MFC OnTimer function does not compile when porting legacy code from 32-bit to 64-bit

by APIJunkie 22. December 2009 07:17

I was recently porting an MFC C++ application that compiled on Visual studio 2005 32-bit to VS 2008 64-bit.

It turns out there is a bug in the code generated by older versions of MFC that makes it not compile on 64 bit.

The problem is with the OnTimer function signature:

      afx_msg void OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent); 

It should be changed to ->

      afx_msg void OnTimer(UINT_PTR nIDEvent);

 

You can find Microsoft’s reaction to a similar connect bug report for VS 2005 at:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=101372

Hope this helps!

 

Tags:

MFC | C++ | Win64

Automatically scrolling an MFC Rich Edit Control(CRichEditCtrl)

by APIJunkie 13. November 2007 21:55

Some times it is convenient to use a Rich Edit Control as a scrolling text box. For example when using a Rich edit control as a log output window.

To do this we will need to do 2 things:

1. Make sure the selection in the Rich Edit Control is always visible.

You can change this Rich Edit Control property in both your resource editor and your code.

To do this in the resource editor you will need to set the "No hide selection" property of the Rich Edit Control to "true".

To do this in your code you can call the HideSelection Rich Edit Control member function:

// assuming CRichEditCtrl m_logCtrl; exists ...

 

// Show the selection and make it permanent

m_logCtrl.HideSelection(FALSE,TRUE);

2. Scroll the control to the last line of text by setting the selection to the last character in text.

To do this you can add the following code after updating the text you want to display:

// assuming CRichEditCtrl m_logCtrl; exists ...

long textLen = m_logCtrl.GetTextLength();

// set selection to last character...

m_logCtrl.SetSel(textLen-1,textLen-1);

Tags:

MFC | Win32

Handling tree control check box selection/de-selection in Win32/MFC

by APIJunkie 11. November 2007 00:38

Unfortunately, no direct notifications are sent when a check box gets selected or deselected in a win32 tree control.

 

While this is a gross oversight by Microsoft in the design of the tree control, there are ways to overcome this problem.

 

One simple way to overcome this problem is to catch the following messages that are sent to the parent window of a tree control:

 

TVN_KEYDOWN -> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb773540.aspx

 

NM_CLICK -> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb773466.aspx

 

When one of the above messages is sent, the state of the check box, next to the tree item, will be changed.

 

Below is an MFC code snippet that handles the above messages:

 

// CTreeCtrl *m_fileTreeCtrl is a member of CDemoTreeDlg dialog.

// CDemoTreeDlg dialog will handle the TVN_KEYDOWN and NM_CLICK messages

 

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CDemoTreeDlg, CDialog)

      ON_MESSAGE(TREE_VIEW_CHECK_STATE_CHANGE, OnTreeViewCheckStateChange)

      ON_NOTIFY(NM_CLICK, IDC_FILESYS_TREE, &CDemoTreeDlg::OnNMClickFileSysTree)

      ON_NOTIFY(TVN_KEYDOWN, IDC_FILESYS_TREE, &CDemoTreeDlg::OnTvnKeydownFileSysTree)

END_MESSAGE_MAP()

 

// handle mouse click on check box

void CDemoTreeDlg::OnNMClickFileSysTree(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult)

{

      // TODO: Add your control notification handler code here

      HTREEITEM item;

      UINT flags;

      // verify that we have a mouse click in the check box area

      DWORD pos = GetMessagePos();

      CPoint point(LOWORD(pos), HIWORD(pos));

      m_fileTreeCtrl->ScreenToClient(&point);

      item = m_fileTreeCtrl->HitTest(point, &flags);

      if(item && (flags & TVHT_ONITEMSTATEICON))

      {

            // handle state change here or post message to another handler

            // Post message state has changed…

            // PostMessage(TREE_VIEW_CHECK_STATE_CHANGE,0,(LPARAM)item);

      }

      *pResult = 0;

}

 

// handle key press on check box

void CDemoTreeDlg::OnTvnKeydownFileSysTree(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult)

{

      LPNMTVKEYDOWN pTVKeyDown = reinterpret_cast<LPNMTVKEYDOWN>(pNMHDR);

      // TODO: Add your control notification handler code here

      // we only want to handle the space key press

      if(pTVKeyDown->wVKey==VK_SPACE)

      {

            // Determine the selected tree item.

            HTREEITEM item = m_fileTreeCtrl->GetSelectedItem();

            if(item!=NULL)

            {

                  // handle state change here or post message to another handler

                  // Post message state has changed…

                  // PostMessage(TREE_VIEW_CHECK_STATE_CHANGE,0,(LPARAM)item);

            }

      }

      *pResult = 0;

}

 

In many cases it is better to handle the check box change in a central place after the change. To do this we can define a custom message that will be called when a check box state has changed:

 

// define a custom message

#define TREE_VIEW_CHECK_STATE_CHANGE (WM_USER + 100)

// implementation for TREE_VIEW_CHECK_STATE_CHANGE message handler

LRESULT CDemoTreeDlg::OnTreeViewCheckStateChange(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)

{

      // Handle message here…

      HTREEITEM   changedItem = (HTREEITEM)lParam;

      int checkState = m_fileTreeCtrl->GetCheck(changedItem);

      // Do something with check state change information…

}

Tags:

MFC | Win32 | GUI

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