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Re: Multiline Tray Tooltip

8-Aug-02 3:02

Perhaps this article[^] will help?

/ravi

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Alberto Giannetto8-Aug-02 3:52

Alberto Giannetto

8-Aug-02 3:52

Interesting code surely, but I'm not sure it can help: how do I get full control over the ToolTip when, through Shell_NotifyIcon, all I have to do is just fill a NOTIFYICONDATA structure?

Albi

AppendChunk bombs

nss8-Aug-02 1:24

8-Aug-02 1:24

I am trying to put a blob into an access database into a field of type OLE OBJECT (hope its the right one, tried text as well just in case). I get the crash at AppendChunk:

// Function which creates a safe array 

 void BlobToVariant(VARIANT &varArray)
{
	      BYTE *pByte;
	
	      FILE* pFile ;


	        long size;

	
		pFile =	fopen("C:\\Windows\\rhododendron.bmp", "rb");    		
		if(pFile == 0) // open failed ?
		{
			size = 0;

			return;
		}

	
		
		fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_END);

		int fileSize = ftell(pFile);

		fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_SET);



		if (size < fileSize)
		{
			size = fileSize;

			fclose(pFile);

			return;
		}
		

			
		size = fileSize;

		char *pImage;

		fread(pImage, size, 1, pFile);

		pImage[size] = 0; // Put a 0 char at the end

		fclose(pFile);

		CString CImage(pImage);



		SAFEARRAY FAR* psa;
		SAFEARRAYBOUND rgsabound[1];
		rgsabound[0].lLbound = 0;	
		rgsabound[0].cElements = CImage.GetLength() * 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)CImage.GetBuffer(CImage.GetLength()),CImage.GetLength()+1);
		SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa);

		varArray.vt = VT_ARRAY | VT_UI1;
		varArray.parray = psa;

}



void DbClass::AddNewRecord(char* key1, char* value1)

{


		VARIANT varBLOB;

		BlobToVariant(varBLOB);

		m_pRecordset->AddNew();
		m_pRecordset->Fields->Item[0L]->AppendChunk(varBLOB);
		m_pRecordset->Update();

		VariantClear(&varBLOB);

		// Move to the last row ,as the row will be added at the end
		m_pRecordset->MoveLast();

Any ideas why?
Thanks,
ns

Ravi Bhavnani8-Aug-02 3:00

8-Aug-02 3:00

Does m_pRecordset->Fields->Item[0L] have a valid value? (You can test it with an ASSERT).

Caveat: I'm ADO ignorant.

/ravi

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nss8-Aug-02 5:08

8-Aug-02 5:08

yes its a valid column in the database. Its cousin GetChunk is working happpily on it to retreive data. Now I'm trying to put data into the table. This seemed the most understandable way..
Thanks for the reply. I was wondering where you were!;P

Ravi Bhavnani8-Aug-02 5:43

8-Aug-02 5:43

I'm around... Smile | :)

Been working on a hack[^] for my sister-in-law who (bless her heart!) has EBay-itis, but uses a humble 28.8 modem. Now other people have started using it and have been sending me feature requests. I love it!

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nss8-Aug-02 7:08

8-Aug-02 7:08

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

Ravi Bhavnani8-Aug-02 11:43

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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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)

nss8-Aug-02 7:18

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

nss8-Aug-02 7:40

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

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

Simple parameter return question (strings)

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 | :)

-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

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

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