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Return an instance of a string class instead of a char *. This is what you should do in any case.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Without a string class, is there a way?
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In general, it's up to the callee to ensure any newly-allocated memory which is returned by a function is properly deleted. In the case of strings, for modern applications, returning a std::string is the easiest way of ensuring no memory is leaked (or even prematurely freed).
If you're dealing with legacy code that returns a 'char *' or similar, and expects the caller to free memory (a la strdup()), then you could consider a smart pointer of some type - but be aware the default STL smart pointers (std::auto_ptr) uses 'delete' on any memory it sees. This is not necessarily the same as calling 'free()' on the returned object (or indeed delete[] for arrays).
Also be aware that smart pointers have a lot of their own issues - notably ownership. Boost gets around this by having shared and scoped pointers - if you have access to boost, then using a scoped_array might be appropriate, if the function you're calling allocates memory with new char[].
If not, you'll have to write your own smart pointer - which can be tricky to get right; but for very simple cases is only a few lines of code.
Matt Godbolt
Engineer, ProFactor Software
StyleManager project
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I am not sure you needed this, but anyway...
followait wrote:
Without a string class, is there a way?
Yes there is.
Create your own structure:
struct MyString<br />
{<br />
char str[200];
};
Return this stucture from your function:
MyString DoSomething()<br />
{<br />
MyString str;<br />
strcpy(str.str,"Hello old man");<br />
return str;<br />
}
Now an object of MyString will be returned.
this is this.
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Dear all,
I have an application written in VC++6.0. Now I want my application to have Windows XP look and feel. That means my Application (all windows and controls) will have skin like Windows XP event if it doesn't run on Windows XP. Does any one know any way or tool to do this.
Thank you very much
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Yeah, buy a library to do it. That's about it. BCG have a free one as well, you could look at that.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Christian Graus wrote:
BCG have a free one as well
What's BCG?
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Your suggestion is to buy BCG library, isn't it. I'm using BCGControlBar Library (v. 7.31) Professional Edition but my problem is I could not use this to apply to dialog controls to make them have Windows XP Look and Feel when I run my application under Windows 2000.
Do you know any other tool?
Thank you
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There are numerous other libraries like it, such as Dundas. I suggest trying with google.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Dear Christan Graus,
what is Dundas?
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Dear toxcct, I could not see any thing related to my question
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Apart from the fact that they have banner ads here all the time ( looking at one right now ), what is google ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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nguyenhc wrote:
I could not use this to apply to dialog controls to make them have Windows XP Look and Feel when I run my application under Windows 2000.
I think you might be talking about XP's themed look. AFAIK, this is only available under XP.
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity. - Harlan Ellison
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If I test a console program (client_server) and it can work. But how to use the source code into the dialog application because when I use the console source code into the dilog that I designed, it can not send the string that I want. Can tell me how to use it in the dialog application.
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This question is impossible to answer. Any code in your console app will probably translate to a dialog app, but the key thing is to put it in the right place in an event driven system so that it's called when you want it to be. Without seeing the code, it's not possible to say more.
1983ttj wrote:
it can not send the string that I want
What does this even mean ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Below is the code at the console application to send and receive:
// Send and receive data.
int bytesSent;
int bytesRecv = SOCKET_ERROR;
char sendbuf[300] = "Door Close";
char recvbuf[300] = "";
bytesRecv = recv( m_socket, recvbuf, 300, 0 );
prinf( "String Recv: %s\n", recvbuf );
bytesSent = send( m_socket, sendbuf, lstrlen(sendbuf), 0 );
printf( "String Sent: %s\n", recvbuf );
It will send a "Door Close" to server. I copy this into the dialog that to send "Door Close" when I click on that button, But I dont' know how to chage it so that it can send.
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Why would you have to change it ? The code has nothing to do with dialogs, or consoles. If it worked in the console app, and it's getting called in the dialog app, it should work there, too.
Does the code compile ? Are you including the right header and lib files in your project ( if not, it won't compile ) ? Have you called WSAStartup ? Here[^] is the MSDN entry on the recv function, perhaps it can give you a clue what is in your console app, but you've failed to port to the dialog app ? I'm guessing you didn't write the console app ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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It works in console but when I compile at dialog it hang there. It can connect between server and client but when come to send and receive, it hang there. I already add the lib
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Then there is code in the console app that's not being called in the dialog app, simple as that. I'd guess at the initialisation function I pointed out in my last post.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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I already do the initialisation function that you pointed in last post which is WSAStartup. For the console, it is printf but for the dialog it is not printf right?
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Hello,
May I suggest an MFC tutorial or two? Try reading here[^] for a start. If you get stuck, google, MSDN and CodeProject are your friends.
From what I read in your posts, your main problem is that your code is not properly structured. My guess is that you put almost everything in your main. Try and put all your code in classes: CClient and CServer for example. Doing this, enables you to reuse your code in a dialog app for example.
Behind every great black man...
... is the police. - Conspiracy brother
Blog[^]
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Like the other guy said, you're obviously lost at sea. Why would printf not work in a dialog app ? What were you using instead ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Hi folks,
I got a problem with CFileDialog.
This is my code:
CFileDialog dlg(TRUE, 0, 0, OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT, "Text files (.txt)|*.txt||");
if (dlg.DoModal() == IDCANCEL) return;
And this is my problem:
When I open this dialog the first time, everything works fine.
But when I open it the second time (just after I selected a file in the first run) both the CFileDialog and my dialog-based application disappear.
The error occurs right when the CFileDialog wants to show a small 'tooltip'(?) window in wich some file information is presented. The same small window is shown in the first run without any problem, but in the second run my application crashes just when the window is to be shown.
In debug mode I get the message 'Access violation in Shell32.dll'.
Any ideas what's going wrong ?
Unfortunately I got none...
Thanks
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. - Mother Theresa
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