chook combobox

[Duckman]

Hihi,

 

I've posted this before, but it really never got resolved, and I had hoped that i wouldn't have to use the combo boxes, but now I'm finding that I do...

 

I've created a dialog box in VC++, and in it i have a combobox control with associated variable c_inDim

 

in the OnInitDialog() method of the dialog box, I have

 

c_inDim.AddString("mm");

c_inDim.AddString("inch");

...

 

but when I execute the dll from mastercam, nothing appears in the comboboxes

 

any idea why?

 

thx!

[Bullines]

Have you tried prototyping it in a stand-alone MFC EXE project?

[Duckman]

hmm, i just did as you suggested, and even in the EXE, nothing appears

[Duckman]

ahhh...i see where my problem is...i had to resize the combo box so that it's big enough to hold contents!

 

thx!

[Bullines]

For the member variable of the combox box, c_inDim, which category did you assign that variable to? If it doesn't belong to "Control", calls to the AddString() function will be ignored.

[Bullines]

quote:

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i had to resize the combo box so that it's big enough to hold contents!

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A ha. Don't skimp on size

[Duckman]

lol, i m used to VB, where it does this kind of stuff automatically...hehhe

[Bullines]

I'd like to see if Microsoft improved the UI layout component with Windows Forms in Visual C++ .Net. Visual Basic 6 and most of Borland's app dev environments (C++ Builder, JBuilder and Delphi) were the best

[Duckman]

i certainly hope so!

oh, just another minor question...

 

in VB, when i create a group box, and i drop items into it, if i move the group box, the items also move with the box...this doesn't seem to be happening in vc++...is it supposed to? or am i doing something wrong?

[Bullines]

I've never seen it do "hold on" to things in MSVC. Keep in mind that MFC is a totally different beast than working with Visual Basic forms. The controls may look the same, but they're not when you get down to the bottom of it. Sadly, most things don't work out the same between the two. Well, at least in version 6. I can't speak for .Net since I haven't tried it yet.