Menu Bitmaps from Minimal Source Code in Dialog

[Igor Mihailov]

Hello, could you please help me? Here's an article: http://www.codeproject.com/menu/bmpmenu.asp The last comment is about using bitmap menu in dialog: "I will use the MSDN example project dlgcbr32 to demonstrate this. Dlgcbr32 demonstrates how to add control bars to a dialog based application. Build dlgcbr32 and then follow these steps (the first 5 steps are essentially the same steps given in the original article): 1. Add these files to your project: BitmapMenu.cpp, BitmapMenu.h, and winuser2.h 2. In Mdlsmain.h add this line: #include "BitmapMenu.h" 3. In Mdlsmain.h inherit your modeless dialog from BitmapMenu: class CModelessMain : public BitmapMenu 4. In Mdlsmain.cpp add two message handlers (the third message handler ON_WM_INITMENUPOPUP() is already there): ON_WM_MEASUREITEM() ON_WM_DRAWITEM() 5. In Mdlsmain.cpp at the end of the CModelessMain::OnInitDialog() function add the tool bar: AddToolBar(&m_toolBar); 6. At the beginning of BitmapMenu.cpp add this line: #include "Modeless.h" 7. At the end of BitmapMenu.cpp add this line: template BitmapMenu; 8. In Mdlsmain.cpp at the beginning of the function CModelessMain::OnInitMenuPopup() add this line: BitmapMenu::OnInitMenuPopup(pPopupMenu, nIndex, bSysMenu); 9. At the top of BitmapMenu.h add this line: #include " The only thing that can't be compiled after perfoming all steps to use bitmap menu in dialog is this line: CColorLBTestDlg::CColorLBTestDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/):CDialog(CColorLBTestDlg::IDD, pParent) The error i get: error C2614: 'CColorLBTestDlg' : illegal member initialization: 'CDialog' is not a base or member Thanks in advance!

[Gary R Wheeler]

Check your header file (.h) that contains the declaration for ColorLBTestDlg. If should include a line like this:

class ColorLBTestDlg : public CDialog {
//...

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[Igor Mihailov]

Nope, the class must be defined like this: class CModelessMain : public BitmapMenu<CModelessDialog> This is the author's idea.

[Gary R Wheeler]

You need to modify your constructor call to match the signature of his constructor, then.

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[Igor Mihailov]

But how?