C++, MFC Feature Pack,Mdi childs visibility - visual-c++

I have an MDI MFC FEATURE PACK app in vs2008.
I do need to determine what child window(s) are visible , even if multiple tab groups are created by the user, and also what is the last activated MDI child. I have found that in my mainframe CMDIFrameWndEx class, the methods
m_wndClientArea.FindActiveTabWnd ();
m_wndClientArea.GetFirstTabWnd ();
m_wndClientArea.GetNextTabWnd ();
that could potentially let me navigate through all tab grops. Trouble is that these methods return an CMFCTabControl that does not offer any method/member to obtain an pointer to the MDI child windows in the tab. It only gives the index of the active tab.
So how do I get the CMDIChildWndEx* pointer of the "in front" window of the given tabgroup?

Because your CMDIChildWndEx instances are wrapped in a tab control wrapper you can get the active tab and then the wnd from that, e.g.
int nActive = pTabCtrl->GetActiveTab();
CWnd * pWnd = pTabCtrl->GetTabWndNoWrapper( nActive );
CMDIChildWndEx * pChild = dynamic_cast<CMDIChildWndEx*>(pWnd);

It was wonderful to find this code - exactly what I needed to redraw my active tab windows in each tab group since with multiple (split) tab groups, they were not being redrawn correctly. However, to make the loop work I had to do the following (CChildFrame is my derived frame type):
m_arrpActiveChilds.RemoveAll ();
const CObList& TabGroups =m_wndClientArea.GetMDITabGroups();
if (TabGroups.GetCount ()>0) {
POSITION crtPos = TabGroups.GetHeadPosition ();
CMFCTabCtrl* pCrtTabCtrl;
do {
pCrtTabCtrl=DYNAMIC_DOWNCAST(CMFCTabCtrl, TabGroups.GetNext(crtPos));
int nActive = pCrtTabCtrl->GetActiveTab();
CWnd * pWnd = pCrtTabCtrl->GetTabWndNoWrapper( nActive );
CChildFrame * pChild = dynamic_cast<CChildFrame*>(pWnd);
m_arrpActiveChilds.Add (pChild);
} while(crtPos != NULL);

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MFC MDI dynamically changing tab style from a property dialog

It has been 10 months since I worked on my app due to a death in the family, just started looking at it again and still not sure how to solve the problem.
The project inquires/help started here:
MFC MDI Collecting control states for the "apply" button routine
Since this is a specific focused question, I didn't want to muck up my other thread, so what I'd like to do is change the documents tab styles after the view is loaded. I know that this can be done because the master repository from Microsoft with all the code examples has a project called VCSamples-master\VCSamples-master\VC2010Samples\MFC\Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack\TabControl which I have looked at. It dawns on me that even though I can follow its code, the calls are from within the MDI window itself where my issue is I'm trying to do this via a property page dialog using OnApply which changes things.
I was able to do part of this properly with the help of the thread above to the OutputPane successfully because I was able to get the Pane handle and execute. I was told that for the MDI tabs after creation that I need to parse the tabs, count them, and then execute. So my issue here is after I capture the tabs......how to change their styles.
Here is the code as it stands:
BOOL CSettingsUserTabs::OnApply()
{
BOOL bResult = CMFCPropertyPage::OnApply();
if (bResult)
{
// Update Output Pane Tab Styles (Works 100%)
AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), m_style_tabs); // Save value to registry
((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.ModifyTabStyle((CMFCTabCtrl::Style)m_style_tabs);
((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.RecalcLayout();
//Get the open file tabs in the MDI
for (POSITION pos = AfxGetApp()->GetFirstDocTemplatePosition(); pos != NULL; )
{
CDocTemplate* pTempl = AfxGetApp()->GetNextDocTemplate(pos);
for (POSITION pos1 = pTempl->GetFirstDocPosition(); pos1 != NULL; )
{
CDocument* pDoc = pTempl->GetNextDoc(pos1);
for (POSITION pos2 = pDoc->GetFirstViewPosition(); pos2 != NULL; )
{
CView* pView = pDoc->GetNextView(pos2);
if (pView->IsKindOf(RUNTIME_CLASS(CTrainView)))
{
// THIS IS WHERE MY ISSUE IS, NOW THAT ALL THE TABS ARE
// CAPTURED, HOW DO I ADDRESS THEM LIKE WHAT IS SHOWN
// ABOVE:
//((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->xxxxxx.yyyyyy.ModifyTabStyle((CMFCTabCtrl::Style)m_style_tabs);
}
}
}
}
}
return bResult;
}
If I can figure this last piece out, I'll be basically finished, I just can't seem to find a solution on how to do this via property sheet via OnApply.
Any suggestions or actual code examples I can see to solve my problem?
FYI: No, I haven't had any time to take additional OOP to solve this. I'm hoping someone can provide some guidance so I can move on after getting this sorted.
Thanks,
Chris
EDIT 1:
So I took a closer look at Constantine's suggestion and here is what I came up with:
BOOL CSettingsUserTabs::OnApply()
{
BOOL bResult = CMFCPropertyPage::OnApply();
if (bResult)
{
// Update Output Pane Tab Styles
AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), m_style_tabs); // Save value to registry
((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.ModifyTabStyle((CMFCTabCtrl::Style)m_style_tabs);
((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.RecalcLayout();
CMFCTabCtrl& MDI_STYLES = ((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->GetMDITabs();
MDI_STYLES.ModifyTabStyle((CMFCTabCtrl::Style)m_style_tabs);
MDI_STYLES.RecalcLayout();
CMDIFrameWndEx* pMainFrame = DYNAMIC_DOWNCAST(CMDIFrameWndEx, GetTopLevelFrame());
pMainFrame->SetFocus();
pMainFrame->RecalcLayout();
}
return bResult;
}
The m_styles_tabs is getting the index value of 0-8 when I select the radio button. The code compiles and runs and I see the index value change when I break on it, but the tabs for the MDI are still not updating. Does the edited code make sense based on the members shown here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/mfc/reference/cmfctabctrl-class?view=msvc-170#modifytabstyle
I think this the right direction, am I missing something?

How to guarantee that I get the `HTREEITEM` for the item that the user right-clicked on in a CTreeControl

I have a window which has a CTreeCtrl. A user can right-click any element and display a context menu. From there they can choose to delete the entry. Something like this:
Here is a snippet of the context menu item handler:
void CAssignHistoryDlg::OnDeleteFromAssignmentHistory()
{
CString strINI = theApp.GetAssignHistoryPath();
HTREEITEM hItem = m_treeHistory.GetSelectedItem();
CString strName, strDeletedName, strEntry;
if (m_treeHistory.GetParentItem(hItem) != nullptr)
{
// The user has picked one of the history dates.
// So the parent should be the actual name.
hItem = m_treeHistory.GetParentItem(hItem);
// Now OK to proceed
}
strName = ExtractName(hItem);
GetParent()->EnableWindow(FALSE);
strEntry.Format(IDS_TPL_SURE_DELETE_FROM_ASSIGN_HIST, strName);
if (AfxMessageBox(strEntry, MB_YESNO | MB_ICONQUESTION) == IDNO)
{
The image shows my problem. If I first click on Test, so that it is selected and bright blue and then right-click, it shows Test in the popup message. This is fine. But ...
If the first name is initially selected, and I go ahead and directly right-click Test, even though it seems to go blue (as if selected), m_treeHistory.GetSelectedItem() is returning the original, first name. I think I am describing it not very well.
In short, I want to guarantee that I get the HTREEITEM for the item that the user right-clicked on. What I have is not 100% fool-proof.
If it helps, this is how I display the context menu:
void CAssignHistoryDlg::OnNMRclickTreeHistory(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult)
{
CMenu mnuContext, *pMnuEdit = nullptr;
CPoint ptLocal;
LPNMTREEVIEW pNMTreeView = reinterpret_cast<LPNMTREEVIEW>(pNMHDR);
GetCursorPos(&ptLocal);
mnuContext.LoadMenu( IDR_MENU_SM_ASSIGN_HIST_POPUP );
pMnuEdit = mnuContext.GetSubMenu( 0 );
if (pMnuEdit != nullptr)
{
pMnuEdit->TrackPopupMenu( TPM_LEFTALIGN|TPM_LEFTBUTTON,
ptLocal.x, ptLocal.y, this, nullptr );
}
*pResult = 0;
}
So to recap, at the moment the user must physically left click on a item in the tree to select it. Then they can right-click and it will offer to delete this person. But if they go ahead and just right-click on anyone, it will not offer to delete THAT person.
You can get the actual tree item at any given point using the HitTest() member of the CTreeCtrl class. Exactly how and where you do this will depend on your code design but, if you have a pointer to your CTreeCtrl (pwTree in the code below), then you can do something like this:
CPoint ptLocal;
GetCursorPos(&ptLocal);
pWTree->ScreenToClient(&ptLocal); // May not be required in certain handlers?
HTREEITEM hItem = pWTree->HitTest(ptLocal); // Remember to check for NULL return!
You can then either use the returned hItem directly, or use it to explicitly set the tree's selection (to that item), before doing any further processing.
The MS doc: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/mfc/reference/cwnd-class?view=vs-2019 doesn't have a "click" handler, it has CWnd::OnRButtonDblClk, CWnd::OnRButtonDown and CWnd::OnRButtonUp. Which one are you handling?
The reason for your defect might be that you don't let the tree control handle that right button event (to select that new item).
I would suggest to use CWnd::OnContextMenu instead.

How can I detect uiview is an activated viewport

I need to detect whether a Uiview is a standard opened view or if it is an activated viewport on a sheet. Querying the uiview’s view Id returns the Id of the activated viewport's view. I have found no direct way to detect that a uiview is actually a sheet with an activated viewport.
I am already tracking opened views in the view activated event for another purpose. So I considered storing the view Id with the uiview hashcode for later checking that it was indeed a sheetview prior to becoming an activated view. Unfortunately, and I think in opposition to standard use, the uiview hashcode is not stable. Multiple hashcode requests from the uiview object return different values.
Does anyone have a way to detect this condition? I need to be able to use the the methods on the uiview still. So any help to find the actual child windows I would like to relate to the uiview object. The view still says "Sheet: ..." in the title when a view is activated.
TaskDialog mainDialog = new TaskDialog("Hello, viewport check!");
mainDialog.MainInstruction = "Hello, viewport check!";
mainDialog.MainContent =
"Sadly Revit API doesn't automatically know if the user is in an active viewport. "
+ "Please click 'Yes' if your are, or 'No' if your not.";
mainDialog.AddCommandLink(TaskDialogCommandLinkId.CommandLink1,
"Yes, I am in an active viewport on a sheet.");
mainDialog.AddCommandLink(TaskDialogCommandLinkId.CommandLink2,
"No, I am just in an ordinary view.");
mainDialog.CommonButtons = TaskDialogCommonButtons.Close;
mainDialog.DefaultButton = TaskDialogResult.Close;
TaskDialogResult tResult = mainDialog.Show();
bool YesOrNo = true;
if (TaskDialogResult.CommandLink1 == tResult)
{
YesOrNo = true;
}
else if (TaskDialogResult.CommandLink2 == tResult)
{
YesOrNo = false;
}
else{
return;
}
You can use the ViewSheet GetAllViewports method to determine all the viewports on a given sheet. Using that, you could put together a bi-directional dictionary lookup system map any sheet to all the viewports it hosts and vice versa. That should help solve your task. Here is some example usage:
http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2014/04/determining-the-size-and-location-of-viewports-on-a-sheet.html
Im late to the party - but another way to sense if the user is in a viewport is to investigate the Process.MainWindow title. Something like this (in RevitPythonShell):
import threading, clr
from System.Diagnostics import Process
# need winform libraries for feedback form only
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
from System.Windows.Forms import Form, Label
app = __revit__.Application
doc = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument.Document
ui = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument
def lookAtWindow(activeView):
# Looking for one of three conditions:
# 1. User is on a sheet (ActiveView will be DrawingSheet)
# 2. User is in an active ViewPort on a sheet (ActiveView will NOT be be DrawingSheet, but MainWindowTitle will contain " - [Sheet: " string)
# 3. User is on a View (neither of the previous two conditions)
result = False
if str(activeView.ViewType) == 'DrawingSheet':
result = 'Youre on a sheet'
else:
processes = list(Process.GetProcesses())
for process in processes:
window = process.MainWindowTitle
if window and 'Autodesk Revit '+app.VersionName[-4:] in window and ' - [Sheet: ' in window and ' - '+doc.Title+']' in window:
result = 'I reckon youre in a Viewport'
if not result:
result = 'so you must be in a '+str(activeView.ViewType)
form = Form()
form.Width = 300
form.Height = 100
label = Label()
label.Width = 280
label.Height = 70
label.Text = result
label.Parent = form
form.ShowDialog()
# need to close RevitPythonShell console before checking MainWindowTitle, so run on timer
threading.Timer(1, lookAtWindow, [ui.ActiveView]).start()
__window__.Close()

Removing menu in MFC

In MFC how to remove a menu-item of POPUP type. RemoveMenu() either take ID or position. Since, there is no ID for POPUP menu, option left is by using position.
But I am not getting how and where I can call RemoveMenu().
File Edit Test
Test_submenu_1
Test_submenu_2
Test_submenu_3 > submenu_3_item_1
Test_submenu_4
Test_submenu_5
I want to remove Test_submenu_3? I am not getting how do find CMenu object for Test so that I can call RemoveMenu() by passing position "2" for submenu_3_item_1.
Any suggestion for doing this will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
You cannot use LoadMenu, since this function does just that.
After modifying loaded menu it is killed when menu object used to load it goes out of scope. You have to modify menu that is currently used.
Your menu is a popup part of the main menu, second in position. It contains 5 items and second one is another popup. To my understanding, you want to remove this item and popup of this item.
To make it work you will have to ask main window for the current menu:
CMenu* pMenu = GetMenu(); // get the main menu
CMenu* pPopupMenu = pMenu->GetSubMenu(2);//(Test menu with item....)
pPopupMenu->RemoveMenu(2, MF_BYPOSITION);
Of course, this code is from the main frame. If you want to use it elsewhere, you will have to access all using pointer to the main frame.
Try the below. You get the Test sub-menu first (index 2), then once you have that you tell it to remove its Test_submenu_3 submenu by position (also 2).
CMenu topMenu;
topMenu.LoadMenu(IDR_YOUR_MENU);
CMenu& testSubMenu = *topMenu.GetSubMenu(2);
testSubMenu.RemoveMenu(2,MF_BYPOSITION);
'Test' is the 3rd menu item (by position) on the top level menu. It's just been rendered horizontally rather than vertically. Assuming you have a handle to the top level menu use the same code you'd use to the get the sub menus as you would to get the 'Test' menu.
You can use this below code to remove the submenu, by comparing name
bool RemoveSubmenu(CMenu * pMenu) {
for (int pos = 0; pos < pMenu->GetMenuItemCount(); pos++) {
wchar_t *name = new wchar_t[mf.cch + 1];
MENUITEMINFO mf;
ZeroMemory(&mf, sizeof(mf));
mf.cbSize = sizeof(mf);
mf.fMask = MIIM_SUBMENU | MIIM_FTYPE | MIIM_STRING;
mf.fType = MIIM_STRING;
mf.dwTypeData = NULL;
if (!GetMenuItemInfo(pMenu->m_hMenu, pos, TRUE, &mf))
break;
if (mf.hSubMenu != NULL){
mf.fMask = MIIM_TYPE;
mf.fType = MFT_STRING;
++mf.cch;
mf.dwTypeData = (LPSTR)name;
if (!GetMenuItemInfo(pMenu->m_hMenu, pos, TRUE, &mf)){
bRet = false;
break;
}
//
// compare sub menu name (i.e mf.dwTypeData) here, do the required
// modifications
//
pMenu->RemoveMenu(pos, MF_BYPOSITION);
bRet = true;
break;
}
}
}

SetWindowPos() function not moving window?

I have a dialog that I want to place within another dialog and position relative to one of the controls on the main dialog.
void CspAceDlg::DrawResultsArea()
{
CWnd* pTabCtl = GetDlgItem(IDC_BUILDTABS);
CRect rectTabCtl; // Allocate CRect for control's position.
pTabCtl->GetWindowRect(&rectTabCtl);
int resX = rectTabCtl.right + 15;
int resY = rectTabCtl.top;
//RESULTS AREA
results.Create(IDD_RESULTSDIALOG, this);
results.SetWindowPos(this, resX, resY, /*608, 19, */175, 135, SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
results.ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
}
My problem is that my dialog resource (IDD_REULTSDIALOG) has properties called X Pos and Y Pos that seem to be overriding my SetWindowPos() (and the little property tab in the resource editor won't let me leave these blank). If I set these properties to 0, 0 my dialog appears in the top left corner of the main dialog. If I set them to a number I can guess-and-test place it roughly where I want, but then running the application on different resolutions causes the dialog to appear in different spots. What I really want to do anyway is place the dialog relative to another control on my main dialog (in this case my tab control). Why is my SetWindowPos() being ignored, and how do I fix this? Should I be using a different function?
According to the documentation for SetWindowPos, if you pass in SWP_SHOWWINDOW, the window will not be moved:
If the SWP_SHOWWINDOW or SWP_HIDEWINDOW flag is set, the window cannot be moved or sized.
Figured it out myself, largely due to this thread.
My code came out looking like this:
void CspAceDlg::DrawResultsArea()
{
CRect rectTabCtl; // CRect representing tab control's position.
POINT pResXY;
POINT pResWH;
CWnd* pTabCtl = GetDlgItem(IDC_BUILDTABS);
pTabCtl->GetWindowRect(&rectTabCtl);
pResXY.x = rectTabCtl.right + 15;
pResXY.y = rectTabCtl.top;
pResWH.x = pResXY.x + 175;
pResWH.y = pResXY.y + 135;
ScreenToClient(&pResXY);
ScreenToClient(&pResWH);
//RESULTS AREA
results.Create(IDD_RESULTSDIALOG, this);
//results.SetWindowPos(this, resX, resY, /*608, 19, */175, 135, SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
results.MoveWindow(pResXY.x, pResXY.y, pResWH.x, pResWH.y, TRUE);
results.ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
}
What fixed this problem for me, was setting the program's compatibility properties to "run this program as an administrator".

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