Properties Grid Control

XPropertieWnd for VB6

Posted by Legacy on 12/25/2003 12:00am

Originally posted by: Loco

Hey man, I can't add the component to a VB6 app, somebody can help me? Does it work in VB6? Help!!!!!!!
Please!
Thank you all!
[]'s

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Could anybody tell me how to retrive properties from MSFlexGridControl at runtime.

Posted by Legacy on 01/24/2002 12:00am

Originally posted by: James

Could anybody tell me how to retrive properties from MSFlexGridControl at runtime.

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Unicode, Gray screen,... - Sulotion

Posted by Legacy on 07/12/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: Eitan Pilipski

Add the _AFXDLL in the Prop, Floor projects settings

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Why the control works only in unicode compilation

Posted by Legacy on 07/09/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: Alex Spivak

I noticed that the control works properly only when compiled in unicode. That means it will only work on NT.
Any solutions to that?

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Why the floor control is gray ?

Posted by Legacy on 07/07/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: Eitan Pilipski

The problem was that in Windows 95/98 the control is gray.

In function :

BOOL CXFloorWndCtrl::_AttachWindow(short nIndex, long pWnd)
{
CWnd* pWndClient = (CWnd*)pWnd;
if (pWndClient)
if (::IsWindow(pWndClient->m_hWnd))
if (CFloorPageObject* pPage =GetPage(nIndex))
{
pPage->Attach(pWndClient);
return TRUE;
}
return FALSE;
}

IsWindow(pWndClient->m_hWnd) returns false
Why ?

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a little problem with the colors

Posted by Legacy on 03/29/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: demirdjian

 Great job mister Filimon but i ve a little problem using the color combobox : I can't use custom colors.

 I m not easy with VC++ so if u see a solution you d be nice to message me

 Regards

	    Nicolas DEMIRDJIAN

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Pb with deletePage or DeleteProperty

Posted by Legacy on 02/23/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: ZEGDOUN

Great job, but I see a little problem when deleting a Page or deleting a Property that uses a
"DataCombobox" or "Font" style (ie, any ControlWnd that will not be deleted but just
hidden in their virtual Delete() method)

In fact : as these controls are not really deleted, when you use the same item index with a new property
(for example an "Edit" where you had a "DataComboBox") the old control still hang the
SetValue and lock the new property.

To solve this, I add this code in the DeletePage method of XPropertiesWndCtrl method :

BOOL CXPropertiesWndCtrl::_DeletePage(short nIndexPage) 

{

ResetMAPFound();

// BEGIN modification

if (m_xFloorWnd.IsPage(nIndexPage))

   if (CPageListCtrl* pListCtrl = m_xFloorWnd.GetListCtrl(nIndexPage))

   {

   int nCount = pListCtrl->GetItemCount();

	 for (int j = 0; j < nCount; j++ )

	{

	  CControlsWnd* pControl = NULL;

	  if (TMapIdx2Ctrl* pMap = CControlsWnd::LookupPage(pListCtrl))

	    if (pMap->Lookup(j, pControl))

	       if (AfxIsValidAddress(*(void**)pControl, sizeof(void*), FALSE))

		      // really delete the control and clean the map

		      pControl->Kill();

	    }

	pListCtrl->DeleteAllItems();

	}

// END modification

return m_xFloorWnd.DeletePage(nIndexPage);

}

Some work need to be done to make DeleteProperty safe also. (Sorry, I was a bit short in time to do it
since I remove the whole page/ add a new one before inserting my new properties.

I hope I didn't miss something important by using the control ;-))

Let me know...

Regards.

OZ

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XPropertiesWnd : need help

Posted by Legacy on 01/21/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: Kebir

Could someone help ?

When linking XPropertiesWnd, I have unresolved externals :

COleControl::FireEvent(...).

I'm using Visual C++ 5.

Thanx,

Kebir

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Great stuff, and a very small improvement

Posted by Legacy on 01/19/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: Philippe Drapeau

    Very impressive work Mr. Filimon, your tools 

are just great.

    I've found a very minor problem with the "CDropListBox"

that didn't allow me to 'cancel' a selection, once a drop-down

selection list was opened for an item (for a ComboBox or BoolComboBox for example).  It essentially had
to do with the fact that the "CDropListBox::Close" function didn't check if a cancel 

operation was performed instead of a selection.   Here are

the 2 functions that I modified to correct this.

// Function name	: CDropListBox::OnKeyDown

// Description	    : 

// Return type		: void 

// Argument 	: UINT nChar

// Argument 	: UINT nRepCnt

// Argument 	: UINT nFlags

void CDropListBox::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags) 

{

	 switch (nChar)

	 {

		case VK_RETURN:

		case VK_ESCAPE:   // Added this

		case VK_CANCEL:

			{

				Close(nChar == VK_CANCEL || nChar == VK_ESCAPE);

				return;

			}

	}

	

	CListBox::OnKeyDown(nChar, nRepCnt, nFlags);

	SelChange();

}

// Function name	: CDropListBox::Close

// Description	    : 

// Return type		: void 

// Argument 	: BOOL bCancel

void CDropListBox::Close(BOOL bCancel)

{

	m_bCancel = bCancel;



	if (!bCancel)  // Added this

		SelChange();

	// m_nSelectedItem este valid doar daca m_bCancel = FALSE;

	if (m_pNotifyClass)

		m_pNotifyClass->Close(m_bCancel);

}

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Does this compile under Visual Studio 5.0?

Posted by Legacy on 01/15/1999 12:00am

Originally posted by: Rudla Kudla

I have troubles to compile this project under Visual Studio 5.0.

This is what i receive for XFloorWnd project, and same error is reported for this project.

--------------------Configuration: XFloorWnd - Win32 Debug--------------------

Creating Type Library...

command line error MIDL1012 : argument illegal for switch / /o

command line warning MIDL1009 : unknown argument ignored
"D:\Home\Rudla\Projects\Controls\XFloorWnd\XFloorWnd.odl"

Processing .\NUL

NUL

.\NUL(2) : error MIDL2183 : unexpected end of file found 

Error executing midl.exe.

XFloorWnd.ocx - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)



However, playing with project settings, a was able to eliminate this this error.

But it also seems, I miss include file "afxdtctl.h". I suspect this to be part of MFC classes,
but I didn't found it on my system. Where can I get this file?

	   Thanks, Rudla

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Type	Name	Specification
OLE_COLOR	BackColor	Change the background color of this control
BSTR	PagesAndItems	Store all elements from this grid into a template form. It is usefull when user want to load more pages and items without flickering.
Boolean	ToolTips	If the value of one property is not entirely visible, you can activate tooltips with this property.
Boolean	FirstPageHasCaption	Has effect only if control has one page. In that case if this is FALSE the page hasn’t a caption bar.
Boolean	AsFloor	Set the style of the contained xFloorWnd Control to be as floor or page.
IFontDisp*	ItemFont	Set the font for all properties.
IFontDisp*	Font	Set the font for the caption pages or for group property
boolean	ResizeFirstColumn	true –means that you can resize the column name of grid, and false otherwise
boolean	Animation	true – this means that if we are more then one page, when you select other page then the current one this will be activated using animation. false - the selected page will be activated instantly

Name	Specification
short AddPage(BSTR lpszPageName)	this method adds a new page called lpszPageName into the control and returns the index of this page.
boolean DeletePage(short nIndexPage)	This method deletes the page with the index nIndexPage.Returns true if the page was deleted successfully and false otherwise.
long GetPagesCount()	returns the number of pages from xPropertiesWnd Control.
BSTR GetPageName(short nIndexPage)	returns the name for the page with the index nIndexPage and Null if error
short GetPage(BSTR lpszPageName)	returns the index of the page with the name lpszPageName. If there is no page with this name it returns –1
void ActivatePage(short nIndexPage)	activates the page with the index nIndexPage
short InsertProperty(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, BSTR lpszPropertyName, BSTR lpszPropertyAs, short lpszProperyType)	inserts a new property with name lpszPropertyName. In this case, lpszPropertyName cannot be in the path form. For the other parameters see the AddProperty method. If nIndexProperty is –1 it means that the adding will be done at the end of the page.
boolean DeleteProperty(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	deletes the property with the index nIndexProperty from nIndexPage page. Returns true if the deletion has done successfully
BSTR GetPropertyName(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	returns the name of property from nIndexPage page, at nIndexProperty position or Null if no property is found.
short GetPropertyType(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	f the property from page nIndexPage at nIndexProperty position is enable, the function will return 0. Else, the returned values will be 1 or 2. 1 for grayed property and 2 for black property
void SetPropertyType(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, short nNewType)	enables or disables the property from nIndexPage page at nIndexProperty position
BSTR GetPropertyAs(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	returns one of the following values: "Edit", "CombBox", "BoolComboBox" etc
boolean IsProperty(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	returns True is property nIndexProperty exists in nIndexPage page
long GetIDListCtrl(short nIndexPage)	Return the identifier associated with the contained list control of page index nIndexPage.
short GetActivePage()	returns the index of active page. If no page is active then it returns –1
IUnknown* GetxFloorWnd()	Return pointer to interface to contained xFloorWnd Control
boolean GetDefaultValue(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, BSTR* sPropertyValue)	gets the value of nIndexProperty from nIndexPage page into the sPropertyValue. It returns true if the asked property exists
boolean SetDefaultValue(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, BSTR lpszDefaultvalue)	sets the value of property nIndexProperty from nIndexPage page to the lpszDefaultvalue
short GetPropertyCount(short nIndexPage)	returns the number of properties from page nIndexPage
void SetPropertyName(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, BSTR lpszProperyName)	renames the property with the index nIndexProperty from nIndexPage page
boolean GetPropertyIndex(BSTR lpszPropertyName, short* nIndexPage, short* nIndexProperty)	returns true if exists property lpszPropertyName. In nIndexPage will be the index of page and in nIndexProperty will be the position of property lpszPropertyName
boolean SetDefaultValueByName(BSTR lpszPropertyName, BSTR lpszPropertyValue)	it does the same thing as the SetDefaultValue* method just that the property is accessed by name*
BSTR GetDefaultValueByName(BSTR lpszPropertyName)	returns the value of property lpszPropertyName, for example, "Page1\Item". If lpszPropertyName is not a valid property then the result is Null
short GetActiveProperty(short* nIndexPage)	returns the position of active property from active page. nIndexPage will contain the value of GetActivePage. If no property is active then it returns –1.
boolean SetActiveProperty(short nIndexPage, short IndexProperty)	activates the nIndexPage page and the nIndexProperty property. Returns true if everything was OK.
boolean SetActivePropertyByName(BSTR lpszPropertyName)	it does the same thing as the SetActiveProperty method just that the property is accessed by name
boolean DeletePropertyByName(BSTR lpszPropertyName)	deletes the property called lpszPropertyName. This lpszPropertyName can be in the path form such as : "Page1\Item"
short AddProperty(BSTR lpszPropertyName, BSTR lpszPropertyAs, short nPropertyType)	adds a new property called lpszPropertyName. LpszPropertyName can be something like this: "Page1\Item" which means that property "Item" will be added in the page "Page1" , if this page will be found. lpszPropertyAs parameter can have one of the following values : "Edit" property "Button" property "Link" for a link button. Same as button, Only picture is changed "Return" for a return button. Same as button, Only picture is changed "Font" property. "BoolComboBox" for a combo with two valuse "True" and "False" "ADORComboBox" for a multicolumn combobox who can store ADOR recordset. "DataComboBox" for a data property. "ComboBox" for a unboud combobox "ShellFolder" for a property who can set a path. "ColorComboBox" for a color property. "Group" property "NComboBox" property, based on Ncombo ActiveX Control
void Init()	Refresh the sizes of all windows attached to pages.
long ColumnKey(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Return the column key for a ADORComboBox property.
void ColumnKey(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, long nNewValue)	This method will specify which column from the dropdown you want to have as the value of property. This column has to be specified by index. Only in ADORComboBox
long ColumnWidth(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, long nColumn)	Gives the width of a column. Only in ADORComboBox
void ColumnWidth(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, long nColumn, long nNewValue)	Set the width of one column. This is useful when you want to hide some columns. To hide a column you’ll set the ColumnWidth to 0 Only in ADORComboBox
BSTR ColumnName(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, short nColumn)	Gets the name of a column. Only in ADORComboBox
void ColumnName(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, short nColumn, BSTR lpszNewValue)	Sets the name of a column. Only in ADORComboBox
boolean ColumnHeader(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Return TRUE if the column header of ADORComboBox property is visible or not.
Void ColumnHeader(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, boolean bNewValue)	Shows/Hides the column header of ADORComboBox property
double DropDownWidth(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Gets the width of the dropdown. Only in ADORComboBox property
void DropDownWidth(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, double newValue)	Sets the width of the dropdown. Only in ADORComboBox property
long DropDownHeight(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Return the number of rows that you want to see in dropdown corresponding to the property that has the nIndexProperty index. Only for ADORComboBox property
void DropDownHeight(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, long nNewValue)	sets the number of rows that you want to see in dropdown corresponding to the property that has the nIndexProperty index
void RefreshProperty(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	this is useful when you want to change the database source for an ADOR.Recordset associated with an ADORComboBox.
VARIANT GetValue(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, long nColumn)	The same thing as GetDefaultValue, with some changes: ADORComboBox – return the value (as variant) of field from column nColumn (the selected item from combo) ColorComboBox – return the color as COLORREF from a ColorComboBox property. Font – return IfontDisp* from a Font property, for nColumn == 0 Font – return COLORREF from a Font property (the color of font), for nColumn == 1 NComboBox – return the value from nColumn column, if nColumn exist, or item data if not (<0 as sample)
VARIANT GetValueByName(BSTR lpszPropertyName, long nColumn)	The same as GetValue, only that the accessing to property is gave by name.
BSTR ColumnKeyByName(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Return the name of column key for a ADORComboBox property
void ColumnKeyByName(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, BSTR lpszNewValue)	Set the new column key for a ADORComboBox property, by name
void SetValue(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, VARIANT vValue, short nColumn)	ColorComboBox – Set the new color of a ColorComboBox property Font – Set a new font (IfontDisp) for Font property, if nColumn == 0 Font – Set a new color font (COLORREF) for Font property, if nColumn == 1*
IDispatch* GetNComboObject(long nIndexPage, long nIndexProperty)	Version 1.07 Return the NCombo ActiveX Control dispinterface associatted with property nIndexPage, nIndexProperty

Name	Specification
void SelectItem(short nIndexPage, short nIndexItem)	Occurs when property (nIndexPage, nIndexItem) was selected.
void SelectPage(short nIndex)	Occurs when page nIndex was activated
void UnselectItem(short nIndexPage, short nIndexItem)	Occurs when property (nIndexPage, nIndexItem) was unselected
void PropertyChanging(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Occurs before property (nIndexPage, nIndexItem) to be changed
void PropertyChanged(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, boolean bUpdate)	Occurs after property (nIndexPage, nIndexItem) was changed. BUpdate is TRUE if value was changed or not
void ButtonClick(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Occurs when user click into Button property. Only for: Button, Link, Return properties
void LoadItems(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty, BSTR* lpszItems)	before editing a combobox, this needs to be filled with items. For example if you want to have in the combobox the following items "Item1, Item2, Item3" in the property with the page index nIndexPage and property index nIndexProperty, the lpszItems has to be like this : lpszItems = "Item1\Item2\Item3". Only for ComboBox
void SetObject(long nIndexPage, long nIndexProperty, IDispatch** pObject)	the pObject parameter is the object that will contain the ADOR.Recordset object corresponding to the property that has nIndexProperty index.. This event is raised before the loading of the items of the control. It is also raised when you change the name of a column. Only for ADORComboBox.
void Delete(short nIndexPage, short nIndexProperty)	Occurs when user press VK_DELETE into property (nIndexPage, nIndexItem).

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XPropertieWnd for VB6

Could anybody tell me how to retrive properties from MSFlexGridControl at runtime.

Unicode, Gray screen,... - Sulotion

Why the control works only in unicode compilation

Why the floor control is gray ?

a little problem with the colors

Pb with deletePage or DeleteProperty

XPropertiesWnd : need help

Great stuff, and a very small improvement

Does this compile under Visual Studio 5.0?

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