The study of Programming Windows with MFC--Common Control

1.The Common Controls

Control Type	WNDCLASS	WNDCLASS Alias	MFC Class
Animation	"SysAnimate32"	ANIMATE_CLASS	CAnimateCtrl
ComboBoxEx*	"ComboBoxEx32"	WC_COMBOBOXEX	CComboBoxEx
Date-Time*	"SysDateTimePick32"	DATETIMEPICK_CLASS	CDateTimeCtrl
Header	"SysHeader32"	WC_HEADER	CHeaderCtrl
Hotkey	"msctls_hotkey32"	HOTKEY_CLASS	CHotKeyCtrl
Image list	N/A	N/A	CImageList
IP address**	"SysIPAddress32"	WC_IPADDRESS	CIPAddressCtrl
List view	"SysListView32"	WC_LISTVIEW	CListCtrl
Month calendar*	"SysMonthCal32"	MONTHCAL_CLASS	CMonthCalCtrl
Progress	"msctls_progress32"	PROGRESS_CLASS	CProgressCtrl
Property sheet	N/A	N/A	CPropertySheet
Rebar*	"ReBarWindow32"	REBARCLASSNAME	CReBarCtrl
Rich edit	"RichEdit20A" (ANSI) or "RichEdit20W" (Unicode)	RICHEDIT_CLASS	CRichEditCtrl
Slider	"msctls_trackbar32"	TRACKBAR_CLASS	CSliderCtrl
Spin button	"msctls_updown32"	UPDOWN_CLASS	CSpinButtonCtrl
Status bar	"msctls_statusbar32"	STATUSCLASSNAME	CStatusBarCtrl
Tab	"SysTabControl32"	WC_TABCONTROL	CTabCtrl
Toolbar	"ToolbarWindow32"	TOOLBARCLASSNAME	CToolBarCtrl
ToolTip	"tooltips_class32"	TOOLTIPS_CLASS	CToolTipCtrl
Tree view	"SysTreeView32"	WC_TREEVIEW	CTreeCtrl

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2.Creating a Common Control

   1) 

   #include <afxcmn.h>
     
   CProgressCtrl wndProgress;
   wndProgress.Create (WS_CHILD ¦ WS_VISIBLE ¦ WS_BORDER,CRect (x1, y1, x2, y2), this, IDC_PROGRESS);
   2)

   CONTROL "", IDC_PROGRESS, PROGRESS_CLASS, WS_BORDER, 32, 32, 80, 16

 

   Once you've created a common control, you manipulate it using member functions of the corresponding control class.

   DDX_Control (pDX, IDC_PROGRESS, m_wndProgress);//This statement must appear in a dialog class's DoDataExchange function.

 

   When you use the common controls in an SDK-style application, you must call either ::InitCommonControls or the newer ::InitCommonControlsEx to load Comctl32.dll and register the controls'    WNDCLASSes before creating the first control. In an MFC application, MFC calls these functions for you.

 

3.Processing Notifications: The WM_NOTIFY Message

  

   typedef struct _NM_TREEVIEW {
      NMHDR    hdr;
      UINT     action;
      TV_ITEM  itemOld;
      TV_ITEM  itemNew;
      POINT    ptDrag;
  } NM_TREEVIEW;

 

  typedef struct _TV_DISPINFO {
    NMHDR   hdr;
    TV_ITEM item;
  } TV_DISPINFO;
 

 

  How do you know what pointer was cast by lParam?

  1)

   NMHDR* pnmh = (NMHDR*) lParam;
   switch (pnmh->code) {

   case TVN_ITEMEXPANDED:
      NM_TREEVIEW* pnmtv = (NM_TREEVIEW*) pnmh;
    // Process the notification.
    break;

   case TVN_GETDISPINFO:
      NM_DISPINFO* pnmdi = (NM_DISPINFO*) pnmh;
    // Process the notification.
    break;
   }

  2)

  ON_NOTIFY (TVN_ITEMEXPANDED, IDC_TREEVIEW, OnItemExpanded)
  ON_NOTIFY (TVN_GETDISPINFO, IDC_TREEVIEW, OnGetDispInfo)

  void CMyWindow::OnItemExpanded (NMHDR* pnmh, LRESULT* pResult)
  {
       NM_TREEVIEW* pnmtv = (NM_TREEVIEW*) pnmh;
      // Process the notification.
  }

  void CMyWindow::OnGetDispInfo (NMHDR* pnmh, LRESULT* pResult)
  {
       NM_DISPINFO* pnmdi = (NM_DISPINFO*) pnmh;
       // Process the notification.
  }