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Unicode Controls

waterbuffalo24-Sep-02 2:13

waterbuffalo

24-Sep-02 2:13

I am finding Unicode Controls that can run on Windows 98. Help me, please.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Unicode Controls

Maximilien24-Sep-02 2:28

Maximilien

24-Sep-02 2:28

to have support for UNICODE for win98, you need to have your application use the unicows.lib

see Microsoft Layer of Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems[^] @ microsoft. but if I were you, I'd think twice about it, and upgrade your OS to Xp.

Max.

when will the form disappear?

ns24-Sep-02 2:15

24-Sep-02 2:15

First, is it possible to terminate a CDialog (modeless) from the spawning class?

Second, if I am receiving repeated SendMessages from a dll, and this happens at a function call to the dll, will my dialog vanish after all the messages have been sent, or earlier? Will it wait for the dll to finish before executing the next line?

//launch modeless form
//call dll which wil send 100 sendmessages
//terminate modeless form

Third,can you sendmessage from a completely independent app, (not a dll) using the same technique as usual?

Thanks,
ns

Re: when will the form disappear?

Ravi Bhavnani24-Sep-02 6:26

Ravi Bhavnani

24-Sep-02 6:26

First, is it possible to terminate a CDialog (modeless) from the spawning class?

Yes. Add a handler for a hidden button (or menu command) in your modeless dialog, eg: CMD_HIDDEN_CLOSE, which does this:

CMyModelessDlg::OnHiddenClose()
{
  // Do any dialog specific cleanup
  ...
 
  // Close this window
  CDialog::OnOK();
  DestroyWindow();
  delete this;
}

Then, just post the modeless dialog the CMD_HIDDEN_CLOSE command, eg:

CMyModelessDlg* pModeless = ...;
pModeless->PostMessage (WM_COMMAND, CMD_HIDDEN_CLOSE);

/ravi

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Re: when will the form disappear?

Ravi Bhavnani24-Sep-02 6:29

Ravi Bhavnani

24-Sep-02 6:29

Third,can you sendmessage from a completely independent app, (not a dll) using the same technique as usual?

Yes, as long as you have the target window's handle.

This (posting or sending messages) is an easy way to "automate" windows because they become responsive to a collection of commands. I suggest using PostMessage unless it's necessary for the command to be executed right away.

/ravi

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Re: when will the form disappear?

Ravi Bhavnani24-Sep-02 6:43

Ravi Bhavnani

24-Sep-02 6:43

Second, if I am receiving repeated SendMessages from a dll...

This is a good example of the distinction between Send/PostMessage(). Your DLL can call SendMessage() or PostMessage().

However, the termination message should be Posted, not Sended Smile | :)

in order to ensure that all previous messages are handled before the modeless dialog goes bye bye.

/ravi

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Re: when will the form disappear?

ns24-Sep-02 6:53

24-Sep-02 6:53

Thanks! I've been stuck for almost a week trying to get my VB dll to send me a message. If this doesnt look i have to do shared memory............aaaargh! It sounds horrible. Plus Ihave to do it in VB and in Vc since the two are talking.....really dont want to, but ...

Thanks,
ns

EndDialog() - can I call it in the parent form?

ns24-Sep-02 2:02

24-Sep-02 2:02

If I spawn a modal form can I terminate it from the parent like
myDialog.EndDialog(retVal);

Will retval get filled in if I send it the address of the variable?

Thanks,
ns

Re: EndDialog() - can I call it in the parent form?

Nish Nishant24-Sep-02 2:07

Nish Nishant

24-Sep-02 2:07

Yes, you can call EndDialog(nRes) anywhere in your dialog class, but remember that EndDialog will close the dialog only after the function where you call it finishes!

Nish

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Thank you, and also...

ns24-Sep-02 2:18

24-Sep-02 2:18

So this is fine, right?

CDialog myDialog;
myDialog.DoModal();
myDialog.EndDialog(& nretVal);

Thanks,
ns

Re: Thank you, and also...

Tomasz Sowinski24-Sep-02 2:23

Tomasz Sowinski

24-Sep-02 2:23

It's not - DoModal doesn't return until EndDialog is called. You'll have to call EndDialog in response to some event.

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Re: Thank you, and also...

Nish Nishant24-Sep-02 5:20

Nish Nishant

24-Sep-02 5:20

ns wrote:
So this is fine, right?

NO!!!

When you call DoModal a dialog is created and shown and a message loop is started. Now when you call EndDialog in one of the message handlers the dialog is destroyed, the message loop exited and then DoModal returns and the value it returns is the value you passed to EndDialog. Get it?

Regards,
Nish

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got it!

ns24-Sep-02 5:31

24-Sep-02 5:31

Finally

Thanks,
ns

Re: Thank you, and also...

Phil J Pearson24-Sep-02 6:26

Phil J Pearson

24-Sep-02 6:26

No it's not fine. DoModal will not return until the dialog is closed. Therefore your EndDialog will be called for a dialog that no longer exists.

It only makes sense to call EndDialog from a member function of the dialog. EndDialog is only relevant for modal dialogs and, by definition, the calling thread can't continue while a modal dialog is open.

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Thanks.What about modeless forms though?

ns24-Sep-02 6:30

24-Sep-02 6:30

Appreciate the responses. I didnt really realize what modal meant..

Re: EndDialog() - can I call it in the parent form?

Ravi Bhavnani24-Sep-02 6:39

Ravi Bhavnani

24-Sep-02 6:39

"Yikes, please no!!! Ouch, that hurts." (Sound of your modal dialog talking) Cry | :((

.

A method like EndDialog() should only be called from within the dialog itself. To terminate a dialog from its parent, post it a custom message that causes the dialog to execute an orderly shutdown. (See my earlier reply about hidden commands).

/ravi

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Mp3 support

pankajdaga24-Sep-02 1:44

pankajdaga

24-Sep-02 1:44

Hi,

Just wondering if it is possible to parse MP3 files with DirectSound. I want to get access to the raw music data and change it, like you could do with a .wav file

Pankaj

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Re: Mp3 support

Stephane Rodriguez.24-Sep-02 1:50

Stephane Rodriguez.

24-Sep-02 1:50

No. You need DirectMedia (part of the Directx sdk).

DirectSound plays audio sample buffers described by a standard WAVEFORMATEX structure.

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Odd GetSAfeHWnd problem...

ns24-Sep-02 1:38

24-Sep-02 1:38

If I do:

CProgressCtrl *pBar = (CProgressCtrl*)GetDlgItem(IDC_PROGRESS1);
long hPbHandle = (long)pBar->GetSafeHwnd();

than if I do

(long)m_Progress1.GetSafeHwnd();

where m_Progress1 is the name of the control.

Thanks,
ns

Re: Odd GetSAfeHWnd problem...

Tomasz Sowinski24-Sep-02 1:45

Tomasz Sowinski

24-Sep-02 1:45

What exactly is your problem?

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Re: Odd GetSAfeHWnd problem...

ns24-Sep-02 1:58

24-Sep-02 1:58

I'm passing the handle to a dll which sends me messages> Well, done the first way I get the message. Done the second way, it doesnt get past the senmessage in the dll, and an exception occurs in the client. With one method, the progressbar gets PBM_STEPIT, but not with the other..

Thanks,
ns

Re: Odd GetSAfeHWnd problem...

Tomasz Sowinski24-Sep-02 2:01

Tomasz Sowinski

24-Sep-02 2:01

Are you sure m_Progress1 in correctly mapped to Windows control in DoDataExchange or elsewhere?

Put the breakpoint in the second version and check the members of m_Progress1.

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Problem in setting font to list or tree control

24-Sep-02 1:00

Problem in setting japanese font to list or tree control.
Following is the sequence in which I encounter the problem.
1) Create a list or tree control with some items having japanese characters.
2) Set a font that does NOT support japanese characters using SetFont() function.
3) Using Setfont set a font which supports japanese characters.
4) Now, the items in the list/tree control display junk characters.
5) Only if the list/tree control is refreshed (that is, if all the items are deleted and added again) then the items are displayed properly.

I want to change the font in list/tree control directly without deleting and adding the items in the control.
Please suggest how this can be done.

Missing definition file: (.def)

RChin24-Sep-02 0:44

RChin

24-Sep-02 0:44

I am at my hairs' end trying to solve this puzzle.
What section of the VC++ options produces a definition file?

I am currently trying to build a regular MFC DLL. Everything compliles OK, except for linking. It tells me that It cannot open the ??.def file.

<font color="#009933">
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file ".\MyDLL.def"
Error executing link.exe.</font>

Does anyone know what would prevent the compiler creating this definition file and why is it interfare with an otherwise perfectly written piece of code? Big Grin | :-D

Gracias.

Re: Missing definition file: (.def)

Tomasz Sowinski24-Sep-02 0:53

Tomasz Sowinski

24-Sep-02 0:53

Compiler doesn't create .def file. It's created by default by Project Wizard. Can you check if there's one in your project?

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