Q151446: FIX: Internal State of ControlBars Corrupted
Article: Q151446
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbMFC kbToolbar KbUIDesign kbVC400bug kbVC410bug kbVC420fix kbGrpDSMFCATL kbNoUpdate
Last Modified: 06-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 4.0, 4.1
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SYMPTOMS
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The internal state of the controlbars is corrupted when controlbars are docked
and undocked. The size of the Registry key or the .INI file grows when
SaveBarState is a result of this corruption.
CAUSE
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The code for managing the controlbar docking and undocking has a bug which does
not correctly remove information from the data structures. None of this code can
be overridden to fix the bug because it is undocumented private implementation
of the MFC.
RESOLUTION
==========
The sample code at the end of this article cleans up the state of these internal
structures. The CleanUpControlBarState function cleans up the information in the
CDockState object passed to it. When the function returns, the CDockState object
has the clean information.
Call this function with the present state of the controlbars, and use the
information after calling CleanUpControlBarState.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ 32- bit Edition
version 4.2.
MORE INFORMATION
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There are two ways to get information into a CDockState object:
- Call the CDockState::LoadState to load the state of the controlbars from the
Registry or .INI file.
- Use the CFrameWnd::GetDockState.
To save the state to the Registry or .INI file, use CDockState::SaveState. Use
CFrameWnd::SetDockState to set the state of the controlbars at run time.
The following code was added to the Docktool sample. This code saves the
non-corrupted controlbar information to the .INI file:
void CMainFrame::OnClose()
{
// SaveBarState saves everything but the number of Columns in
// the Palette we need to do that ourselves.
SaveBarState(_T("General"));
// Following code was added to the sample with Visual C++ 4.1
#if _MFC_VER == 0x0400 || _MFC_VER == 0x0410
CDockState state;
GetDockState(state);
CleanUpControlBarState(state);
state.SaveState(_T("General"));
#endif
...
Sample Code
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// In this case the function is defined as a global function.
// You could make it a member of one of your classes
Add the following prototype to the end of your stdafx.h:
#if _MFC_VER == 0x0400 || _MFC_VER == 0x0410
void CleanUpControlBarState(CDockState& state);
#endif
and add the following code to one of your CPP files:
#if _MFC_VER == 0x0400 || _MFC_VER == 0x0410
void CleanUpControlBarState(CDockState& state)
{
for (int i = 0; i < state.m_arrBarInfo.GetSize(); i++)
{
CControlBarInfo* pInfo1 = (CControlBarInfo*)state.m_arrBarInfo[i];
for (int j = 0; j < state.m_arrBarInfo.GetSize(); j++)
{
if (i == j)
continue;
CControlBarInfo* pInfo2 =
(CControlBarInfo*)state.m_arrBarInfo[j];
if (pInfo1->m_uMRUDockID == pInfo2->m_nBarID)
continue;
int nSize = pInfo2->m_arrBarID.GetSize();
for (int k = 0; k < nSize - 1; k++)
{
if ((LONG)pInfo2->m_arrBarID[k] ==
(LONG)pInfo1->m_nBarID + 0x10000)
pInfo2->m_arrBarID[k] = NULL;
}
}
}
for (i = 0; i < state.m_arrBarInfo.GetSize(); i++)
{
CControlBarInfo* pInfo = (CControlBarInfo*)state.m_arrBarInfo[i];
int nSize = pInfo->m_arrBarID.GetSize();
for (int j = 0; j < nSize - 1; j++)
{
if (pInfo->m_arrBarID[j]==NULL)
continue;
for (int k = j + 1; k < nSize; k++)
{
if (pInfo->m_arrBarID[k]==NULL)
continue;
if (pInfo->m_arrBarID[k]==pInfo->m_arrBarID[j])
pInfo->m_arrBarID[k] = NULL;
}
}
while ((nSize!=0) && (pInfo->m_arrBarID[nSize-1]==NULL))
{
nSize--;
pInfo->m_arrBarID.RemoveAt(nSize);
}
if (nSize)
pInfo->m_arrBarID.InsertAt(nSize, (void*)NULL);
}
}
#endif
NOTE: The sample code above uses undocumented functionality of the MFC. To be
compatible with future versions of MFC, enclose the code between the following
directives:
#if _MFC_VER == 0x0400 || _MFC_VER == 0x0410
...
...
#endif
Also include any call to CleanUpControlBarState between these directives.
Additional query words: kbVC400bug 4.00 4.10 4.20 LoadBarState SaveBarState ini grow vcfixlist420 kbui MfcUI
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Keywords : kbMFC kbToolbar KbUIDesign kbVC400bug kbVC410bug kbVC420fix kbGrpDSMFCATL kbNoUpdate
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbMFC
Version : winnt:4.0,4.1
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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