MFC help: FrameWnd output to Picture Control in Dialog

[sharath.1160]

Hi,

I am working on a MFC application that I used for Image Analysis. I have a FrameWnd called MillChart that I use to generate an Image. This window is displayed at the run time in the application and not a part of the GUI dialog. It automatically resizes according to the different monitor resolutions and because of this there is a lot of empty space to the right of the MillChart. I was planning to add a picture control in the GUI dialog and redirect whatever is displayed in the MillChart to the Picture Control so that I can place my other elements (checkboxes, scrollbars etc) that I use in my app close to this MillChart and also set the size of the MillChart to a constant size. I am not knowing an efficient way to do this. Kindly help with directions.

Here is the code for positioning the elements (Note: I have only shown the MillChart position)

void CMainFrame::PositionElements()
{
	CRect r, r2, r3;
	GetClientRect(&r);
        int mcs = r.Height() - r2.Height();
        mMillChart->MoveWindow(r.right - r2.Width(),r.top + r2.Height(),mcs,mcs);
	mMillChart->GetClientRect(r2);
}

Here is the code for the Oncreate() (Note: I have only shown the MillChart creation)

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
	if (CFrameWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
		return -1;
        CRect r1;
	GetClientRect(&r1);

        mMillChart = new BoxChartWnd; //BoxChartWnd is a structure
	mMillChart->mainFrame = this;
	mMillChart->Create(AfxRegisterWndClass(CS_DBLCLKS,AfxGetApp()->LoadStandardCursor(IDC_ARROW)),
		"Mill box chart",
		WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,r1,this);
}

Thanks,
Sharath

[GCDEF]

I'm having a little trouble understanding what you have going on.

You say you have a FrameWnd called "MillChart", but you show mMillChart which is a BoxChartWnd, which you say is a struct.

You show a CMainFrame Create call which implies an SDI or MDI app, but talk about a GUI Dialog.

Then you say you want to use a Picture Control to render MillChart, which isn't really how picture controls work.

None of that makes much sense to me. From what little I can glean, I suggest perhaps adding a function to your BoxChartWnd that takes a device context as an argument, and let BoxChartWnd render itself onto whatever device context you pass in.

More than that, you'll need to explain your app's architecture more clearly.