(Reposting): CSplitterWnd; create; WM_SIZE. Bug??

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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:44:01 -0700
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Unfortunately, I was late to reply Mark's answer.. So I'm re-posting the
question.

"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" wrote:

Looks like you may be creating the static splitter incorrectly.

Are you creating the panes right after the CreateStatic() call?

from the docs:
"When you create a static splitter window, you must at the same time create
all its panes."


No, this makes no difference.

I can paraphraze the problem even in a more simplified way; Just create a
new project from VS by selected 'Windows Explorer' under 'Project Styles'
group. Also let it be an SDI.

Now, handle WM_SIZE msg in CMainFrame, and write the following code in there;

void CMainFrame::OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy)
{
    CFrameWnd::OnSize(nType, cx, cy);

    if (m_wndSplitter.GetSafeHwnd() != NULL) {
        int cx, cm;
        m_wndSplitter.GetColumnInfo(0, cx, cm); // test
    }
}

The app breaks by an access violation inside GetColumnInfo. The reason was
described in my previous post (see below).

"Arman Sahakyan" <armancho_x@rambler.ru(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:D6D64324-8C7B-43B1-A90A-9ADE8BA82448@microsoft.com...

Hi,

My CMainFrame has a splitter wnd created (CreateStatic) inside
OnCreateContext. When I'm trying to set its column info inside WM_SIZE
handler (on CMainFrame) it causes an access violation ;

// inside WM_SIZE handler

if (m_wndSplitter.GetSafeHwnd() != NULL) {
   m_wndSplitter.SetColumnInfo(0, X, Y);
}

The reason is that inside SetColumnInfo, the m_pColIfno pointer is NULL
because it has not been intitalized yet even though the splitter is a
'valid
window' i.e.(IsWindow==TRUE).
The problem is that the first post to WM_SIZE is caused inside the
CSplitterWnd::CreateStatic method when it is trying to create the window,
and
afterwards, it is trying to allocate memory for m_pColInfo [which turns
out
is needed when CreateEx returns];
( from CSplitterWnd::CreateCommon [called by CreateStatic] )

// create with the same wnd-class as MDI-Frame (no erase bkgnd)
if (!CreateEx(0, _afxWndMDIFrame, NULL, dwCreateStyle, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 pParentWnd->m_hWnd, (HMENU)(UINT_PTR)nID, NULL))
return FALSE; // create invisible

// attach the initial splitter parts
TRY
{
m_pColInfo = new CRowColInfo[m_nMaxCols];

My question is whether this is not a buggy situation; instead it would be
better to init m_pColInfo before CreateEx [and delete it in case of
failure]
IMO.

To overcome, I had to use an extra field to check whether CreateStatic has
returned or not;

// inside OnCreateClient

m_bMainSplitterReady = FALSE;
if (!m_wndSplitterExplore.CreateStatic(...))
{
return FALSE;
}
m_bMainSplitterReady = TRUE;

And inside the WM_SIZE handler;

if (m_wndSplitter.GetSafeHwnd() != NULL && m_bMainSplitterReady) {
   m_wndSplitter.SetColumnInfo(0, X, Y);
}

So it's interesting to hear from you...

Thanks.

--
=====
Arman

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-- eclipse


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=====
Arman

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