Few Questions (Styles, Static Control)

Ok, well as you can see from my image and source file, i'v got a simple window setup with no message returns and junk yet.

However i'v ran into a few snags, as usual.

1.) How can i send text to static Boxes? I want to use the two top boxes to simply hold a truely static string, as in it wont change after i set it. And the bottom box, i want to use as a umm.. display box? Displaying what the program is doing, loading, saving, ect. Just a simple no scroll display with multiple lines, each line being a new message.

Anyway, how can this be done? i tried sending it

Code:

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            SendMessage(hMainStatic_Name, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM) lpszTrouble);

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however that seems to get my nothing, and "lpszTrouble" is a character array holding a string, this is the same way i pass text into the edit box (for testing) which works,and the article on Static Controls says to pass in a character pointer into the LPARAM, and i havent been able to get the pointer to specifically regonize the character array. I'm a bit rusty on coding and forgot how to point to an array ( i thought i just pointed to the variable address but aparently i'm wrong, so comments on the following code would be helpful too lol)

Code:

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            CHAR lpszTrouble[] = "Zeusbwr";
            CHAR * ptString[] = 0;
            ptString = &lpszTrouble;

*error "170 C:\path\main.cpp cannot convert `CHAR (*)[8]' to `CHAR*' in assignment"

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So anyway, help on getting text into the static box would be awesome.


2.) I am having multiple problems just dealing with the look of my boxes. Like Fonts, i am unable to find a font Message/Style to change the default font for my Editbox, ComboBox, and i am sure my Static Boxes once i get them working. Fonts, Font Size, Bold/Not, and Itallics, is any of that predefined in a message or anything?

3.) Again, on the look of my editbox. You know how static boxes have messages to change the apearence of the box? Like giving it a dark frame with SS_BLACKFRAME or changing the background color of the Box with SS_WHITERECT? Is this possible with the Edit Control? My edit control has a white background with no "Frame" (unless the frame is matching the background color of the window, i wouldent know then obviously), how can i change this?


Thanks to any replies!

1. You probably don't have the right style settings for the edit box, because WM_SETTEXT should work.

2.

Code:

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// Create font
#ifndef CtFont
#define CtFont(hDC, iHeight, iStyle, achFace) \
        CreateFont(-MulDiv(iHeight, GetDeviceCaps(hDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72),0 ,0 ,0 ,iStyle ,0 ,0 ,0 ,1 ,OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS ,0 ,PROOF_QUALITY ,0 ,achFace)
#endif

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3. Don't know if WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC/WM_CTLCOLOREDIT is what you're looking for?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by knutso

1. You probably don't have the right style settings for the edit box, because WM_SETTEXT should work.

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Well first off, do you mean edit box or static box? Because WM_SETTEXT works in my edit box, but my static boxes i was having trouble.
Second off, i think i found it in a dif form.

Code:

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SetWindowText(hWndStatic, "Static Text")

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Different form, and if anyone is willing to look at my source file to see why WM_SETTEXT isnt working (because thats what the Article on MSDN told me to use), id be really appreciative, thanks for the reply and any future :)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by knutso

3. Don't know if WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC/WM_CTLCOLOREDIT is what you're looking for?

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*edit*
And yes, it seems it is. Except that reads like it just colors the background of an editbox, is there a way to frame it? Because id be happy with the default white background if i could just give the edit control a Frame..

Thanks again :)

Do you create your controls from resources, or from CreateWindow()?

CreateWindow();, if you wanna see everything my source is included in the first post :)

But ya.. is CreateWindow a problem?


*edit*
and ya..

Code:

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SetWindowText(hWndStatic, "Static Text")

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didnt work either, it didnt return null (if (!SetWindow ect...).. so i dunno

you can give the edit control a frame by giving it the style WS_BORDER.

edit: also, I have just noticed, if you comment out the SS_BLACKFRAME style, everything works as normal. you should remove this and replace it with WS_BORDER. it will produce the same effect. However, if you want to keep the background of the static controls white, you will have to handle WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC.

edit2: here is why the text isn't being displayed (from msdn):

Quote:

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Frame Styles
Static controls can be used to draw frames (boxes that are not filled). Frame-style static controls do not display text. The three frame-style static controls are:

SS_BLACKFRAME
SS_WHITEFRAME
SS_GRAYFRAME

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sorry about all this editing :p

edit3: here's some code to set the font of a control:

Code:

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                        ////////////////////////Create The Font////////////////////////////
                        LOGFONT lf;
                        GetObject( GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT), sizeof(lf), &lf );
                        strcpy(lf.lfFaceName,"Comic Sans MS");
                        HFONT hfDefault = CreateFontIndirect( &lf );
                        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                        SendMessage(hMainStatic_Name,WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)hfDefault, (LPARAM)true); //Set font

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good luck.

-r1ck0r

Ok, thanks! I can finally add text to my static controls lol. Now the question is, how can i add boarders around my static windows while having text lol..

I spose maybe i could layer an empty static behind it slightly bigger with a boarder..

Anyway, any ideas? Or maybe i should just banish all of this and use user drawn Edit, Static, Combo, and Radio Buttons? What do you all think?

In my above post I stated that you can replace SS_BLACKFRAME with WS_BORDER and get the effect you are trying to achieve, yet while still maintaining the abilty to change the static controls text. I apologize I know my post is rather messy due to all that editing :)

BTW, Owner Drawn controls are a little over the top for something like this. Especially when there are easier methods available.

Oh sorry, i thought that was only for the edit controls. Thanks :)

WS_=windowstyle=for all windows.

awesome :)

That include Dialog?

yes.