I'm modifying an existing project and a dialog has controls I am subclassing to theme differently in some cases (in other cases I will leave it entirely alone). By the time DDX_Control()
is called during DoDataExchange()
, the hwnd for the ListBox
already has styles applied. Specifically, at this time even if I do SetWindowLongPtr()
, the LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED
does not work. By "does not work," I mean that although the style is applied, owner draw messages are not received by the CListBox.
Conversely, if I avoid the DDX_Control()
and simply do a create, the ListBox does receive the messages and can be ownerdrawn. But if I do this there are now two HWND, only one of which is returned by GetDlgItem()
. I believe I can make this work if necessary, but I wondered if there is a secret to intercept the HWND creation of the controls in the dialog (actually a CPropertyPage).
Below is code that doesn't work, with more commented code that "works" but isn't the way I wanted it to work, if possible.
void CMyPropertySheet::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
HWND hWndCtrl;
pDX->m_pDlgWnd->GetDlgItem(IDC_LIST1, &hWndCtrl);
if (themed) {
DWORD style = GetWindowLongPtr(hWndCtrl, GWL_STYLE) | LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED;
SetWindowLongPtr(hWndCtrl, GWL_STYLE, style);
DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_LIST1, m_listbox);
//RECT wr;
//::GetWindowRect(hWndCtrl, &wr);
//m_listbox.Create(style, wr, this, IDC_LIST1);
} else {
DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_LIST1, m_listbox);
}
I should probably add I tried subclassing the window, but it didn't help, and CMyPropertySheet::PreSubclassWindow
wasn't soon enough, either.
Some creation flags like LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED
and LBS_SORT
are cached and modifying them afterwards have no effect. You have to change the template, or just make a duplicate of the listbox. Copy the style of the old listbox, then hide that listbox, change its ID, and create a new listbox based on the old one. You then have to remove DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_LIST1, m_listbox)
The example below starts with a standard list which has its sort flag set. It duplicates the listbox and disables the sort option.
For simplicity this example avoids LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED
, it uses LBS_SORT
instead.
class CMyPropertyPage : public CPropertyPage
{
public:
CListBox m_listbox;
int m_listbox_index;
CMyPropertyPage(int idd) : CPropertyPage(idd)
{
m_listbox_index = 1;
}
void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
//This function is automatically called before
//CPropertyPage::OnInitDialog is complete
//On the first call, IDC_LIST1 will point to the template listbox
if(m_listbox.m_hWnd)
{
//m_listbox is ready,
//IDC_LIST1 will refer to the new listbox
DDX_LBIndex(pDX, IDC_LIST1, m_listbox_index);
}
}
BOOL OnInitDialog()
{
CPropertyPage::OnInitDialog();
CListBox* old_listbox = (CListBox*)GetDlgItem(IDC_LIST1);
if(old_listbox)
{
DWORD style = ~LBS_SORT & GetWindowLongPtr(old_listbox->m_hWnd, GWL_STYLE);
CRect rc;
old_listbox->GetWindowRect(&rc);
ScreenToClient(&rc);
old_listbox->SetDlgCtrlID(0);//change the old ID to something unused
old_listbox->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE); //hide the old listbox
m_listbox.Create(style | WS_BORDER, rc, this, IDC_LIST1);
m_listbox.SetFont(GetFont());
}
ASSERT(m_listbox.GetDlgCtrlID() == IDC_LIST1);
m_listbox.AddString(L"2");
m_listbox.AddString(L"1");
m_listbox.AddString(L"0");
UpdateData(FALSE);
return TRUE;
}
};
class CMyWinApp : public CWinApp
{
BOOL InitInstance()
{
CWinApp::InitInstance();
CPropertySheet sh;
CMyPropertyPage page(IDD_PAGE1);
sh.AddPage(&page);
sh.DoModal();
return TRUE;
}
} myapp;
OK, I'm not sure I recommend this to anyone, but I did find a way to modify the template, finally. I had to use VirtualProtect to unlock the memory of the template.
for (int i = 0; i < m_pages.GetSize(); i++) {
CPropertyPage* pPage = GetPage(i);
PROPSHEETPAGE* tpsp = &pPage->m_psp;
const DLGTEMPLATE* pTemplate;
if (tpsp->dwFlags & PSP_DLGINDIRECT) {
pTemplate = tpsp->pResource;
} else {
HRSRC hResource = ::FindResource(tpsp->hInstance, tpsp->pszTemplate, RT_DIALOG);
if (hResource == NULL) return false;
HGLOBAL hTemplate = LoadResource(tpsp->hInstance, hResource);
if (hTemplate == NULL) return false;
pTemplate = (LPCDLGTEMPLATE)LockResource(hTemplate);
if (pTemplate == NULL) return false;
}
if (afxOccManager != NULL) {
DLGITEMTEMPLATE *pItem = _AfxFindFirstDlgItem(pTemplate);
DLGITEMTEMPLATE *pNextItem;
BOOL bDialogEx = IsDialogEx(pTemplate);
int iItem, iItems = DlgTemplateItemCount(pTemplate);
for (iItem = 0; iItem < iItems; iItem++) {
pNextItem = _AfxFindNextDlgItem(pItem, bDialogEx);
DWORD dwOldProtect, tp;
if (bDialogEx) {
_DialogSplitHelper::DLGITEMTEMPLATEEX *pItemEx = (_DialogSplitHelper::DLGITEMTEMPLATEEX *)pItem;
if (pItemEx->id == IDC_LIST1) {
if (VirtualProtect(&pItemEx->style, sizeof(pItemEx->style), PAGE_READWRITE, &dwOldProtect)) {
pItemEx->style |= LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED;
VirtualProtect(&pItemEx->style, sizeof(pItemEx->style), dwOldProtect, &tp);
}
}
} else {
if (pItem->id == IDC_LIST1) {
if (VirtualProtect(&pItem->style, sizeof(pItem->style), PAGE_READWRITE, &dwOldProtect)) {
pItem->style |= LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED;
VirtualProtect(&pItem->style, sizeof(pItem->style), dwOldProtect, &tp);
}
}
}
pItem = pNextItem;
}
}
}
return true;