Creating a new base CDialogEx derived class - c++

Question

I have a lot of CDialogEx derived classes that do something like this in OnInitDialog:
CMeetingScheduleAssistantApp::InitialiseResizeIcon(m_bmpResize, m_lblResize, this);
CMeetingScheduleAssistantApp::RestoreWindowPosition(_T("PublisherDB"), this, true);
Then, I have the following added to each derived dialog class:
int CPublishersDatabaseDlg::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
if (CDialogEx::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
return -1;
// Save Initial window size to m_rcInit
GetWindowRect(&m_rcInit);
return 0;
}
void CPublishersDatabaseDlg::OnGetMinMaxInfo(MINMAXINFO* lpMMI)
{
// Set the minimum window size to initial size.
lpMMI->ptMinTrackSize.x = m_rcInit.Width();
lpMMI->ptMinTrackSize.y = m_rcInit.Height();
CDialogEx::OnGetMinMaxInfo(lpMMI);
}
void CPublishersDatabaseDlg::OnClose()
{
CMeetingScheduleAssistantApp::SaveWindowPosition(_T("PublisherDB"), this);
CDialogEx::OnClose();
}
The only thing that is different for each dialog is the phrase that is used for saving the window position.
I want to have a based CDialogEx class that I can inherit from that will perform the above actions. I have looked on SO and seem some questions and creating a CDialog class and inheriting from another CDialog class. But this class I want to create is more generic. Effectively to be used as a base instead of CDialogEx.
Can this be done? Am I over-complicating this?
Problems
Why I try to create a new class, derived from CDialogEx:
I don't know if it is because it requires a dialog ID as stated here.
Classes such as CDialog, CFormView, or CPropertyPage, which require a dialog ID.
So I can't work out the correct way to create a base CDialogEx class for use in all my other dialog classes.
Update
I created this code and it tells me that CResizingDialog is not a class or a namespace:
#include "ResizingDialog.h"
#include "resource.h"
#include "stdafx.h"
IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CResizingDialog, CDialogEx)
CResizingDialog::CResizingDialog(const CString& strWindowID, UINT nIDTemplate, CWnd* pParent = nullptr)
: m_strWindowID(strWindowID), CDialogEx(nIDTemplate, pParent)
{
}
CResizingDialog::~CResizingDialog()
{
}
void CResizingDialog::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
CDialogEx::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CResizingDialog, CDialogEx)
ON_WM_CREATE()
ON_WM_GETMINMAXINFO()
ON_WM_CLOSE()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
int CResizingDialog::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
if (CDialogEx::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
return -1;
// Save Initial window size to m_rcInit
GetWindowRect(&m_rcInit);
return 0;
}
void CResizingDialog::OnGetMinMaxInfo(MINMAXINFO* lpMMI)
{
// Set the minimum window size to initial size.
lpMMI->ptMinTrackSize.x = m_rcInit.Width();
lpMMI->ptMinTrackSize.y = m_rcInit.Height();
CDialogEx::OnGetMinMaxInfo(lpMMI);
}
void CResizingDialog::OnClose()
{
SaveWindowPosition(m_strWindowID, this);
CDialogEx::OnClose();
}

Answer 1

Based on the comments encouraging me to try to create the class manually, I have it working:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "resource.h"
#include "ResizingDialog.h"
IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CResizingDialog, CDialogEx)
CResizingDialog::CResizingDialog(const CString& strWindowID, UINT nIDTemplate, CWnd* pParent /* nullptr */, bool bOnlyStorePosition /* false */)
: m_strWindowID(strWindowID),
m_bOnlyStorePosition(bOnlyStorePosition), CDialogEx(nIDTemplate, pParent)
{
}
CResizingDialog::~CResizingDialog()
{
}
void CResizingDialog::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
CDialogEx::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CResizingDialog, CDialogEx)
ON_WM_CREATE()
ON_WM_GETMINMAXINFO()
ON_WM_CLOSE()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
int CResizingDialog::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
if (CDialogEx::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
return -1;
// Save Initial window size to m_rcInit
GetWindowRect(&m_rcInit);
return 0;
}
void CResizingDialog::OnGetMinMaxInfo(MINMAXINFO* lpMMI)
{
// Set the minimum window size to initial size.
lpMMI->ptMinTrackSize.x = m_rcInit.Width();
lpMMI->ptMinTrackSize.y = m_rcInit.Height();
CDialogEx::OnGetMinMaxInfo(lpMMI);
}
void CResizingDialog::OnClose()
{
SaveWindowPosition(m_strWindowID, this);
CDialogEx::OnClose();
}
void CResizingDialog::OnOK()
{
SaveWindowPosition();
CDialogEx::OnOK();
}
BOOL CResizingDialog::OnInitDialog()
{
CDialogEx::OnInitDialog();
if(!m_bOnlyStorePosition)
InitialiseResizeIcon(m_bmpResize, m_lblResize, this);
RestoreWindowPosition(m_strWindowID, this, true);
return TRUE; // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control
// EXCEPTION: OCX Property Pages should return FALSE
}
I decided to duplicate the methods that were in the app class into this new dialog class instead. Eventually they can be removed from the app class. The only thing I also had to do was #include my resource file because the image needs to know the value of the resource ID.
This is the ResizingDialog.h header:
#pragma once
#include <afxwin.h>
class CResizingDialog : public CDialogEx
{
DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CResizingDialog)
public:
CResizingDialog(const CString& phrase, UINT nIDTemplate, CWnd* pParent = nullptr, bool bOnlyStorePosition = false); // Constructor
virtual ~CResizingDialog(); // Destructor
protected:
void OnOK() override;
virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX) override; // DDX/DDV support
void SaveWindowPosition(void) { SaveWindowPosition(m_strWindowID, this); }
public:
BOOL OnInitDialog() override;
afx_msg int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
afx_msg void OnGetMinMaxInfo(MINMAXINFO* lpMMI);
afx_msg void OnClose();
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
private:
CBitmap m_bmpResize;
CStatic m_lblResize;
CRect m_rcInit;
CString m_strWindowID;
bool m_bOnlyStorePosition;
void RestoreWindowPosition(CString strWindow, CWnd* pWindow, bool bOverrideState = false);
void SaveWindowPosition(CString strWindow, CWnd* pWindow);
void InitialiseResizeIcon(CBitmap& rBmpResize, CStatic& rLblResize, CWnd* pDialog);
};
The actual functions SaveWindowPosition, RestoreWindowPosition and InitialiseResizeIcon are not shown here as they don't directly relate to the issue.