Re: update status in main frame window

From:
"aloha826@gmail.com" <aloha826@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:14:39 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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Issue resolved. Thanks.

On Dec 4, 12:04 am, "AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote:

The OnUpdatePage gets called automatically when the item ID_INDICATOR_TES=

T

needs to update its display, you can't call it directly.

What I was proposing was to send a custom message from your dialog to you=

r

main frame and in the handler of the custom message set the text of the
status bar panel.

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMainFrame, CFrameWnd)
        ...
ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_INDICATOR_TEST, OnUpdatePage)
ON_MESSAGE(UWM_UPDATESTATUS,OnUpdateStatus) //per joes suggestion
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
//you can define UWM_UPDATESTATUS using #define or using
RegisterWindowMessage
//if you use a registered window message then you will need to use
//ON_REGISTERED_MESSAGE instead of ON_MESSAGE

void CMainFrame::OnUpdatePage(CCmdUI *pCmdUI)
{
    pCmdUI->Enable(m_bEnabled);

}

LRESULT CMainFrame::OnUpdateStatus(WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
{
    m_wndStatusBar.SetPanelText(wParam,(LPCTSTR)lParam);

}

/in your button handler
void CMyDialog::ButtonHandler()
{
    AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(UWM_UPDATESTATUS,1,(LPARAM)"This is =

a

test");

}

Just a side note, In your OnUpdatePage you were calling Enable without an=

y

parameter. That really doesn't do much unless you don't have a handler=

 for

the item id in your active view or the frame. Typically when someone
handles the Update UI message of a menu item they have a flag that indica=

tes

whether the item should be enabled or not (unless of course they want to
turn it on all the time when don't have a ON_COMMAND entry for that menu
item).

AliR.

<aloha...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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Thanks AIR.

I followed the MSDN documentation
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a9ys3wsb.aspx

, and I created a handler

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMainFrame, CFrameWnd)
        ...
ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_INDICATOR_TEST, OnUpdatePage)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

static UINT indicators[] =
{
ID_SEPARATOR, // status line indicator
ID_INDICATOR_CONNECTSTATUS,

};

void CMainFrame::OnUpdatePage(CCmdUI *pCmdUI)
{
    pCmdUI->Enable();
    CString strPage;
    strPage.Format(_T("TEST1)"));
    pCmdUI->SetText(strPage);

}

Then in my child dialog, how can I call this handler to replace TEST1
with TEST2 at the status pane ?
in child function, I set
CMainFrame *pMain = (CMainFrame*) AfxGetMainWnd();
pMain->OnUpdatePage ...?

Thanks.

Regards,
Kenji

On Dec 3, 1:54 am, "AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote:

1. WM_SETSTATUS is an example of a custom message. You will have to def=

ine

it somewhere. (I typically put them in a file called messages.h)

#define WM_SETSTATUS WM_APP+1

Then you need to put a handler for WM_SETSTATUS in your CMainFrame wind=

ow

and there do the m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText

2. You will accomplish this the same way you change the status window
text.
You tell the main frame which menu to disable, and it has to keep track=

 of

this information and when the OnUpdateUI handler of the menu item is
called
you are able to disable it there. If you have any questions on how the
ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI works let me know.

AliR.

<aloha...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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..

Hi,

1. ok. I used the AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(WM_SETSTATUS,0,pStr);
but I got:
error C2065: 'WM_SETSTATUS' : undeclared identifier
how to declare it ?

2. One more thing is how can I SendMessage to disable certain menu in
main frame window ?

Many thank to your kind help.

Regards.

On Dec 3, 1:21 am, "AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote:

There are several ways.

From you button handler you can either do this:

CMainFrame *pWnd = (CMainFrame *)AfxGetMainWnd();
ASSERT(pWnd);
pWnd->GetStatusBar().SetPaneText(0,"Test 123");

note that you need to write a method for GetStatusBar in your CMainFr=

ame

class
CStatusBar &GetStatusBar();

Or you can send a message to the main window
AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(WM_SETSTATUS,0,pStr);

AliR.

<aloha...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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...

Hi Expert,

I'm using SDI application

In Mainfrm.cpp, i have

static UINT indicators[] =
{
ID_SEPARATOR, // status line indicator
ID_INDICATOR_TEST,
};

I added a child dialog with one test button on it.
The child dialog is triggered via menu in main frame windows. the
class of child dialog is CDialog base.

class CChildDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
CChildDlg();
...
}

void CMainApp::OnEditDialog()
{
CChildDlg childDlg;
childDlg.DoModal();

}

void CChildDlg::OnBtnTest()
{
// how can I update the status bar in main frame windows ?
// the following code will trigger exception...!!!
CStatusBar m_wndStatusBar;
m_wndStatusBar.CommandToIndex(ID_INDICATOR_TEST);

m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText(0, "TEST 123", TRUE);
m_wndStatusBar.UpdateWindow();

}

How can I update the status bar in main frame windows, upon clickin=

g

Test button.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kenji

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