Re: How to maintain splitter size
mike wrote:
Hello Scott,
The OnSize() gets called when the splitter is created but before the view is
created and the application crashes.
m_bInit is set in OnCreateClient after the splitter and views are created
and are valid. Currently I am only establishing the size of the views when
the program initially starts.
If you minimize Visual Studio you will see that the width of the project
toolbar with filelist/resource tabs does not change when you change the size
of the applicatoin. You can still use the splitter to change the width of
the toolbar window but when you resize the app, it does not affect the width
of this view. This is what I am trying to do.
Somewhere in the code I have to move the splitter location when the
application is resized. I've been trying to do this in OnSize() with
m_wndSplitter.GetColumnInfo() and .SetColumnInfo() with some success but
have problems;Sometime I get unexpected/invalid values. I was hoping someone
may have done this before and could point me in the right direction. Maybe I
should be adjusting the position in the splitterwnd.
Thanks
Much clearer description! Thanks.
Setting the splitter size in OnSize on the first call only is not going
to work. There are several early calls before everything "settles
down." You need to do the size computations in every call to OnSize
*except* when the splitter does not yet exist. That will prevent the
crashes. One way to do that is like this:
void CMainFrame::OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy)
{
if (m_wndSplitter1.GetSafeHwnd())
{ m_wndSplitter1.GetRowInfo(...);
...
m_wndSplitter1.SetRowInfo(...);
m_wndSplitter1.RecalcLayout();
}
}
Following this model (note Get before Set) there should not be any
invalid values.
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