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FriendFeedLoading a FormView based on the Screen Resolution
Posted
by Sunil B.G.
on December 9th, 1998
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When you generate a formview based application or generally when you are using formview derived class, you will find this piece of code.
CTempView::CTempView()
: CFormView(CTempView::IDD)
{
//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CTempView)
//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
}
Now depending upon the resolution you want to load the resource i.e. for 1024x768 you want to load CTempView::IDD and for 800x600 you want to load CTempView::IDD1. If you try to write the code for selecting the resource directly in the constructor i.e. something like this
CTempView::CTempView()
{
/*logic to find the resolution, bResol will be true if it is 1024x768*
if(bResol)
id = CTempView::IDD;
else
id = CTempView::IDD1;
// Call the formview costructor here.
CFormView(id);
//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CTempView)
//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
}
!-- end the block of source code -->
The Compiler will crib and it will not compile.
The solution is to have a global object which gets constructed before the formview and assign a global variable with the appropriate resource id, so that it can be used in the FormView constructor. The code looks something like this.
static int g_ID;
static struct _stDummy
{
_stDummy()
{
/* logic to find the resolution *
int x = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
if(x == 1024)
g_ID = CTempView::IDD;
else /* for 800x600 and any other resolution*
g_ID = CTempView::IDD1;
}
}g_Dummy; /* dummy object *
IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE(CTempView, CFormView)
CTempView::CTempView() :CFormView(g_ID)
{
//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CTempView)
//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
}
!-- end the block of source code -->
Now the g_Dummy object gets constructed first and your logic for selecting the resource id is done here and the id is stored in g_ID which is later being used in the formview constructor. Now the compiler works happily and so does the code.
Comments
amazing
Posted by Karsten Schmidt on 11/19/2012 05:18amthats exactly what I have searched, and it still works on vs 2010 14years later, great job!
ReplyThat is what I was looking
Posted by Macky on 01/15/2005 10:47amThanks
ReplyI looking for This...Cool(No contents)
Posted by Legacy on 04/23/2002 12:00amOriginally posted by: Grassh
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ReplyHow to have the controls laid out more neatly?
Posted by Legacy on 07/02/2001 12:00amOriginally posted by: Muralia Dhar
Can anyone please tell me how to make a view class (derivd from CFormView perhaps) that looks more organized, like an HTML form? normally the dialog box template that the cformview uses is just put there on the left side. how to make it "centered" and "spread out"? basically i want to have my controls laid out more neatly. Please help!!!
ReplyThanks...
Please check the comments
Posted by Legacy on 12/08/2000 12:00amOriginally posted by: J.L. TRYOEN
the comment : use a function call in the initializer instead of a global. - Joe Shapiro (1998/12/10)
Replyis not more valid
Re: Bitmaps in menu are not created at startup when a document is not first loaded in MDI Frame
Posted by Legacy on 04/26/1999 12:00amOriginally posted by: Brent Corkum
You must no be adding the icons to your default menu. You have to add the icons to BOTH the mainframe menu and the default menu (see the example). You'll notice that if you add this code to the example that comes with the class that you do not get a document and you get the bitmaps in the default menu.
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