Non Window Owning Control that is not a component control of the View

[sriram_y64]

Hi,

If a CCoeControl is not a component control of the AppView, and is not window owning, How do I draw it?

What I have done is as follows:

CAppView::Draw(){
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iControl->DrawNow(); //iControl is a CXXControl type
//CXXControl derives frm CCoeControl
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}

CXXControl::Draw(){
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}

When I invoke DrawNow(), Draw() doesnt get called.....Any reason?


Regards
Sriram

[symbianyucca]

AFAIK anything that draws to the screen need to own a screen, so in case your container doesn't own a screen, it wont be able to draw on it.

So you'd better change your program structure.

yucca

[sriram_y64]

Hi,

CAppView in the example is a window owning control. I call CreateWindowL() in CAppView::ConstructL(). Also, I call iControl->SetContainerWindowL(*this).

The main issue here is whats the difference between ActivateL() and DrawNow(). The Help files are not that useful

[symbianyucca]

Hi

In simple way, just call ActivateL() in the end of your containers ConstructL() and then call DrawNow() in the code where ever you want to re-draw the screen.

also remember to call CreateWindowL() & SetRect(), before calling the ActivateL().

yucca