Re: ATL functions in.h files - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Sumudu Perera1-Apr-02 5:50

1-Apr-02 5:50

I'm using the following command in my program to close the CD Tray.
::mciSendString("set CDAudio door closed", NULL, 0, NULL)

But the problem is, after closing the CD tray the program is waiting for the CD to be read by windows (i.e. open a autorun file etc.). During this time the program appears to be hung. I was using the same API call in my VB version of the program. It did not have this problem. The app should only wait like this if I had used "notif" or "wait" parameters, right?

What am I missing here?

ATL functions in.h files

1-Apr-02 5:28

What is the reason to have most of ATL source code in .h files? Is there any disadvantage to having template functions in .cpp files? Can anyone point me to good articles on this topic?

Re: ATL functions in.h files

James R. Twine1-Apr-02 5:35

James R. Twine

1-Apr-02 5:35

Satheesh wrote:
What is the reason to have most of ATL source code in .h files?

IIRC, this is just so that the functions will be automatically inlined (where possible, of course).

Peace!

-=- James.

Re: ATL functions in.h files

Tim Smith1-Apr-02 6:05

Tim Smith

1-Apr-02 6:05

You can't have template functions in CPP.

Now the standard does have the 'extern' keyword to provide the ability to place template functions in CPP files, however, nobody supports this element of the standard.

Tim Smith

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Re: ATL functions in.h files

James R. Twine1-Apr-02 6:14

James R. Twine

1-Apr-02 6:14

Tim Smith wrote:
You can't have template functions in CPP.

Meaning "Templated Functions"? So I cannot declare them in a CPP file, or I cannot specialize the template in a CPP file? I am asking because I am under the impression that specializing an STL template (like std::vector) creates templated functions (like vector::push_back), and while I do not do it personally (I use typedefs in .H files), I have seen code that specializes templates in CPP files like this:

<br />
//<br />
// In A CPP File...<br />
//<br />
std::vector< DWORD >  vecDWORDs;<br />
<br />
vecDWords.push_back( 0xFF );<br />
vecDWORDs.push_back( 0xFFFFFFFF );<br />

Or am I misunderstanding you (or templates, for that matter)?

Peace!

-=- James.

Re: ATL functions in.h files

Tim Smith1-Apr-02 6:21

Tim Smith

1-Apr-02 6:21

Ok, let me clarify. What you can't do is define a template in an H file, then implement the methods of that template in a CPP file and THEN try to use those routines in another CPP file.

So, you can define templates in a CPP file just fine. But the methods can not be used in a second CPP file. That is why template methods are commonly found in the H file as inline methods.

Tim Smith

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Re: ATL functions in.h files

James R. Twine1-Apr-02 6:30

James R. Twine

1-Apr-02 6:30

Tim Smith wrote:
Ok, let me clarify. What you can't do is define a template in an H file [...]

   OK, now I get it.  I do not think I have ever tried that particular scenario, which explains my ignorance of it.

   Thanks for clearing that up for me.

   Peace!

-=- James.

Re: ATL functions in.h files

1-Apr-02 8:46

Is that 'export' or 'extern'?

Re: ATL functions in.h files

Tim Smith1-Apr-02 9:01

Tim Smith

1-Apr-02 9:01

DOH, you are probably right.

I'm getting old.

The mind is umm... what is it... umm... just on the tip...

What was I talking about?

Tim Smith

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CHtmlEditCtrl in VS.NET...

James R. Twine1-Apr-02 5:10

James R. Twine

1-Apr-02 5:10

I am trying to place on of these on a dialog, and it works (somewhat), but here is the interesting thing: the CHtmlEditCtrl class has a protected destructor(!).

Private and protected destructors force you to allocate an object on the heap (or by some other custom method, which I think is a bad idea in this case). OK, fine, I have it allocated off of the heap, but I cannot deallocate/destroy the damn thing, and it does not nuke itself when it gets it's DestroyWindow(...) method called (which is where most CWnd-derived classes that destroy themselves actually destroy themselves, so I leak that object!) Blush | :O

Is there something that I am missing here? There is no exposed method that "self-destructs" the object. So I am at a lost as to explain why in the hell this thing has a protected destructor! Mad | :mad:

Peace!

-=- James.

Re: CHtmlEditCtrl in VS.NET...

Joaquín M López Muñoz1-Apr-02 5:41

Joaquín M López Muñoz

1-Apr-02 5:41

It's a weird thing, kinda shocks me too. For a quick fix, derive from CMyHtmlEditCtrl from CHtmlEditCtrl and use this instead. But this of course doesn't explain why the dtor was protected in the first place.

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

MFC command line arguments

Jerry Wang1-Apr-02 5:05

Jerry Wang

1-Apr-02 5:05

Hi,

I have a MFC program that I want to make it to take a path instead of a filename for its calling argument. Something like: AppName c:\docs\SupportFilePath

I noticed that the default action for having an argument in MFC program is it goes to Document::OnOpenFile(). Is there a way to prevent onOpenFile be called, but instead, get a hold of this argument in CMainFrame::CMainFrame()?

Here's what I've figured so far... Is the following an effecient way of getting a hold of the argument and passing it to CMainFrame??

(Inside CApp::InitInstance()

<br />
...<br />
	// create main MDI Frame window<br />
	CMainFrame* pMainFrame = new CMainFrame;<br />
	if (!pMainFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME))<br />
		return FALSE;<br />
	m_pMainWnd = pMainFrame;<br />
<br />
	CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;<br />
<br />
	// still show initial new document window<br />
	cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand = CCommandLineInfo::FileNew;<br />
<br />
	// pass cmdInfo file path to CMainFrame<br />
	pMainFrame->setCustomPath(cmdInfo::m_strFileName);<br />
<br />
	ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);<br />
<br />
	// Dispatch commands specified on the command line<br />
	if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))<br />
		return FALSE;<br />

What do you think?
Smile | :)

Re: MFC command line arguments

Joaquín M López Muñoz1-Apr-02 5:09

Joaquín M López Muñoz

1-Apr-02 5:09

I'd say this is fine Smile | :)

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

Re: MFC command line arguments

James R. Twine1-Apr-02 5:13

James R. Twine

1-Apr-02 5:13

Jerry Wang wrote:
CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
// still show initial new document window
cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand = CCommandLineInfo::FileNew;
// pass cmdInfo file path to CMainFrame
pMainFrame->setCustomPath(cmdInfo::m_strFileName);
ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);

Hmmmm... I am under the impression that you need to call ParseCommandLine(...) first in order to populate the fields you are manipulating (like cmdInfo::m_strFileName)? Then you can change the m_nShellCommand value to prevent the app from opening the file...?

Peace!

-=- James.

Re: MFC command line arguments

Jerry Wang1-Apr-02 5:24

Jerry Wang

1-Apr-02 5:24

I think you are right. I wasn't too sure what ParseCommandLine did. Thank you both! Big Grin | :-D

CTreeCtrl

NC1-Apr-02 4:44

1-Apr-02 4:44

Hi!
I have to calculate the number of characters an HTREEITEM of tree ctrl can hold. I am not sure what functions can help me with this. I would appreciate any suggestions on this.

Thanks,

NC

Re: CTreeCtrl

Ravi Bhavnani1-Apr-02 4:48

Ravi Bhavnani

1-Apr-02 4:48

NC wrote:
the number of characters an HTREEITEM of tree ctrl can hold

A HTREEITEM is a handle to a tree item. Like all Windows handles, it is a 32 bit unsigned quantity. Perhaps you meant to ask something else?

/ravi

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Re: CTreeCtrl

NC1-Apr-02 5:04

1-Apr-02 5:04

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Perhaps you meant to ask something else?

Yes I did. I meant, the number of charaters each item(line) in a tree ctrl can hold. I want to calculate the number of characters that the tree ctrl can display on a single line.

Sorry for the confusion, I hope this is clear.

Thanks,

NC

Re: CTreeCtrl

James R. Twine1-Apr-02 5:17

James R. Twine

1-Apr-02 5:17

NC wrote:
Yes I did. I meant, the number of charaters each item(line) in a tree ctrl can hold. I want to calculate the number of characters that the tree ctrl can display on a single line.

Can you get the tree control's client area, take into account the item's indentation (get the tree item's label rect basically), and use CDC::GetTextExtent(...), or a similar function, to determine that? (Note, of course, that this will only get you a solid value if you are using a monospace font, like Courier New.)

Peace!

-=- James.

Re: CTreeCtrl

Ravi Bhavnani1-Apr-02 9:09

Ravi Bhavnani

1-Apr-02 9:09

The text size of each column for a tree control entry is theoretically unlimited.

/ravi

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Re: CTreeCtrl

NC1-Apr-02 9:58

1-Apr-02 9:58

Hi!
Thanks for replying. Here is what I want to do, check the width of the tree ctrl and based on that figure out how much of my std::string variable(which could be very long) to display. I am not sure how to convert the length of the string to pixels.

Are there any functions that will help me here?

Thanks so much,

NC

Re: CTreeCtrl

Ravi Bhavnani1-Apr-02 10:22

Ravi Bhavnani

1-Apr-02 10:22

Yes, you can use DrawText() using the tree control's DC to determine the exact width of the string to be displayed. If you're using MFC, I'd subclass CTreeCtrl and turn this into a method - eg: CMyTreeCtrl::getTextWidth (CString& strDisplay) - that you can conveniently call from anywhere once the tree control is constructed (and has a DC!).

Use the DT_CALCRECT flag to calculate the bounds used by the text. The call will automagically use the correct font currently in use by the tree control.

/ravi

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Re: CTreeCtrl

NC1-Apr-02 10:51

1-Apr-02 10:51

Hi!

Thanks again for replying. I am new to a lot of this, so I need a little more info.

I have my tree ctrl subclassed. And I am drawing some stuff in custom draw. I looked up DrawText() and seems like I should be able to use it to do what I want. But, I am not sure what you meant by

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
turn this into a method - eg: CMyTreeCtrl::getTextWidth (CString& strDisplay)

Did you mean have a method that returns the size of the text being passed?

Thanks for all your help,

NC

Re: CTreeCtrl

Ravi Bhavnani1-Apr-02 11:40

Ravi Bhavnani

1-Apr-02 11:40

What I meant was if you expose the "get text width" functionality via a method, you could determine the width outside of the tree control. This may not be necessary in your application if you need to compute the text width only while drawing (i.e. the only object interested in the text width is the tree control itself).

Did you mean have a method that returns the size of the text being passed?
Yes.

/ravi

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Re: CTreeCtrl

2-Apr-02 1:42

Hi!
Thanks for replying. I will have to bother you one more time.

Is there any way to convert the rect of the tree item and the string length to some common unit and compare the two? I have to chop off my std::string and display it on 2 or 3 lines based on the current width of the the tree ctrl. So, I need to calculate it before DrawText().

Thanks for all your help.

NC

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