Re: Making a Package - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Kvaibhav13-Nov-06 19:41

13-Nov-06 19:41

I m having my own application n i m developing 3rd party DLL file dat aaplication but i want to disable some of menu items from my application

vaibhav

Problem with registering a dll

narayanagvs13-Nov-06 0:36

narayanagvs

13-Nov-06 0:36

Hi,

I have developed an ATL component in VS2005. When I try to register that dll in another system where VS2005 is not installed its not getting registered
but if try to register it in a system where VS2005 is installed its getting registered.I build the application choosing "Use MFC in Static Library".

What could be the problem?Any suggestion would be helpful.

thanks

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Re: Problem with registering a dll

Mike_99913-Nov-06 1:46

Mike_999

13-Nov-06 1:46

hi,
i think your dll requires some library, i mean some dependancy, you check for that( you can use dependancy walker).once you place that library in include path, you can register in any machine.Otherwise link that library statically.

thanks
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Re: Problem with registering a dll

Roger Stoltz13-Nov-06 1:46

Roger Stoltz

13-Nov-06 1:46

You haven't shipped the libraries necessary for the component.
If you've used ATL for implementing the component then you'll need AtlCom.dll installed on the target system.
If you've used MFC you'll need both Mfc<VersionNumber>.dll and the runtime library MsVcRT.dll.

All those files are present on systems with VS2005 installed since they are shipped with the development environment.

I suggest you use the DependancyWalker to find out what libraries you have to ship with your component in order to make it work.

Hope this helps
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Roger

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Making a Package

Patriot8112-Nov-06 23:42

Patriot81

12-Nov-06 23:42

Hello, after making my project how can I make a package to install it and setup on my PC ( As in the packege and edployment tool for visual basic projects )??

Thank U .

Patriot Smile | :)

Re: Making a Package

Christian Graus12-Nov-06 23:43

Christian Graus

12-Nov-06 23:43

What version of VC do you have ? There are free tools like Advanced Installer you can use.

Re: Making a Package

toxcct13-Nov-06 3:28

toxcct

13-Nov-06 3:28

Inno Setup[^]

You don't know where to start ? ask a good friend

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Re: Making a Package

Hamid_RT13-Nov-06 5:33

Hamid_RT

13-Nov-06 5:33

And see Modified easy Installer [^]

WhiteSky

Edit controls

Waldermort12-Nov-06 22:51

Waldermort

12-Nov-06 22:51

I thought skinning an edit control would be easy since it is simple a plain window, but no such luck. I am skinning by subclassing, and hoping to use a bitmap and coloured text in place of the white canvas, but I have so far been unable to do so.

over riding the WM_ERASEBKGND has no effect since the white canvas is drawn directly over the top. Drawing the bitmap on the WM_PAINT message draws, but any line that contains text is converted back to white.

Has anybody done this before or come across any articles which does something similar?

Re: Edit controls

Christian Graus12-Nov-06 23:16

Christian Graus

12-Nov-06 23:16

Skinning an edit control is almost impossible, as an edit control draws itself outside of WM_PAINT. It can be done, but not without flicker.

Re: Edit controls

Waldermort12-Nov-06 23:40

Waldermort

12-Nov-06 23:40

Christian Graus wrote:
but not without flicker

And I have so far managed to 'partialy' create a flicker free skinning library Frown | :(

I could implement it using a static control, but then I would lose all of the functionality of the EDIT class. Do you have any suggestions?

Re: Edit controls

Christian Graus12-Nov-06 23:43

Christian Graus

12-Nov-06 23:43

I'm afraid that the only totally flicker free option is to write an edit control, which sucks.

Controls like a combo box use the edit box internally, so there are no tricks I can think of.

Re: Edit controls

Waldermort13-Nov-06 0:17

Waldermort

13-Nov-06 0:17

I think I have an idea, but it's more of a hack. If I create a STATIC control, and skin that, then overlay that with a transparent EDIT control, it would have the appearence of being skinned. Also it would solve the issues of having to replace the internal scrollbars. I would have to superclass the STATIC control though, which is something I have only ever read about.

Re: Edit controls

Viorel.13-Nov-06 0:08

Viorel.

13-Nov-06 0:08

Maybe you should provide a handler for WM_CTLCOLOR message, and use here the SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT) function in order to disable the background white box drown for each character?

Re: Edit controls

Waldermort13-Nov-06 0:11

Waldermort

13-Nov-06 0:11

Thanks for the suggestion, but it is not practical. WM_CTLCOLOR is only able to set a single color. In my case I want to use an image. Setting the control to be transparent will just display the contents beneath the control.

Problem in changing background color of dialog box

Cyber Friend12-Nov-06 22:36

Cyber Friend

12-Nov-06 22:36

Hi,
I have changed the background color of a dialog in VC6 but having a problem.

I put CBrush m_brBakgnd in the dialog class CMyDlg;
CBrush m_brBakgnd;

Then in OnInitDialog handler of the class I called
m_brBakgnd.CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0,255,0));//green brush
And in OnCtlColor() handler i returned the brush as:
retrun m_brBakgnd;

After doing this all When dialog is displayed then Edit boxes and combox boxes are also having same background color as the dialog box, which is creating the appearace as if Edit boxes and Combo boxes are diabled.
How can I avoid Edit boxes and Combo boxes having the same background color as dialog, so that they can be shown in typical white color.

Waiting for your reply.
Best regards.

Cyber Friend

Re: Problem in changing background color of dialog box

Waldermort12-Nov-06 22:56

Waldermort

12-Nov-06 22:56

Are you checking that the control ID of the pWnd pointer is your dialog? If you do not check that then it will set the same color for all controls.

Re: Problem in changing background color of dialog box

_AnsHUMAN_ 12-Nov-06 22:58

_AnsHUMAN_

12-Nov-06 22:58

Cyber Friend wrote:
How can I avoid Edit boxes and Combo boxes having the same background color as dialog, so that they can be shown in typical white color.

HBRUSH CMyDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
	HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

	// TODO:  Change any attributes of the DC here
	HBRUSH hbr1=CreateSolidBrush (RGB(0,255,0));   
	if(pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID ()==IDC_EDIT1)
		return hbr;  // return old hbr if window is an edit box.
	else 
		return hbr1;// else return the new hbr.
	// TODO:  Return a different brush if the default is not desired
	return hbr1;
}

I hope this helps.

Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them.
Wink | ;-)

_AnShUmAn_

Re: Problem in changing background color of dialog box

Cyber Friend13-Nov-06 0:45

Cyber Friend

13-Nov-06 0:45

Hi AnsShuman,
Thanx for reply.
I applied ur said method but now i m getting edit boxes ok but not combox boxes. Combo boxes are still having same background as the dialog;

here is my handler onCtlColor

HBRUSH CGeneralSettingsDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
HBRUSH hbrold = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

HBRUSH hbrnew=CreateSolidBrush (RGB(206,207,206));//dark grey bkgnd

switch(pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID() )
{
case IDD_GENERALSET: // this is Id of dialog itself
break;

case IDC_LBL_GENERALSETTINGS: // main label on dialog

pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
break;

case IDC_ED_CHANNUM:
pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
return hbrold;

case IDC_COMB_PROTOCOL:
pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
return hbrold;

default:
break;
}

return hbrnew;

}

regards.
Cyber Friend

Re: Problem in changing background color of dialog box

_AnsHUMAN_ 13-Nov-06 2:20

_AnsHUMAN_

13-Nov-06 2:20

I don't see anything wrong with the code. It should function properly by not changing the background of the combo box control as you need.

Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them.
Wink | ;-)

_AnShUmAn_

Re: Problem in changing background color of dialog box

Cyber Friend13-Nov-06 3:29

Cyber Friend

13-Nov-06 3:29

Hi,
SetDialogBkColor worked for me .
I put this function in InitInstance() of my application and now All dialogs of my application has the same color n there is no problem wid edit boxes and combo boxes.

Thanx to all who participated in the discussion.

Cyber Friend

Re: Problem in changing background color of dialog box

Hamid_RT13-Nov-06 5:31

Hamid_RT

13-Nov-06 5:31

You can derived CComboBox class for your combobox and set WM_DRAWITEM for it on new class
also you can see examples on codeproject about it. Smile | :)

WhiteSky

MFC

satyanarayanarao12-Nov-06 21:53

satyanarayanarao

12-Nov-06 21:53

Hai
i want to send a string to the controller board through usb port.I have a gui application where iam controlling operations like reading adc,blinking led reading temp etc.Now i want to send a string .what i need to do

satya

Re: MFC

Rage12-Nov-06 21:58

Rage

12-Nov-06 21:58

satyanarayanarao wrote:
to the controller board

Do you have an API for your board ?

~RaGE();

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Re: MFC

satyanarayanarao12-Nov-06 22:01

satyanarayanarao

12-Nov-06 22:01

no i dont have

satya

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