Creating embedded dialogs on listview in MFC

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will it possible to create emebedded dialog on listview?
For reference of my question you can see below link
"https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4408/Creating-embedded-dialogs-in-MFC?msg=5381464#xx5381464xx">

but in above link its implemented the embedded dialog on dialog itself
but in my requirement i have to implement the <embedded dialog on listview.
when i ma following same approach(as per link) for listview then its not embedded and its showing popup dialog but my requirement is embedded.
could you please help here

What I have tried:

i have tried with

CListCtrl &ctlRightView = GetListCtrl();

VERIFY(filters.Create(IDD_DIALOG_FILTERS, this));
CString text;
filters.GetWindowText(text);//filters is object for new dialog
ctlRightView.InsertItem(TCIF_TEXT, 0,text, 0, 0, 0, 0)
filters.ShowWindow(TRUE);

Posted 5-Apr-17 1:08am

Member 13089825

Updated 5-Apr-17 1:15am

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Jochen Arndt 5-Apr-17 7:57am

Do you want to implement some filter elements?
If so, it can be done above the list by using a subclassed header control containing the filter controls.
But that is not trivial and is far too complex for "Quick answers".

Member 13089825 5-Apr-17 8:30am

Do you want to implement some filter elements?
No just i want insert one dialog(its not any filter,here my dialog name is filter thats why maybe u got confused,sorry).

Jochen Arndt 5-Apr-17 8:41am

You should describe what you want to implement, where (what should be overlapped) and on what kind of user intercation should be handled (when to be shown and when removed). A dialog is a window with frame, title bar, a client area containing controls and a control to close the window. When "embedding" something you usually don't want the frame and title bar.

The referenced lik does not explain because it is for a dialog and not for a listview.

It would be for example possible to embed a control into a cell (or row if not in report mode). But it gets more complicated if multiple cells should be covered or the list is scrolled.

Member 13089825 5-Apr-17 8:59am

i have one mainframe(derived from CFrameWnd)and this class i have devided into two parts one is leftview(derived from CTreeView)and another is rightview(derived from CListView)

the below methos i have devided two parts
BOOL CMainFrame::OnCreateClient(LPCREATESTRUCT /*lpcs*/,
CCreateContext* pContext)
{
if (!m_wndSplitter.CreateStatic(this, 1, 2))
if (!m_wndSplitter.CreateView(0, 0, RUNTIME_CLASS(CLeftView), CSize(100, 100), pContext) ||
!m_wndSplitter.CreateView(0, 1, RUNTIME_CLASS(CJIMSRightView), CSize(100, 100), pContext))
{
//|| !m_wndSplitter.CreateView(0, 2, RUNTIME_CLASS(CFilters), CSize(100, 100), pContext)
m_wndSplitter.DestroyWindow();
return FALSE;
}
}

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
m_wndSplitter.SetColumnInfo(0, 175, 20);
m_wndSplitter.SetRowInfo(0, 175, 20);
}

when i clicked some text on leftside window then i have to insert one dialog on right side view(and it should be embedded and not popup)
could you please provide your mail id so that i can share some screenshots

Jochen Arndt 5-Apr-17 9:11am

So you want to replace the complete listview by another window?

Then I have no ready solution but an idea:
On view creation, create the dialog in hidden state using a member variable. When selecting an item in the tree view, initialise the dialog controls, hide the list, and show the dialog. When finished, do it vice versa: Update the list, hide the dialog, and show the list.

Note that it might be necessary to track / react on view window size changings (handle WM_SIZE to apply changings also to the hidden view or ensure that the hidden view is resized to the actual size when making it visible).

Member 13089825 5-Apr-17 9:15am

So you want to replace the complete listview by another window?
>>yes ,is it possible to insert a dialog on listview?
yeah your idea is good but for that i haveto modify total design but i will try this idea once

Jochen Arndt 5-Apr-17 9:24am

Should be not too much work:
- Create dialog in OnInitialUpdate of your view class
- Implement a function to toggle between list and dialog
- Call toggle function from treeview handler and when dialog is closed
- Destroy dialog in destructor of view

The above should not require changings to the actual design (are just additions) and passing the data to the dialog and to the list when dialog is closed / hidden should be already there.

Member 13089825 5-Apr-17 9:28am

but my intial class wont contain that methos because its inherting from CFrameWnd

virtual BOOL OnCreateClient(LPCREATESTRUCT lpcs, CCreateContext* pContext);
virtual BOOL PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs);

afx_msg int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
afx_msg void OnUpdateViewStyles(CCmdUI* pCmdUI);
afx_msg void OnViewStyle(UINT nCommandID);
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()

sorry im beginner to MFc so only asking this type of doubts

Jochen Arndt 5-Apr-17 9:41am

You have to use the view class (CJIMSRightView).
I guess that it is a CListView derived class.

Add a member for the dialog: CMyDialog *m_pDialog;
In OnInitialUpdate: m_pDialog = new CMyDialog();
Use GetListCtrl().ShowWindow() and m_pDialog.ShowWindow().

However, I have not done such so far but I think it should be possible.

Member 13089825 5-Apr-17 8:33am

For reference please see below link
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4408/Creating-embedded-dialogs-in-MFC?msg=5381464#xx5381464xx

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