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NM_SETFOCUS in ListCtrl

I use a ListCtrl in a dialog. I map the NM_SETFOCUS message like this:

void CMainDlg::OnSetfocusFilelist(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult)
{
      NM_LISTVIEW* pNMListView = (NM_LISTVIEW*)pNMHDR;
      int i = pNMListView->iItem;
      *pResult = 0;
}

I think i is the item number that be set focus. But it can't work. I can't get the right number. why?

BTW, if I click a item to select it, can I still get the item's selected state after the control is not in the ListCtrl? I hope to click some items in the ListCtrl and press a button, then my program will know which items I have selected . what is the better way to implement this?

Thank you very much.

vbk_bgm

Try this to get the item no. in NM_SETFOCUS
void CMainDlg::OnSetfocusFilelist(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult)
{
DWORD pos = ::GetMessagePos();
CPoint point((int)LOWORD(pos),(int)HIWORD(pos));
m_ListCtrl.ScreenToClient(&point);

int itemno = m_ListCtrl.HitTest(point);
///////////////////
// if (itemno == -1)
// No item selected
}

m_ListCtrl is a variable of type CListCtrl for the List Control

For the selection of items to remain after the listctrl has lost focus use the style LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS (Select the Show Selection Always on the Styles tab of list control)

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Great!

I use ch_vasu's second way. It worked perfectly. It looks like that though the ListCtrl loses it's focus, it still remembers which items have been selected.