__FUNCTION__ is available in VS.NET; it returns the undecorated name of the function.

You're very welcome... Quadratic equations are very useful, and you will probably encounter them often. As an entertaining exercise, try expanding your solution to include the common case where the radical (sc, in your code) is imaginary. Add a test for the case b2< 4ac. If this statement is true, solve the equation using the absolute value of the result before taking the square root and prefix the output of the radical with a 'j'. This gives a general solution of the form Re +/- jIm, which is valid for all equations in two-space. Your root solver will then be able to solve all cases, real and complex. Most important - have fun ith it!:-D Ancient man conquered his rivals with the jawbone of an ass; modern man uses the jawbone of a politician.

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Thanks for the quick reply. I got it working.. but I am still confused. I don't understand why I have to draw it out in the pre paint stage. Post paint I might be able to understand.. but I don't understand why I can loop through message for each Item, and change there colors using nmcd.clr...() but I can't check if the item is selected and use mncd to change color????? C# a poor attempt at bringing C++ to the VB masses

There are very good articles here in CP. Just look in the Controls section.

Thanks for the replies.. I was hoping there was a key combination I was hitting on accedient. Kinda like when ya get to typing and you try to type CFileDialog and instead get C and a Find window :-) I know that is a key combo.. but I never can remember it.. so I have to log off/on to fix that one too! Remember: Some people call them "features" I call them "Annoying". Does anybody actually use windows hot keys?

Here you are: CString sPath(_T("c:\\data\\moredata\\evenmoredata\\datafile.dat")); int nPos1 = sPath.ReverseFind('\\'); int nPos2 = sPath.ReverseFind('.'); if(nPos1 > -1 && nPos2 > -1) { CString sFile = sPath.Mid(nPos1+1, nPos2 - nPos1 -1); AfxMessageBox(sFile); } ----------------- The ReverseFind fn just searches the string starting from the end toward the beginning and stops when it encounters the character it is looking for. The position it reports is referenced from the beginning of the string. Art

Look in the MSDN for OnCmdMsg(). It takes care of command routing. Override it to give your sub-frames a look at the messages before processing them in the normal way. he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) NEW: Awasu 1.0[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.

Try to include the document class header in the view header. I got a similar problem before and solved it that way. //YourView.h #include "MVSampleDoc.h" . . .

LOL... Thank you.. first simple solution I have ran across. Thank you very much for your help

hmm.. that is understandable.. makes scence I guess.. For now I have moved on .. automaticly resizing the default video widht and height isn't a need to have feature I guess, since the user can simply drag the window to whatever size he/she wants.

To resize the view I'd try: GetParentFrame()->SetWindowPos( &wndTop, 0, 0, 100, 100, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOMOVE ); from within a derived CView class function. ie. 'this' = your view. or use: GetMyView()->GetParentFrame()->SetWindowPos( ... ) from code outside of the view. Of course the parent frame needs to be in its restored (normal) size, not maximized for this to work. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. www.getsoft.com Make money with our new Affilate program

I thought of that is well, but AfxGetMainWnd() does not give me access to the toolbars or statusbars.

ROK_RShadow wrote: 1. Do I have to write one myself? (I don't want to re-invent the wheel) I've worked with the Microsoft calendar controls and they seem to be full of lots of frustrating bugs, so I'd say you're probably better of working from scratch ROK_RShadow wrote: 2. If I do have to write it myself, how would I be able to tell that say Feb 10 2003 would be on a Monday? The Doomsday Algorithm[^] http://www.codeproject.com/datetime/DoomsdayDate.asp[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Taka Muraoka wrote: const prevents the method from changing the value of any data members Not quite. const is a contract, a promise, to not change the logical state of an object, when applied to a member function. Imagine a class that has a backing store (e.g. a database) for the data it can present to the user. Any GetFoo() should probably be a const member function. Later on you realize "Hey, this stuff is waaay to slow. I need a cache!". You implement such a cache. But, that would change the objects state, right? No. This is where the mutable keyword come in play. A const member function may modify mutable qualified data - even that the "contract" you have with the clients of that code promises that it may not change the objects logical/observable state. This is just scraping the top of the iceberg. Const correctness is an artform in itself, and depending on scope it can mean a whole lot of things. For further information, I think Marshall Cline's C++ FAQ Lite could be a good starting point.

Taka Muraoka wrote: const prevents the method from changing the value of any data members Not quite. const is a contract, a promise, to not change the logical state of an object, when applied to a member function. Imagine a class that has a backing store (e.g. a database) for the data it can present to the user. Any GetFoo() should probably be a const member function. Later on you realize "Hey, this stuff is waaay to slow. I need a cache!". You implement such a cache. But, that would change the objects state, right? No. This is where the mutable keyword come in play. A const member function may modify mutable qualified data - even that the "contract" you have with the clients of that code promises that it may not change the objects logical/observable state. This is just scraping the top of the iceberg. Const correctness is an artform in itself, and depending on scope it can mean a whole lot of things. For further information, I think Marshall Cline's C++ FAQ Lite could be a good starting point.