CListCtrl and WM_MEASUREITEM

Dear mbhakta,

Thanks for replying to me. I had already looked at the CListCtrl
from Paul Gerhert. It illustrates grid lines, and full line select using LVS_OWNERDRAWFIXED, but does not change the item height.

Regards
Tony

Use CWnd::OnMeasureItem( int nIDCtl, LPMEASUREITEMSTRUCT lpMeasureItemStruct );

The framework calls this member function by the framework for the owner of an owner-draw list box when the control is created.

Override this member function and fill in the MEASUREITEMSTRUCT data structure pointed to by lpMeasureItemStruct and return; this informs Windows of the dimensions of the control and allows Windows to process user interaction with the control correctly.

If a list box  is created with the LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE style, the framework calls this function for the owner for each item in the control; otherwise this function is called once.

Windows initiates the call to OnMeasureItem for the owner of list boxes created with the OWNERDRAWFIXED style before sending the WM_INITDIALOG message. As a result, when the owner receives this call, Windows has not yet determined the height and width of the font used in the control; function calls and calculations that require these values should occur in the main function of the application or library.

Override the MeasureItem member function of the appropriate control's class to calculate and set the size of each item.

OnMeasureItem will be called only if the control's class is created at run time, or it is created with the LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLEstyle. If the control is created by the dialog editor, OnMeasureItem will not be called. This is because the WM_MEASUREITEM message is sent early in the creation process of the control. If you subclass by using DDX_Control, SubclassDlgItem, or SubclassWindow, the subclassing usually occurs after the creation process. Therefore, there is no way to handle the WM_MEASUREITEM message in the control's OnChildNotify function, which is the mechanism MFC uses to implement ON_WM_MEASUREITEM_REFLECT.

Note   This member function is called by the framework to allow your application to handle a Windows message. The parameters passed to your function reflect the parameters received by the framework when the message was received. If you call the base-class implementation of this function, that implementation will use the parameters originally passed with the message and not the parameters you supply to the function.

Dear Gelbert,

Thanks for replying, but I am using a ListView (CListCtrl), and not a listbox. I have tried the OnMeasureItem, and it does not appear to be called for the CListCtrl.

Regards
Tony

Did you set up style OwnerDrawVariable to this control ?

Hi Tony Simmonds!

Have you tried to use LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE and change rcItem of  DRAWITEMSTRUCT for specific items to force it to new size in OnDraw().

BTW. I am surprised that OnMeasureItem is not called! It is function of CWnd which is base class of CListView. Are you sure that you are right?
   

Dear Jaba and Gelbert,

I have created the CListCtrl with LVS_OWNERDRAWFIXED. I would not think the style LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE would work with a ListView
control. I am not using CListView or CListBox, but CListCtrl, and I cannot see a LVS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE in any of the include files anywhere.

Regards
Tony