Thread: Problem in processing the buttons created at runtime

Hello everybody,
I am developing a small game using MFC in which the game options like new game, save, open, exit etc. can be selected from the menu as well as from the buttons inside the window. I have no problems with the menu but the buttons do not seem to work at all.
The buttons are created at runtime using CButton class. To associate the buttons with the corresponding functions, I just used the same resource ID for the buttons as the menu options, but that did not work. When I click on the buttons, nothing happens. If I assign different resource IDs to the buttons, how do I handle the message map entries? Do I have to write different message map entries for the menus and the buttons while their function is exactly the same?

Thanks for your time.

Thanks for the reply Elysia, but I could not follow your reply. As I have already said, the buttons are created at runtime, so where do I right click? The buttons are created on the client area of the output window. Plus, I'm not using Visual C++ studio, if you are referring to that. VC++ did not run on my computer and I'm using borland c++ 5.02 (where nothing happens by right-clicking or even double clicking ).
Could you please elaborate about the event handlers? I don't have much knowledge about them, and I guess that's what I'm missing!

Originally Posted by Elysia

MFC does not allow for "hot plugging" buttons into the framework at runtime as far as I know. You may have to steal the window proc and do it the old way.

I'm already using MFC to create the buttons at runtime. They don't work yet, but if it was not allowed, I would not be able to create them anyway, I guess?
I don't like the old ways of using the windows APIs. Its like using the DOS instead of the windows, which I don't like at all.


P.S. To create the buttons at runtime, I'm using CButton class inside the OnDraw function of the View class (Doc/View Architecture).

I'm trying to use that in my application. Thanks for the link.