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Switching Views

The list view control supports four different view styles. The four styles are LVS_ICON , LVS_SMALLICON, LVS_LIST and LVS_REPORT. To switch between views we have to modify the window style using GetWindowLong() and SetWindowLong(). // Switch to report view ModifyStyle( LVS_TYPEMASK, LVS_REPORT); The LVS_TYPEMASK is a bit mask representing the bits for all the view […]

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The list view control supports four different view styles.


The four styles are LVS_ICON , LVS_SMALLICON, LVS_LIST and LVS_REPORT.


To switch between views we have to modify the window style using GetWindowLong()


and SetWindowLong().

	// Switch to report view
	ModifyStyle( LVS_TYPEMASK, LVS_REPORT);

The LVS_TYPEMASK is a bit mask representing the bits for all the view styles.
Here is code for a SetView() member function for an extended list view
control class.

void CMyListCtrl::SetView(DWORD dwView)
{
	ModifyStyle( LVS_TYPEMASK, dwView & LVS_TYPEMASK );
}
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