Hmmm... It would appear that somewhere along the line there is code outside of a function/sub that can only work inside a function/sub. This is anything that isn't a declaration. It's also possible that some of the code you were given will only work if pasted into a Module, not a form. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

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p_ wrote: modify the Serialize fun and in listctl command use modify the Serialize fun and in listctl command use Well sorry i am a newbie... can you explain this...?

I think if you remove MainFrm.h of CCustomUnitList.h then you dont have these errors but if you used of some methods of MainFrm on the CCustomUnitList you will get some errors. WhiteSky

You're welcome! Perhaps next time use search and replace when you rename your classes... ;P cheers, mykel OMM: "Let us be thankful we have an occupation to fill. Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents and be happy."

I'm not saying that the member itself of class A goes out of scope, I'm suggesting that what was assigned to the member went out of scope. The member itself is still good but it is referncing memory that is no longer good .You see this a lot with objects created on the stack. For example: char *MyCreateFunc () { char buffer[256] // do all the stuff to fill in buffer return buffer; } The statement A::m_memberVar = MyCreateFunc (); will compile and execute and may even work as expected sometimes. However, it is wrong!! A::m_memberVar remains in scope but what it points to is no longer in scope because the memory containing the data is no longer valid once the MyCreateFunc returns. Show the code where you create the value assigned to the member of class A. The member variables of a class remains in scope until the class itself goes out of scope, so unless you're accessing class A incorrectly, the problem has got to be in the value assigned to the member variable. Judy

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Do you want to get text of listctrl or editbox? -> Actually the edit box is in the list control.. so i guess i should have mentioned that earlier. Also i have tried XlistCtrl , it too complicated. Anyone can help me out there

:) I'm glad it worked. That's how MFC does it but it's using an undocumented variable (although it's worked for as long as I can remember). You probably could just give your button the id ID_FILE_NEW and it would have worked like magic too :) I thought for sure someone here would jump on me for that one LOL. chaitannya_m wrote: But how do i get a pointer to each view. I want to pass data to the view Which view? The one just created? The view just created should be the active view. To get the active view in MDI; // this is the MFC example from the docs CMDIFrameWnd *pFrame = (CMDIFrameWnd*)AfxGetApp()->m_pMainWnd; // Get the active MDI child window. CMDIChildWnd *pChild = (CMDIChildWnd *) pFrame->GetActiveFrame(); // or CMDIChildWnd *pChild = pFrame->MDIGetActive(); // Get the active view attached to the active MDI child // window. CMyView *pView = (CMyView *) pChild->GetActiveView(); To iterate through all views, one way is to iterate through all documents and their associated views: // Iterate through doc templates POSITION DocTemplatePos = AfxGetApp()->GetFirstDocTemplatePosition(); while (DocTemplatePos != NULL) { CDocTemplate *pTmpl = AfxGetApp()->GetNextDocTemplate(DocTemplatePos); // Iterate through documents for the current template POSITION DocPos = pTmpl->GetFirstDocPosition(); while (DocPos != NULL) { CDocument *pDoc = pTmpl->GetNextDoc(DocPos); **// Iterate through views for the current document** // You could use CDocument::UpdateAllViews() or ... POSITION ViewPos = pDoc->GetFirstViewPosition(); while (ViewPos != NULL) { CView \*pView = pDoc->GetNextView(ViewPos); **// Do something with the current view** } } } Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

chaitannya_m wrote: how to use the handle dude I prefer to use ID than handle but no matters. chaitannya_m wrote: i tried NMHDR ..it does give different values for the list, but how to identify which value is for what. You need to store the values of ID when the list control is created and matching the value with which the NMHDR returns identifies the list control. chaitannya_m wrote: Also i can't use the click notification in the mainframe since i have listcontrols in different windows You can use message handlers in its parent window.