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I beleive that BCMenu By Brent Corkum (@ codeproject) will probably answer your question. The following is from some code I wrote a while ago, it was derivived from Bent Corkum's code (since his was less complicated than my first idea):
BOOL CDialogMenu::TrackWindow()
{
if( m_rcExclude.left == __BADPOSITION )
return FALSE;
CRect rectWindow;
WINDOWPLACEMENT wndpl;
wndpl.length = sizeof(WINDOWPLACEMENT);
if( !GetWindowPlacement( &wndpl ) )
return FALSE;
rectWindow = wndpl.rcNormalPosition;
int cx = ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
int cy = ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
rectWindow.SetRect(
m_rcExclude.left,m_rcExclude.bottom,
m_rcExclude.left+rectWindow.Width(),
m_rcExclude.bottom+rectWindow.Height());
if( m_bCenter )
rectWindow.OffsetRect(-((rectWindow.Width() + m_rcExclude.Width())>>1),0);
if (rectWindow.right > cx)
rectWindow.OffsetRect(-(rectWindow.right - cx), 0);
if (rectWindow.left < 0)
rectWindow.OffsetRect( -rectWindow.left, 0);
if (rectWindow.bottom > cy)
rectWindow.OffsetRect(0,-(m_rcExclude.Height() + rectWindow.Height()));
wndpl.rcNormalPosition = rectWindow;
SetWindowPlacement( &wndpl );
return FALSE;
}
I hope this helps!
Good luck!
INTP
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Here's what I use in the CP SearchBar:
void CalcMenuLocation ( HMENU menu, const RECT& rcBtn,
POINT& ptMenuLocation, UINT& uFlags )
{
POINT pt = { rcBtn.left, rcBtn.bottom };
UINT uMenuFlags = 0;
UINT uItemCnt = GetMenuItemCount ( menu );
int nMenuHeight = uItemCnt * GetSystemMetrics ( SM_CYMENUSIZE );
int nScreenHeight = GetSystemMetrics ( SM_CYSCREEN );
if ( nMenuHeight + pt.y > nScreenHeight )
{
uMenuFlags |= TPM_BOTTOMALIGN;
pt.y = rcBtn.top;
}
ptMenuLocation = pt;
uFlags |= uMenuFlags;
}Call it like this:
LRESULT CSearchBar::OnToolbarDropdown ( NMHDR* phdr )
{
NMTOOLBAR* pnmtb = (NMTOOLBAR*) phdr;
HMENU hmenu, hPopup;
RECT rcItem = pnmtb->rcButton;
hmenu = AtlLoadMenu ( IDR_YOUR_MENU_HERE );
if ( NULL == hmenu )
return TBDDRET_DEFAULT;
hPopup = GetSubMenu ( hmenu, 0 );
ATLASSERT ( NULL != hPopup );
POINT ptMenuLocation;
UINT uFlags = TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_LEFTBUTTON | TPM_RETURNCMD;
int nMenuItem;
ClientToScreen ( &rcItem );
CalcMenuLocation ( hPopup, rcItem, ptMenuLocation, uFlags );
nMenuItem = (int) TrackPopupMenu ( hPopup, uFlags,
ptMenuLocation.x, ptMenuLocation.y,
0, m_hWnd, NULL );
}Note that this is not multi-monitor aware. I don't have 2 monitors at home so I haven't fixed the code to work on secondary monitors.
--Mike--
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Mike, I am in the process of writing an article about menus. Would I be able to make use of this code as part of it?
It would be a good complement to some of the stuff I already have complete.
Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016
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Undiscovered and soggy.
Look up. Look down. They're around.
Probably laughing. Still, bright, watery.
Listed among the top. Ten.
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Early mourn. Now I sleep.
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Roger Allen wrote:
Mike, I am in the process of writing an article about menus. Would I be able to make use of this code as part of it?
Sure, go right ahead 
--Mike--
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visual C++ 6
is there an open type variable that can access the string type of data or double ..
( To be used in an edit box, read from and write in )
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 I am not sure what you mean by open type! If you mean a variable type the can hold either a double or a string then you are talking about a VARIANT which is communaly used in visual basic (probably where it came from) and when creating OLE controls. If you need and edit box control that is either designed for a perticular data type or can be generalized using masks then goto the the edit controls section of codeproject (where there are many aticles on this subject).
INTP
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I have the following message map:
ON_MESSAGE (WM_ACTION, OnAction)
(where WM_ACTION is defined as WM_USER+0x100)
and I get the following error:
error C2440: 'static_cast' : cannot convert from 'LRESULT (__thiscall CMainFrame::* )(WPARAM,LPARAM)' to 'LRESULT (__thiscall CWnd::* )(WPARAM,LPARAM)'<br />
None of the functions with this name in scope match the target type
Can anybody help?
Thanks
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Naturaly I would look for any where that you use static_cast. In C you probubly would not see the error, but C++ is less forgiving (a good thing).
This is realy not quite enough infomation to solve the problem, although the deference between CMainFrame* and CWnd* does suggest a scopping problem, accept for the fact that static_cast is being used.
If you know the line on which the error occurs (I assume you do), then you have half the problem solved. Now look at all the related functions that take arguments (WPARAM,LPARAM) and work from there.
This is one of the reasons that C++ can be very irritating, because in C what you see is what you get. But in C++, not only does it hide information but, it often hides the reason for the error.
Well! Good luck in solving your problem, it does not look too difficult.
Sorry if this did not help, since it looks like you are already applying the method I would use.
INTP
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Can you show how you have defined the OnAction method, i guess thats where the problem lies.
MSN Messenger.
prakashnadar@msn.com
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OK, i have 2 dialogs. I want to show one as a child of another. Can someone take me through how to do this, i have no idea how. Im using VC++6, and im reletivly new to c++ so please be explain how it works if u would, thank you
i really appreciate it.
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And Like The Wind Our Hero Vanishes Off Into The Distance...
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Thank you, but not exactly what im trying to do. I want to be able to move the child around inside of the parrent, i guess turning my parrent into a sort of MDI Dialog box. But yeah, i want to be able to move the dialog box around, close it...ect
thank you
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And Like The Wind Our Hero Vanishes Off Into The Distance...
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There's a fair bit of work ahead of you then, unless you just use the existing MFC or WTL MDI classes (i would strongly suggest doing this). Regardless, that's the place to look for information - both MFC and WTL come with full source code, and the MDI stuff is reasonably clear.
How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things?
Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.
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Would anybody like to help me to produce a random number for my C++ guessing game?
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Sure. Here's one: 6410086356. Or you could use rand() and srand().
/ravi
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If you are content with pseudo-random numbers, use rand().
"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)
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srand((unsigned) time(NULL));
this is what I use to "seed" the random number generator. Otherwise the numbers won't be so random.
number=(rand()%6)+1;
this picks a random number 1-6. (0-5 until you get to the +1).
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Would anybody like to help me to produce a random number for my C++ guessing game?
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I wrote a DLL in C++ that I am testing by calling it from VB. the dll works and does what it's supposed to do, but when I end the running vb demo, I get a heap memory error. any idea what's up?
thank you.
If it's broken, I probably did it
bdiamond
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 The DLL is not cleaning up after its' self. Or the demo program is not calling the functions in the DLL that are reasponsible for cleaning up.
INTP
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there is only one function in the dll, so it must be me not cleaning up after myself. Can you give me any hints on how to go about doing this?
If it's broken, I probably did it
bdiamond
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Since you wrote the DLL your self then you need to see where you are allocating memory and make sure it is released either when the DLL is unloaded or before the function call returns.
If the allocated memory block is what is being returned then you should probably provide a second function in your DLL used to release it after you are finished using it.
In C/C++ the calls may look something like this:
BYTE* pData = GetData(arguments);
ReleaseData(pData);
In VB it may look like this:
VARIANT data
data = GetData arguments
ReleaseData data
Using Get and Release functions is a versatile pattern, as it may allow for data hiding. An example of the is GetDC and ReleaseDC, where a handle is retreived and then released after you are finish using it. You do not need to know if the handle is a simple index value or a memory pointer, all you need to know is what functions to call in order to use it.
INTP
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I made sure that I released all variables that were allocated on the heap. But just to see how far I get, I put a frivolous return in the dll in a certain space, and now it works fine. But if I move it down a few lines, I get that error again. Here's an example:
sColumns = sColumns.Left(sColumns.GetLength() - 1);
sColumns = "CREATE TABLE " + strTblName + " (" + sColumns + ")";
pDB.ExecuteSQL(sColumns);
<-- Works fine if I put it on this line
CDBFRecordset m_Set;
return 1;
I'm guessing it has something to do with this class (CDBFRecordset) because even if I put the return before this object variable it compiles without warnings. If I put it in the bottom position I get warnings like this:
warning LNK4098: defaultlib "mfcs42d.lib" conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
do you have any idea what's wrong?
If it's broken, I probably did it
bdiamond
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The error message means exactly what is says, type LNK4098 as the index in MSDN library for an expanation. The only reason I can think of why moving the return statment stoped the warning message, is that the complier upon seeing an early return statement probably proceded to ignore (not compile) the code following (with in the function) that statement and therefore did not find the problem. When you compile you code set the warning level to 4, that may cause it to generate an unreachable code warning, which suggest that it may not bother looking at that part of the code for errors.
There is also the possibility that the debug version of the library is conflicting with the non-debug version of the libaray. I may be mistaken but the 'd' at the end of the library name indicates that it is the debug version, if that is the case it may conflicking with the non-debug version (probably mfcs42.lib). You might want to check your project settings to see if you are linking to the correct libraries.
The article LNK4098 will tell you how to determine which libraries you are linking to.
INTP
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