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BobInNJ20-May-09 15:29

20-May-09 15:29

David,

Thanks for the response. I looked at the URL you suggested. I am not up on all this registry stuff so I may have missed the boat. Are you telling me that should set the field NoChangeKeyboardNavigationIndicators in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Myapp
where the name of my application is Myapp.

If I have this right, is my install script suppose to set this up? By the way, the application I am writing does not currently set any entries in the registry. However, I have a feeling it should.

Bob

Re: Menus and MFC

David Crow21-May-09 3:20

David Crow

21-May-09 3:20

BobInNJ wrote:
Thanks for the response. I looked at the URL you suggested.

Which was the wrong one. The registry value instead is:

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\UserPreferencesMask

Note the value of the 30th bit when you change the checked state of the "Hide underlined letters for keyboard..." checkbox.

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Re: Menus and MFC

BobInNJ21-May-09 5:31

BobInNJ

21-May-09 5:31

David,

Thanks for the response. If I understand your solution changing the registry value you suggest
will change it for every application on the system. That is not acceptable for my application. Maybe
I will just live with the default.

Bob

Re: Menus and MFC

Stuart Dootson19-May-09 21:41

Stuart Dootson

19-May-09 21:41

BobInNJ wrote:
However, when I run Microsoft Word

I would tend to ignore Word (Office in general) - Office is notorious for a) not using the standard Windows components, and b) not following Windows user interface guidelines. And the trouble with bucking the standard is that you're never going to benefit from improvements made in later versions of the OS.

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Fourier series program

maidy_1919-May-09 11:29

maidy_19

19-May-09 11:29

I got an assignmet 2 make a program finds fourier expansion the specifications are:
It is required to write a program in order to which takes a time expression as a string and perform all the necessary parsing on the expression and generate the fourier series expansion of this expression. THe program should be able to recieve the period of the wave under study even if it was a piecewise continuous expression.

Please any1 can help me with this?

Re: Fourier series program

Garth J Lancaster19-May-09 12:04

Garth J Lancaster

19-May-09 12:04

maidy_19 wrote:
Please any1 can help me with this?

most certainly

1) learn how to spell - don't use text speak either
2) learn how to use google - since this is an assignment likely you already have some resources, including your tutor, course-work
3) read the top question of this forum - the one that is titled "How to get an answer to your question"

when you've done that, post some code back here if you're still having trouble - we don't DO assignments for people - we help them with code - you havnt provided any yet.

'g'

Re: Fourier series program

Stuart Dootson19-May-09 12:06

Stuart Dootson

19-May-09 12:06

So...what form is the time expression in? I'll presume it's something like x = sin(t)

The tricky bit is parsing the time expression. You will need an expression parser - you can find grammar for an expression parser in many of the grammars[^] on the ANTLR web-site[^]. Yes, I'd probably recommend you use ANTLR to generate the parser from a grammar - it even has its own IDE[^]! Might even suggest you use Java for the project, as ANTLR's Java support is more developed than its C/C++ support.

You then also need an automaton that can evaluate the expression you've parsed (probably with substitution of variable values). That will enable you to generate a time series. Generating the fourier series from that is trivial and left as an exercise for the reader Smile | :)

Spirit[^], which is another option for the parser generation, includes a calculator example that has a simple expression parser and an automaton for evaluating expressions, so that's another option.

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Re: Fourier series program

maidy_1919-May-09 12:20

maidy_19

19-May-09 12:20

thanks Stuart you've been so much help Smile | :)

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VC 6.0： shortcut key for create cpp source file?

wb_program19-May-09 7:54

wb_program

19-May-09 7:54

hi all :
As far as I know,to create a source file in visual studio 6.0 is not that easy as push a button,but: file->new->files->c++ sourcefile?please help me Frown | :(

Re: VC 6.0： shortcut key for create cpp source file?

led mike19-May-09 8:03

led mike

19-May-09 8:03

wb_program wrote:
As far as I know,to create a source file in visual studio 6.0 is not that easy as push a button

Maybe you need to get one of these[^]

Re: VC 6.0： shortcut key for create cpp source file?

Michael Dunn19-May-09 11:24

Michael Dunn

19-May-09 11:24

There's a toolbar button for creating a new text file. When you save the file, give it a .cpp extension.

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Can you add a new string resource at runtime?

negativeG19-May-09 7:53

negativeG

19-May-09 7:53

Is it possible to add a new string resource at runtime? e.g. I would like to add "My Custom string" with the resource ID "IDR_CUSTOM_STRING" (with some unused value) to the string table.

We wish to allow our customers to customize the application. e.g. where it by default says 'Some Program' and 'Some file type (*.som)', they might use 'Bob's Program' and 'Bob's files (*.bob)'. That info in particular is all encoded into the IDR_MYPROGTYPE resource in the string table. The constructor for CMultiDocTemplate only uses this resource to set those strings as needed. I could define a new entry in the string table, and use that, but that works for only a single customization. To allow complete flexibility, I want want to generate a new string table entry based on some data file that is accessed before the DocTemplate is created (early in CMyWinApp).
As the resources themselves as part of the exe seems frought with problems, so I am happy to leave that alone. It just seems that at some point that data must be loaded and allocated somewhere, somehow. I just want to add a new one.
Or... if there is a safe way to do it, just modify the existing one.

Thanks,
-G

Re: Can you add a new string resource at runtime?

asrelu19-May-09 8:26

asrelu

19-May-09 8:26

Look at BeginUpdateResource.

Re: Can you add a new string resource at runtime?

Code-o-mat19-May-09 8:28

Code-o-mat

19-May-09 8:28

How about this[^]?

> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. <
> Life: great graphics, but the gameplay sux. <

Re: Can you add a new string resource at runtime?

negativeG22-May-09 9:25

negativeG

22-May-09 9:25

I had seen ::UpdateResource() before but it operates on a file, not from with the same program. Oh, well. If I have to make a utility app to do it externally, so be it. At least now I have a template function to do the mechanics of changing the string without having to think about it too much.
Thanks for you help
-G

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ranga.careers19-May-09 6:27

ranga.careers

19-May-09 6:27

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Re: MSCOMM

CPallini19-May-09 7:39

CPallini

19-May-09 7:39

The PortOpen property looks promising. Have a look at the MFC VCTERM [^] example.
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Disabling a CView, and darkening it

Sternocera19-May-09 6:13

Sternocera

19-May-09 6:13

Hello,

I'm writing an MFC app that accesses a database. In the event of a DB user being denied access to a database object, I disable the relevant CView through an EnableWindow(FALSE) call. This works well. However, it has the potential to confuse users, who may wonder why the CView cannot be interacted with - is it a bug? Therefore, I'd like to have some obvious visual indication that the view cannot be interacted with, such as darkening it.

I'm not sure how a view can be darkened. I'd be willing to settle for some other obvious visual indication if it was easier to implement.

What approach is suggested?

Thanks in advance,
Sternocera

Re: Disabling a CView, and darkening it

David Crow19-May-09 7:33

David Crow

19-May-09 7:33

Sternocera wrote:
I'd be willing to settle for some other obvious visual indication if it was easier to implement.

Are you wanting the view to be read-only (i.e., they can see records but can't edit them), or hidden?

Re: Disabling a CView, and darkening it

Sternocera19-May-09 7:48

Sternocera

19-May-09 7:48

They can't see the records anyway - the view won't get populated. This is a database level permission. I already have the entire view non-responsive through my call to EnableWindow(FALSE) - from there, I just want a big visual cue that the view is not interactive, such as darkening the view.

Thanks

Re: Disabling a CView, and darkening it

David Crow19-May-09 9:06

David Crow

19-May-09 9:06

Sternocera wrote:
...I just want a big visual cue that the view is not interactive, such as darkening the view.

Well, you could always close the view, or create a separate view that simply contained the text, "You do not have permission..."

Re: Disabling a CView, and darkening it

Sternocera19-May-09 10:14

Sternocera

19-May-09 10:14

What does it mean to close a view? Replacing my view with another view would probably be very clunky with my existing design - I suspect I will have to do some drawing to the view.

I'd rather have something that is based on the view when permission is not denied, such as a darkened version of the same thing, or overlaying of a padlock icon. That way, the user may get familiar with the general layout of the program without necessarily being able to use it all.

Regards,
Sternocera

Re: Disabling a CView, and darkening it

Sternocera19-May-09 11:18

Sternocera

19-May-09 11:18

Here's how far I've got:

void CCommonBaseView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)
{
	
	if(view_is_disabled)
	{
		pDC->SetDCPenColor(RGB(0,0,0));
		pDC->SetROP2(R2_MERGEPEN);		
	}
	CFormView::OnDraw(pDC);
}

It ought to be possible for me to change the way that we draw to the device context through the CDC pointer, and make the CView appear different somehow - darkening it, or making it grayscale, or something else. I don't seem to be having much luck drawing to the device context after the base class implementation has been called; It just makes swathes of gray turn white.

What approach is suggested?

Regards,
Sternocera

Re: Disabling a CView, and darkening it

Sternocera20-May-09 3:27

Sternocera

20-May-09 3:27

Come on guys, I'd really like to get an answer to this! How can I draw onto a CScrollView from its OnDraw() to change its appearance significantly, such as making it grayscale or darkened?

Thanks,
Sternocera

Application Crashes at mfc42!CMapStringToString::GetAssocAt+14

U Mallikarjuna Rao19-May-09 5:58

U Mallikarjuna Rao

19-May-09 5:58

Hi,

I have a multi threaded application which crashes at mfc42!CMapStringToString::GetAssocAt+14. Please see the DebugDiag tool output below.

Function Arg 1 Arg 2 Arg 3 Source
mfc42!CMapStringToString::GetAssocAt+14 07c59d50 086cf9a8 086cf9b4
mfc42!CMapStringToPtr::Lookup+12 07c59d50 086cf9d0 00000000
DataConverter+24d57 07c59d50 086cf9d0 00000000
DataConverter+1ce5e 07c59d50 086cfa04 73ed4343
DataConverter+436cb 105868f0 000003e4 07d13bb8
DataConverter+411ba 00425047 0000000b 00000000
DataConverter+40731 7c83e828 ffffffff 7c83e825
DataConverter+2d53e 0000000a 07d13bb8 00000000
DataConverter+539c0 0000000a 07d243f8 00000001
DataConverter+53887 00000000 07d13d30 07d13c68
mfc42!_AfxThreadEntry+119 0012f028 00000000 00000000
msvcrt!_endthreadex+a3 07d13c68 00000000 00000000
kernel32!BaseThreadStart+34 77bcb4bc 07d13c68 00000000

I'm just wondering at the two MFC42 calls on top. These two are from two different classes. If my understanding is not wrong, it has to call GetNextAssicAt() method in CMapStringToPtr class but calling the method in CMapStringToString class. Could somebody help me here?

This application runs for few hours and processes thousands of messages and crashes randomly. Every time it crashes, points at same memory address.

Event description for crash: Faulting application DataConverter.exe version 1.0.0.0, faulting module mfc42.dll version 6.6.8063.0, fault address ox000234e4

Thanks in advance.
Mallik

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