Multiple inheritance for a CListCtrl

I have an application that uses CListCtrls.

Requirement 1 is to have a list control that uses alternating colors for different rows
Requirement 2 is to be able to print the list control.

I've found classes on codeguru that fulfill the 2 requirements independently....but not a class that does both.

Say I have CColorListCtrl and CPrintListCtrl that provides the different functions.

Can I create a class CColorPrintListCtrl that inherits from both CColorListCtrl and CPrintListCtrl ? Will multiple inheritance work here?

Thanks,
Mdd

Step 1 is simple task. In your CListCtrl derive class (for e.g. the class that prints your clistctrl), You can do something like

Code:

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void CMyListCtrl::OnCustomDraw(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult)
{
        LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW lplvcd = (LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW)pNMHDR;

        int iRow = lplvcd->nmcd.dwItemSpec;

        switch(lplvcd->nmcd.dwDrawStage)
        {
                case CDDS_PREPAINT:
                        *pResult = CDRF_NOTIFYSUBITEMDRAW; // CMT: ask for subitem notifications.
                        break;
                case CDDS_ITEMPREPAINT:
                        if (iRow %2 == 0) // for alternate row
                        {
                                // CMT: Initializes a CFont object with the specified characteristics.
                                SelectObject (lplvcd->nmcd.hdc, m_HeaderFont);

                                lplvcd->clrText                = m_colorText;                       
                                lplvcd->clrTextBk        = m_colorBackground;

                                *pResult = CDRF_NEWFONT;
                        }
                        break;
                default: // CMT: it wasn't a notification that was interesting to us.
                        *pResult = CDRF_DODEFAULT;
        }
}

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I think you should not use multiple inheritance with MFC.
TN016: Using C++ Multiple Inheritance with MFC
But see specifically this:

Quote:

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From MSDN
In order for the MFC message map system to work correctly, there are two additional requirements:
There must be only one CWnd-derived base class.
The CWnd-derived base class must be the first (or left-most) base class

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