Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Chapter 20: List-Based Controls Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals

2. Change its ID to IDC_SAMPLE_TABLES


3. Remove the check box on the Sort property or set it to False


4. Add a Control Variable for the IDC_SAMPLE_TABLES list box and name it
   m_SampleTables


5. In the header file of the CTableWizardDlg class, declare two constant CString
   arrays as follows:

const CString Business[] = { "Contacts", "Customers", "Employees",

"Products", "Orders", "Suppliers",

"Payments", "Invoices","Projects",

"Events", "Transactions" };

const CString Personal[] = { "Addresses", "Video Collection",

"Authors", "Books", "Categories",

"Music Collection", "Investments" };

6. At the end of the class, declare two private integer variables as follows:

private:

// Variables used to hold the number of items in their respective array

int SizeBusiness;

int SizePersonal;

};

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20.1.3..List Box Methods................................................................................

A list box is based on the CListBox class. Therefore, if you want to programmatically

create a list box, declare a CListBox variable or pointer using its constructor. To initialize

the control, call its Create() method. Here is an example:

void CExoListBox1View::OnInitialUpdate()

{

CFormView::OnInitialUpdate();

GetParentFrame()->RecalcLayout();

ResizeParentToFit();

CListBox *m_SimpleList = new CListBox;

m_SimpleList->Create(WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL,

CRect(20, 20, 120, 120), this, 0x118);

After adding a list box, you can “fill” it up with items. This is done by calling the

CListBox::AddString() method. Its syntax is:

int AddString(LPCTSTR lpszItem);

This method expects a null-terminated string as argument and adds this argument to the

control. To add more items, you must call this method for each desired item. Here is an

example:

void CExoListBox1View::OnInitialUpdate()

{

CFormView::OnInitialUpdate();

GetParentFrame()->RecalcLayout();