Re: Cursor color in resource editor - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer11-Dec-07 6:08

11-Dec-07 6:08

Cpallini has already explained at some length (to me too!) how the address of an array has the same value for convenience to printf (and it's relations).

The two bits of code you've shown do the same thing with derefencing. The only difference is that the wcout is clever enough to go "oh, I won't give a number, I'll give a lump of text - aren't I helpful?".

The short answer to question 2
BECAUSE.

Longer answer...
Because it has been defined that way by people cleverer than us.

Is this feature causing you problems?

Iain.

Re: string array v.s. int array

George_George11-Dec-07 21:14

George_George

11-Dec-07 21:14

Thanks Iain,

My question is answered.

regards,
George

WM_CTLCOLOR

Tara1410-Dec-07 17:42

Tara14

10-Dec-07 17:42

Hi,

I am using WM_CTLCOLOR to make the static text transparent and change the font and colour. Please can you tell me how to do the font-clean-up action if any is required here?

HBRUSH CF4_NewEstimate::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor) 
{
	HBRUSH hbr = CResizableFormView::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);


	CFont *m_pFont = new CFont;
	m_pFont->CreateFont(12,0,0,0,600,0,0,0,0,0,0,ANTIALIASED_QUALITY,0,"MS Sans Serif");
	CFont *pOldFont = NULL;
	
// Make transparent static control
	switch (nCtlColor)
	{
		case CTLCOLOR_STATIC:
			pDC->SelectObject(m_pFont);
			hbr = (HBRUSH)::GetStockObject (HOLLOW_BRUSH);
			pDC->SetBkMode (TRANSPARENT);
			pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(255,128,0));
			
		
		break;
	}
	
	
	return hbr;


}

Thanks.

Fortitudine Vincimus!

Re: WM_CTLCOLOR

Naveen10-Dec-07 18:22

Naveen

10-Dec-07 18:22

Tara14 ase CTLCOLOR_STATIC: pDC->SelectObject(m_pFont);

This is not the correct way to change the font of a window. You should call the SetFont() function to change the font and this need to be done only once( in OnInitdialog() or OnIntitialUpdate() function etc ).

nave

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Cursor color in resource editor

followait10-Dec-07 16:23

followait

10-Dec-07 16:23

I want to add a 16-bit color cursor.
But when I insert a new cursor, there is a default monochrome one, and LoadCursor will use that one by default. How to use 16-bit cursor?

Re: Cursor color in resource editor

Nelek10-Dec-07 23:23

Nelek

10-Dec-07 23:23

Just design your cursor in the resource editor, give it a IDC_NAME and use ::LoadCursor and ::SetCursor.

if you load it but not set it active...

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Re: Cursor color in resource editor

followait11-Dec-07 3:47

followait

11-Dec-07 3:47

setted, but the monochrome one using the same ID takes effect

Re: Cursor color in resource editor

Nelek11-Dec-07 22:32

Nelek

11-Dec-07 22:32

This is to set the normal white arrow that is always in all MFC-Win32 app by default.

	HCURSOR m_hCursor;   //<--- this is in the header
;
	//Now in the cpp
	m_hCursor=AfxGetApp()->LoadStandardCursor(IDC_ARROW);	// Loading normal cursor
	if (m_hCursor)							// If load works good
		::SetCursor (m_hCursor);				// Change to selected cursor

And here I set my own drawn cursor

m_hCursor=AfxGetApp()->LoadCursor(IDC_SELPOINT); // Loading owner cursor
if (m_hCursor)                      // If load ok
    ::SetCursor (m_hCursor);            // Change to selection cursor

Note that the ID that I use to load my own cursor is the ID that I give to the cursor in my resources editor.

What are you making?

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Re: Cursor color in resource editor

followait11-Dec-07 23:02

followait

11-Dec-07 23:02

That's just what I do.
The problem is that I added a "16-bit color" cursor, not the default monochrome one. But LoadCursor will load the monochrome one instead of the "16-bit color" one. They have the same ID.

Is floating point number mathematical integer?

Oliver12310-Dec-07 14:15

Oliver123

10-Dec-07 14:15

How can one determmine if a given floating point variable is a mathematical integer (1,2,3,4,5...)? I figured I could divide by one and check for zero as a remainder. Doesn't work.

float fNumber = 861;
float one = 1;

fmod(fNumber, one)
modf(fNumber, one)

Both of these return a value of .9998936354755 (or some other decimal very close to 1).

I've tried various combinations of float and double, but get the same results.

Ideas? Thanks.

Re: Is floating point number mathematical integer?

followait10-Dec-07 16:38

followait

10-Dec-07 16:38

It's floating point inaccuracy occured on every common pc.
Control it manually.

For example:

float f=861;
When you assin 861, it could be a little more or a little less than it,
like 860.99999 or 861.00001
You can do like this:
f+=0.00001f to make sure it is a little more than 861
...

Re: Is floating point number mathematical integer?

cp987610-Dec-07 17:11

cp9876

10-Dec-07 17:11

followait wrote:
float f=861;
When you assin 861, it could be a little more or a little less than it,

This is not true, the floating point standard guarantees that integer representation is perfect, so

float f = 861;

will result in f being 861 precisely. Integer arithmetic also is precise if it stays integral, so

f = float(1722)/float(2);

results in f being 861 precisely. Once your expression moves away from being able to be represented exactly then the sorts of precision errors you mention occur. e.g.

f = (float(10)/float(3))*float(3);

should be 10 but you will see rounding errors.

Peter
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Re: Is floating point number mathematical integer?

cp987610-Dec-07 17:15

cp9876

10-Dec-07 17:15

I don't know of a simple test, but you can use floor(), ceil() or fmod() to help. e.g.

if (f == floor(f)) {}<br />
<br />
if (f == ceil(f)) {}<br />
<br />
float intPart;<br />
if (fmod(f,&intPart) == 0) {}

I don't know what is most efficient if speed is important.

Peter
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dll question

KellyR10-Dec-07 13:00

KellyR

10-Dec-07 13:00

Hi,

My project is written in C++ using MFC and VC++ .NET 2005.

My problem is this:
When I run my program on any computer that has .NET 2005, it seems to work fine. However, if I move it over to a computer without any IDE (like a fresh WinXP SP2 install) it crashes whenever I try to call an application-specific dll file.

So it's like this, let's say a part of my application uses a dll file called utils.dll. Utils.dll normally is used to start up a "utility" thread which accesses a database that contains various useful information. Normally the application runs fine, however, if I move it to another computer (along with all of the dlls I can think of that it might possibly need) it will crash as soon as I try to call a function from utils.dll (utils.dll IS in the folder with the program where it should be, and I know it's loading because I can still call static functions from it).

Any idea of what might be happening?

I have all the dlls included that I could think of (mfc80.dll, msvcr80.dll, etc etc) but I feel like maybe I'm missing one somehow and I don't know how to tell what it could be.

Sorry if I made this sound overly complicated, but it's a very irritating problem.

Thanks!

InstallSheild Help Please

Trey549810-Dec-07 9:01

Trey5498

10-Dec-07 9:01

I am using installsheild dev studio 9. I have a install program that looks for a serial number when you enter it in a blank field. At the time of purchase, our customers receive the serial and need to enter it when they install. The problem is that the serial number has dashes and 25% of our customers cant figure out to use the dashes.

I came up with the Idea of (same as windows vista style) of having the program automatically insert the dash or have 3 boxes that automatically change focus. How is this done??

Re: InstallSheild Help Please

David Crow10-Dec-07 9:39

David Crow

10-Dec-07 9:39

Trey5498 wrote:
I came up with the Idea of (same as windows vista style) of having the program automatically insert the dash or have 3 boxes that automatically change focus. How is this done??

For the former, check out masked edit controls.

For the latter, handle the EN_CHANGE message for each edit control. Each time that notification is received, check to see how many characters are in the control. If three, send the window a WM_NEXTDLGCTL message.

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CListCtrl SetItemState(...) timing

Doc Lobster10-Dec-07 7:16

Doc Lobster

10-Dec-07 7:16

Hi, this one is for the MFC aces:

I got a rather complicated CListCtrl (owner draw and owner data) with a 100 entries, though I don't think that should matter for this issue.

Calling SetItemState(...) takes me about 30 ms on my rather new PC (maybe half the time in release mode), when it has to alter an item state. When the item state stays the same, it returns instantly.

Calling SetItemState(-1, ...) takes about the same time as any other SetItemState(...) call, even if it alters all items.

It doesn't really make a difference if the ListCtrl is SW_SHOW or SW_HIDDEN and setting ListCtrl.SetRedraw(false) doesn't help either.

When just a couple of items are changed at the same time, I get a noticeable break. Has anybody experienced something similar or knows a work-around? (I'm just asking before starting to write test cases)

Thanks in advance,

Andy

Re: CListCtrl SetItemState(...) timing

Nathan Holt at EMOM10-Dec-07 7:37

Nathan Holt at EMOM

10-Dec-07 7:37

Doc Lobster wrote:
I got a rather complicated CListCtrl (owner draw and owner data) with a 100 entries, though I don't think that should matter for this issue.

Calling SetItemState(...) takes me about 30 ms on my rather new PC (maybe half the time in release mode), when it has to alter an item state. When the item state stays the same, it returns instantly.

It sounds like the list control is sending messages to announce the state change before it returns. I'm not sure there is any way to disable that.

Nathan

Re: CListCtrl SetItemState(...) timing

CPallini10-Dec-07 9:14

CPallini

10-Dec-07 9:14

Doc Lobster wrote:
Calling SetItemState(-1, ...) takes about the same time as any other SetItemState(...) call, even if it alters all items.

I think this is a good hint.
(Un)fortunately 'debugging' is your only friend.
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Displaying a " in the string

bigdenny20010-Dec-07 4:53

bigdenny200

10-Dec-07 4:53

Hi all,

I am trying to display a char string that contains following character: " (one double quote).

If I write:

char * c = " some string " ";

Now you see the problem I encounter, The second quote is taken as end of the string. But I want it to be displayed inside the string. So, how can I manage to display: some string "

Thanks !

Re: Displaying a " in the string

George L. Jackson10-Dec-07 5:03

George L. Jackson

10-Dec-07 5:03

You use the escape character "\":

char* c = " some string \" ";

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Re: Displaying a " in the string

bigdenny20010-Dec-07 8:00

bigdenny200

10-Dec-07 8:00

Thanks George !

Running a program, and displaying user feedback, without the need to click buttons

maladuk10-Dec-07 4:14

maladuk

10-Dec-07 4:14

Hi!

I run a simulation program as a child from another application. The program is a bit time consuming, so, as a user-feedback, I want the names of the output-files that are generated to be listed in a text-box, as the simulations are carried out. The child-program should in other words just display the dialog with the text-box, perform the simulations, and for each one add a file-name to the text box, and finally close the dialog and terminate after the last one. Whithout the need to click any buttons.

My question is "where do I put the call to the simulation function? Placing it at the end of the OnInitDialog-function makes the dialog show up first at the very end of the last siimulation.

maladuk

Re: Running a program, and displaying user feedback, without the need to click buttons

CPallini10-Dec-07 4:43

CPallini

10-Dec-07 4:43

Without using thread you can:
(1) Post a user defined message to your dialog at the end of the InitDialog method and then, in the message handler, call the simulation function (that has also to periodically update your 'status textbox').
(2) Use, for the same purpose, a one-shot timer.
(3) ... (at the moment no further ideas)

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Re: Running a program, and displaying user feedback, without the need to click buttons

David Crow10-Dec-07 5:31

David Crow

10-Dec-07 5:31

maladuk wrote:
I run a simulation program as a child from another application. The program is a bit time consuming, so, as a user-feedback, I want the names of the output-files that are generated to be listed in a text-box, as the simulations are carried out.

If the child process is printing the names of those files, see here and here.

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.