Article ID: 191355
Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft ActiveX Template Library 2.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft ActiveX Template Library 2.1, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q191355
SYMPTOMS
An ATL ActiveX control based on one of the common controls may not appear
in an ActiveX control container.
CAUSE
The ATL Object Wizard doesn't add a call to InitCommonControls() when you
insert an ActiveX control based on a common control. The call to
InitCommonControls() is required if you use any of the common controls in
your ATL ActiveX control.
NOTE: If you didn't select "Support MFC" in the ATL Object Wizard when
creating your project, then you must link with Comctl32.lib in order to
call InitCommonControls(). Otherwise, an LNK2001 linker error may occur
when calling InitCommonControls().
Among the common controls, the richedit control is an exception. Instead of
calling InitCommonControls(), you need to do a LoadLibrary() on
Riched32.dll.
RESOLUTION
This problem has been fixed in Visual C++ 6.0. The ATL Object Wizard adds a
call to InitCommonControls() for you. For richedit controls, you have to call LoadLibrary() and FreeLibrary() on Riched32.dll. If you're
using Visual C++ 5.0 or earlier, just add the call to InitCommonControls()
before calling Create() for the common control. The Wizard usually calls
Create() in OnCreate():
LRESULT OnCreate(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam,
BOOL& bHandled)
{
RECT rc;
GetWindowRect(&rc);
rc.right -= rc.left;
rc.bottom -= rc.top;
rc.top = rc.left = 0;
::InitCommonControls(); // ADD THIS LINE
m_ctlSysListView32.Create(m_hWnd, rc);
return 0;
}
For the richedit control, you'll need to load Riched32.dll and unload it:
BEGIN_MSG_MAP(CRichEdit6)
MESSAGE_HANDLER(WM_DESTROY, OnDestroy) // Add this line.
// ...
END_MSG_MAP()
HINSTANCE m_hLibRichEdit; // Add this line.
LRESULT OnCreate(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam,
BOOL& bHandled)
{
RECT rc;
GetWindowRect(&rc);
rc.right -= rc.left;
rc.bottom -= rc.top;
rc.top = rc.left = 0;
m_hLibRichEdit =
LoadLibrary(_T("RICHED32.DLL")); // Add this line.
m_ctlRichEdit.Create(m_hWnd, rc);
return 0;
}
// Add this function.
LRESULT OnDestroy(UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM, BOOL&)
{
m_ctlRichEdit.DestroyWindow();
FreeLibrary(m_hLibRichEdit);
return 0;
}
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Microsoft
Visual C++, 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
Containers such as ActiveX Control Test Container in MFC 4.2 already call
InitCommonControls() so this problem does not occur.
Additional query words: ocx RichEdit SysListView32 SysTreeView32 SysAnimate32 SysTabControl32 rich edit listview treeview animate tab tabcontrol tooltip header hotkey image list progress slider spin buttton
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