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How to sort the items of a CListCtrl or CListView(CReportView)? First, when you add items, you need to call SetItemData to attach an data structure(an integer or a pointer) to the item. Then, define a callback sort function. int CALLBACK SortFunc(LPARAM lParam1, LPARAM lParam2, LPARAM lParamSort); And here, the prarameters lParam1 and lParam2 are the [...]

Sometime you use CListView and need to extend the functionality of the CListCtrl of the view. For example, you want to overwrite the handler function of the NM_CUSTOMDRAW or WM_SIZE message. So the problem is: How to tell CListView to use your own CListCtrl? OK, you are on the wrong way now. The CListView does [...]