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14-Jul-10 0:51

You can use SetWindowPos() on your AfxGetMainWnd() after it has been created in your CApp::InitInstance()

Re: Making window half of the screen

Sakhalean14-Jul-10 1:29

Sakhalean

14-Jul-10 1:29

OK SetWindowPos is working thank you.

Re: Making window half of the screen[Modified]

Naveen14-Jul-10 0:54

Naveen

14-Jul-10 0:54

You should go for splitter window.

See this sample SDI with split window[^]

Added: Are you talking about two different applications?

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Re: Making window half of the screen

Emilio Garavaglia14-Jul-10 2:08

Emilio Garavaglia

14-Jul-10 2:08

Although Niklas post is correct I should recommend to consider a better design.
Unless you are developing something very specific (like a process plant control synoptic) you should not manage how your window(s) appear on the user screen. You are not the owner of the user environment and the user may also have other application running, may be even more important (or less, depends on the circumstances) than your, and will perceive your popping out at the placement you decide as a sort of ... invadence.

Consider, instead, a different design where a single frame window contains two children (your actual windows), may be either managed through a splitter or with fixed proportional positions.
You decide how the children fits the parent, but let the user free to place the parent in his own screen.

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Converting an array of glyph indices to string

Member 70956413-Jul-10 23:51

Member 709564

13-Jul-10 23:51

Hi All,

I am hooking the ExtTextOutW to capture data before it is displayed on the screen. I use Detours and created a dll and I inject it into an application before it starts.

The hooking works as expected, the problem I face is in the string parameter that is passed to the ExtTextOutW function.

When I log the value of this string to a file, it prints some garbled values. I have been trying to find out why this happens and I found out that it is due to glyphs, fonts and unicode.

The application I want to hook will use only English characters, so I want to convert the glyph values into regular characters so that I can log the English characters that is to be displayed on the screen and not some garbled values that come in the string parameter.

I searched on the internet and I came across a post on this forum

http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/446094/Re-Could-not-hook-proc-CreateWindowExA.aspx[^]

Right now I am unable to purchase the book, so can someone please tell me how I can accomplish converting glyph to a string as Ivo Ivanov as mentioned. Ivo Ivanov, if you are reading this can you please help me.

Thanks,
mich

Re: Converting an array of glyph indices to string

Richard MacCutchan14-Jul-10 1:07

Richard MacCutchan

14-Jul-10 1:07

Try posting your question in the forum at the end of the article and the author will be notified.

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How to Move an MFC Button. [modified]

lgmanuel13-Jul-10 22:58

13-Jul-10 22:58

hi, I am new to VC++ MFC, i am trying to create a simple app. using MS Visual Studio 2005.

i want to move three button to scroll left when i click the left button, same if i click the right button, it should scroll right. then it will stop if i click the center button.

but i don't know how to start the code part, all did was to create the GUI.

the Design looks like this..

Check URL to view ScreenShot.

http://h1.ripway.com/lgmanuel/Imgs/gui.png

modified on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:04 AM

Niklas L13-Jul-10 23:04

13-Jul-10 23:04

Use a timer[^] for the updates and call SetWindowPos()[^] or MoveWindow()[^] to move the buttons.

lgmanuel13-Jul-10 23:09

13-Jul-10 23:09

thank you for that info., but i am a total new to VC++ MFC,.

where do i put the code. should i just double click the button and add the code like Visual Basic do?

Niklas L13-Jul-10 23:13

13-Jul-10 23:13

Pretty much.

Cedric Moonen13-Jul-10 23:13

Cedric Moonen

13-Jul-10 23:13

You should really buy a book about VC++. It is nearly impossible to help someone who has almost no knowledge of VC++ or C++ through a forum. It will take ages to explain some basic concepts. You will be much more efficient by reading a book first.

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lgmanuel13-Jul-10 23:20

13-Jul-10 23:20

i think that's the best thing to do for now?.. read a book and understand the concepts and terminology used in VC++. anyway, thanks for the advice.

Niklas L14-Jul-10 0:57

14-Jul-10 0:57

How did you end up in this situation anyway? Did you spice up your CV?

lgmanuel13-Jul-10 23:38

13-Jul-10 23:38

by the way, here is the app. that i was trying create. you can download the project and check it, it's just a design and no codes yet, i just named the controls to their ID's..

what i am tring to do is move the three buttons until they are totally out the the app window..

thanks for the help guys, appreciate it.

here is the URL to download the project.
http://h1.ripway.com/lgmanuel/VC MFC/MoveTheButton.rar

ThatsAlok1-Jun-11 21:30

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1-Jun-11 21:30

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lgmanuel13-Jul-10 23:16

13-Jul-10 23:16

and how do i get the current coordinates of the three buttons?

Niklas L13-Jul-10 23:35

13-Jul-10 23:35

Using GetWindowRect()[^]

And then convert to client coords using ScreenToClient()[^]

lgmanuel13-Jul-10 23:43

13-Jul-10 23:43

..... update

by the way, here is the app. that i was trying create. you can download the project and check it, it's just a design and no codes yet, i just named the controls to their ID's..

what i am tring to do is move the three buttons until they are totally out the the app window..

thanks for the help guys, appreciate it.

here is the URL to download the project.
http://h1.ripway.com/lgmanuel/VC MFC/MoveTheButton.rar

bolivar12314-Jul-10 3:21

bolivar123

14-Jul-10 3:21

Why not leave the buttons where they are and simply call ShowWindow(SW_HIDE) on each of the buttons?

Such as:

<br />
GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON1)->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);<br />
GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON2)->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);<br />
GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON3)->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);<br />

Then somewhere else in your program if you want to show the buttons again:

<br />
GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON1)->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);<br />
GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON2)->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);<br />
GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON3)->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);<br />

lgmanuel18-Jul-10 17:50

18-Jul-10 17:50

there is no need for hiding the controls., i got an idea that if the LEFT button is clicked, it scrolls all the way to the left until the three buttons are gone, then it shows up on the right side of the app window, likewise with the right button. then it should stop to where the three buttons are if the center button is prssed.

Like the <marquee> tag in HTML, it just scrolls to the direction, then shows up to the other side..

i think but am not sure if i need to get the coordinates?

need help guys. thanks..