Re: Proper use of ON_CONTROL

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:52:25 -0400
Message-ID:
<OpdpEZabHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Mkennedy1102 wrote:

Im working on a custom control but I can't make heads or tails out of how to
use this macro to map the messages the control sends. According to MSDN,
this is the proper syntax:

ON_CONTROL( wNotifyCode, id, memberFxn )

Parameters

wNotifyCode
The notification code of the control.

id
The command ID.

memberFxn
The name of the message-handler function to which the command is mapped.

From what little i have been able to piece together through the MSDN
website, these forums, and the documentation that came with VC++, it seems
like I should be using WM_COMMAND as the wNotifyCode, and then put my control
ID and my control's message ID in the wparam, with the controls hwnd in the
lparam, something like this:

mainWin->SendMessage(WM_COMMAND, <CC_CHANGING + IDC_CUSTOM2>, <hWnd of the
control>)

is that about right? I have defined CC_CHANGING with a #define statement as
WM_USER+1, so the compiler knows what to do with it, but how do I make a
wparam out of those two values? Plus this doesn't really seem to fit the
specified structure. If someone could give me a simple explanation of what
message i need to send and how to catch it in my main window,I would really
appreciate it. Thanks in advance.


A notification code is not a WM_xxx constant. It is just some constant
defined by the control (like BN_CLICKED for a button).

// See WM_COMMAND spec
main->SendMessage(WM_COMMAND, MAKEWPARAM(ID, CC_CHANGING),
(LPARAM)hwnd_control);

// Message map
ON_CONTROL(CC_CHANGING, ID, OnCCChanging)

// Message handler
void Cxx:OnCCChanging()
{

}

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