SetCaretPos inside a control

From:
srpasham@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
15 Dec 2006 15:05:57 -0800
Message-ID:
<1166223956.935017.213950@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>
I got a strange problem with SetCaretPos() in a combo box, I would like
to set the caret position inside the combobox as soon as my appl pops
up the login dlg box. Tried in different ways with no success. Any
help is greatly appreciated.

here is the code snap shot.
My appl controls are created at runtime

BOOL CLoginDialog::OnInitDialog( )
{
    CDialog::OnInitDialog();
    CenterWindow();
    PSessionInfo pSessionInfo = CSessionInfo::GetObject();
    ASSERT(pSessionInfo);
    CString strCurrentUser = pSessionInfo->GetCurrentUserName();

    CStringArray & arrUsers = pSessionInfo->GetUserList();
    for (int i = 0; i < arrUsers.GetCount(); i++)
    {
        m_ctrlUserName.AddString(arrUsers[i]);
    }
    if (m_ctrlUserName.GetCount() > 0)
    {
        int iIndex = m_ctrlUserName.FindString(-1, strCurrentUser);
        if (iIndex < -1) iIndex = 0;
        m_ctrlUserName.SetCurSel(iIndex);
    }

    // create the progress dialog
    m_progressDlg.Create(IDD_DIALOG_PROGRESS, this);
    m_progressDlg.CenterWindow();

    UpdateData(FALSE);

    // set the parents
    CWnd * pWnd = GetDlgItem(IDC_STATIC_CONTAINER);
    if (pWnd)
    {
        UINT idChild[] = {IDC_COMBO_USERNAME,
IDC_STATIC_USER_NAME,
                               IDC_STATIC_PASSWORD,
                               IDC_EDIT_PASSWORD};

        CWnd * pWndChild = NULL;
        CRect rect;
        for (int i=0; i< 4; i++)
        {
                                              pWndChild =
GetDlgItem(idChild[i]);
            if (!pWndChild) continue;

            pWndChild->GetWindowRect(rect);
            pWndChild->SetParent(pWnd);
            pWnd->ScreenToClient(rect);
            pWndChild->MoveWindow(rect);
        }

    } m_bitmap.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP_LOGIN);

    return TRUE;
}

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