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Cracking console app that takes data to stdin.

9ine1-Mar-06 1:02

1-Mar-06 1:02

I written win app to launch console app write data to it and read results from it thru pipes.

My Console app on launch from command line:
type numbers:
//I'm then typing floating point numbers
1.1\n
2.2\n
3.3\n
\032\n <------ ctrl-z and new line forcing console to stop reading
//produce some output

My win app:
creates pipes;
create process; //console app
write to stdinWPipe; //console read it from its end of pipe stdinRPipe
fprintf(stdinWPipe,"%f\n",numb[i]);
frpintf(stdinWPipe,"\032\n"); //write ctrl-z symbol
closehandle(stdinWPipe); //close write end of stdin pipe
closehandle(stdoutWPipe); //close write end of stdout pipe before read
ReadFile(stdoutRPipe, ...); //read from read end of stdout pipe

This all works fine with my test console app and my win app to launch it, write data to its stdin and read data from its stdout throu pipes.

But there is just executable console which I need to lunch the same mode.
After it is ran from just command prompt it behaves exactly the same as my test console app:
type numbers: //writing prompt for typing in
1.1\n //and all the same typing numbers
2.2\n
3.3\n
\032\n //ctrl+z + \n
//and then it outputs results

But when I run this unknown console app from my win app function ReadFile(stdoutRPipe,... ) hangs itself never returning?? That is no data written to stdoutWPipe from console app. Whats the hell??

9ine

Re: Cracking console app that takes data to stdin.

RobJones1-Mar-06 3:31

RobJones

1-Mar-06 3:31

I did the same thing with a program I wrote in the past.. On Read I loop the read until no more data is available... Not sure how you are doing your ReadFile but this may help.

for ( ;; ) 
{
	if(!ReadFile(hChildStdoutRdDup, chOutputBuf, sizeof(chOutputBuf), &dwRead, NULL) || dwRead == 0)
		break;

	chOutputBuf[dwRead] = 0;
		
	// Do what ever with the data read
}

Rob

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Re: Cracking console app that takes data to stdin.

9ine1-Mar-06 5:39

9ine

1-Mar-06 5:39

I've figured out the reason.
This executable first writes to stderr so it was useless to read from stdout untill this program accepted data in stdin. So this is why readfile suspends itself if trying to read from stdin.

9ine

Converting HWnd to CWnd

whatever891-Mar-06 0:56

whatever89

1-Mar-06 0:56

Hi,
how can i get a handle to my current window class?, i mean from within the class, if its possible at all.
and is there any way to convert between both HWnd and CWnd , f.e a function that takes a handle and returns a pointer ?
thanks

Re: Converting HWnd to CWnd

Vinaya1-Mar-06 1:01

Vinaya

1-Mar-06 1:01

CWnd::FromHandle() [^]

Vini

Re: Converting HWnd to CWnd

Nibu babu thomas1-Mar-06 1:03

Nibu babu thomas

1-Mar-06 1:03

saadani wrote:
is there any way to convert between both HWnd and CWnd , f.e a function that takes a handle and returns a pointer ?

HWND to CWnd *

CWnd *pWnd = CWnd::FromHandle(aHwnd);

CWnd to HWND

HWND aHwnd = pWnd->GetSafeHwnd();

saadani wrote:
how can i get a handle to my current window class?, i mean from within the class

HWND hWnd = this->GetSafeHwnd();

Nibu thomas
Software Developer

Re: Converting HWnd to CWnd

walter761-Mar-06 1:04

walter76

1-Mar-06 1:04

From the Documentation of the CWnd-Class:

CWnd::m_hWnd

Remarks

The handle of the Windows window attached to this CWnd. The m_hWnd data member is a public variable of type HWND.

CWnd::GetSafeHwnd

HWND GetSafeHwnd( ) const;

Return Value

Returns the window handle for a window. Returns NULL if the CWnd is not attached to a window or if it is used with a NULL CWnd pointer.

Hope this helps you out.

Walter

Re: Converting HWnd to CWnd

whatever891-Mar-06 2:53

whatever89

1-Mar-06 2:53

thanks a lot

Combo box height is not increasing

BiswaR1-Mar-06 0:51

BiswaR

1-Mar-06 0:51

Hi Guys,
I have a list control containing 3 columns, When i click on any item in the list box it again pops up a combo box. But problem is that when i am tring to increase the height of the combo box it's not increasing and reamain same always. I am giving you the whole code. please tell me how to fix this problem. I am trying to increase the rect.bottom but its not increasing.

void CListAgr::OnListLButton(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
UINT nFlags = lParam;
int iItem = wParam;
int iItem = m_list_Agr.GetNextItem(-1, LVNI_SELECTED);
if (iItem >= 0)
{
CRect rect;
int offset = 0;
// Make sure that the item is visible
m_list_Agr.GetSubItemRect(iItem, 1, LVIR_BOUNDS, rect);
// Now scroll if we need to expose the column
CRect rcClient;
m_list_leaseabs.GetClientRect(rcClient);
if( offset + rect.left < 0 || offset + rect.left > rcClient.right )
{
CSize size;
size.cx = rect.left;
size.cy = 0;
m_list_leaseabs.Scroll(size);
rect.left -= size.cx;
}
rect.left += offset;
rect.right = rect.left + m_list_Agr.GetColumnWidth(1);
if(rect.right > rcClient.right)
rect.right = rcClient.right;
//basic code end

rect.NormalizeRect();
rect.bottom += 10 * rect.Height();//dropdown area "PLEASE SEE THIS"
rect.left += 10;
rect.right += 10;
rect.top += 30;
CStringList lstItems;
lstItems.AddTail("X");
lstItems.AddTail("Y");
lstItems.AddTail("Z");
CComboBox *pADFList = new CComboInListView(iItem, 1, &lstItems);
DWORD dwStyle = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL |
WS_HSCROLL|CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL;
pADFList->Create(dwStyle, rect, this, IDC_COMBOBOXINLISTVIEW);
pADFList->ModifyStyleEx(0,WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE);//can we tell at all
pADFList->SetHorizontalExtent(m_list_Agr.GetColumnWidth(1));
pADFList->ShowDropDown();
pADFList->SelectString(-1, m_list_Agr.GetItemText(iItem, 1));
}

}

Re: Combo box height is not increasing

khan++1-Mar-06 1:26

khan++

1-Mar-06 1:26

I could not check all of your code, but you can try this:
Remove the CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL style from the Combobox.
See if that helps.

this is this.

Re: Combo box height is not increasing

BiswaR1-Mar-06 1:48

BiswaR

1-Mar-06 1:48

No it's not working. As per MSDN
CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL: The list box shows a disabled vertical scroll bar when the list box does not contain enough items to scroll. Without this style, the scroll bar is hidden when the list box does not contain enough items.

If possible then check the code we are missing fundamental concept like it's mapping mode or something.

Re: Combo box height is not increasing

khan++1-Mar-06 2:19

khan++

1-Mar-06 2:19

Ok, I found the control you are using:
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/controls/listview/miscellanious/article.php/c1005/[^]
Well, I don't really know what you want to do with it, but removing the CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL style causes it to drop lower. Maybe you want the scrollbars also. Well, I can't say more about it. I hope someone else can help you.

this is this.

Lost my way in classes and array..

joostvaningen1-Mar-06 0:50

joostvaningen

1-Mar-06 0:50

Hi,

I'm running into some issues with my custom created class..

A simplified version:

ref class cCollection<br />
{<br />
public:<br />
  int id;<br />
  array< Point >^ points;<br />
  char* name;<br />
};

Declared an array for it with:

<br />
array< cCollection^ >^ aCollection;<br />
<br />
array< cCollection^ >^ aCollection = gcnew array< cCollection^ >(99);

The application compiles, builds, and runs, but when i try to add an element in my btnAdd_Click event with:

<br />
iCount++;<br />
<br />
cCollection^ tempCollection = gcnew cCollection;<br />
<br />
aCollection[iCount] = tempCollection;

...the application crashes with "aCollection contains < undefined value > "

I hope you see my target; I have a class cCollection and i'd like to put them in an array.. I lost track with the fact that my array contains managed elements (points).

Could someone please help me out? thanks in advance,

joost

-- modified at 7:51 Wednesday 1st March, 2006

Re: Lost my way in classes and array..

David Crow1-Mar-06 2:58

David Crow

1-Mar-06 2:58

This looks like managed C++. Yes?

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Re: Lost my way in classes and array..

joostvaningen1-Mar-06 3:37

joostvaningen

1-Mar-06 3:37

Indeed.. The use of Points requires the use of it. At least, that's what i can make up out of the errors i receive during the development of this small application.

Thanks for your reply,

joost

-- modified at 9:38 Wednesday 1st March, 2006

Re: Lost my way in classes and array..

joostvaningen1-Mar-06 20:42

joostvaningen

1-Mar-06 20:42

The problem is solved with:

array< cCollection^ >^ aCollection; <br />
<br />
aCollection = gcnew array< cCollection^ >(99);

File load in memoery memory - then perform read write on that data

zahid_ash1-Mar-06 0:29

zahid_ash

1-Mar-06 0:29

Hi ,

As i know the data read and write from a hard disk in a file is bit a slow process,

So i want read a data from file and load it into a memory to do some operations on data and then i want to write that all data inot a file , so read and write will b only for once.
actualy i dont want the continoius read and write to a hard disk,

so how can i load the all file contents in a memry and read them from memoery , and how can i write a that memory data into a file

Thanks

Regards.

Re: File load in memoery memory - then perform read write on that data

Naveen1-Mar-06 2:17

Naveen

1-Mar-06 2:17

Create a file.

pass that handle as first parameter in the function CreateFileMapping()
now pass the hanle return from the function CreateFileMapping to the function
MapViewOfFile().
The function MapViewOfFile() returns a pointer to the buffer. u can do read and write to thst buffer. Finally u have to call UnMappviewoffile() when u exit.

nave

Re: File load in memoery memory - then perform read write on that data

David Crow1-Mar-06 3:03

David Crow

1-Mar-06 3:03

zahid_ash wrote:
so how can i load the all file contents in a memry...

char  buffer[2048];
DWORD dwBytesToRead = sizeof(buffer),
      dwBytesRead;
ReadFile(hFile, &buffer, dwBytesToRead, &dwBytesRead, NULL);

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

SetBitmapBits not Working as Expected

walter761-Mar-06 0:28

walter76

1-Mar-06 0:28

Hi there,

i have written this function to draw a image held in raw pixel data in my own class to a window. It is not working as expected, say it doesn't draw a single pixel. Where is the fault? I am trying to solve this for days now and can't see where i made the mistake. Here comes the code.

void CImageViewerView::drawImage(CDC* pDC, CpilImage* pImage) {
    // create compatible memory dc
    CDC memDC;
    memDC.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);

    // draw image into the bitmap
    CBitmap imageBitmap;
    BITMAP bmp;
    BYTE* imageBits;
    BYTE* pImageBits;

    imageBitmap.CreateBitmap(pImage->getWidth(), pImage->getHeight(), 1, 24, NULL);
    imageBitmap.GetBitmap(&bmp);
    imageBits = (BYTE*) GlobalAlloc(GPTR, bmp.bmHeight * bmp.bmWidthBytes);

    for (unsigned int y = 0; y < pImage->getHeight(); y++) {
        unsigned int* line = pImage->getPixelRegion(0, y, pImage->getWidth(), 1);
        unsigned int* pLine = line;

        pImageBits = imageBits + (bmp.bmWidthBytes * y);
        for (unsigned int x = 0; x < pImage->getWidth(); x++) {
            pImageBits[0] = getRedValue(pLine);
            pImageBits[1] = getGreenValue(pLine);
            pImageBits[2] = getBlueValue(pLine);
            pImageBits += 3;
            pLine++;
        }
    }
    if (imageBitmap.SetBitmapBits(bmp.bmHeight * bmp.bmWidthBytes, imageBits) == 0) {
        AfxMessageBox("Could not set bitmap bits.");
    }

    GlobalFree((HGLOBAL) imageBits);

    // draw bitmap
    CBitmap* pOldBitmap = memDC.SelectObject(&imageBitmap);
    if (pDC->BitBlt(0, 0, pImage->getWidth(), pImage->getHeight(), &memDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY) ==0) {
        AfxMessageBox("BitBlt failed.");
    }
    memDC.SelectObject(pOldBitmap);
}

CpilImage is a class which stores a image plus the pixel data in rgb-quads. The getXXXValue()-functions are utility functions which extract the red, green and blue values from the quads. The class and functions are working, cause if i alter the function to work with CDC::SetPixelV() the image is drawn. But as this is very slow i tryed to speed it up with SetBitmapBits() and BitBlt() which seems to not work.

Walter

Re: SetBitmapBits not Working as Expected

includeh101-Mar-06 2:11

includeh10

1-Mar-06 2:11

i am prety sure no one wants to read long code as in ur post.

1. bitmap width must be aligned with 2 or 4 bytes.
2. bottom-up or top-down bitmap is determined by BITMAPINFIHEADER.dbHeight.

A nice tool for optimizing your Microsoft html-help contents.

Includeh10

-- modified at 8:12 Wednesday 1st March, 2006

Re: SetBitmapBits not Working as Expected

walter761-Mar-06 2:25

walter76

1-Mar-06 2:25

I tryed to cut it down, but i thought everything could be important. But your post shows that you haven't read the code, either. I use the calculated width from the bitmap info header bmWidthBytes. This is calculated by windows and 4 bytes aligned. I put traces in there and the height is calculated correct. If any of this values would be false there should be something on the screen at last and if it is only crap. But there is nothing, not a single pixel.

I try to break the code down a bit:

// create compatible memory dc
CDC memDC;
memDC.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);

// draw image into the bitmap
CBitmap imageBitmap;
BITMAP bmp;
BYTE* imageBits;
BYTE* pImageBits;

imageBitmap.CreateBitmap(pImage->getWidth(), pImage->getHeight(), 1, 24, NULL);
imageBitmap.GetBitmap(&bmp);
imageBits = (BYTE*) GlobalAlloc(GPTR, bmp.bmHeight * bmp.bmWidthBytes);

//... doing some pixel transform stuff

if (imageBitmap.SetBitmapBits(bmp.bmHeight * bmp.bmWidthBytes, imageBits) == 0) {
    AfxMessageBox("Could not set bitmap bits.");
}

GlobalFree((HGLOBAL) imageBits);

// draw bitmap
CBitmap* pOldBitmap = memDC.SelectObject(&imageBitmap);
if (pDC->BitBlt(0, 0, pImage->getWidth(), pImage->getHeight(), &memDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY) ==0) {
    AfxMessageBox("BitBlt failed.");
}
memDC.SelectObject(pOldBitmap);

Re: SetBitmapBits not Working as Expected

Ryan Binns1-Mar-06 2:53

Ryan Binns

1-Mar-06 2:53

Instead of using CreateBitmap(), use CreateCompatibleBitmap() passing pDC as the DC parameter, and then use the contents of the BITMAP structure to determine what format the bitmap is in. You may very well find that it's a 32-bpp bitmap, not a 24-bpp bitmap. Remember BitBlt() only works if the source bitmap is monochrome or in the same format as the device context - hence the CreateCompatibleBitmap() function.

Ryan

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Re: SetBitmapBits not Working as Expected

walter761-Mar-06 2:59

walter76

1-Mar-06 2:59

Yeah! Just found out that this is the problem. It seems SelectObject() for the bitmap is returning an error, because of the bitmap is not compatible with the device context. I think i change my strategy and have a look into device independent bitmaps (DIB). Maybe this solves my problem.

Programming Windows API can be frustrating sometimes. The only thing i want to do is to put some raw 24bit RGB pixel data fast on to the screen. This can't be that difficult.

Thanks for your help!

Re: SetBitmapBits not Working as Expected

Ryan Binns1-Mar-06 2:55

Ryan Binns

1-Mar-06 2:55

I just noticed what you're trying to do Blush | :O

Have a look at CreateDIBitmap() and SetDIBitsToDevice(). They will work with any bitmap format and will convert between them when displaying the bitmap. Slower than BitBlt(), but the performance will be substantially quicker than what you are doing here.

Ryan

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