could CMFCStatusBar RecalcLayout() become virtual?

could CMFCStatusBar RecalcLayout() become virtual? by Marc_75

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Type:	Suggestion
ID:	641672
Opened:	2/7/2011 12:56:55 AM
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Hi,

our applications are using the CMFCStatusBar functionality which works great!
However, we currently are using a custom statusbar (overridden from CMFCStatusBar) to allow custom controls (mostly CStatic derivates) be positioned on it.

MFC calculates the pane positions inside the status bar. We create custom CStatic windows to be positioned in side one or more individual panes. Therefore, we will reposition these controls to the corresponding pane size and position.

MFC internally calls CMFCStatusBar::RecalcLayout each time the layout should be recalculated. At this point, it would be great to reposition our custom CStatic controls to the new pane sizes and positions. Unfortunately, CMFCStatusBar::RecalcLayout() is not implemented as 'virtual' function.

currently we are using the following workaround:
override the function CMyMFCStatusBar::DoPaint()
{
PositionControls(); // reposition our custom CStatic controls since we don't known if the controls have been repositioned in the mean time
CMFCStatusBar::DoPaint(pDCPaint);
}

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Visual Studio 2010

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implement a derived CMFCStatusBar and create a CStatic window to be positioned in one of the status bar panes.

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Windows Vista

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RecalcLayout() is called whenever panes need to be repositioned. However, any derived CMFCStatusBar class does not get 'informed' about this change.

It would be great if CMFCStatusBar::RecalcLayout() could become 'virtual'.

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Posted by Marc_75 on 2/10/2011 at 11:45 PM

Hi Pat,

you are absolutely right! I didn't notice it since it was declared without the virtual keyword in the CMFCStatusBar class. Therefore, I didn't even try it. Thanks for pointing me into the right direction and for adding the virtual keyword for the next release to let this issue become more obvious.

I love the new MFC classes, you did a great job and are doing great work!
Thanks!

Marc

Posted by Microsoft on 2/10/2011 at 9:24 AM

Hello Marc,

Thanks for the report. I investigated and found that CMFCStatusBar::RecalcLayout actually is virtual, because CMFCStatusBar derives from CPane (which derives from CBasePane) and CBasePane::RecalcLayout is already marked as virtual. I made this explicit by marking CMFCStatusBar::RecalcLayout as virtual in afxstatusbar.h, but your virtual RecalcLayout method should be called in your scenario.

Pat Brenner
Visual C++ Libraries Development

Posted by Microsoft on 2/7/2011 at 12:58 AM

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