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toxcct1-Dec-04 5:42

1-Dec-04 5:42

so what do you want to print ? binary datas ? source codes ? document files manipulated by your "exe" (program) ?

ps : MFC is not a functionality or anything like that. MFC means "Microsoft foundation classes". it is a framework that provides you a set of classes and functions to ease you windows programming?

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Re: er the option of a MFC

David Crow1-Dec-04 5:50

David Crow

1-Dec-04 5:50

BRIMID wrote:
The exe file is what I get after I compile and build my program.

We all agree on this much. Hereinafter is where things get sketchy.

BRIMID wrote:
I run it and out comes an exe file.

This implies that your program produces another .EXE file. Yes?

BRIMID wrote:
The program perfroms exactly how I want it to.

What exactly does it do?

BRIMID wrote:
Now I want to be able to take my code and enter it into MFC so I will have a more functional program...

Are you saying that you want to base your program on MFC rather than the standard Win32 API?

BRIMID wrote:
...that give the user the option to print out the results.

The results of what?

BRIMID wrote:
With the exe you can only view it.

What is it viewing?

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Re: er the option of a MFC

BRIMID1-Dec-04 7:16

BRIMID

1-Dec-04 7:16

I will try to explain a liitle simpler.

I wrote a program to add 1+2=3
I Compile it, Build it, and then execute it. I have a exe file. Right?
Everytime I run the exe file is see 1++2=3. But the file does not have the option to print. I would like to be able to print out the results of the program i.e., 1+2=3.

Re: er the option of a MFC

David Crow1-Dec-04 7:20

David Crow

1-Dec-04 7:20

So all you are really wanting to do is output the sum of 1 and 2 to the screen?

With C:

printf("%d\n", 1 + 2);

With C++:

cout << 1 + 2 << endl;

Does that help?

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Re: er the option of a MFC

Maximilien1-Dec-04 7:27

Maximilien

1-Dec-04 7:27

agreed.

Maximilien Lincourt
Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

Re: er the option of a MFC

BRIMID1-Dec-04 8:24

BRIMID

1-Dec-04 8:24

I have that. I am able to display output to the screen using cout<<. I want to send the output on the screen to the printer.

Re: er the option of a MFC

David Crow1-Dec-04 8:45

David Crow

1-Dec-04 8:45

Well, if you are running your program from a command prompt, just redirect its output to the printer like:

C:\> myprog.exe > prn

or

C:\> myprog.exe > lpt1

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CreateMapFile

includeh101-Dec-04 3:50

includeh10

1-Dec-04 3:50

Q1-does function CreateMapFile() create the file in MEMORY?
Q2-do we need to call DeleteFile() to clean the file from memory or somewhere before app exits?

includeh10

Re: CreateMapFile

Blake Miller1-Dec-04 5:15

Blake Miller

1-Dec-04 5:15

is CreateMapFile?

You have CreateFileMapping and OpenFileMapping which return a handle. Then use CloseHandle before your program exits.

No, you have to also follow the CreateFileMapping and OpenFileMapping with MapViewOfFileEx and then use UnmapViewOfFile

Sequence:
CreateFileMapping or OpenFileMapping
MapViewOfFileEx
Use the mapped memory
UnmapViewOfFile
CloseHandle

Re: CreateMapFile

includeh101-Dec-04 6:34

includeh10

1-Dec-04 6:34

not really.

if doing
CreateFileMapping
......
CloseHandle

the file is still there because another app can open it.

i need to delete the file because i have to create thousands of maping files, i need to delete some files if they are useless.

CloseHandle does not delete mapping files - similar to normal files.

includeh10

Re: CreateMapFile

Blake Miller1-Dec-04 6:43

Blake Miller

1-Dec-04 6:43

MSDN To fully close a file mapping object, an application must unmap all mapped views of the file mapping object by calling UnmapViewOfFile, and close the file mapping object handle by calling CloseHandle. The order in which these functions are called does not matter. The call to UnmapViewOfFile is necessary because mapped views of a file mapping object maintain internal open handles to the object, and a file mapping object will not close until all open handles to it are closed.

So, if you unmap all the views and then close the handle, the memory map file will be gone.
If you want to delete the 'regular' file, then use DeleteFile().

Otherwise, you are getting something mixed up or I don't understand what you want to do.

There is no need to 'delete' a memory mapped file. It will happen on its own if the above guidelines are followed.

how to pass data to another application?

includeh101-Dec-04 3:36

includeh10

1-Dec-04 3:36

i need to pass a string from app A to app B.
app B is dialog based, app A knows HWND handle of app B.

i test by SendMessage or PostMessage from A to B, but the string can not be passed.

any idea?
thx

includeh10

Re: how to pass data to another application?

David Crow1-Dec-04 3:43

David Crow

1-Dec-04 3:43

includeh10 wrote:
i test by SendMessage or PostMessage...

I presume you used the WM_COPYDATA message. Yes? Otherwise, a code snippet would be especially helpful.

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Re: how to pass data to another application?

includeh101-Dec-04 4:03

includeh10

1-Dec-04 4:03

no, i use in this way:
(in app A)
::SendMessage(hwndB,WM_USER+1,(int)(LPCSTR)csA,0);
//csA is object of CString

(in app B)
WindowProc(UINT msg,WPAREM w,LPARAM l)
{
switch(msg)
{
case WM_USER+1:
{
CString csB=(char*)w;
}
break;
............

but csB gets nothing - the reason i guess is that a string can not be passed to another app (app adress) in this way.

is WM_COPYDATA better?
any suggestion?

includeh10

Re: how to pass data to another application?

David Crow1-Dec-04 4:13

David Crow

1-Dec-04 4:13

includeh10 wrote:
is WM_COPYDATA better?

I'll let you be the judge of that:

http://tinyurl.com/62khl

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Re: how to pass data to another application?

includeh101-Dec-04 4:21

includeh10

1-Dec-04 4:21

it looks great.
i will test it.

thanks

includeh10

Re: how to pass data to another application?

includeh101-Dec-04 6:54

includeh10

1-Dec-04 6:54

i tested it.
it is perfect!!!!
cheers

includeh10

Re: how to pass data to another application?

Peter Weyzen1-Dec-04 8:02

Peter Weyzen

1-Dec-04 8:02

additionally, there's another simple way to do it...

Convert the string to a global atom: GlobalAddAtom
ATOM GlobalAddAtom( LPCTSTR lpString );

this converts the string to a handle -- which you can transmit via Post/Send Message to any other process. Use GlobalGetAtomName() on the other end to convert it back.

It's a simple way to send small strings (255 chars or less).

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Minimum pane size in a CSplitterWnd

Jitendra gangwar1-Dec-04 3:22

Jitendra gangwar

1-Dec-04 3:22

Hello all,

I am using a CSplitterWnd. I would like to prevent the user from dragging
the splitter any closer than a certain distance from the edge of the window.
I found that CSplitterWnd::SetRowInfo() and CSplitterWnd::SetColInfo() allow
you to set a "minimum" size. However, it's not the case that the user can't
drag the splitter past this minimum. It's just that if he does so drag the
splitter, the window size will become 0.

Is there a way to do what I wish and pysically disallow the splitter to move
past a certain point?

Thanks,
Jitendra

Problem with CDialog::InitModalIndirect()

Eugene Pustovoyt1-Dec-04 1:38

Eugene Pustovoyt

1-Dec-04 1:38

I'm wrote a simple code to creates a empty Dialog. But I've an exception with him. Why?

    DLGTEMPLATE dlg;
dlg.x = 0;
dlg.y = 0;
dlg.cx = 200;
dlg.cy = 200;
dlg.style = WS_BORDER|WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE;
dlg.dwExtendedStyle = 0;
dlg.cdit = 0;
CDialog Dialog;
Dialog.InitModalIndirect(&dlg);
DoModal();

Best regards,
Eugene Pustovoyt

ICQ UIN: 161325180

Re: Problem with CDialog::InitModalIndirect()

John R. Shaw1-Dec-04 5:15

John R. Shaw

1-Dec-04 5:15

From MSDN: "To create a modal dialog box indirectly, first allocate a global block of memory and fill it with the dialog box template. Then call the empty CDialog constructor to construct the dialog-box object. Next, call InitModalIndirect to store your handle to the in-memory dialog-box template."

Here is the most IMPORTANT part:
"first allocate a global block of memory"

It does not matter which version of InitModalIndirect you call, the DLGTEMPLATE must be in a globaly allocated memory block. That means using GlobalAlloc(...).

If this is not the cause of exception, then the MSDN remarks section may be wrong.

The only question that remains is: who is responsible for freeing the memeory?

Search the MSDN for the sample code:
"DLGTEMPL: Creating Dialog Templates Dynamically"

Good Luck!

INTP
"The more help VB provides VB programmers, the more miserable your life as a C++ programmer becomes."
Andrew W. Troelsen

OMNIS Database

si_691-Dec-04 1:32

si_69

1-Dec-04 1:32

Hi all

can anyone recommend the best way of accessing an omnis database ?

at the moment im using an mfc odbc consumer class connection using crecordset to access it

but it sooo slow when querying

or maybe anyone knows how to export the tables from omnis to say access in c++

any ideas Confused | :confused:

thanks

si

How to have bitmaps in lib

Jesper Knudsen1-Dec-04 0:35

Jesper Knudsen

1-Dec-04 0:35

I'm creating a library with som custom controls. How can I have a bitmap drawn on a custom button?

When the button control is in a .lib - where to put the image?

What about resource conflicts?

Thanks for any comment

Re: How to have bitmaps in lib

John R. Shaw1-Dec-04 4:34

John R. Shaw

1-Dec-04 4:34

Put them in a DLL or ActiveX library, both types of libraries have there own resources. Their resources can not conflict with your resources, unless the DLL treats externaly supplied resource IDs the same as internaly supplied IDs.

For buttons:
http://www.codeproject.com/buttonctrl/[^]

For libraries visit the COM or Libraries section of codeproject.

INTP
"The more help VB provides VB programmers, the more miserable your life as a C++ programmer becomes."
Andrew W. Troelsen

Re: How to have bitmaps in lib

Jesper Knudsen1-Dec-04 20:12

Jesper Knudsen

1-Dec-04 20:12

To make it simple, I made this small utility that converts a binary file into an array of unsigned chars for the compiler to read. This enables me to #include the binary chunk directly into the source.

Wooh, does this smell like good old times..

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