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Maximilien3-Aug-04 10:05

3-Aug-04 10:05

I have a memory blank ...

what's the name of the MFC shape drawing sample program ? where you can draw shapes (squares, circles, ... ) , select them, manipulate them, ...

I know about scribble, but it's not the one I want... ( or I have the wrong version ).

I need it to use as a prototype template.

Thanks.

Maximilien Lincourt
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Re: looking for MS (?) MFC sample program.

Johan Rosengren3-Aug-04 10:43

Johan Rosengren

3-Aug-04 10:43

DRAWCLI, perhaps?

Re: looking for MS (?) MFC sample program.

Maximilien3-Aug-04 13:43

Maximilien

3-Aug-04 13:43

yes, I think that's the name, will check tomorrow .. .

Thanks!

Maximilien Lincourt
Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

world class newbie

ilavos3-Aug-04 9:51

ilavos

3-Aug-04 9:51

ok,thing is quite simple.Why cant i manage to compile a damn program with the ms c++ 6.0???
If anybody anywhere can spare a few moments to either tell me a site with the biggest 'tutorial for
complete idiots' or just write a simple step by step
for me i'd be .....grateful.All i want is to make an executable file so dont bother with the type of wizards i want to use,just basic 'do this then do that'.thanks.

Re: world class newbie

palbano3-Aug-04 10:18

palbano

3-Aug-04 10:18

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcsample/html/_sample_mfc_HELLOAPP.asp[^]

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WaitForMultipleObjects()..

Laing,James3-Aug-04 9:04

Laing,James

3-Aug-04 9:04

Hi.

I have an application where I use WaitForMultipleObjects()
to wait for any one ( ie) 'any of' not all ), of a number of events to become signalled. However, the maximum number of events that I can wait on in a single call to WaitForMultipleObjects is 64. I need to be able to wait on more than 64.

I know that I could create groups of 64 and loop through them with a timeout until I get one of the events signalled. But, I cannot afford the time waiting for a
timeout to occur, however small.

If anyone has an idea of how I could get around this I would appreciate the help.

James.

Re: WaitForMultipleObjects()..

gokings3-Aug-04 20:50

gokings

3-Aug-04 20:50

Would it be possible to have multiple threads waiting? Each thread would wait for no more than 64 events.

Re: WaitForMultipleObjects()..

Laing,James3-Aug-04 22:22

Laing,James

3-Aug-04 22:22

Thank you for the reply.

I had thought of that, but again I did not want to compromise the throughput speed that the application currently delivers.

But, I have been thinking about this all night and I cannot think of another solution that would 'scale' as well as your suggestion.

So, it looks like thats the road I will have to take.

Best regards.
And again, thank you for the reply.

James.

Re: WaitForMultipleObjects()..

Laing,James4-Aug-04 7:23

Laing,James

4-Aug-04 7:23

After much deliberation and study of my code, I have decided to abandon the idea of trying to handle more than 64 events.
It is just not possible to integrate multiple threads, each waiting on a set of 64 events.

I need to be able to maintain the current application throughput and the overhead would be too much.
The list of events that I wait on is not constant and is waited on upto 3000 times per second.

The intended user will just have to deal with the limitation.

So thats that.

How Many Timers can run on a dialog

Member 12742903-Aug-04 9:00

Member 1274290

3-Aug-04 9:00

Hi,

I have a question if there is a limitation on the number of timers that could run on a Dialog.

SetTimer method of the CWnd class is used.

Re: How Many Timers can run on a dialog

T1TAN3-Aug-04 11:05

T1TAN

3-Aug-04 11:05

Hi,

AFAIK (As Far As I Know) there is only a limitation within Windoze, they say there is a maximum of timer handles Windoze can handle (how poetic), but I've never heard of a limit within a dialog..? D'Oh! | :doh:

hope it helps... Cool | :cool:

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Re: How Many Timers can run on a dialog

Member 12742903-Aug-04 11:33

Member 1274290

3-Aug-04 11:33

ok let me reframe the question to how many timer handles Windoze can handle given the fact that all the "OnTimer" processing happens on a single UI thread

Re: How Many Timers can run on a dialog

Michael Dunn3-Aug-04 13:13

Michael Dunn

3-Aug-04 13:13

Since the timer ID is a non-zero UINT, that places a theoretical limit of 4294967294 timers per window. However the internal data required by a timer would fill up the 2GB address space before you reach that limit.

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function templates - C++ standard vs. VC6

peterchen3-Aug-04 8:54

peterchen

3-Aug-04 8:54

I see the following behavior under VC6:

template <class T> void foo()
{
   printf("sizeof(..)=%i\n", sizeof(T));
}


int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
   foo<BYTE>();  // (*) prints 4 !!!!
   foo<float>(); // prints 4
   return 0;
}

(the real implementation is a bit more complex, it's a bit more complex, seems like at (*) VC6 chooses to call the float variant)

However, when I change the function declaration to

template <class T> void foo(T * p = NULL)
{
   printf("sizeof(..)=%i\n", sizeof(T));
}

it seems to work correctly.

I know that you can't templatize functions by values, only by types - btu that the types must appear in the argument list??!!

Is this (yet another template-related) bug of VC6, or is this what the C++ Standard says?

(I'm pretty much pissed anyway, checking a few dozen templates if they need the T*=NULL trick, but I'd like to know at least if it's my ignorance or the compiler's fault)

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Re: function templates - C++ standard vs. VC6

C^hris L^osinger3-Aug-04 10:14

C^hris L^osinger

3-Aug-04 10:14

must be a VC6 bug. the same code in VC7 gives the correct result.

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Re: function templates - C++ standard vs. VC6

Michael Dunn3-Aug-04 13:16

Michael Dunn

3-Aug-04 13:16

Yes, VC 6 has problems when a type template parameter doesn't appear in the function's parameter list. Your dummy T* p = NULL parameter is the normal workaround. Wink | ;)

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Re: function templates - C++ standard vs. VC6

peterchen3-Aug-04 20:05

peterchen

3-Aug-04 20:05

does this mean I'm "normal"? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Calling classes from DLLs

Bisyork3-Aug-04 8:20

Bisyork

3-Aug-04 8:20

I have been having problems trying to set up a plugin for my program. The program loads a DLL dynamically, and then calls a member function:

__declspec(dllexport) int Start(CDervDlg *dlg)
{
	dlg->m_SomeVar = TRUE; //Works fine
	dlg->SomeFunc("Blah", "Blah"); //Link error: unresolved external symbol.
}

I've tried using both regular DLLs and Extension DLLs, but neither work.
This is probably just something obvious that I just can't see, but can anyone help?

Re: Calling classes from DLLs

Jaime Stuardo3-Aug-04 9:01

Jaime Stuardo

3-Aug-04 9:01

if SomeFunc is on the DLL, you have to dllexport it when generating the DLL and dllimport when generating the EXE.

If it is an MFC extension DLL, you can use the AFX_EXT_CLASS macro, for example:

class AFX_EXT_CLASS CMyDlg : public CDialog
{

};

Jaime

Re: Calling classes from DLLs

Bisyork3-Aug-04 10:50

Bisyork

3-Aug-04 10:50

Somefunc is in the EXE.

///EXE code
class CDervDlg : public CDialog
{
	void TestLoad();
	void SomeFunc(CString, CString);

	BOOL m_SomeVar;
};


typedef int (*SCGptr)(CDervDlg *);
void TestLoad()
{
	HINSTANCE inst = AfxLoadLibrary("testlib.dll");		
	SCGptr Startfunc = (SCGptr)GetProcAddress(inst, "?Start@@YAHPAVCDervDlg@@@Z");
	if (Startfunc != NULL)
		Startfunc(this);
}


///DLL code
#include "DervDlg.h"

__declspec(dllexport) int Start(CDervDlg *dlg)
{
	dlg->m_SomeVar = TRUE; //Works fine	
	dlg->SomeFunc("Blah", "Blah"); //Link error: unresolved external symbol.
}

Thank you for helping.

Re: Calling classes from DLLs

Jaime Stuardo3-Aug-04 11:03

Jaime Stuardo

3-Aug-04 11:03

In DLL you have to declare:
class __declspect(dllimport) CDervDlg : public CDialog
{
void TestLoad();
void SomeFunc(CString, CString);

BOOL m_SomeVar;
};

and in EXE:
class __declspect(dllexport) CDervDlg : public CDialog
{
void TestLoad();
void SomeFunc(CString, CString);

BOOL m_SomeVar;
};

In your DLL you are using a function declared in the EXE, that's why you need to export from the EXE, and import it into the DLL.

Jaime

Re: Calling classes from DLLs

Bisyork3-Aug-04 14:52

Bisyork

3-Aug-04 14:52

Thank you very much. It works now.

CDatabase && CRecordSet

0v3rloader3-Aug-04 6:38

0v3rloader

3-Aug-04 6:38

Hello,

In terms of performance, good programming, etc, is it better to derive [customized] classes from CDatabase and CRecordSet or is it preferable to build our own from scratch? What do you think about this?

What I am trying to know is whether a Database Programmer finds all the functionalities he/she needs in these MFC classes or whether they'd be better off creating their own from scratch.

All insights on the subject are very much appreciated. Smile | :)

Thank you,

David

Re: CDatabase && CRecordSet

Jaime Stuardo3-Aug-04 9:18

Jaime Stuardo

3-Aug-04 9:18

AFAIK CDatabase, CRectordset, etc, connects to a database by using ODBC driver, and that way of connection is always slower than accessing directly database native driver, as it adds other layer to the database connection. They are easy to use, bad provide poor performance.

To connect to database I programmed my own class named CDatabase that encapsulates all database connection using ADO.

It's known that by using ADO, the program doesn't access directly the database driver, but it's only one layer over the OLEDB driver, being a good choice (and easy choice) to access a database.

Jaime

But...

0v3rloader3-Aug-04 10:06

0v3rloader

3-Aug-04 10:06

But what kind of database(s) do you usually use? MsAccess and the likes, or Oracle/... ?
I am asking this because I heard something before about the ADO technology only allowing you to connect to the Microsoft Jet-type databases. Is this right?

dNimrod#X
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