Problem in using SAFEARRAY - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Axonn Echysttas12-Nov-05 20:37

12-Nov-05 20:37

Basic String. Hehe. I didn't know that. Hm anyway, it doesn't free it. I already stumbled upon it. My first method to pass the string to VB was to create a global CComBSTR object. And guess what?? After the VB function that contained the instance of the ATL object finished execution, boom, crash (in VC++...). So VC++ was alerting me of the memory leak. So then I placed a .Detach() command to the CComBSTR back in the destructor of the ATL and no more errors ::- D. SO no, VB does not do it... ::- ).

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unicode problem

torniker11-Nov-05 22:15

torniker

11-Nov-05 22:15

i want to write in my script and in text feild too by using unicode (in georgian).

what should i do?

i wrote it in script after compiling there were two errors thay said that visual c++ doesn't support unicode Frown | :(

Programistebo saqartvelosi sheertdit Wink | ;)

Re: unicode problem

Jacky Tsee12-Nov-05 6:09

Jacky Tsee

12-Nov-05 6:09

Define _UNICODE in the header file.
Please search for more infomation of using unicode programming in MSDN.

Re: unicode problem

torniker13-Nov-05 0:32

torniker

13-Nov-05 0:32

thanks!

could you please tell me where can i find info about this or i want to find manual for Visual C++

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Re: unicode problem

Gary R. Wheeler13-Nov-05 4:52

Gary R. Wheeler

13-Nov-05 4:52

Try using the MSDN[^] web site first.

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Wndows hook

act_x11-Nov-05 22:07

act_x

11-Nov-05 22:07

I created a Global hook by creating a DLL that listens for the WH_SHELL message . I get notifications for all top level window creations .

Now I have a method in my DLL that looks like

MYShellProc(code , wParam ,Lparam)
{

...
return CallNextHook(....)

}

void DoSomething()
{

CEvent myEvent l
..
..
event->Lock(15000);

}

It is during this wait that I DO NOT GET any SHELL notifications during the wait . Is it due to the fact that my main thread is blocked in the wait ? Are there any workarounds ?

-- modified at 4:08 Saturday 12th November, 2005

MSHFlexGrid problem (First-chance exception in ACE.exe (MSHFLXGD.OCX): 0xC0000005: Access Violation.)

lcm311-Nov-05 18:45

lcm3

11-Nov-05 18:45

inGrid is a MSHFlexGrid object.

...
...
inGrid.Clear();
inGrid.SetCols( 0, 3); //This line sometimes cause Access Violation problem.
...
...

Do anyone ever had this problem or know how to solve it?

Here's the call stack when the problem happen
==================================
MSHFLXGD! 01a908d0()
MSHFLXGD! 01a79abb()
MSHFLXGD! 01a75b2f()
MSHFLXGD! 01a8fdc6()
MSHFLXGD! 01a72d31()
OLEAUT32! 779d7d5d()
OLEAUT32! 77a2310e()
MSHFLXGD! 01a95945()
MSHFLXGD! 01a7dd7c()
COleDispatchDriver::InvokeHelperV(long 5, unsigned short 4, unsigned short 0, void * 0x00000000, const unsigned char * 0x006a01dc parms, char * 0x0012f7e4) line 345 + 54 bytes
COleControlSite::InvokeHelperV(long 5, unsigned short 4, unsigned short 0, void * 0x00000000, const unsigned char * 0x006a01dc parms, char * 0x0012f7dc) line 976
CWnd::InvokeHelper(CWnd * const 0x016f2550 {CSelectionGrid hWnd=0x00320ce8}, long 5, unsigned short 4, unsigned short 0, void * 0x00000000) line 354
MSHFlexGrid::SetCols(long 0, long 3) line 56 + 30 bytes

-- modified at 0:46 Saturday 12th November, 2005

Problem in using SAFEARRAY

BlrBoy11-Nov-05 18:40

BlrBoy

11-Nov-05 18:40

Hello All

I want to store a BINARY file content (size of the BINARY file can be from 4 to 30 MB) to SAFEARRAY. I am reading the file content in BYTE*. For storing the data to SAFEARRAY, I found the API SafeArrayPutElement. But using this I have to copy BYTE by BYTE. Is there any way to copy full data of type BYTE* or char* or CString to SAFEARRAY?

Currently I am using

for(nBufIndex=0; nBufIndex < nFileSize; nBufIndex++)<br />
{<br />
	hr = SafeArrayPutElement(l_pSafeArray, &l_lSAIndex, &pBuffer[nBufIndex]);<br />
	l_lSAindex++;<br />
}

Thanks for your time
Ravi

Re: Problem in using SAFEARRAY

Mircea Puiu12-Nov-05 3:54

Mircea Puiu

12-Nov-05 3:54

// Assume pMemData is pointing to you data in memory
SAFEARRAY *psa;
// create the safe array to store the data
psa = SafeArrayCreateVector( VT_UI1, 0, LengthInBytes ); // use what is 
                                                         //appropriate for 
                                                         // LengthInBytes
unsigned char *pData = NULL;
SafeArrayAccessData( psa, (void**)&pData ); // get pointer, lock array
memcpy( pData, pMemData, LengthInBytes ); // copy everything at once
// ... do what ever else you need ....
SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa); // unlock access to safearray
// ... do something ... as you have your pointer to the allocated SAFEARRAY

SkyWalker

Showing and hiding

romuzu11-Nov-05 16:56

romuzu

11-Nov-05 16:56

im creating a helper class to hide and show the following controls:
ControlBar
ReBar
ToolBar
DialogBar
StatusBar.

my problem is i dont know how to hide/show those items using a class. If you know some articles or links or you know how to do it, please reply to my post.
Thanks! Your help is deeply appreciated.

Re: Showing and hiding

vikas amin11-Nov-05 23:00

vikas amin

11-Nov-05 23:00

I have used the Dialogbar it also had problem
to Show/Hide ,
ControlBar is the base class of Dialogbar
hence i used a pointer to the MainWnd and
then use to Show/Hide by setting the thirdparameter
as TRUE/FALSE.

this->ShowControlBar((CControlBar*)&m_dlgbar,TRUE,0);
//this is a ptr to MainWnd

U can try this type of trick for your class
Its a good effort will be help full to many developers
do post me the copy of the class when u have done it

Cool | :cool:

Vikas Amin
Embin Technology
Bombay
vikas.amin@embin.com

Re: Showing and hiding

Rajesh R Subramanian13-Nov-05 21:39

Rajesh R Subramanian

13-Nov-05 21:39

Get handle of the item that you would like to show or hide. Then use the ShowWindow() function to proceed.

Rajesh R. Subramanian
Akruti Software,
Bombay, India.

problem using ADO with C++

Herr_Ernst11-Nov-05 13:15

Herr_Ernst

11-Nov-05 13:15

Hello all, using the ADO _ConnectionPtr->Exexute() method, i can add new rows to my Access 2000 database, the problem is like this, assume theres a table called people, with fields per_id of type Autonumeric, and name of type Text(50), if i write my sql to add a new record like this:
INSERT INTO people VALUES(NULL, 'mike')
then i get a com exception saying that i cannot assign Null to a non Variant type variable. If i write it like:
INSERT INTO people VALUES(0, 'mike')
it works (once), but the database actually sets per_id to 0, instead of asigning an anuto-incremented value. So the question is:
what should i pass to an INSERT INTO statement when one of the fields is autoincrement?

Thanks!

Re: problem using ADO with C++

Herr_Ernst11-Nov-05 13:33

Herr_Ernst

11-Nov-05 13:33

Ah! never mind guys, i just figured out:
INSERT INTO people (name) VALUES('mike')
Thanks NE way

MDI Application

masnu11-Nov-05 12:10

masnu

11-Nov-05 12:10

I have been developing GUI applications for years in VB, but I am pretty new when it comes to VC++, so any help would be appreciated.

How do I create a MDI application that starts maximized and DOES NOT create a child window? I want to be able to create the window based on toolbar and menu commands not when the app starts.

Thanks!

Re: MDI Application

Cool Ju13-Nov-05 22:31

Cool Ju

13-Nov-05 22:31

write this code in ur app's Initinsatance function to prevent ur app from creating a child window during startup

CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);
//DON'T display a new MDI child window during startup!!!
cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand = CCommandLineInfo::FileNothing;

to start the window maximized
pMainframe->ShowWindow(m_nCmdShow); replace this by below line

pMainfram->ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED);

Bye
Cool Ju Cool | :cool:

Re: MDI Application

masnu14-Nov-05 2:56

masnu

14-Nov-05 2:56

Thanks..That worked great!

why this is not called? CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive& ar)

lucy11-Nov-05 10:39

lucy

11-Nov-05 10:39

In my SDI project in VC6.0, I want to derive a class from CArchive(), which will have two new methods:
WriteFormatString( ) and ReadFormatString( )
which basically follow the printf and scanf style.

so I have this included in MyDoc.h:
#include "MyArchive.h"

and in the same file, changed
virtual void Serialize(CArchive& ar);
to
virtual void Serialize(CMyArchive& ar);

In MyDoc.cpp,
I changed
void CMyDoc::Serialize(CArchive& ar)
to
void CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive& ar)

But when I click on open or save menu items,
void CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive& ar)
is not called.

What am I missing here?

Thank you very much for your help!

Re: why this is not called? CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive&amp; ar)

Cool Ju13-Nov-05 22:52

Cool Ju

13-Nov-05 22:52

Hi,

When u change the serialize(CArchive& ar) to Serialize(CMyArchive& ar) it becomes a overloaded function and the compiler expects a definition for that function.

Write the function definition for Serialize(CMyArchive& ar) and override the Serialize(CArchive& ar) and call Serialize(CMyArchive& ar) from it.

Hope this solves ur problem. Cool | :cool:

Bye
Cool Ju

Re: why this is not called? CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive&amp;amp; ar)

lucy14-Nov-05 9:07

lucy

14-Nov-05 9:07

hi Cool Ju, Thank you for the direction, but I didn't quite follow.

How do I override Serialize(CArchive& ar)? I tried to replace
virtual void Serialize(CArchive& ar)
with
virtual void Serialize(CMyArchive& ar)
in myDoc.h, but it doesn't work.

Now what I do is in myDoc.h, add
virtual BOOL OnSaveDocument(LPCTSTR lpszPathName);

and in myDoc.cpp, implemented it as follows:

<br />
	// TODO: copied from CDocument::OnSaveDocument(lpszPathName);,<br />
    // but instead of using the default CArchive, <br />
    // use CMyArchive<br />
	<br />
	CFileException fe;<br />
	CFile* pFile = NULL;<br />
	pFile = GetFile(lpszPathName, CFile::modeCreate |<br />
		CFile::modeReadWrite | CFile::shareExclusive, &fe);<br />
<br />
	if (pFile == NULL)<br />
	{<br />
		ReportSaveLoadException(lpszPathName, &fe,<br />
			TRUE, AFX_IDP_INVALID_FILENAME);<br />
		return FALSE;<br />
	}<br />
<br />
	//CArchive saveArchive(pFile, CArchive::store | CArchive::bNoFlushOnDelete);<br />
	CMyArchivesaveArchive(pFile, CArchive::store | CArchive::bNoFlushOnDelete);<br />
	saveArchive.m_pDocument = this;<br />
	saveArchive.m_bForceFlat = FALSE;<br />
	TRY<br />
	{<br />
		CWaitCursor wait;<br />
		Serialize(saveArchive);     // save me<br />
		saveArchive.Close();<br />
		ReleaseFile(pFile, FALSE);<br />
	}<br />
	CATCH_ALL(e)<br />
	{<br />
		ReleaseFile(pFile, TRUE);<br />
#if 0<br />
		TRY<br />
		{<br />
			ReportSaveLoadException(lpszPathName, e,<br />
				TRUE, AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_SAVE_DOC);<br />
		}<br />
		END_TRY<br />
		DELETE_EXCEPTION(e);<br />
#endif<br />
		return FALSE;<br />
	}<br />
	END_CATCH_ALL<br />
<br />
	SetModifiedFlag(FALSE);     // back to unmodified<br />
<br />
	return TRUE;        // success<br />
	//return CDocument::OnSaveDocument(lpszPathName);<br />
<br />

but I got a new problem here, I have to #if 0 some of the code out, cause the compiler complains that DELETE_EXCEPTION is not defined.

more hints please? Rose | [Rose]

Re: why this is not called? CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive&amp;amp;amp; ar)

Cool Ju14-Nov-05 16:53

Cool Ju

14-Nov-05 16:53

Hi lucy,

CDocument::OnSaveDocument(lpszPathName) internally calls serialize(CArchive savearchive)

Donot call serialize explicitly from CMyDoc::OnSaveDocument()

Instead try this

BOOL CMyDoc::OnSaveDocument(LPCTSTR lpszPathName)
{

BOOL bRetVal = CDocument::OnSaveDocument(lpszPathName);//this will internally call serialize()

}
Override serialize() by

void CMyDoc::Serialize(CArchive& ar)
{

CDocument::Serialize(ar); //first call parent's serialize
CMyArchivesaveArchive(pFile, CArchive::store | CArchive::bNoFlushOnDelete);
saveArchive.m_pDocument = this;
saveArchive.m_bForceFlat = FALSE;
CWaitCursor wait;
Serialize(saveArchive); // save me
saveArchive.Close();
ReleaseFile(pFile, FALSE);

}

void CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive& saveArchive)
{

//write ur serialization code here

}

Bye
Cool Ju Cool | :cool:

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Re: why this is not called? CMyDoc::Serialize(CMyArchive&amp;amp;amp;amp; ar)

lucy15-Nov-05 3:44

lucy

15-Nov-05 3:44

Thank you very much, Cool Ju, the coding is working now! Laugh | :laugh:

Selective iterator over STL vector.

Maximilien11-Nov-05 10:08

Maximilien

11-Nov-05 10:08

( maybe not the best wording for my question )

Let's say I have a vector :

std::vector< BaseObject* > myVector;

I can have an iterator like :

std::vector< BaseObject >::iterator it;

That will move on the vector.

now, if I have a class hierarchy with the BaseObject class as the class parent :

class Derive1 : public BaseObject {};
class Derive2 : public BaseObject {};
/// ...

myVector.push_back( new Derive1 );
myVector.push_back( new Derive2 );
/// ...

Is there a way with STL to iterate only on some type of object in the vector ?

For example, only iterator on the object of the type Derive1 instead of iterating over the whole list and manually each time check to see if it's of the right class ?

Or do I have to do a bigger wrapper over the vector ?

Thanks.

Max.

Maximilien Lincourt
Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

Re: Selective iterator over STL vector.

C^hris L^osinger11-Nov-05 10:27

C^hris L^osinger

11-Nov-05 10:27

boost has something called a filter_iterator[^] that looks like it does what you describe.

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Re: Selective iterator over STL vector.

S. Senthil Kumar11-Nov-05 23:24

S. Senthil Kumar

11-Nov-05 23:24

The only way I can think of is using std::remove_if with a predicate function that does a dynamic cast. Not very pretty, IMO.

Regards
Senthil
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