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How to Create Instance variable in MFC ActiveX Control

6-Jun-03 8:53

What is your platform? Cannot replicate it on my PPC 2002...

Re: Menu level 2

dlhson26-Jun-03 16:45

dlhson2

6-Jun-03 16:45

PocketPC with WinCE 3.0. But I just test in Emulator.

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SetCursor ????????

dlhson26-Jun-03 7:13

dlhson2

6-Jun-03 7:13

How can I set cursor shape in WinCE ? I can use SetCursor() in desktop, but can't do that in WinCE
SetCursor do nothing !
I can't find WM_SETCURSOR in ClassWizard.
Help me

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subramjobmail5-Jun-03 19:20

subramjobmail

5-Jun-03 19:20

Dear Friends,

Do anybody know how to create instance variable in ActiveX Control.
Suppose my activeX control is called multiple times in the same web
page then i need to store different value for each instnace in the
same variable. If i declare one global variable then the last value
is getting updated.

Can anybody help me how to solve this. And I am using MFC ActiveX
Control developed in Embedded VC++ 4.0 and target machine is
Windows CE .NET.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Subbu,
2003/06/06 (14:24 JST).

Sorry i have got the answer

subramjobmail5-Jun-03 21:44

subramjobmail

5-Jun-03 21:44

Dear Friends,

Sorry for troubling you. I have got the answer. What i have done is declared the variable in the protected section of the ActiveX Control.

That is inside ActiveX Controls header file(Some thing like **Ctl.h file).

This solved my problem.

Once again sorry for troubling you.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Subbu,
2003/06/06 (16:48 JST).

Remoting and a Pocket PC

Mike Head4-Jun-03 22:58

Mike Head

4-Jun-03 22:58

Can you do Remoting on a Pocket PC w/.Net 2003?

I did a simple Remoting program that works great on a PC as the client. I tried to have the client as a Pocket PC, but it looks like the System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels is not an option.

Is there a work around?

Top-level, non-pop-up Menuitems

Atlantys4-Jun-03 6:46

Atlantys

4-Jun-03 6:46

I'm trying to make a menubar so that I have an item on it that's not a pop-up item. The best way to explain what I need is the following code from my .rc file:

<br />
IDR_MAINFRAME MENU DISCARDABLE <br />
BEGIN<br />
    POPUP "&File"<br />
    BEGIN<br />
        MENUITEM "&Load File...",               ID_FILE_LOAD<br />
        MENUITEM SEPARATOR<br />
        MENUITEM "&Info...",                    ID_FILE_INFO<br />
    END<br />
    POPUP "&Options"<br />
    BEGIN<br />
        MENUITEM "&Colors...",                  ID_OPTIONS_COLORS<br />
        MENUITEM "&About...",                   ID_FILE_ABOUT<br />
    END<br />
    MENUITEM "&Top-Level",                      ID_TOP_LEVEL<br />
END<br />

So, I want to have the ID_TOP_LEVEL command on the menubar without any "parent menu" item.
This code complies fine, but when I run it on my Toshiba, the menuitem doesn't even show up (ie: not displayed). I just see the "File" and "Options" menuitems.
The only command I can see that solves my problem is this funky "shared new" menuitem. however I can't find the documentation on how to handle it (messages, etc).
I've looked through almost every .rc file for all the samples here on CP, and it seems like I'm the only person out there who wants a top-level, non-pop-up menuitem.

I'm use eVC++, MFC, and a dialog-based app.
If anyone has any ideas, please help me out.
TIA

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent
[Salvor Hardin]

Re: Top-level, non-pop-up Menuitems

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 11:21

Re: Top-level, non-pop-up Menuitems

4-Jun-03 11:21

Due to the very nature of how menu items are inserted in the command bar, you cannot do that using straight MFC.

First, read this:
Disabling top-level popup menus in the PocketPC 2002[^]

Now, read this:
QA: How do I get the command bar menu handle?[^]

By now, you should be sick of my articles and wondering how did they helped you getting near to your goal. It's simple: you have to fake the menu yourself. For some guidance, look in wcebar.cpp (MFC sources) on line 631. It's all there!

Atlantys5-Jun-03 16:54

Atlantys

5-Jun-03 16:54

João Paulo Figueira wrote:
you should be sick of my articles

Never! You're "The One" when it comes to working on PocketPC code, especially the article on multi-toolbars. Rose | [Rose]

João Paulo Figueira wrote:
It's all there!

Well, a few sleepless nights later (been working on this for a while), I've accomplished nothing. Oh well, maybe it's time to redesign my dialog-app to just use a toolbar (bitmap) button instead of a menu (string) item. Cry | :((

Or maybe I should get back to doing my schoolwork instead. Big Grin | :-D

Do you know if it's possible to have a text-only toolbar? ie: load a bitmap toolbar with a single button, then somehow change it from a bitmap to a string?

Thanks! You rule! Big Grin | :-D

I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene
[Roger Wright on VB]

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
[Rich Cook]

Re: Top-level, non-pop-up Menuitems

João Paulo Figueira5-Jun-03 21:57

5-Jun-03 21:57

Well, I was not fishing for compliments but, anyway, thanks!

Atlantys wrote:
Do you know if it's possible to have a text-only toolbar?

Yes, you can do that. If you look into eVC's help file, go to 'Microsoft Windows CE / User Interface Services / Creating Controls / Working with Common Controls'. Read the entries on 'Creating a Command Bar' and 'Creating a ToolBar'. You will see that these controls may accept bitmaps, text, or both.

Atlantys wrote:
load a bitmap toolbar with a single button, then somehow change it from a bitmap to a string?

I think that you may be able to this using the TBSTYLE_LIST.

ActiveX - continued :)

Cedric Moonen4-Jun-03 2:19

4-Jun-03 2:19

Seems that nobody could answer my previous post!
Is there somebody here who has worked with ActiveX in embedded visual C++ ? Please, let me know how you do this! (Do I have to register it on the emulation/Pocket PC, and how, ... ??) !!

I go crazy Smile | :)

Thanks!

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 11:11

4-Jun-03 11:11

To register an ActiveX, use regsvrce.exe (look in the target\arm directory of your SDK). You must copy it to the device and then execute it against the ActiveX DLL.

Cedric Moonen4-Jun-03 20:30

4-Jun-03 20:30

Thanks but it doesn't work neither.
My question will be perhaps a little bit stupid but it's the first time I develop for an embedded device: what I have done is use an ActiveX that was developped for a normal Win32 platform (say for example the MSFlexGrid that is included in Visual studio). I tried to use it on the pocket PC ! Is it possible to do such a thing ?? Sorry if I didn't say it before Smile | :)

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I copied the executable and the ActiveX (.ocx file) to the mobile device and then try to register it but I have an error: isn't a valid Win32 application.

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 22:05

4-Jun-03 22:05

Oh boy! That can never work! You see, your mobile platform does not have an Intel x86 processor. Most likely, it will be a StrongARM or an Intel PXA250. These processors are not compatible with the desktop x86 couterparts. So, if you want to use an ActiveX control in your mobile (and you can do it), it must be targeted to the device's CPU. You cannot copy a desktop ActiveX DLL or EXE into the mobile and expect it to work...

Cedric Moonen4-Jun-03 22:19

4-Jun-03 22:19

Ooooops, that's right !! I feel a little bit ashamed of such a stupid question Blush | :O

!!

In fact, I was thinking of COM portability in means of language, but I didn't think that the processor where completely different... Dead | X|

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Thanks Smile | :)

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 22:22

4-Jun-03 22:22

cedric moonen wrote:
I feel a little bit ashamed of such a stupid question

Don't be. If you are never wrong, you never learn anything. The stupid thing would be not to ask!

Wink | ;)

ActiveX registration

Cedric Moonen3-Jun-03 22:10