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Dave Kerr6-Jul-09 1:19

6-Jul-09 1:19

Hi All,

I'm having real difficulty in getting transparency to work in my application. I am drawing an image into the window title bar, the code (in short) is below:

void CThemedDialog::OnNcPaint()
{
	//	Get device context of the window.
	CDC* pWindowDC = GetWindowDC();

	//	Get rectangle of window.
	CRect rcWindow;
	GetWindowRect(rcWindow);
        ///..some basic drawing...

	m_bitmapWindowIcon.Draw(pWindowDC->GetSafeHdc(), 5, 5);
        //even trying with the line below doesn't work!
	//m_bitmapWindowIcon.AlphaBlend(pWindowDC->GetSafeHdc(), 5, 5);

	ReleaseDC(pWindowDC);

m_bitmapWindowIcon is an ATL::CImage object that is loaded from a png file (I've also tried with a jpeg file). I never get any transparency - just white pixels where the transparent ones should be. Is there something stupid I am doing? I'm pulling my hair out over this!

Thanks in advance,

Dave

Re: Easy CImage Question?

Adam Roderick J6-Jul-09 5:40

Adam Roderick J

6-Jul-09 5:40

Please clear you question Confused | :confused:

String

Tiyani Miyambo6-Jul-09 0:18

Tiyani Miyambo

6-Jul-09 0:18

in a textbox i have "Sam james thomas" which is 3 names

can anyone write a code that will only take the middle name in C++

thanks

Re: String

enhzflep6-Jul-09 0:43

enhzflep

6-Jul-09 0:43

Um, yep. Pretty much anyone can do it.

Re: String

Hamid_RT6-Jul-09 0:43

Hamid_RT

6-Jul-09 0:43

You can use of CString::Mid.

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Re: String

KarstenK6-Jul-09 2:48

KarstenK

6-Jul-09 2:48

thats a real basic homework:
1. find the 2 blank positions
2. extract the chars in between

it is no question it is a sign thats you arent engaged enough for writing code Mad | :mad:

Press F1 for help or google it.
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Re: String

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz6-Jul-09 10:51

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

6-Jul-09 10:51

Tiyani Miyambo wrote:
"Sam james thomas"

strtok(strtok("Sam james thomas", " "), null);

Re: String

David Crow7-Jul-09 3:34

David Crow

7-Jul-09 3:34

ahmed zahmed wrote:
strtok(strtok("Sam james thomas", " "), null);

Maybe you meant this as a joke. Otherwise, you can't seriously think it would produce the desired result.

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Re: String

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz16-Jul-09 8:30

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

16-Jul-09 8:30

you are correct, it won't produce the desired result. what was i thinking?

strtok("Sam james thomas", " ");
strtok(null, " ");

CreateTimerQueue() - questions about how it works? [modified]

Souldrift5-Jul-09 23:40

Souldrift

5-Jul-09 23:40

I have a thread going on a little way down, about threads and timing. Now a question came up that I felt should go into a different thread.
I have the following code piece

HANDLE hTimerQueue = CreateTimerQueue();
HANDLE hTimer;
count = 0;
CreateTimerQueueTimer(&hTimer, hTimerQueue, (WAITORTIMERCALLBACK)&DoSendHere, 0 , 20, 0, WT_EXECUTEINTIMERTHREAD);

QueryPerformanceCounter(&liStart);
::SleepEx(60, TRUE);
//DeleteTimerQueueTimer( hTimerQueue, hTimer, NULL );
LONG lCount = count;
QueryPerformanceFrequency(&liFreq);
			
m_pLogger->Out( Logger::DEBUG, "RTPEngine: Time     = %f.\n", double(liEnd.QuadPart-liStart.QuadPart) / double(liFreq.QuadPart) );
m_pLogger->Out( Logger::DEBUG, "RTPEngine: Count    = %d.\n", lCount );
//DeleteTimerQueueTimer( hTimerQueue, hTimer, NULL );

The liEnd variable is filled in the callback function.
Several issues:
1. Like it is the callback func is called once (like intended) but the output gives a time of appx. 30ms, not 20ms. Actually the time is never the time I set up.
2. Why does it crash if I call DeleteTimerQueueTimer( hTimerQueue, hTimer, NULL ); after the output?

The output is this

RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.030410.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.
RTPEngine: Sending data package with size 480 (excluding header).
RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.030192.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.
RTPEngine: Sending data package with size 480 (excluding header).
RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.030377.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.

This is the output for a 9ms dueTime:

RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.016252.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.
RTPEngine: Sending data package with size 480 (excluding header).
RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.014759.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.
RTPEngine: Sending data package with size 480 (excluding header).
RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.014178.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.
RTPEngine: Sending data package with size 480 (excluding header).
RTPEngine: Timer callback activated.
RTPEngine: Time     = 0.014759.
RTPEngine: Count    = 1.

Souldrift

modified on Monday, July 6, 2009 5:53 AM

Re: CreateTimerQueue() - questions about how it works?

Stuart Dootson6-Jul-09 0:12

Stuart Dootson

6-Jul-09 0:12

I can't reproduce your results - I always see the timer triggering roughly (within around 2-300 microseconds) when expected.

Note that in my initial post about timer queue timers I posted the wrong callback function signature - that could have caused crashes, as there was an extra formal parameter - sorry about that.

You may find it useful to investigate the different values in the Flags parameter of CreateTimerQueueTimer - the callback doesn't have to execute in the same thread as the timer.

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Re: CreateTimerQueue() - questions about how it works?

Souldrift6-Jul-09 1:36

Souldrift

6-Jul-09 1:36

Well, I made a small adaption to your code like this (some output and another timing behaviour)

#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <iostream>

LONG count;
LARGE_INTEGER liStart, liEnd, liFreq;

VOID CALLBACK DoSendHere(__in_opt  LPVOID lpArgToCompletionRoutine,
                         __in      DWORD dwTimerLowValue,
                         __in      DWORD dwTimerHighValue)
{
   QueryPerformanceCounter(&liEnd);
   
   count++;
   std::cout << "Time = " << double(liEnd.QuadPart-liStart.QuadPart) / double(liFreq.QuadPart) << std::endl;
}

void SendLoop()
{
   HANDLE hTimerQueue = CreateTimerQueue();
   HANDLE hTimer;
   count = 0;
   QueryPerformanceFrequency(&liFreq);
   CreateTimerQueueTimer(&hTimer, hTimerQueue, (WAITORTIMERCALLBACK)&DoSendHere, 0 , 0, 9, WT_EXECUTEINTIMERTHREAD);
   QueryPerformanceCounter(&liStart);

   ::SleepEx(65, TRUE);
   LONG lCount = count;
   DeleteTimerQueueTimer(hTimerQueue, hTimer, 0);
   std::cout << "Time = " << double(liEnd.QuadPart-liStart.QuadPart) / double(liFreq.QuadPart) << std::endl;
   std::cout << "count = " << lCount << std::endl;
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
   SendLoop();
   getchar();
   return 0;
}

The result shows the same 15ms jumps I had before. Maybe there´s just no way around. I guess, I think some more and then we might have to settle for a different approach.

Thanks once again for ideas and brainstorming.

Souldrift

How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

Member 63711455-Jul-09 22:39

Member 6371145

5-Jul-09 22:39

Hej Everyone,

I opened MS word file in NOTEPAD and saved it as text file so that i can read the saved file using C/C++ streams. Below i have given image of MS word file opened in NOTEPAD and then i tried to read it using C/C++ streams but my programs reads the first few characters and then terminates. Why can't i read all these characters?

http://i41.tinypic.com/nybvih.jpg[^]

Any help in this regard will be appreciated. Smile | :)

Thanks

Re: How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

Cedric Moonen5-Jul-09 22:43

Cedric Moonen

5-Jul-09 22:43

Post some relevant code snippet otherwise we can't guess what you are doing wrong.

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Software developer

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Re: How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

Member 63711455-Jul-09 22:49

Member 6371145

5-Jul-09 22:49

int main()
{
ifstream file("test.txt");
char ch;
if (file.is_open())
{
while ( !file.eof() )
{
file >> ch;
cout << ch;
}
}

getchar();
return (0);
}

-

This program just read the first few (5 to 6) characters of the MS word file saved as text file. How to read the remaining characters?

Re: How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

Cedric Moonen5-Jul-09 23:21

Cedric Moonen

5-Jul-09 23:21

Are you aware that the file contains binary data ? What are you trying to achieve exactly ? Trying to output to the screen a binary file is probably not a good idea...

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

Charting control [v2.0]
OpenGL game tutorial in C++

Re: How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

Member 63711455-Jul-09 23:57

Member 6371145

5-Jul-09 23:57

@Cédric Moonen

-

Thanks. Let me try it using binary. Smile | :)

-

Thanks everyone.

Re: How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

CPallini5-Jul-09 23:31

CPallini

5-Jul-09 23:31

Member 6371145 wrote:
I opened MS word file in NOTEPAD and saved it as text file so that i can read the saved file using C/C++ streams.

That makes no sense:

Changing the file extension won't change the (binary) content.
C/C++ can (of course) read binary content of files.

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Re: How to read this type of text file in C/C++?

Adam Roderick J6-Jul-09 5:53

Adam Roderick J

6-Jul-09 5:53

Did you tried with binary file mode?
MS word is actually writes in binary mode starts with MS word File header.

Database path

MsmVc5-Jul-09 22:28

MsmVc

5-Jul-09 22:28

Hi Expert

how to get mysql database path throigh code?

Re: Database path

Stuart Dootson6-Jul-09 0:13

Stuart Dootson

6-Jul-09 0:13

Path to what part of mysql?

I'm pretty sure that 'path to the database' isn't meaningful - remember that the database can be on a separate machine, on a filesystem you have no visibility of.

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[Message Deleted] [modified]

rajapp5-Jul-09 21:24

rajapp

5-Jul-09 21:24

how to Add button inside view class in MFC

modified on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:49 AM

Re: how to add button control to a drawing

Hamid_RT5-Jul-09 22:18

Hamid_RT

5-Jul-09 22:18

Do you need to Ownerdraw for your button?

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thus has Creation put the base
One Limb impacted is sufficient
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Re: how to add button control to a drawing

rajapp6-Jul-09 0:30

rajapp

6-Jul-09 0:30

i will explain wht i did. i uploaded a bit map and inthat bit map i draw a rectangle in view OnDraw function.

pDC->Rectangle(x, y, x1, y1);

now wht i want is that whn i click on the rectangle i want another window to b opened.

Re: how to add button control to a drawing

Hamid_RT6-Jul-09 0:42

Hamid_RT

6-Jul-09 0:42

You can use of CreateWindow/ShowWindow or DoModal for show other dialogs.

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