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There are two main classes CRTFBuilder responsible for all RTF building CRichEditCtrlEx, which simply derives from CRichEditCtrl and adds a few methods RTFBuilder starts off with 1 font and 4 colors: Arial, Black, Red, Green Blue Methods: black, red, blue, green turns text to the specified color color Takes a COLORREF and turns the text […]

Using ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI message maps in property pages is the same as in dialogs except for one extra step required. You need to derive a class from CPropertySheet and intercept the WM_KICKIDLE messages. 1. Use class wizard to create a new class called CMyPropSheet with a base class of CPropertSheet. 2. In the header add the […]

  Download Source Code Download Example Project This control class CLineChartCtrl is derived from CWnd. The original idea and part of the code are from Ken C. Len’s CHistogramCtrl. I did some changes to make the control work in multi lines. I was trying to make a CPU usage app that would work both under […]

This application shows connected servers and logged users in comboboxes. The sample uses following Novell functions: NWGetConnectionHandle NWGetObjectID NWGetFileServerInformation NWGetConnectionInformation NWSendBroadcastMessage NWGetMaximumConnections NWGetConnectionList NWGetFileServerName NWGetConnectionIDFromName NWGetFileServerDescription NWGetFileServerInformation To compile or run you need to install Novell SDK(.LIB and .DLL files) from http://developer.novell.com Download demo project – 23 KB

This class helps the user in adding tooltip to any control in the dialog. Tooltip information can be more than one line. Add MFECToolTip.h and MFECToolTip.cpp in your project In OnInitDialog, call the Create function and add the tooltip information to any control you would like to have. For example: In SampleDlg.h add a variable […]

  Download Source Code Download Example Project This control class CPieChartCtrl is derived from CWnd. The purpose is to create a simple 2D pie chart in a dialog. The code is created and compiled with Visual C++ 5.0 SP3 under Windows 98. How to use 1. Use the MS Visual C++ dialog editor to place […]

The class CSXButton is a simple replacement for the MFC CButton class that enables you to put both an image and text onto the same button. MFC CButton only allows an image or text, but not both. The dialog below is quite overwhelming with unnecessary graphics (except maybe for the big button on the right), […]

This sample was contributed by Mark Findlay. Replacing the “Ready” message at run time with custom text. The following will allow you to specify a replacement string to appear in the status bar any time the customary “Ready” string would normally appear. The difference between this and simply using the AFX_IDS_IDLEMESSAGE is that this technique […]

These four files will help you to convert the RTF contents of a CString to the plain text. You have to do the following Include the two header files and two .cpp files in your project and just call the function convertRTF (CString csInput, CString & csout); by passing the fist CString with the RTF […]

If you store you application data and you wish to save some time and memory, you can have the list ask your application for the strings to display in the list on the fly, instead of having the list store the strings explicitly. This will reduce the amount of memory your final app needs and […]

  Download Source Code and Demo Project Environment: VC++ 5.0 (SP3) NT 4.0 (SP3), Win95 I wrote this a while back for a friend. It is basically just a normal pushbutton, except that when the user tries to click on it, it moves out of the way making it practically un-clickable. I have no idea […]

If you have a dialog based application and want to print, then you cannot take advantage of the Doc/View framework that MFC provides to do all the dirty work for you. In order to keep the MFC doc/View feel I recomend providing helper functions OnBeginPrinting, OnEndPrinting and OnPrint similar to the CView versions. A CDC […]