Plz help me - How to skin ActiveX controls

May 2, 2007 6:45 AM from

Hi,

I was able to create simple MFC applications (Dialog based & SDI) and add skinning ability to them using DirectSkin (WindowBlinds). I have added skinning code to OnCreate function as below:

Code: c++
int CSimpleAdditionAtxCtrl::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) 
{
	if (COleControl::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
		return -1;
        .....
	.....
	.....
        if (!w.Create("", 0, CRect(0, 0, 0, 0), this, 0, NULL, FALSE, 0)) 
	{
		AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to load WindowBlinds skinning OCX"));
		return FALSE;
	}
	w.SetRootPathStr(_T("D:\\Skins"));
	w.LoadUIS (_T("dogmax\\dogmax.uis"));
	w.InitWB();
	w.DoWindow((long)m_hWnd);
        return 0;
}

control

Now I have created a simple ActiveX control that adds two numbers & has ability to launch a dialog. When I tried to add skinning code the project fails. The code where I tried to ad skinning is below:

Code: c++
int CSimpleAdditionAtxCtrl::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) 
{
	if (COleControl::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
		return -1;
        .....
	.....
	.....
        if (!w.Create("", 0, CRect(0, 0, 0, 0), this, 0, NULL, FALSE, 0)) 
	{
		AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to load WindowBlinds skinning OCX"));
		return FALSE;
	}
	w.SetRootPathStr(_T("D:\\Skins"));
	w.LoadUIS (_T("dogmax\\dogmax.uis"));
	w.InitWB();
	w.DoWindow((long)m_hWnd);
        return 0;
}

The debugger displays foll statements & raises Unhandeled Exception:
Warning: AfxEnableControlContainer has not been called yet.
>>> You should call it in your app's InitInstance function.

I'm not sure where n how call "AfxEnableControlContainer". So anyone can help me in this regard to solve the problem.

Or anyone know how to add skinning for OCX controls?

windowblinds

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