Re: PolyLine and autoscrolling canvas

From:
Stephen Myers <""StephenMyers\"@discussions@microsoft.com">
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:54:43 -0600
Message-ID:
<eBJY$qbpKHA.4348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Luigino wrote:

Hello Joe and Stephen,

maybe I am a bit lost about those OnDraw and OnPaint things... so I
modified the code to put everything only in the OnPaint so the
behaviour about DC should be correct BUT when I set MM_ANISOTROPIC and
new origin to bottom right in the OnPaint as you said it doesn't make
the graphic sliding from right to left...

Here I paste the full code of this test app (the CMemDC mDC(&dc) is an
external class):

In the .H file I have:

#ifdef MYDLL_BUILD
#define MYDLL_IO _declspec(dllexport) //conditional on MYLIB_BUILD
#else
#define MYDLL_IO _declspec(dllimport)
#endif

class MYDLL_IO CMyDLL : public CWnd
{
        DECLARE_DYNCREATE(CMyDLL)

        // matrix of POINT for each element to represent
        typedef vector<POINT> m_fPoints; // array
representing points values for each single source
        typedef vector<m_fPoints> m_Points; // array
representing list of sources having their POINT values

public:
        CMyDLL(CWnd *parent, CWnd *parentcontrol, CRect parentrect,
int nparentID);
        virtual ~CMyDLL();

public:
        void set_MinMax(int minvalue, int maxvalue, int maxsizearray);
        void AddElement(UINT nX, UINT nY, const char * description,
double value);

protected:
        BOOL scrollState;
        UINT iTimerVal;
        UINT nElapse;
        BOOL bSetDraw;
        m_Points
mPoints; // matrix of
sources representing POINT values
        int mSourceMaxSizeArray;

// Overrides
        // ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
        //{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CMyDLL)
protected:
        virtual void PreSubclassWindow();
        //}}AFX_VIRTUAL

protected:
        BOOL EnableTimer(BOOL tmrstate);
        int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);

public:
        static BOOL RegisterWindowClass();

protected:
        //{{AFX_MSG(CMyDLL)
        afx_msg void OnPaint();
        afx_msg BOOL OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC);
        afx_msg void OnTimer(UINT TimerVal);
        afx_msg void OnWindowPosChanged(WINDOWPOS* lpwndpos);
        //}}AFX_MSG
        DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

In the .CPP file I have:

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#define GDI_FLUSH() GdiFlush()
#else
#define GDI_FLUSH()
#endif

#define CMYDLL_CLASSNAME _T("MFCMyDLLCtrlTest") // Window class
name
#define IDT_TIMER_0 WM_USER + 1000

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CMyDLL, CWnd)

CMyDLL::CMyDLL(CWnd *parent, CWnd *parentcontrol, CRect parentrect,
int nparentID)
{
    RegisterWindowClass();

    scrollState = TRUE;
    gridOffset = 0;
    bSetDraw = TRUE;
    nElapse = 1000;
    iTimerVal = 0;

        // Initializing graph's DC...
        if( !Create(_T("MFCMyDLLCtrlTest "), NULL, WS_CHILD|
WS_VISIBLE, parentrect, parent, nparentID) )
        {
                MessageBox(_T("Unable to create object!"),
_T("Alert!"), MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP|MB_SYSTEMMODAL);
        }
        SetWindowPos(parentcontrol, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE|
SWP_NOMOVE);
}

CMyDLL::~ CMyDLL ()
{
        DestroyWindow();
}

// Register the window class if it has not already been registered.
BOOL C CMyDLL::RegisterWindowClass()
{
    WNDCLASS wndcls;
    HINSTANCE hInst = AfxGetInstanceHandle();

    if (!(::GetClassInfo(hInst, CMYDLL_CLASSNAME, &wndcls)))
    {
        // otherwise we need to register a new class
        wndcls.style = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_HREDRAW |
CS_VREDRAW;
        wndcls.lpfnWndProc = ::DefWindowProc;
        wndcls.cbClsExtra = wndcls.cbWndExtra = 0;
        wndcls.hInstance = hInst;
        wndcls.hIcon = NULL;
        wndcls.hCursor = AfxGetApp()-

LoadStandardCursor(IDC_ARROW);

        wndcls.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_3DFACE + 1);
        wndcls.lpszMenuName = NULL;
        wndcls.lpszClassName = CACHART_CLASSNAME;

        if (!AfxRegisterClass(&wndcls))
        {
            AfxThrowResourceException();
            return FALSE;
        }
    }

    return TRUE;
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMyDLL, CWnd)
    //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CMyDLL)
    ON_WM_PAINT()
    ON_WM_CREATE()
    ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()
    ON_WM_SIZE()
    ON_WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED()
    ON_WM_TIMER()
    ON_MESSAGE(WM_ENTERSIZEMOVE, OnEnterSizeMove)
    ON_MESSAGE(WM_EXITSIZEMOVE, OnExitSizeMove)
    //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

int CMyDLL::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
        int ret = CWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct);

        EnableTimer(scrollState);

        return ret;
}

//{{AFX_MSG(CMyDLL) - message handlers
void CMyDLL::OnPaint()
{
        CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting

        CRect rect;
        GetClientRect(&rect);


=======================================================================
No reason to do anything to dc. All Drawing will be in mDC. Do all the
setup stuff on mDC.
=======================================================================

        int save = dc.SaveDC();

        //dc.FillRect(rect,
CBrush::FromHandle((HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH)));

        dc.SetBkColor(RGB(0,0,0));
        dc.SetMapMode(MM_ANISOTROPIC);
        dc.SetWindowOrg(rect.BottomRight());
        dc.SetViewportOrg(0, 0);
        dc.SetViewportExt(-1, -1);
        dc.SetWindowExt(1, 1);

        if(bSetDraw)
        {
                CMemDC mDC(&dc);

                // ********** Background ***********
                // Grid
                if (bActivateGrid)
                {
                        CPen qLinePen(PS_SOLID, 1, RGB(0,139,0));
                        mDC->SelectObject(&qLinePen);

==================================================================
mDC is an object, you should not be using 'mDC->'. This should be
'mDC.' instead.
==================================================================

                        // Grid - Horizontal lines
                        mDC->MoveTo(1, 0);
                        mDC->LineTo(rect.Width(), 0);
                        int height = rect.Height();
                        int maxlines = height / (int)12.5;
                        for (int i=1;i<=maxlines;i++){
                                int y_axis = (int)((double)i * 12.5);
                                if (y_axis <= rect.Height()) {
                                        mDC->MoveTo(1, y_axis);
                                        mDC->LineTo(rect.Width(),
y_axis);
                                }
                        }

                        // Grid - Vertical lines
                        mDC->MoveTo(0, 0);
                        mDC->LineTo(0, rect.Height());
                        int width = rect.Width();
                        maxlines = width / (int)12.5;
                        for (int i=1;i<=maxlines;i++){
                                int x_axis = (int)(((double)i * 12.5)
- gridOffset);
                                if (x_axis <= rect.Width()) {
                                        mDC->MoveTo(x_axis, 1);
                                        mDC->LineTo(x_axis,
rect.Height());
                                }
                        }

                        qLinePen.DeleteObject();
                }
                // *********** graphic component ***********
                // based on choice of graph type
                CPen qPolylinePen(PS_SOLID, 1, RGB(0, 255, 0));
                switch (iGraphType)
                {
                case GRAPH_BARS:
                        break;

                case GRAPH_LINES:
                        {
                                if (mPoints.capacity() == 1)
                                {
                                        mDC-

SelectObject(qPolylinePen);

                                        m_fPoints* pointsline =
&mPoints[0];
                                        mDC->Polyline(&(*pointsline)
[0], (int)pointsline->size());
                                        //mDC->PolyPolyline()
                                        qPolylinePen.DeleteObject();
                                }
                        }
                        break;

                default:
                        break;
                }
                GDI_FLUSH();
        }

        dc.RestoreDC(save);
}

BOOL CMyDLL::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)
{
        return FALSE;
}

void CMyDLL::OnTimer(UINT TimerVal)
{
        // ****** processing event ******
        if (TimerVal == IDT_TIMER_0)
        {
                gridOffset++;
                if (gridOffset > 12.5)
                        gridOffset = 0.0;

                Invalidate(); // to call OnDraw()/OnPaint()
                UpdateWindow();
        }
        // call base class handler
        CWnd::OnTimer(TimerVal);
}

void CMyDLL::OnWindowPosChanged(WINDOWPOS* lpwndpos)
{
        CWnd::OnWindowPosChanged(lpwndpos);
}

void CMyDLL::PreSubclassWindow()
{
    // TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
    // In our case this is not needed - yet - so just drop through to
    // the base class

    // Get Size of Display area
    CWnd::PreSubclassWindow();
}

void CMyDLL::set_MinMax(int minvalue, int maxvalue, int maxsizearray)
{
        iMinRange = minvalue;
        iMaxRange = maxvalue;
        mSourceMaxSizeArray = maxsizearray; //
getting max size array of each source which has to be fixed
        mPoints.resize(1);
        mPoints[0].resize(mSourceMaxSizeArray);

        CRect rc;
        GetClientRect(&rc);
        int iPointOfOrigin = rc.Width();
        for (int i=mPoints[0].size()-1;i>0;i--) //
initializing this first source to initial values
 
{ //
which are consecutive integer values for X-axis
                mPoints[0].at(i).x = iPointOfOrigin--; //
and bottom screen value for Y-axis
                mPoints[0].at(i).y = 0;
        }
}

BOOL CMyDLL::EnableTimer(BOOL tmrstate)
{
        //
***************************************************************************
        // if enabled it's a realtime task manager, otherwise it'd be
a graphical
        // representation of values passed from external source
        //
***************************************************************************

        if (tmrstate)
        {
                iTimerVal = SetTimer(IDT_TIMER_0, nElapse, 0);
                if (iTimerVal == 0)
                {
                        MessageBox(_T("Unable to obtain timer!"),
_T("IDT_TIMER_0"), MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP|MB_SYSTEMMODAL);
                        return FALSE;
                }
        }
        else
        {
                if (iTimerVal > 0)
                {
                        if (!KillTimer(IDT_TIMER_0))
                        {
                                // message
                                MessageBox(_T("Unable to stop
timer!"), _T("IDT_TIMER_0"), MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP|MB_SYSTEMMODAL);
                                return FALSE;
                        }
                }
        }

        return TRUE;
}

void CMyDLL::AddElement(UINT nX, UINT nY, const char * description,
double value)
{
        // add in value format because CPoint depends from resize...
        int i;
        CRect rc;
        ::GetClientRect(this->m_hWnd, &rc);

        if (nY+1 > mElements.size()) // check if I am adding a new
source
        {
                mPoints.resize(nY
+1); // setting the array to max
size defined
                mPoints[nY].resize(mSourceMaxSizeArray);
                int iPointOfOrigin = 0;
                for (i=mPoints[nY].size()-1;i>0;i--) //
initializing this first source to initial values
 
{ //
which are consecutive integer values for X-axis
                        mPoints[nY].at(i).x = iPointOfOrigin++; // and
bottom screen value for Y-axis
                        mPoints[nY].at(i).y = 0;
                }
        }

        // Now I add element value to the source

        if (scrollState) {
                // SHIFT-LEFT the array of POINTs to add new value
                rotate(mPoints[nY].begin(), mPoints[nY].begin()+1,
mPoints[nY].end());
                mPoints[nY].at(mPoints[nY].size() - 1).y = (LONG)
( (double)rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1) * (rc.bottom - 1) + 1 );
                int iPointOfOrigin = rc.Width();
                for
(i=mPoints[nY].size()-1;i>0;i--)
                        mPoints[nY].at(i).x = iPointOfOrigin--;
        }

        if (nY > mGraphElements.capacity())
        {
                GraphElement single_element;
                single_element.description = description;
                single_element.color = mGraphColors.at(nY);
                mGraphElements.push_back(single_element);
        }

        Invalidate();
        UpdateWindow();
}

Thanks....
Ciao
Luigi


I also don't see the CMemDC class. I assume it does the bitblt etc. In
order for it to work well, I would expect it to use MM_TEXT mode to do
the bitblt and calculate the proper bitmap size etc. Changing the
scaling for dc, makes this harder and doesn't accomplish anything as
it's mDC that you need to be anisotropic.

Steve

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