C / C++ / MFC

add file version to a new text file

5-Dec-14 22:18

Gagnon Claude wrote:

C++

pDC->(TextOut(pt.x, pt.y + j * m_nHautLigne, resToken);

That does not really tell us anything useful. You need to show where in your code you check for end of page, and exactly what index values you start with on the second page.

henryh5-Dec-14 4:58

5-Dec-14 4:58

Hi All,

I can see that exe files have file info including company name, version, ... How do I add the same information to a text file?

Thanks,
Henry

henryh

den2k885-Dec-14 5:12

den2k88

5-Dec-14 5:12

No way except writing that in the file itself. That informations are put in specific fields of the file with a well defined format that Windows understand and show you as field in its Property Dialog.

henryh5-Dec-14 5:26

5-Dec-14 5:26

Thanks. I have a hex record file and now I have to open the file, go through the translation, just to see what version of the file!! Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks,
Henry

henryh

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 6:36

5-Dec-14 6:36

henryh5-Dec-14 10:42

5-Dec-14 10:42

I check the link and it mainly deals with file attributes.
Thanks,
Henry

henryh

Randor 5-Dec-14 6:03

Randor

5-Dec-14 6:03

Hi,

You could implement a property set handler. Check out the IPropertySetStorage interface[^]. Hope you have experience with COM. $Shucks | :-\$

Property System Overview[^]
Property System Code Samples[^]
EnumAll Sample[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 6:35

5-Dec-14 6:35

You can do this by creating an alternate stream on the file. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364404(v=vs.85).aspx[^].

Randor 5-Dec-14 6:48

Randor

5-Dec-14 6:48

Hi,

Fairly certain that he is referring to the 'File Property' dialog box displayed by explorer.

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 7:17

5-Dec-14 7:17

I agree, but streams do offer a potential solution, depending on what the 'real' requirements are.

BTW, haven't seen you about recently; trust you are OK.

henryh5-Dec-14 10:39

5-Dec-14 10:39

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the information. The information I want to attach to a file are details as in the following:
File description:
Type:
File version:
Product name:
...

As I have a hex record file (text format), I want to know what File version so I can decide to use it or not, says for programming a device.

I can use FileVersionInfo to read these info, but I don't know to set them to a text file. I guess the text file does not have these properties.

Thanks,
Henry

henryh

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 11:52

5-Dec-14 11:52

If the file content is hex records (whatever that means) then it is not text. Why not just add the information as a header record at the beginning of the file?

Re: Printing with a CString

David Crow8-Dec-14 3:49

David Crow

8-Dec-14 3:49

To my knowledge, text files do not meta data, which is where you would store things like company name, author, version, etc. For text files, the file system keeps track of simple things like date, time, and attributes.

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Printing with a CString

Gagnon Claude5-Dec-14 3:31

Gagnon Claude

5-Dec-14 3:31

Hi,

I print a CString with pDC->TextOut().

That is working.

But if I print again, the sheet is blank.

How to correct that?

Do I have to utilize GetBuffer(), etc?

Thanks,

Claude

jeron15-Dec-14 3:59

jeron1

5-Dec-14 3:59

Just a guess, could you be overwriting the first print? Do you have a new line character (or carraige return and line feed) at the end?

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Re: Printing with a CString

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 4:05

Re: Printing with a CString

5-Dec-14 4:05

Print what, where ... ?
Please provide some proper context and detail about what your program is doing.

[edit]
Have you checked http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yzabsdzx.aspx[^]?
[/edit]

Randor 5-Dec-14 6:14

Randor

5-Dec-14 6:14

Hi,

Your not really 'printing' but rather painting text using GDI if your utilizing the TextOut function[^].

Sounds like the wm_erasebkgnd handler (or conversely WM_PAINT if you are painting in the erase handler)is overwriting what you painted. You should share some code.

Also recommend reading all of this:

Painting and Drawing[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

CS Data Struct

Member 112872284-Dec-14 12:46

Member 11287228

4-Dec-14 12:46

We are storing a list of student info, (id number, First name and Last name) using a link list. The ID is the key field. Your program should implement a linked list using arrays. Your program should process the following operations.
1) Add an item to the linked list ex. 1 254 John Smith
2) Print the linked list in logical order ex. 2
3) Print the physical order of the linked list including list, avail and next. ex. 3
4) Print a count of how many items are in the linked list. ex. 4
Bonus (you must get 1-4 working before attempting 5) 5) Delete an item from the linked list ex. 5 254
I started it off as so

C++

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
struct studenttype

modified 5-Dec-14 3:28am.

Re: CS Data Struct

Richard MacCutchan4-Dec-14 21:27

MFC app - "Encountered an improper argument"

4-Dec-14 21:27

Member 11287228 wrote:
Your program

That means you are expected to write it.

Re: CS Data Struct

CPallini4-Dec-14 21:46

CPallini

4-Dec-14 21:46

Quote:
I started it off as so
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
struct studenttype

Well, it looks promising.

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Member 112858094-Dec-14 1:08

Member 11285809

4-Dec-14 1:08

Hi,
I "inherited" an legacy app written some 12 years ago, not being C++ developer since university.
I have MS Visual Studio 2010 project out of it, all builds OK. All even runs OK on Windows XP 32 bit(where it's built),
but when trying it on Windows 2008 server 64bit, it throws "Encountered an improper argument".

More specifically, it's super simple app that displays 2 password fields (second for confirmation), and button for storing generated file on file system (so Save as... dialog). And error shows up when clicking on this button/trying to open Save dialog).
When run in debug mode, in same action, it throws Assertion error, pointing to dlgfile.cpp in MFC libs, line 479.

The executable is generated with VS settings Multi-threaded Debug DLL as runtime library, and "Use MFC as shared DLL"

I would presume that some .dll provided is incorrect version from rest/expected by code, but I have no clue how to find it.
Any help on how to fix this is strongly welcomed!

Richard MacCutchan4-Dec-14 2:04

4-Dec-14 2:04

You first need to work back to the part of the code that calls into this DLL. Only then can you look at the calling method and parameters to see which might cause the problem.

Member 112858094-Dec-14 2:09

Member 11285809

4-Dec-14 2:09

C++

BOOL CPasswordGeneratorWriterDlg::SavePasswordFile()
{
	// Create an instance  
	CFileDialog fileDlg( 
		FALSE, 
		NULL, 
		NULL, 
		OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT | OFN_HIDEREADONLY, 
		"All Files (*.*)|*.*||", 
		NULL);

	// Initializes m_ofn structure 
	fileDlg.m_ofn.lpstrTitle = "Save file as...";

	// Call DoModal
	if(fileDlg.DoModal() == IDOK)
	{
		CString szlstfile = fileDlg.GetPathName(); // This is your selected file name with path
		//AfxMessageBox("Your file name is :" +szlstfile );

		return SavePasswordFileAs(szlstfile);
	}
    return FALSE;
}

Richard MacCutchan4-Dec-14 2:39

4-Dec-14 2:39

See the Remarks section at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wh5hz49d.aspx[^].