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Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:22:34 +0200

Hi,
How can CAknDoubleStyleListBox be right alined?
ItemDrawer()->ColumnData()->SetColumnAlignmentL(1, CGraphicsContext::ERight); can not be used for it.
Thanks.

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

jp4symbian — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:10:39 +0200

What you can do is set the alignment every time to refill your List Box. Thats the only logical solution i can think of!

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:52:53 +0200

SetListItemsL is in my DBMSListboxView.cpp and in this function, I set the direction of the listbox.
I call SetListItemsL from ShowAllRecords which is a function in DBMSAppui.cpp( iListboxView->SetListItemsL(names); )
When I click Back in InfoWinL (and everywhere in my program), ShowAllRecordsL() is called. DBMSAppui direction is by default left-to-right and this may cause my listbox be shown left-to-right.

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

jp4symbian — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:21:33 +0200

Thats really strange!!
Are you refreshing your List Box data after clicking 'Back' button of the Pop-up?

The alignment should ideally not go even if the ListBox data is refreshed...

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:34:16 +0200

Again something strange, When I show the details of a name with "iEikonEnv->InfoWinL(KDetailsCaption, name);" in DBMSAppui.cpp, and click back command, The direction of listbox returns back to left-to-right. I have added "iListBox2->ItemDrawer()->ColumnData()->SetColumnAlignmentL(1, CGraphicsContext::ERight);" in CDBMSListboxView::ConstructL, CDBMSListboxView::SetListItemsL, CDBMSListboxView::SizeChanged but it did not helped.

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:28:19 +0200

No, I want to create a database of hospitals in my town,

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

jp4symbian — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:17:58 +0200

Great to know that you succeeded.

But are you doing all this to fetch & display your PhoneBook Contacts?

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:39:58 +0200

Dear jp4symbian,
The problem of eikclbd.h is solved now, I try to do the last thing which is using OK button to show the details of a name like Contact list, Thanks.

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

jp4symbian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:43:50 +0200

I really don't understand why you are getting so many problems in a list box!!!

And listbox is not click-able by default. You have to manually provide such functionality by providing another view which displays the details, on click of OK button.

The last option now left is that you mail me your source code, only then i can make out what REALLY is the problem with your code!!

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:58:51 +0200

when I include it I get this error message:
the file 'eikclbd.h ' cannot be opened

why this file can not be opened?

And another thing, I want to the listbox item be clickable, Now I can see the details of a name with a menu button, but I want to show the details of a name just by clicking OK button just like Contact List.

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

jp4symbian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:42:03 +0200

Have you included eikclbd.h ?

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:18:24 +0200

I try to use iListBox2->ItemDrawer()->ColumnData()->SetColumnAlignmentL(1, CGraphicsContext::ERight); as ip4symbian said, but no method appears automatically after iListBox2->ItemDrawer()->ColumnData() by eclipse. if I use the first command, I get these errors:

ERight);[= iListBox2->ItemDrawer]
illegal use of incomplete struct/union/class 'CColumnListBoxData'

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:40:51 +0200

excuse me, I thought I had added eikctl.lib, it was the problem

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:28:23 +0200

I have checked the necessary .lib and header files, It works fine with 3rd eddition but this error occurs in 2nd eddition.

Re: Changing the Direction of ListBox

jp4symbian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:19:34 +0200

Hi Rostam,

I think there is some misunderstanding. There is no difference in using CAknSingleStyleListBox or CAknDoubleStyleListBox as long as the following lines are concerned:
iListBox2->Model()->SetItemTextArray(itemList);
iListBox2->Model()->SetOwnershipType(ELbmOwnsItemArray);

Maybe there is some change that you have forgotten to do when you use CAknSingleStyleListBox instead of CAknDoubleStyleListBox. Make sure you have made all necessary changes in header file n all.

Also I can tell you a better way to format.
Suppose if you are using CAknSingleStyleListBox.

_LIT(KListFormat,"_LIT(KListItemFormat, "\t%S\t\t"); // Initiliaze the list format of the list you are using/b]
_LIT(KListItem,"Item1");

TBuf<256> item(KListItem);
TBuf<256> insertString;

// Format the data
[b]insertString.Format(KListItemFormat,&item); // Use the format function
iItemArray = static_cast(iListBox->Model()->ItemTextArray());

iItemArray ->AppendL(listboxItems++, insertString);
iListBox->HandleItemAdditionL();
iListBox->SetCurrentItemIndex(0);
DrawDeferred();

Changing the Direction of ListBox

Rostam — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:34:36 +0200

Hi,
Is there any way to change the direction of listbox from "left-to-right" to "right-to-left"? You know, I use a database of farsi words which I want to show them in order with a list box; the problem is that the words are shown not only left to right, but also in reverse character order.