Re: cursor question after modal dialog closes

From:
"SteveR" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:13:12 -0400
Message-ID:
<OJI#tCB9HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Thanks, Ajay. My description was somewhat misleading. OnNextActivity
doesn't actually call SetCursor, but it makes a call that creates the
activity, which then uses SetCursor.

I followed your advice:

BOOL CMainFrame::OnSetCursor(CWnd* pWnd, UINT nHitTest, UINT message)
{
 // TODO: Add your message handler code here and/or call default
 CRoom101View* pView = (CRoom101View*)GetActiveView();
 CActivity* act = pView->m_pAct;
 pView->SetCursorTo(act->GetCursor() );
 ::Beep(500,50);
 return CFrameWnd::OnSetCursor(pWnd, nHitTest, message);
}

But OnSetCursor is not being triggered when I move the mouse over the
non-client area, unless I leave the window and then return. I would
appreciate further comment.
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"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:A6F434C4-70CB-4262-A454-1195F7266C05@microsoft.com...

Try setting the cursor in OnSetCursor instead of in OnNextActivity. In
OnNextActivity, put a flag which will know that the cursor needs to be
changed.

---
Ajay

"SteveR" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message
news:u4OS1xA9HHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I have a dialog that opens with dlg.DoModal(). I close it by clicking on
one of two buttons, both of which do essentially the same thing:

CMainFrame* main = (CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd();
CRoom101View* pView = (CRoom101View*) main->GetActiveView();
// now go to the lesson button screen
pView->PostMessage(WM_NEXTACTIVITY, 888);
CDialog::OnCancel();

That view::OnNextActivity call results in a call to SetCursor:

::SetCursor(AfxGetApp()->LoadCursor(m_uCurrentCursor) );

After the dialog closes, I get the custom cursor I'm expecting over my
view, but apparently due to the PostMessage, the cursor will not revert
to the standard Windows cursor when I move it over the non-client area,
i.e. title bar, until I click on the window. What do I need to do?

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