Re: CScrollView & scroll bars

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:02:05 -0500
Message-ID:
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"Charlie Chan" <charlie_chan@suddenlink.net> wrote in message
news:bdfc16ed-ef2c-40e8-9de5-adb74a9f024d@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

Here is a somewhat working example. It loads the text from a text
file into the main window. The scrollbars are there when the main
window loads. However, when the scrollbars moves the text is not
updated. The only active scrollbar is the vertical one. If you
stretch the window the text reloads properly. I have not been able to
get the text to update properly when the vertical scrollbar is moved.

void CStringTimeView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)
{
CStringTimeDoc* pDoc = GetDocument();
ASSERT_VALID(pDoc);
// int DrawText( const CString& str, LPRECT lpRect,
// UINT nFormat )
CRect rect;
GetClientRect(&rect);
pDC->DrawText(pDoc->GetString(),&rect,DT_LEFT);
}


The rect that you pass here should represent the entire logical size of the
document text, not just the client rect. The way that CScrollView works is
you paint as if the entire logical scroll area were visible (the area you
pass to SetScrollSizes). CScrollView's OnPrepareDC then adjusts and clips
the painting so it "scrolls properly."

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