Re: PreCreateWindow() & CListBox

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:41:13 -0700
Message-ID:
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Hi Mark,

I think OnCreate would be called for the ListBox as it was being created and
I also think Create is a virtual function so as a last resort that could be
overridden, but to be fair I haven't tried doing it. It should be easy for
OP to give it a try in their derived class. I agree with you though, if it
is in the resources setting it in the resource editor is always the safest
bet.

Tom

"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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On Oct 1, 8:20 pm, "Mark Salsbery [MVP]"
<MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

It looks like you're removing the LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE style and
adding the LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED style.


er... yes, that's what i meant ;-)

Also, the last param to ModifyStyle() is NOT a bool.


I know, but for testing purposes 'twas enough. WS_VISIBLE, if you
prefer. It only has to be something != 0.


Why not 0? You should only use non-0 if you want to specify flags.

I don't believe PreCreateWindow() will be called for a subclassed
control created from a dialog resource.


In my CButton deriviation it gets called...


Then why did you state "the PreCreateWindow() is not called at
all;-\"??

You can try Tom's suggestion, but I don't know if you'll get an OnCreate()
for a dialog resource control either.

Some styles cannot be changed after a control is created....I'm not sure
if that applies here - it's not documented.

If it's a resource, why not set the style in the resource file?

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