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ATL Composite control - Resizing at run time

Hi
I'm developing an ATL composite control which has two components (a button and a list box). The list box won't be visible initially; when the button is clicked the list box should appear. The initial area of the composite control just accomodates the button. Only when the button is clicked the composite control area should be increased to accomodate the list box. I tried changing the values of m_sizeExtent and m_sizeNormal; it didn't work. Is there a way to solve this issue? Your suggestions will be valuable.
Thanks.

Regards
Saravanan.

AndyAinscow

Is the pCtrl->SetWindowPos(NULL, 0, 0, cx, cy, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOMOVE) of any use - cx and cy are the new width/height you want and pCtrl is a pointer to the control.

SaravananMP

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Hi
The issue here is the control has to resize itself. SetWindowPos didn't work. The control area is decided by the variables m_sizeExtent and m_sizeNatural. Can by some means these variables be changed after the construction of the control to change the control area?

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SaravananMP

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Could change the control size. While testing, I had a button control right below my composite control in the host window. As expected the button got hidden when the list box in my composite control dropped down. When I tried selecting an item in the list box through mouse click, the button (which is hiding) below my control is clicked and the button is visible there after. Sorry to bother you. Can this be solved?
Thanks.

migel

hm...
It is another question isn`t it? :-)
It`s so strange may be it is a bug of the ActiveX host you use.
Do you check it under VB?

SaravananMP

ASKER

Thanks.
I will check it.

SaravananMP

ASKER

Hi
The call to spCtlSite->OnPosRectChange (&newPos); returned E_NOTIMPL when I tried using this control in an ATL container. I was testing this in MFC and it worked fine. Our requirement is to host this control in an ATL composite control. Any pointers to solve this issue?

Thanks & Regards
Saravanan.

migel

Hi!
It is known ATL hosting bug:
In this case you can manually resize your control by:

hRet = spCtlSite->OnPosRectChange (&newPos);
if(FAILED(hRet))
{
//Change the control's extents
SIZE size;
size.cx=m_rcPos.right;
size.cy=m_rcPos.botom;

HWND hwndContainer=GetContainerWindow(m_spClientSite);
HDC hdc=::GetDC(hwndContainer);
DPtoHIMETRIC(hdc, &size);
::ReleaseDC(hwndContainer,hdc);
SetExtent(DVASPECT_CONTENT,&size);
}
}

SaravananMP

ASKER

Hi
Thanks for your response.
The code didn't compile when I tried this method. The error is
'GetContainerWindow' : undeclared identifier. Is there are a method equivalent to GetContainerWindow?

Thanks & regards
Saravanan.

SaravananMP

ASKER

Hi
DPtoHIMETRIC too is undeclared. I guess, DPtoHIMETRIC is a member of CDC class and I won't be able to use CDC in my ATL control class.

migel

oops sorry - this was an old project snippet.
here is right code
SIZEL szlMetric;
size.cx=m_rcPos.right;
size.cy=m_rcPos.botom;

AtlPixelToHiMetric(&szlPixels, &szlMetric);
// IOleObjectImpl
SetExtent(DVASPECT_CONTENT, &szlMetric);

SaravananMP

ASKER

Hi
I tried this; It didn't work. When I searched for a work around, I found this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q242994
Thanks.

Regards
Saravanan.