Re: Updating CTreeCtrl from other view ?

From:
David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:27:55 -0400
Message-ID:
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Ravnock wrote:

First of all, thanks to everybody for the help. I'm a newbie and I'm a bit
lost.

CClassView : public CMFCToolBar, the propetary of the CTreeCtrl object, is a
member of the

class CMainFrame : public CFrameWndEx

To show in the CTreeCtrl the document data, CClassView must have a reference
of the CDocument object or is there a better way?


Ravnock:

You should not refer to an object that is not derived from CView as a view, nor
give it a name like CClassView.

One (not very good OOP way) would be to do, in your 3D render view:

CMainFrame* pMainFrame = (CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd();

Now you can call any method on the main window, and have the main window update
the tree view (which is the grand-child of the main window, if I am
understanding you).

A slightly better way (does not require casting) is to send a custom message to
the main window, to accomplish the same purpose. CWnd::SendMessage() acts like a
"universal virtual function" for any CWnd-derived class.

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP

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