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Re: AppendChunk bombs

nss8-Aug-02 7:08

nss

8-Aug-02 7:08

The link to the hack is invalid.
I'm sort of having fun too....ADO is doable.

Re: AppendChunk bombs

Ravi Bhavnani8-Aug-02 11:43

Ravi Bhavnani

8-Aug-02 11:43

Glad you're having fun, and it's not much ADO about nothing. Sorry, sometimes I think I'm a punny guy. Damn. Smile | :)

The link is fixed. You can see it here[^].

/ravi

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Re: AppendChunk bombs

Joel Lucsy8-Aug-02 6:11

Joel Lucsy

8-Aug-02 6:11

A couple of things: 1) A CString can't hold binary data from a bitmap. Bitmaps have NULL characters which CString uses to find the end of the string. Don't use the CString at all, it's not needed.
2). You use pImage with initializing it. char *pImage = new char[ size ]; also don't forget to delete [] pImage;
3). no need to put a zero at the end, NULL terminating binary data really doesn't do or mean anything.

There are other things that are not needed and the code could be greatly simplified but your basic assumptions are a tad off.

Joel Lucsy (jjlucsy@ameritech.net)

Re: AppendChunk bombs

nss8-Aug-02 7:18

nss

8-Aug-02 7:18

In this line:

memcpy((LPVOID)pByte,(LPVOID)CImage.GetBuffer(CImage.GetLength()),CImage.GetLength()+1);

if my data is stored in pImage, what shall I use inplace of CString CImage?

I have this to fill:

SAFEARRAYBOUND rgsabound[1];

rgsabound[0].cElements = CImage.GetLength() * sizeof(TCHAR) + sizeof(TCHAR)

so I dont know how to perform these operations on a char* instead of a CString. I cant do strlen on the pImage because its got lots of embedded nulls. What to do to get the length of the image char* buffer?

Thanks,
ns

Re: AppendChunk bombs

nss8-Aug-02 7:40

nss

8-Aug-02 7:40

I made some modifications (didnt use cString) and it never gets into the if to do the memcpy:

if(SafeArrayAccessData(psa,(void **)&pByte) == NOERROR)
memcpy((LPVOID)pByte,(LPVOID)pImage,size+1);
SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa);

The changes I made are:

size = fileSize;

char *pImage;

pImage = new char[size+1];

fread(pImage, size, 1, pFile);

fclose(pFile);

SAFEARRAY FAR* psa;
SAFEARRAYBOUND rgsabound[1];
rgsabound[0].lLbound = 0;
rgsabound[0].cElements = size * sizeof(TCHAR) + sizeof(TCHAR);

// create a single dimensional byte array
psa = SafeArrayCreate(VT_I1, 1, rgsabound);

// set the data of the array with data in the edit box
if(SafeArrayAccessData(psa,(void **)&pByte) == NOERROR)
memcpy((LPVOID)pByte,(LPVOID)pImage,size+1);
SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa);
        //delete pImage[];
varArray.vt = VT_ARRAY | VT_UI1;
varArray.parray = psa;

WHat can I do to get to the memcpy statement?
Thanks,
ns

Re: AppendChunk bombs

Joel Lucsy8-Aug-02 12:54

Joel Lucsy

8-Aug-02 12:54

Ok, let's try a different tact:

void BlobToVariant( COleVariant &varArray )
{
  CFile  file;
  COleSafeArray safeArray;
  void *data;
  if (!file.Open( "c:\\windows\\rhododendron.bmp", CFile::modeRead ))
  {
    return;
  }
  safeArray.CreateOneDim( VT_UI1, file.GetLength() );
  safeArray.AccessData( (void*)&data );
  file.Read( data, file.GetLength() );
  file.Close();
  safeArray.UnaccessData();
  varArray = safeArray;
}
void DbClass::AddNewRecord( char *key1, char *value1 )
{
  /*...*/
  COleVariant varArray;
  BlobToVariant( varArray );
  m_pRecordset->AddNew();
  m_pRecordset->Fields->Item[ 0L ]->AppendChunk( varArray );
  m_pRecordset->Update();
  m_pRecordset->MoveLast();
  /*...*/
}

Joel Lucsy (jjlucsy@ameritech.net)

Hmmmm

nss8-Aug-02 14:22

nss

8-Aug-02 14:22

It didnt crash. It told me that the recordcount was increasing. But when i looked in the db, no new entries! Aaargh!

My recordset is opened as:

m_pRecordset->CursorLocation = adUseClient;
     m_pRecordset->Open ((IDispatch *) m_pCommand, vtMissing, adOpenStatic,
							adLockBatchOptimistic, adCmdText);

I really do appreciate your efforts. Thanks very much,
ns Smile | :)

Simple parameter return question (strings)

-Dy8-Aug-02 1:12

-Dy

8-Aug-02 1:12

I've got an array class with 2 GetAt members:

__forceinline CString CFStrArray::GetAt(int nIndex) const
{
	CString str = // gets the data, does some stuff, returns fine 
	return str;
}

__forceinline void CFStrArray::GetAt(int nIndex, LPSTR sz) const
{
	CString str = GetAt(nIndex);
	sz = str.GetBuffer(1);
	str.ReleaseBuffer();
}

The first works fine, but the second one fails to return the value in the LPSTR. I need to have both the CString return version and an LPSTR return version, how can I achieve this?

Dylan Kenneally
London, UK

Re: Simple parameter return question (strings)

8-Aug-02 1:32

Dylan,
The GetBuffer() member function of the CString class returns the pointer to the actual character data used by the class. This can be used to directly modify the CString object data (though I think this is very dangerous).
This means the the moment you call ReleaseBuffer(), the address returned may very well be invalid.

try:

CString str = GetAt(nIndex);
LPTSTR czBuffer = str.GetBuffer(1);
strcpy(sz, czBuffer);        // or _tcscpy(sz, czBuffer).
str.ReleaseBuffer();

Richard Chin

Re: Simple parameter return question (strings)

Tomasz Sowinski8-Aug-02 1:32

Tomasz Sowinski

8-Aug-02 1:32

Why do you need 'char *' (LPSTR)? 'const char *' wouldn't be appropriate?

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

What is "scratch" and why can everything be made from it?

Re: Simple parameter return question (strings)

Rutger Ellen8-Aug-02 1:48

Rutger Ellen

8-Aug-02 1:48

Dylan Kenneally wrote:
__forceinline void CFStrArray::GetAt(int nIndex, LPSTR sz) const{ CString str = GetAt(nIndex); sz = str.GetBuffer(1); str.ReleaseBuffer();}

This releases the buffer before you return it

you should use something like

__forceinline void CFStrArray::GetAt(int nIndex, LPSTR sz,int nCount) const<br />
{<br />
	CString str = GetAt(nIndex);<br />
	if (str.GetLength() < nCount)<br />
             strcpy(sz,str);<br />
        else<br />
        {<br />
             strncpy(sz,str,nCount-1);<br />
             sz[nCount-1]="\0";<br />
        }<br />
}

Ofcource it is now the responsibility of the calling function to reserve space for sz

HELP ME...........

Anonymous8-Aug-02 0:30

Anonymous

8-Aug-02 0:30

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Re: HELP ME...........

Ravi Bhavnani8-Aug-02 3:14

Ravi Bhavnani

8-Aug-02 3:14

I don't know about the best place, but you could try right here at CP[^] for starters.

/ravi

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question on recv() function

zecodela8-Aug-02 0:30

zecodela

8-Aug-02 0:30

hi all,
i want to know any character can trigger return of recv() function?
i used java to send data to VC++ client. for example, i send 5 lines to VC client and i want to have 5 times of return in recv().
what can i do?

example:
while(y=recv(pSoc->conn,buff,512,0))
{
// i want to run 5 times of this loop.
// for 5 lines of data
// e.g.
// loginlist
// Jim
// Mary
// Joe
// Ken
// 5 lines of data, want to have 5 returns in recv(), any help?
}

thanks,
jim

Re: question on recv() function

markkuk8-Aug-02 0:45

markkuk

8-Aug-02 0:45

That's not how sockets work. You may get all lines in one recv() response, or one character per recv(), and your code must be able to deal with it.

Re: question on recv() function

zecodela8-Aug-02 15:53

zecodela

8-Aug-02 15:53

thanks!
so, do you know how can i control when the recv() return? or, it is in random manner?
pls give me some idea!
jim

Irregular fatal error

s_k7-Aug-02 23:42

s_k

7-Aug-02 23:42

Hi,
I have very big Visual C++ project I undertook after the other programmer. Now, I found out irregular fatal errors. Windows write something like "....instruction on address blahblah....memory cant be written...". I really cant go through source code and find possible problems because it is really big project. So how can I fix it ?? I say again, this error is very irregular and sometimes, the program finishes its work perfectly...I am very confused. Is there any way to find the error ? I have VC++ 6.0.
Thanks in advance, any suggestion will be appreciated !

Celebrate Mr. Cesilko!

Re: Irregular fatal error

Tomasz Sowinski8-Aug-02 0:57

Tomasz Sowinski

8-Aug-02 0:57

You'll need some automated error detection tool, like BoundsChecker or Purify. The problem smells like heap corruption or writing past the end of array.

s_k wrote:
sometimes, the program finishes its work perfectly

Forget about it. Treat your app as a 2-engine plane with first engine totally broken. Second may fail any moment now leading to disaster.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

What is "scratch" and why can everything be made from it?

Re: Irregular fatal error

s_k8-Aug-02 23:34

s_k

8-Aug-02 23:34

Thanks for your reply!
But, where can I get BoundsChecker, trial version, because I havent got money enough to buy commercial version...?

Celebrate Mr. Cesilko!

how to get location like VB's "app path"

nss7-Aug-02 23:22

nss

7-Aug-02 23:22

in VB theres the app path that you can tack on before the filename. How can you automatically detect your location in VC?
Thanksd,
ns

Re: how to get location like VB's "app path"

Ravi Bhavnani8-Aug-02 2:51

Ravi Bhavnani

8-Aug-02 2:51

void getAppDir
  (CString& strAppDir)    // buffer to receive application's directory
{
char*     pSlash;                     // location of last backslash filespec
char      szFilespec [_MAX_PATH];     // filespec
 
  // Get name of .exe file sans name
  ::GetModuleFileName (AfxGetInstanceHandle(), szFilespec, _MAX_PATH);
  pSlash = strrchr (szFilespec, '\\');
  ASSERT (pSlash != NULL);
  pSlash++;
  *pSlash = '\0';
  strAppDir = szFilespec;
}

/ravi

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Re: how to get location like VB's "app path"

nss8-Aug-02 5:21

nss

8-Aug-02 5:21

Looks great! I thought I'd have to go via cfiledialog which wasnt acceptable.
Thanks so much! Smile | :)

call oracle pl/sql procedures with cursors as outputparameters

ownlife7-Aug-02 23:11

ownlife

7-Aug-02 23:11

hi
how is it possible to call an oracle procedure from my vc++ application. i have tried it with the oracle ole c++ library, but this method doesn´t work because this library isn´t maturad enough, like there are several exceptions, when i connect to the db or when i call MoveNext in a dynaset object. I have read about an solution with the ole db dataprovider from oracle, but the problem is, that this works with COM and COM+ and so it is to complicated for me, because i am not experienced in COM.

Is there any simple solution for my problem?

thanks

ownlife

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