noisehole
14th August 2006 14:58 UTC

DetailPrint within plugin function
hi,

i wonder what the best approach for writing text to the detail window from a plugin function is.

as there are no api callback functions, i guess the only chance is to use someting like this:

  HWND handle = FindWindowEx (hwndParent, NULL, "#32770", "");
  handle = GetDlgItem (handle, 1016);

  int count = SendMessage (handle, LVM_GETITEMCOUNT, 0, 0);

  LVITEM lvi;
  memset (&lvi, 0, sizeof (lvi));
  lvi.mask = LVIF_TEXT;
  lvi.iItem = count;
  lvi.pszText="testing text 123...";

  SendMessage (handle, LVM_INSERTITEM, 0, (LPARAM) &lvi);

thats mui specific and pretty ugly (hardcoded classname and dialog item number)

better ideas?

thx

Afrow UK
14th August 2006 15:37 UTC

That is the only way. It will work with both Modern UI and Classic UI though because the control ID's are the same.

-Stu

noisehole
14th August 2006 16:16 UTC

damn, i was worried about someone saying that ;)

thx