objects from scratch without the dummy-resource-menu. I realized, that the office-2003 style menu is displayed within the client-area of my window and I would like to have it dispalyed within the non-client-area as it is with the MFC-menu. how can I do that ? my app-window doesnt need a client-area, it just displays the menu and probably a toolbar. any help with this woudl be greatly appreciated, thanx in advance! best regards, Hans

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: 27 December 2004 at 11:51pm
	You can use 0 as parameter instead dummy resource: GetCommandBars()->SetMenu(_T("Menu Bar"), 0) to Add controls: pMenuBar->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, nID1); pMenuBar->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, nID2); .... You can't make it nonclient.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

hpesata Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 16 July 2004 Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote hpesata Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 December 2004 at 4:21am
	Hi Oleg! Thanx for your reply! I am now using GetCommandBars()->SetMenu("Menu", 0) and GetComamndBars()->GetMenuBar()->LoadMenu(&mymenu , TRUE); and this works. but how can I make the menubar non-dockable and being displayed right under the caption of my frame-window like in the DialogSample or other samples ? in my case the menubar is displayed WITHIN the frame of the client-area. maybe I have to use different window-styles for my frame-window ? thanx in advance! best regards, Hans

hpesata Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 16 July 2004 Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote hpesata Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 December 2004 at 6:11am
	Hi Oleg! I found out about the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE flag which has to be cleared within PreCreateWindow() of my frame-window and the menu ins now displayed right below the caption. I also found out about the xtpFlagStretched for my menubar and it is now fixed. in my app I managed to write code, so that the size of my frame-window always is limited to the size of the caption+borders+menu by overriding WM_GETMINMAXINFO and calculating the appropriate size. thsi worked well for the MFC-menu, but how can I do this wit Xtreme Toolkit Pro ? how can I get the size of the menubar ? this size can change if the user reduces the cx-size of my frame-window and the menu afterwards contains multiple lines and therefore has an effect on the cy-size. WIN32 offers GetMenuItemRect() to get the position/size of an menu-entry which helped me to determien the number of lines of my menu. how can I use this approch with Xtreme Toolkit Pro ? thanx in advance! best regards, Hans