Re: transparent Listbox - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Steve L.16-Nov-01 9:19

16-Nov-01 9:19

How do you change the backgournd color of a console application from the default black to a different color. I looked at the few SetConsol... functions in the help but none of them seemed to deal with the background color.

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Re: Console Background Color

Carlos Antollini16-Nov-01 9:41

Carlos Antollini

16-Nov-01 9:41

Start with SetConsoleTextAttribute...

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Re: Console Background Color

Steve L.16-Nov-01 11:14

Steve L.

16-Nov-01 11:14

My Help Says:
The SetConsoleTextAttribute function sets the foreground (text) and background color attributes of characters written to the screen buffer.

I could be wrong but doesnt SetConsoleTextAttribut change the foreground and background of the text characters? I want to change the entire screen to a color. Can SetConsoleTextAttribute do that and I am reading it wrong?

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Re: Console Background Color

Nish Nishant16-Nov-01 13:51

Nish Nishant

16-Nov-01 13:51

use SetConsoleTextAttribute to change the background color

Now simulate a "CLS"

once you clear the screen, your screen will entirely be of the bg color you set

as to simulating the "CLS" the easy way is to out put 25*80 spaces; then use SetConsoleCursorPosition to position the cursor on top

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Re: Console Background Color

moliate16-Nov-01 14:23

moliate

16-Nov-01 14:23

Try using FillConsoleOutputAttribute to fill the console with the preferred colorattributes

/moliate

    printf("Hello World     ");

// yellow text on blue. 
    HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    WORD wColor = BACKGROUND_BLUE      |
                  FOREGROUND_RED       | 
                  FOREGROUND_GREEN     |
                  FOREGROUND_INTENSITY; 
    COORD coord; 
    coord.X = 0;            // start at first cell 
    coord.Y = 0;            //   of first row 

    FillConsoleOutputAttribute( 
        hStdout,          // screen buffer handle 
        wColor,           // color to fill with 
        80*50,            // number of cells to fill 
        coord,            // first cell to write to 
        NULL);            // actual number written

Re: Console Background Color

Steve L.16-Nov-01 15:57

Steve L.

16-Nov-01 15:57

that worked. ty very much!

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transparent Listbox

16-Nov-01 8:47

i subclassed the CListBox and override this two functions

BOOL CListBoxTrans::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)
{
// TODO: Code für die Behandlungsroutine für Nachrichten hier einfügen und/oder Standard aufrufen

return true;
//return CListBox::OnEraseBkgnd(pDC);
}

HBRUSH CListBoxTrans::CtlColor(CDC* pDC, UINT nCtlColor)
{
// TODO: Attribute des Gerätekontexts hier ändern

// TODO: Pinsel ungleich NULL zurückgeben, falls die Behandlungsroutine des übergeordneten nicht aufgerufen werden soll
pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
return (HBRUSH)::GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
//return NULL;
}

So now my ListBox is transparent , but if i have to scroll the box or i select an item in the box
the transparent effect is damaged . There is a really missmatch on the listbox .
What do i have to do , that selecting items and scrolling will work in my transparent ListBox ?

Re: transparent Listbox

Rassman19-Nov-01 4:42

Rassman

19-Nov-01 4:42

If your listbox is transparent then you should be telling the parent to repaint in the way that you require. Invalidate the rectangle in the parent where the transparent control is.

Though there is another way, rather than have your listbox transparent, which can cause you extra typing because of z order painting problems, pass the background rectangle (on move or resize of the parent) to the child (your control) and stick the background in. Then of cause you are back in a world where the listbox can take care of itself.

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Disable button !

Hadi Rezaee16-Nov-01 8:34

Hadi Rezaee

16-Nov-01 8:34

Hi all,
What is best way to enable or disable button in toolbar ?
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Re: Disable button !

Nish Nishant16-Nov-01 13:48

Nish Nishant

16-Nov-01 13:48

CToolBarCtrl::EnableButton

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Re: Disable button !

Hadi Rezaee16-Nov-01 14:58

Hadi Rezaee

16-Nov-01 14:58

Hi Nish,
But i used CToolBar class ...

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Re: Disable button !

Nish Nishant16-Nov-01 17:16

Nish Nishant

16-Nov-01 17:16

use CToolBar::GetToolBarCtrl to get the underlying CToolBarCtrl object

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Re: Disable button !

Hadi Rezaee17-Nov-01 0:27

Hadi Rezaee

17-Nov-01 0:27

So GetToolBarCtrl() is function for using CToolBarCtrl class ...
Thanks alooooooooot for your helps Wink | ;)

I have other theory question, which is better to use ?
CToolBarCtrl or CToolBar

Thanks again for your helps !
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Re: Disable button !

Nish Nishant17-Nov-01 0:41

Nish Nishant

17-Nov-01 0:41

Hadi_Rezaie wrote:
I have other theory question, which is better to use ?
CToolBarCtrl or CToolBar

See this URL
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/HTML/_core_methods_of_creating_a_toolbar.asp

It explains the differences and suggests when you should use what.

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Alpha Blending

16-Nov-01 8:05

I want to knnow how you can use CDC::LineTo in conjunction with Alpha Blending.

My first approach was to do the LineTo into a temporary CDC and then use alpha blending
to copy it to the intended CDC, but when I do so I also copy the black background of my CDC.

I'm stuck! Confused | :confused:

Re: Alpha Blending

Christian Graus16-Nov-01 17:28

Christian Graus

16-Nov-01 17:28

Look at the WDJ site, I have an article with code for download there regarding alpha blending. Your other option is GDI+, again my articles here cover that side of things. To alpha blend your line, you'd be better off doing your own code to calculate the line and doing the blend directly. Otherwise you're bound to blend on bits you didn't draw to, and you know the value to blend already ( the colour of the line ).

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get ip of current internet connection with mfc

16-Nov-01 6:22

hi all,

how can i get the ip of my internet/network adapter using the mfc libs ?
is there perhaps a regestry value which is set if i connect to the internet ?
please send me an email if u have a clue : weazel22@gmx.de

thanx and greetinx,
weazel

Re: get ip of current internet connection with mfc

Joaquín M López Muñoz16-Nov-01 7:06

Joaquín M López Muñoz

16-Nov-01 7:06

If you don't mind using other libraries apart from MFC, then the excelent article Retrieving NIC information using SNMP queries might be what you want.

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Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

Setting ip to local network card

Halid Niyaz2-Aug-03 0:18

Halid Niyaz

2-Aug-03 0:18

How do i set the ip address to local network adapter

Setting ip to local network card

Halid Niyaz2-Aug-03 0:18

Halid Niyaz

2-Aug-03 0:18

How do i set the ip address to local network adapter using SNMP

Re: How do i set the IP address to the network card

Halid Niyaz27-Aug-03 2:04

Halid Niyaz

27-Aug-03 2:04

How do i set the ip address to local network adapter using SNMP API

Re: get ip of current internet connection with mfc

Nish Nishant16-Nov-01 14:00

Nish Nishant

16-Nov-01 14:00

I havent tried this out :-

But it might work

Try calling GetSockName on a connected CSocket

Nish

p.s. you wanted an MFC solution

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EN_CHANGE?

Rickard Andersson²⁰16-Nov-01 6:18

Rickard Andersson²⁰

16-Nov-01 6:18

I have to edit controls on a dialog.
They are going to handle hours (the first edit control) and minutes (next edit control).
My question is that I want to catch EVERYTHING that is done in that edit box!

eg:
If I write 24 and max value is 24 a message box will appear and tell the user that 23 is maximum value for that edit box, and I want it to appear while the user is trying to type isn some text in the edit box. Exactly with other too!
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Re: EN_CHANGE?

Joaquín M López Muñoz16-Nov-01 7:18

Joaquín M López Muñoz

16-Nov-01 7:18

Well, EN_CHANGE is definitely the way to go. Several months ago I posted a message about a request similar to yours: check it out. It contains some code for an CEdit-derived control that performs in-place checking of the user input. Easy task to adapt it to your needs.

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Re: EN_CHANGE?

Rassman19-Nov-01 5:05

Rassman

19-Nov-01 5:05

OnChange for the control allows you to check per key.

It means though that you have to grab the text of the box, check it, then indicate the error to the user.

For a box that with a maximum of two characters its fast enough, though it can be equally argued that for a box with two characters checking OnExit or when the return key is pressed is just the same.

If your text could be long the OnChange check may be most desirable since the user may need to know before going too far ahead.

In this case the first possible method is wastefull, that is, collecting all text and checking it all every time

H
He
Hel
Hell
Hello
Hello W
etc

For a 256 character line, there is a lot of waste.

So, it is better to remember where you have already checked and where the cursor currently is. If you look at CEdit you will find possitional data available to you which you can use for this within the ::OnChange()

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