FIX:CScrollView::OnHScroll/OnVScroll Do Not Call OnChildNotify

ID: Q150574


The information in this article applies to:
  • The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
    • Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition, versions 1.5, 1.51, 1.52
    • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2


SYMPTOMS

Scroll messages generated by scroll related controls in a CScrollView- derived object fail to invoke the control's OnChildNotify function.


CAUSE

CScrollView::OnVScroll and CScrollView::OnHScroll do not call SendChildNotifyLastMsg, which is responsible for calling OnChildNotify.


RESOLUTION

Override OnVScroll and/or OnHScroll for your CScrollView-derived class, and implement this code:


   void CMyView::OnVScroll(UINT nSBCode, UINT nPos, CScrollBar*
   pScrollBar)
   {
       if (pScrollBar != NULL && pScrollBar->SendChildNotifyLastMsg())
           return;     // eat it

       // ignore scroll bar msgs from other controls
       if (pScrollBar != GetScrollBarCtrl(SB_VERT))
           return;

       OnScroll(MAKEWORD(-1, nSBCode), nPos);
   }

   void CMyView::OnHScroll(UINT nSBCode, UINT nPos, CScrollBar*
   pScrollBar)
   {
       // same as above
       ...
   } 


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem is corrected in Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.0.


MORE INFORMATION

OnChildNotify is called by the control's parent window when the parent window receives a notification message that applies to this control. Notification messages include control notification messages such as WM_COMMAND sent by controls, some specific Windows messages such as WM_HSCROLL, WM_VSCROLL, and WM_CTLCOLOR, and a few others.

NOTE: For more information, see Tech note #21.

OnChildNotify allows a control an initial opportunity to view these messages before the control reaches its parent.

The code reflects corrections for a bug reported in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q133034 BUG: CSpinButtonCtrl Causes Assertion in Viewscrl.cpp line 698
The need for CScrollView to pass scroll messages correctly to OnChildNotify arises from implementing a CSpinButtonCtrl control, or an additional CScrollbar control in the view.


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q133034 BUG: CSpinButtonCtrl Causes Assertion in viewscrl.cpp line 698.
MFC Technical Note #21 - Command and Message Routine

Books Online - CWnd::OnChildNotify

Additional query words: 1.50 1.51 1.52 2.00 2.10 2.20

Keywords : kbDocView kbMFC kbVC
Version : 1.50 1.51 1.52 | 2.00 2.10 2.20
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: July 22, 1999
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