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From: Puckdropper on 22 Jul 2008 03:35 I have a dialog box that consists of edit controls, where there are several edit controls in a row, and the row is repeated over and over again. This was created with Visual Studio's resource editor, and all the controls have names such as IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION1, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1, IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION2, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME2, etc. Is there something like an array I can use to make reading these dialog boxes easier? I'd like to read one row at a time, based on an ID the program passes in. I'm new to Win32, but not programming in general. Thanks! Puckdropper -- If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm
From: Bob Masta on 22 Jul 2008 07:49 On 22 Jul 2008 07:35:03 GMT, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote: >I have a dialog box that consists of edit controls, where there are several >edit controls in a row, and the row is repeated over and over again. This >was created with Visual Studio's resource editor, and all the controls have >names such as IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION1, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1, >IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION2, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME2, etc. > >Is there something like an array I can use to make reading these dialog >boxes easier? I'd like to read one row at a time, based on an ID the >program passes in. You could assign the IDs according to a structure. In your example, a row only has 2 fields, so there would be 2 items per structure. To find any field in any row, you multiply the row number times the number of fields per row, then add the field number, then add the ID of the first entry in the entire set (IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION1, in your example). Just like dealing with normal variable arrays, actually. Since I don't work with Visual Studio, I can't say how to make it assign the IDs in a desired way. But it's cetainly easy to do within the resource (.RC) file itself. Best regards, Bob Masta DAQARTA v4.00 Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis www.daqarta.com Scope, Spectrum, Spectrogram, Sound Level Meter FREE Signal Generator Science with your sound card!
From: Jugoslav Dujic on 22 Jul 2008 09:47 Puckdropper wrote: | I have a dialog box that consists of edit controls, where there are several | edit controls in a row, and the row is repeated over and over again. This | was created with Visual Studio's resource editor, and all the controls have | names such as IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION1, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1, | IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION2, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME2, etc. | | Is there something like an array I can use to make reading these dialog | boxes easier? I'd like to read one row at a time, based on an ID the | program passes in. | | I'm new to Win32, but not programming in general. You can edit your resource.h file manually and ensure that the IDs are consecutive (e.g. IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1 = 1331, ... IDC_ACCOUNTNAME7 = 1337). Just take care to also adjust AFX_NEXT_*VALUE macros at the end of the file as well, if necessary. That will significantly simplify the code, on the expense that the dependency is hidden in the .rc file and not obvious to the maintainer (who might get the task to add a couple more of those one day and get surprised). Alternatively, with some more typing, you can declare constant arrays in your code (wndproc or a header file): const int MAX_ACCNAME = 7; const UINT idAccName[MAX_ACCNAME] = {IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1, ... IDC_ACCOUNTNAME7}; and refer to idAccName thereafter. However, you will also have to re-type the entire thing occasionally, e.g. in switch() statements Alternatively still , you can use listview control in report mode, a grid control, or similar, as a more appopriate tool for the job. -- Jugoslav ___________ www.xeffort.com Please reply to the newsgroup. You can find my real e-mail on my home page above.
From: Puckdropper on 24 Jul 2008 02:28 "Jugoslav Dujic" <jdujic(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:6em6mqF7rfgtU1(a)mid.individual.net: > You can edit your resource.h file manually and ensure that the IDs are > consecutive (e.g. IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1 = 1331, ... IDC_ACCOUNTNAME7 = > 1337). Just take care to also adjust AFX_NEXT_*VALUE macros at the end > of the file as well, if necessary. That will significantly simplify > the code, on the expense that the dependency is hidden in the .rc file > and not obvious to the maintainer (who might get the task to add a > couple more of those one day and get surprised). > > Alternatively, with some more typing, you can declare constant arrays > in your code (wndproc or a header file): > > const int MAX_ACCNAME = 7; > const UINT idAccName[MAX_ACCNAME] = > {IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1, ... IDC_ACCOUNTNAME7}; > and refer to idAccName thereafter. However, you will also have to > re-type the entire thing occasionally, e.g. in switch() statements > > Alternatively still , you can use listview control in > report mode, a grid control, or similar, as a more appopriate tool > for the job. > Thanks, I'll look in to the alternatives you mentioned. The grid control might be really what I need. Puckdropper -- If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm
From: Puckdropper on 24 Jul 2008 02:29 NoSpam(a)daqarta.com (Bob Masta) wrote in news:4885c6bc.638970(a)news.sysmatrix.net: > On 22 Jul 2008 07:35:03 GMT, Puckdropper > <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote: > >>I have a dialog box that consists of edit controls, where there are >>several edit controls in a row, and the row is repeated over and over >>again. This was created with Visual Studio's resource editor, and all >>the controls have names such as IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION1, >>IDC_ACCOUNTNAME1, IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION2, IDC_ACCOUNTNAME2, etc. >> >>Is there something like an array I can use to make reading these >>dialog boxes easier? I'd like to read one row at a time, based on an >>ID the program passes in. > > You could assign the IDs according to a structure. In your example, a > row only has 2 fields, so there would be 2 items per structure. To > find any field in any row, you multiply the row number times the > number of fields per row, then add the field number, then add the ID > of the first entry in the entire set (IDC_ACCOUNTDESCRIPTION1, in your > example). Just like dealing with normal variable arrays, actually. > > Since I don't work with Visual Studio, I can't say how to make it > assign the IDs in a desired way. But it's cetainly easy to do within > the resource (.RC) file itself. > > Best regards, > > > Bob Masta Thanks for the suggestion, I might go this route if others don't work out. Puckdropper -- If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm
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