Problems with ListView control

Hello, sorry for the delay.

In the compiling it appears the error: "'INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX' undeclared (first use in this function)" using the pragma comment.

I have to include another header than <windows.h> and <commctrl.h> to use INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX? In the commctrl.h appears that struct, and also the InitCommonControls() function. I have searched in the Win32 Reference Manual (*.hlp file) for more information but it doesn't appear anywhere, and in MSDN says that is a structure previously defined.

I have downloaded a working example from codeproject.com and there's no error in the compilation and it works well, without setting the pragma comment.

I would like to no post the entire large code of the project in that I'm working, so I have made that simple window to test to handle easily. That code only shows the static text but not the empty listview that it should do:


#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#pragma comment(lib,"comctl32.lib")

#define ElemA 1000
#define IDC_LIST 1001

const char g_szClassName[] = "classefinestra";
HWND btton;
HWND lview;

LRESULT CALLBACK prPrinc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(msg)
      {
      case WM_CREATE:
          {
          btton=CreateWindow("STATIC","el texte",WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,10,10,80,12,hwnd,(HMENU)ElemA,(HINSTANCE)GetWindowLong(hwnd,GWL_HINSTANCE),NULL);
          lview=CreateWindow("SysListView32","list2",LVS_REPORT | LVS_EDITLABELS | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP,10,30,50,50,hwnd,(HMENU)IDC_LIST,(HINSTANCE)GetWindowLong(hwnd,GWL_HINSTANCE),NULL);
          }
      break;
      case WM_COMMAND:
          {
          DestroyWindow(hwnd);
          }
    break;
      default:
          return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
      }
      return 0;
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,LPSTR lpCmdLine,int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX wc;
HWND hwnd;
MSG missatge;

//INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX iccex;

wc.cbSize             = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style             = 0;
wc.lpfnWndProc       = prPrinc;
wc.cbClsExtra       = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra       = 0;
wc.hInstance       = hInstance;
wc.hIcon             = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wc.hCursor             = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
wc.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
wc.lpszClassName = g_szClassName;
wc.hIconSm             = LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);

if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
      {
      MessageBox(NULL,"RegisterClassEx","Error",MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
      return 0;
      }


hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,g_szClassName,"Títol",
            WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,200,200,
            NULL,NULL,hInstance,NULL);

if(hwnd == NULL)
      {
      MessageBox(NULL,"CreateWindowEx","Error",MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
      return 0;
      }
      
/*
iccex.dwSize = sizeof(INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
iccex.dwICC = ICC_LISTVIEW_CLASSES;
InitCommonControlsEx(&iccex);
*/

ShowWindow(hwnd,nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(hwnd);

while(GetMessage(&missatge, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
      {
      TranslateMessage(&missatge);
      DispatchMessage(&missatge);
      }
return missatge.wParam;
}

The disabled lines are those in that the compiler alerts of the error.

Thank you.
jbosch(vosk)

if the pragma statement isnt working then add the library through your compiler settings,, for that youll have to look it up because i dont have dev-C++ on this comp anymore

Hello
I think that I'll have to do it in a different way: I haven't got any commctl32.lib on my pc, but another program that I wrote without using it is still working, and Dev-c++&MingW is still compiling it without errors. So the idea that is comming to my head is getting the wroking code, delete several parts and get only the basic skeleton to continue working over it.

Thank's for your time, I suppose that your solution may work (maybe vith VC++, or maybe I don't handle it all as well as I ought), so if someday I change Dev-c++ for another I will remember it.

jbosch(vosk)

if you still want to try with comctl32.lib then i think you could use this
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/
you should only need the core sdk files, once you install that search for the comctl32;lib itll be in a folder the install created. either use it there or transfer the lib/h files to your lib/header directory in dev-c++

Thank's PlanetCpp, I'll take a look althought I'm not sure: I'm using WindowsMe but I can try it on an XP, so if I can get the library I'll try to use. I have thought also another way to create a similar thing with several painted boxes, groupboxes, buttons (instead the column headers) and the list of formated static text, it's not the same as a listview but it's a good exercise.

jbosch(vosk)