Re: cursor question after modal dialog closes

From:
"SteveR" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:25:27 -0400
Message-ID:
<##mjR3F9HHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Each of my activity screens uses a unique cursor, and so I have been calling
SetCursor in their constructors.
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"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Its kind of confusing what you are doing. If you want to set the cursor of
view, why are you overriding MainFrame's OnSetCursor? You should do it all
in view's OnSetCursor. OnSetCursor is called automatically whenever there
is a mouse move so you dont have to call it explicitly.

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Ajay

"SteveR" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message
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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
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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.

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Ajay

"SteveR" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message
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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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