Re: CListCtrl size at runtime
Hi G,
You are correct that it depends on where the GetDispInfo() function is
located. I typically handle it in the dialog because I don't create
specialized versions of the control (don't derive a class) and it just seems
more straightforward. Plus, I don't like giving the control access to data
outside of it. This is when the control is in a dialog of course, not when
a listview is being used. I never use a CListView since I almost always
need other controls on the dialog so a CFormView makes more sense.
I'm not sure about "the preferred" method, but my preferred method is to let
the CFormView handle the data and return the values to the control.
Tom
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Also I cannot use the reflected notification as Tom pointed out earlier.
So I had to use LVN_NOTIFY instead of LVN_..._REFLECT
I don't know what Tom exactly wrote, but I think that Tom must have meant
something different...
I believe that the LVN_GETDISPINFO notification can be handled by the
parent window (e.g. dialog box) or it can be reflected back to the
listview control.
And this second way (reflected to listview) is preferred if you want to
pack all the listview management code in a CListCtrl derived class, as it
seems to me you are going to do.
I've just verified with a simple test with VS2008 that LVN_GETDISPINFO can
be used in its reflected form and handled inside the CListCtrl-derived
class.
Giovanni
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