C / C++ / MFC

Still learning how to code

25-Nov-02 11:06

~~Check SHBrowseForFolder out.~~

Oops. This will only work for selecting folders, not both folders and files.

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

Still learning how to code25-Nov-02 23:24

25-Nov-02 23:24

Thanks for pointing out SHBRowseForFolder(). (As a last resort, I can use both CFileDialog AND SHBroweForFolder() ) However, I'm currently trying to compile the following:

BROWSEINFO bi;
:SHBrowseForFolder(&bi);

I have included ShellApi.h but am getting C2065 on BROWSEINFO. (I originally found BROWSEINFO declared in shlobj.h and thought that ShellApi.h would fix the problem but it doesn't !

Where am I going wrong ?

Doug

Spy++ Log to File Question

ursus zeta25-Nov-02 11:02

ursus zeta

25-Nov-02 11:02

I am inexperienced with Spy++, and I have searched the MSDN site and read and re-read the Help Docs that come with Visual C++, and, I cannot get the the message log to save to a log file. I suspect that I am doing something incredibly dumb, something that would be obvious to some of you more experienced coders. Also, when operating Spy++, I get what appear to be spurious messages (I have the Introductory Edition, so maybe this normal). Anyway,...
I launch Spy++, click on windows (from the menu) and select a window, then select messages, at which point I get a popup message box telling me that some other process is logging the messages in that window. If I move the cursor into the selected window, the log starts and I get a rapid-fire list of cursor and hit test messages (these are actually the correct mesasages). Then I select Options and the Output tab I check the save log to file (or something like that), and provide a path, and check OK. The file always shows up at the location specified but empty, and sometimes I get an invalid log file message (and sometimes I don't). I searched for information on what a valid file type would be and came up with nada. I am typing in a typical pathname, like "C:\Folder Name\File Name.ext" (without the quotes). Would this be a log or text file, or does it even matter?
Do any of you people use this feature? If so, how does it work? I would appreciate any useful information. Thanks.

Re: Spy++ Log to File Question

Mike Nordell25-Nov-02 11:41

Mike Nordell

25-Nov-02 11:41

Try start spying on a window. Press F8 (Stop Logging). Then go to options and fill in a filename. The Start Logging again. That's the only way I got it to work.

Re: Spy++ Log to File Question

ursus zeta25-Nov-02 12:15

ursus zeta

25-Nov-02 12:15

Mike Nordell,
You know, I did accidentally get it to work one time, and I couldn't figure out what I had done. I'll bet that was it, because I did start and stop the logging several times trying to determine what was what. Thanks for that clue, I was ready to kill (an innocent bystander) in frustration.
It didn't seem intuitive or even logical, that it should be necessary to stop and then start spying again,...and you would think they could include that in their Help.

projects and work spaces updates

jimNLX25-Nov-02 9:40

jimNLX

25-Nov-02 9:40

I have moved my project around as it needs to run on several machines. It works fine, but I have one problem that is a bit annyoing.

When I modify a file the updates aren't recongnized right away and when they are recongnized I get a message stating that the file was modified outside the project. How can I fix this? I was thinking just deleted the project and build a new one?

Any ideas?

Joaquín M López Muñoz25-Nov-02 9:46

25-Nov-02 9:46

Check the clocks of the machines. Most likely some of them are delayed by a significant amount of time (or the original one has somehow been boosted into the future).

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

jimNLX25-Nov-02 11:11

jimNLX

25-Nov-02 11:11

Doesn't seem to be the problem. Weird thing is it doesn't happen with all the files. Hmm?

Joaquín M López Muñoz25-Nov-02 11:13

25-Nov-02 11:13

Next thing to do is check the offending files' last modified date (it smells horribly like a date problem Smile | :)

).

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

Anonymous26-Nov-02 3:12

Anonymous

26-Nov-02 3:12

I'm going to try and set the dates on all the files and I'll let you know.

Thanks for the help,

Jim

CDC Font

act_x25-Nov-02 8:52

act_x

25-Nov-02 8:52

I am developing the Print Preview for my application and I want to have certain portions of the text writeen in Bold letters . I use the pDC Object of the OnPrint function . Please help

Scott H. Settlemier25-Nov-02 9:03

Scott H. Settlemier

25-Nov-02 9:03

Something like this:

HFONT hFont=(HFONT)GetCurrentObject(*pDC,OBJ_FONT);
ASSERT(hFont);
LOGFONT LF;
VERIFY(CFont::FromHandle(hFont)->GetLogFont(&LF));
LF.lfWeight=FW_BOLD;
CFont BoldFont;
VERIFY(BoldFont.CreateFontIndirect(&LF));
CFont* pOldFont=pDC->SelectFont(&BoldFont);
// DRAW BOLD TEXT
pDC->SelectObject(pOldFont);
BoldFont.DeleteObject();

act_x25-Nov-02 9:11

act_x

25-Nov-02 9:11

i do not Find a Method as SelectFont and is not listed in the Class member Listing for CDC ?

Scott H. Settlemier25-Nov-02 9:14

Scott H. Settlemier

25-Nov-02 9:14

Sorry, yeah.. I was typing in anew... you gotta debug it. Smile | :)

That should be SelectObject.

Joaquín M López Muñoz25-Nov-02 9:09

25-Nov-02 9:09

Some code like this will work (I think):

OnPrint(...)
{
  ...
  if(portion in bold){
    LOGFONT lf;
    pDC->GetCurrentFont()->GetLogFont(&lf);
    lf.lfWeight=FW_BOLD;
    CFont font;
    font.CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
    CFont * pFontOld=pDC->SelectObject(&font);
    // do the printing
    pDC->SelectObject(pFontOld);
  }
}

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

act_x25-Nov-02 9:21

act_x

25-Nov-02 9:21

Thanks for the help. I find that the Text Gets Shrunk rather than Get Bold ?

Joaquín M López Muñoz25-Nov-02 9:27