Creating a List-View

Code:

// m_hWnd is the main window handle

 hListView = CreateWindow
                       (WC_LISTVIEW,"List", 
 	        WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,0,0,
	        200,200,m_hWnd,NULL,	
	        (HINSTANCE)
                        GetWindowLong(m_hWnd,GWL_HINSTANCE),
                        NULL); 

 SetWindowLong(hListView,GWL_STYLE,LVS_REPORT);

 LV_COLUMN col;
 col.mask = LVCF_WIDTH;
 col.cx = 50;
 SendMessage(hListView,LVM_INSERTCOLUMN,0,(LPARAM)&col);
 
 // ... insert other columns

I tried to create a list view which looks like the Outlook Express' message list

but it seems it doesn't work,the listview isn't visible...what's the error?

Have you called InitCommonControls or InitCommonControlsEx?

You can find a list-view sample here and more samples at FoosYerDoos.

Originally Posted by anonytmouse

Have you called InitCommonControls or InitCommonControlsEx?

You can find a list-view sample here and more samples at FoosYerDoos.

thank you very much for the examples,but the error was that SetWindowLong() removes the WS_CHILD and perhaps the WS_VISIBLE styles from the list view,and in fact i removed the setwndlong call and now it works!!!
i say this for someone interested

bye

Sorry for bumping this thread.. I came to this while searching a ListView sample..
The problem with your code was the way you are calling SetWindowLong.

Since GWL_STYLE is single flag used to specify WS_CHILD as well as LVS_REPORT, You need to get the windowLong and add the flags you want and pass it back.

SetWindowLong(hListView,GWL_STYLE,GetWindowLong(hL istView,GWL_STYLE)|LVS_REPORT);

Okay, now coming back to my issue..

I have a ListView created using

Code:

HWND hWndListView = CreateWindow(WC_LISTVIEW, 
                                L"", 
                                WS_CHILD |WS_VISIBLE| LVS_REPORT, 
                                rcl.left, 
                                rcl.top, 
                                rcl.right - rcl.left, 
                                rcl.bottom - rcl.top, 
                                hwndParent,
                                (HMENU)NULL,
                                hinst, 
                                NULL);

After this I am adding few columns using

Code:

listColumn.mask = LVCF_FMT | LVCF_WIDTH | LVCF_TEXT | LVCF_SUBITEM; 
listColumn.iSubItem=0;
listColumn.pszText=wszColumnName;
listColumn.cx=100;
listColumn.fmt = LVCFMT_LEFT;
ListView_InsertColumn(hwndListView, 0, &listColumn);

And few Items using

Code:

LVITEM listItem;
listItem.mask = LVIF_TEXT;
listItem.pszText =const_cast<LPWSTR>(wszItemText);
listItem.iItem = 0;
listItem.iSubItem =0;
ListView_InsertItem(m_hwndListView,&listItem);

I would asume this would allow me to select items in the ListView. But currently I am not able to select any items. Even if set LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT I am not able to select any items.

What am I missing here?

I think I got answer to my question..Turns out in my custom window proc I was not handling LVN_ITEMACTIVATE (nor passing to DefWindowProc)

Looking at LVN_ITEMACTIVATE Notification Code (Windows)
"The application receiving this notification code must return zero. "

I was thiking return value matters only if I handle the message.. Looks like even if I don't handle the message I should return proper values or pass the message to DefWindowProc

Originally Posted by mvadu

I think I got answer to my question..Turns out in my custom window proc I was not handling LVN_ITEMACTIVATE (nor passing to DefWindowProc)

Looking at LVN_ITEMACTIVATE Notification Code (Windows)
"The application receiving this notification code must return zero. "

I was thiking return value matters only if I handle the message.. Looks like even if I don't handle the message I should return proper values or pass the message to DefWindowProc

Any message you are not handling should not be listed in the WinProc's switch statments. Just let it fall through to the default: tag and pass it to defwindow proc. (which mostly just discards the messages for you).

To catch item activation you need to handle WM_NOTIFY and within that LVN_ITEMACTIVATE...