MFC: What CListCtrl function displays a windows explorer style header button?

to set headers attributes you need to use CHeaderCtrl::SetItem()

See for more :
http://www.codeproject.com/listctrl/headerctrl.asp

-MAHESH

Mahesh,

I've downloaded this very tutorial already. It says "The fact that the CHeaderCtrl's visibility is managed by the CListCtrl will become important later when we address message handling."

This is how I learned that CHeaderCtrl's visibility is managed by a CListCtrl member function. How do I actually display the CHeaderCtrl?,
Regards,
Sternocera

>>How do I actually display the CHeaderCtrl?,

I am not getting you...When the list view control is in the report style it usually displays a header control to label the columns. This header control is a embedded child window of the list view control ... you can get pointer to that one as u did above

-MAHESH

and that will not appear unless you create columns !

I have created columns.

Mahesh,
Here is the OnInitialUpdate() function:
void CMyListView::OnInitialUpdate()
{
      CListView::OnInitialUpdate();



      // Gain a reference to the list control itself
      CListCtrl& theCtrl = GetListCtrl();
      theCtrl.SetExtendedStyle(LVS_REPORT);
      CHeaderCtrl* HeaderCtrl = theCtrl.GetHeaderCtrl();
      
   // Insert a column. This override is the most convenient.
   theCtrl.InsertColumn(0, _T("Player Name"), LVCFMT_LEFT);
   theCtrl.InsertColumn(0, _T("Player team"), LVCFMT_LEFT);
      
   theCtrl.InsertItem(0, "an entry");
      theCtrl.InsertItem(1, "another entry");

   // Set reasonable widths for our columns
   theCtrl.SetColumnWidth(0, LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER);
   theCtrl.SetColumnWidth(1, LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER);
}

I set the style to LVS_REPORT through SetExtendedStyle,  yet I can't see any column headers.

Why do you think that is?
Thanks

what if u try with using LVCOLUMN struct like :

  LVCOLUMN col;
   col.mask = LVCF_FMT | LVCF_TEXT;
   col.pszText = _T("Player Name");
   col.fmt = LVCFMT_LEFT;
   theCtrl.InsertColumn(1, &col);

-MAHESH

Nothing happens...
Thanks

That works! Thanks again, Mahesh.

Thats cause LVS_REPORT is not extended style..setting normally or using ModifyStyle should work.

-MAHESH

Right, thanks