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Christian Skovdal Andersen4-Aug-02 11:19

4-Aug-02 11:19

Hi,

I have noticed that some programs can get the contents of a selection, and do something with it one a global hotkey is pressed.

Some of them are spell checkers that will spellcheck the selected word in almost any application, some of them are telephony applications that will try to dial the selected text as a telephone number.

Does anybody know how to do this?

I have tried to get numerous samples, including the PC Magazine Robotype, but this program only knows which text that has been written.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for reading this far Wink | ;-)

Christian Skovdal Andersen

Re: Getting selected text globally

Tomasz Sowinski5-Aug-02 0:07

Tomasz Sowinski

5-Aug-02 0:07

To get HWND, use GetForegroundWindow (not GetActiveWindow). Then, you can check if it's edit or richedit control, and if this is the case, grab the text with EM_GETSEL.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

What is "scratch" and why can everything be made from it?

Re: Getting selected text globally

Gene Yu14-Jan-03 8:56

Gene Yu

14-Jan-03 8:56

Glad to see your response. I have been looking for an answer to a similar question for a while! Can you tell me how to get to the selected text if the foreground window is not itself a edit control or richedit control but contains such controls? What about accessing a selected text in IE browser? Would appreciate very much your answers to these questions!

Gene Yu - gene4yu@yahoo.com

Default font set for window's dialogs

CaesarCZ4-Aug-02 10:28

CaesarCZ

4-Aug-02 10:28

Hi!
I need to know the font's the user has set (Desktop - Right Mouse Button ->Properties->Third tab from left... I'm doing a custom control and need the font's to share the common appearance

Re: Default font set for window's dialogs

pépé5-Aug-02 2:18

pépé

5-Aug-02 2:18

Something like :

<br />
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, 0, &ncm, 0);<br />
hFont = CreateFontIndirect(&ncm.lfCaptionFont);<br />

There are other fonts in ths struct, I don't know which one you need.

Scrollbar size

CaesarCZ4-Aug-02 10:22

CaesarCZ

4-Aug-02 10:22

Hi anybody can help me figuring out how to learn the scroll bars "arrow buttons" size? I need to use these and user paint ALL the stuff in between as well as handle all the mouse input. How can I get the exact size of these arrow?

Thanks

Re: Scrollbar size

PJ Arends4-Aug-02 12:40

PJ Arends

4-Aug-02 12:40

SystemParametersInfo() should give you that information. Probably the SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS action.

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Re: Scrollbar size

alex.barylski4-Aug-02 16:51

alex.barylski

4-Aug-02 16:51

GetSystemMetrics()

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Open Filename dialog won't show.

redeemer4-Aug-02 8:43

redeemer

4-Aug-02 8:43

I'm trying to show an Open File dialog but it won't show and i can't figure out what i'm doing wrong, here's the code:

{
	OPENFILENAME ofn;
	char szFileNames[(MAX_PATH+1)*1000+2];
	const char szFilter[] = "MP3 Files (*.mp3)\0" "*.mp3\0";

	szFileNames[0] = 0;
	ofn.lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAME);

	ofn.hwndOwner = ghWnd;
	ofn.lpstrFilter = szFilter;
	ofn.lpstrCustomFilter = (LPSTR)NULL;
	ofn.nFilterIndex = 1;
	ofn.lpstrFile = szFileNames;
	ofn.nMaxFile = sizeof(szFileNames);
	ofn.lpstrFileTitle = NULL;
	ofn.lpstrTitle = (LPSTR)NULL;
	ofn.Flags = OFN_ENABLESIZING | OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST | OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT | OFN_EXPLORER;
	ofn.nFileOffset = 0;
	ofn.nFileExtension = 0;
	ofn.lpstrDefExt = "mp3";
 
	GetOpenFileName(&ofn);

Thanks in advance

-Rune Svendsen

Re: Open Filename dialog won't show.

Pavel Klocek4-Aug-02 10:06

Pavel Klocek

4-Aug-02 10:06

The dialog shows O.K. for me. The only diference was I tested it with hwndOwner set to NULL. Is the owner window (ghWnd) valid and displayed window?

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How to link msvcr70.dll into my program in VC++.net

tfElep4-Aug-02 8:40

tfElep

4-Aug-02 8:40

I'm making a little program using VC++.net these days. But when I run my program(.EXE) on a computer without VC++.net installed, it asks for msvcr70.dll, so that I have to put this DLL together with that program. This troubles me a lot. The Property Sheet of my project has been checked carefully, what else could I do?

Thanks a lot for any hint.

Tiny Flying Elephant loves flying...

Re: How to link msvcr70.dll into my program in VC++.net

Philip Patrick4-Aug-02 9:10

Philip Patrick

4-Aug-02 9:10

Well, they have to have .NET framework installed. It can be downloaded from Microsoft[^]

Philip Patrick
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Re: How to link msvcr70.dll into my program in VC++.net

2sky4-Aug-02 9:44

2sky

4-Aug-02 9:44

You can deploy your program using the Deployment Wizard in Visual Studio, then merge the VC++ Redistributable Merge Module with you setup files.

Re: How to link msvcr70.dll into my program in VC++.net

2sky4-Aug-02 9:48

2sky

4-Aug-02 9:48

The Visual C++ merge module can be found in \Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules

There you choose the vc_crt.msm file (200KB)...

Printing in Landscape

Desmond Mardle4-Aug-02 7:17

Desmond Mardle

4-Aug-02 7:17

:|I am still having trouble trying to print in landscape. Below is my latest code which does not print or change the page to landscape. Any suggestion would be appreciated. I think I feel like a mouse going around in circles.

The code seems to give me a new device context but it does not seem to print.

void CLogbookView::OnPrint(CDC* pDC, CPrintInfo* pInfo)
{
pDC = SetLandscape(pDC);

pDC->TextOut(100,100,"test");
}

CDC* CLogbookView::SetLandscape(CDC* pDC)
{
BOOL bStdSetUpDlg = TRUE;

CWnd *pWnd = this;

CPrintDialog pPrintDialog(bStdSetUpDlg,PD_USEDEVMODECOPIES ,pWnd);
pPrintDialog.GetDefaults();

LPDEVMODE pDEVMODE = pPrintDialog.GetDevMode();
pDEVMODE->dmOrientation = DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE;

pDC->m_hDC = pPrintDialog.CreatePrinterDC();

return pDC;
}

Desmond Mardle

Re: Printing in Landscape

Roger Allen4-Aug-02 9:28

Roger Allen

4-Aug-02 9:28

Take a look at my article www.codeproject.com/printing/printerselect.asp

It covers switch landscape/portatit mode and a host of other features

If your still stuck, e-mail me direct.

Roger Allen
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question about new and delete[]

nss4-Aug-02 6:37

nss

4-Aug-02 6:37

I have

_variant_t tempkeyValue = new _variant_t[20];

but when I go to do

delete[] tempkeyValue;

I get the error:

C:\Trainer\DB2\DbClass.cpp(204) : error C2440: 'delete' : cannot convert from 'class _variant_t' to ''.Ambiguous user-defined-conversion.

How can I get rid of the pointer fter I'm through with it?

Thanks,
ns

Re: question about new and delete[]

Pavel Klocek4-Aug-02 6:48

Pavel Klocek

4-Aug-02 6:48

You need a pointer variable Wink | ;)

:
_variant_t *tempkeyValue = new _variant_t[20];

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Re: question about new and delete[]

nss4-Aug-02 7:24

nss

4-Aug-02 7:24

Oops!So I did. The weird thing is. my code actually worked without declaring it a pointer, except for the delete.

Now I have:

  _variant_t *tempkeyValue = new _variant_t[20];
		
//	 tempkeyValue = (char *) (_bstr_t) m_pRecordset->Fields->GetItem (key)->Value; 
	*tempkeyValue =  m_pRecordset->Fields->GetItem (key)->Value; 


	strcpy(keyValue,(char *) (_bstr_t)*tempkeyValue);
	AfxMessageBox((char *) (_bstr_t)*tempkeyValue);
	AfxMessageBox((char *) (_bstr_t)m_pRecordset->Fields->GetItem (key)->Value);

	delete[] tempkeyValue;

which is fine, but I had:

  _variant_t tempkeyValue = new _variant_t[20];
		
//	 tempkeyValue = (char *) (_bstr_t) m_pRecordset->Fields->GetItem (key)->Value; 
	tempkeyValue =  m_pRecordset->Fields->GetItem (key)->Value; 


	strcpy(keyValue,(char *) (_bstr_t)tempkeyValue);
	AfxMessageBox((char *) (_bstr_t)tempkeyValue);
	AfxMessageBox((char *) (_bstr_t)m_pRecordset->Fields->GetItem (key)->Value);

//	delete[] tempkeyValue;  crashed here

and it gave the right values in both messageboxes.

Is that to be expected or some weird coincidence?

Apprecite your reply tremendously. I was starting to thing _variant_t varaiables were a different beast as far as delete goes...
Blush | :O

Re: question about new and delete[]

Philippe Mori5-Aug-02 7:23

Philippe Mori

5-Aug-02 7:23

This is a side-effect of conversions (1 argument) constructors and conversions operators...

A _variant_t can be converted to a VARIANT * implicitly by the defined conversion operator and this allows some misuse to go undetected...

Conversion operators are cool in general but very dangerous particulary when the returns pointers to internal data.

Philippe Mori

how can I respond Enter Event in a editbox?

Angel Kid4-Aug-02 6:21

Angel Kid

4-Aug-02 6:21

how can I respond Enter Event in a editbox?

I have a editbox,and I want to make it do sth. like this: when the Enter key was press,other controls in the dialog can get the value in it,then the editbox clean up the value,nd wait the next input.

how can I make this ? Anyone can give me a clear answer?Thanks.

YES, I am here.

Re: how can I respond Enter Event in a editbox?

valikac4-Aug-02 6:26

valikac

4-Aug-02 6:26

Here is one solution.

-create editbox
-add a button
-set button as default button
-when the user presses Enter, the button is press
-now you can do whatever you want including clear editbox

Kuphryn

Re: how can I respond Enter Event in a editbox?

Angel Kid4-Aug-02 6:29

Angel Kid

4-Aug-02 6:29

I know this solution,but that's it,I don't want to add a button.I just want to respond the Enter Key.so...

YES, I am here.

Re: how can I respond Enter Event in a editbox?

Pavel Klocek4-Aug-02 7:06

Pavel Klocek

4-Aug-02 7:06

You can derive your own edit control from CEdit and overide handling of keyboard messages. Then You can send a custom notification message to the parent window (dialog, form). See the edit control section here at CP for inspiration.

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Re: This is one of the famous question.

Masaaki Onishi4-Aug-02 7:05

Masaaki Onishi

4-Aug-02 7:05

Hello, the codegurus around the world.;)

This is one of the famous questions in MFC.
If you push Enter key, the dialog will be closed.

One solution is that you can trap Enter key message by PreTranslateMessage
before Enter Key message sends to the dialog.
And you can check if EditBox actually get the input focus in PreTranslateMessage.

Also, Paul Deliacia(?) posts his article in this question in MSDN magazine.

Please, don't send me your email about your questions directly.
Have a nice day!
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