Re: GetKeyState() question - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Re: A simple array question

jmkhael2-Oct-02 6:07

jmkhael

2-Oct-02 6:07

This doesnt work i fear cos i++ isnt yet evaluated

Papa

while (TRUE)
Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Help with fstream

Sunnygirl2-Oct-02 4:23

Sunnygirl

2-Oct-02 4:23

hello!

first: i want to read a .txt file with visual c++. i know there something with fstream, iostram and so on. but i don´t know the details.

second: i want to read different txt files. if i press a button a dialog should open where i can choose a txt-file. how can i program this dialog???

thanks
sunny Rose | [Rose]

Re: Help with fstream

RedZenBird2-Oct-02 4:29

RedZenBird

2-Oct-02 4:29

re: first:

create an ifstream object
call open
set file pointer to end using seekg
call tellg to get the number of bytes in the file
allocate that number of chars
set file pointer to beginning using seekg
call read
call close

re: second:
use CFileDialog ... before calling DoModal, fill out the m_ofn structure in the CFileDialog object...

hope that helps...

Just trying to keep the forces of entropy at bay

GetKeyState() question

dazinith2-Oct-02 4:14

dazinith

2-Oct-02 4:14

i am trying to figure out if the user has 3 keys held down, if so i wanna popup my credits for my program.. the code i see referrences VK_CONTROL, VK_SHIFT, VK_ENTER, but what about normal letters? i tried to override OnKeyDown() but it never gets called.. here is what im using now:

BOOL CAboutDlg::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
{
  if(pMsg->message==WM_KEYDOWN)
  {
    BOOL bS = (GetKeyState(VK_ENTER) & 0x8000);
    if (bS)
      AfxMessageBox("ding!");
  }	
  return CDialog::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
}

thanks for any suggestions!

still a newb.. cut me some slack :P
-dz

Re: GetKeyState() question

Tomasz Sowinski2-Oct-02 4:38

Tomasz Sowinski

2-Oct-02 4:38

You can pass ASCII code to Get[Async]KeyState.

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

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Re: GetKeyState() question

dazinith2-Oct-02 5:20

dazinith

2-Oct-02 5:20

i tried that.. i found an article on MSDN that said to do that.. i tried using 100 and 115 which are supposed to correspond to 'd' and 's'.. didnt wanna work.. i figured out something else that'll work tho.. thanks a bunch!;)

still a newb.. cut me some slack :P
-dz

Re: GetKeyState() question

adamUK2-Oct-02 5:38

adamUK

2-Oct-02 5:38

hey dz,

how about posting your thing that works on CP?!

cheers

Adam.

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Re: GetKeyState() question

Chris Richardson2-Oct-02 10:06

Chris Richardson

2-Oct-02 10:06

I would replace this:

BOOL bS = (GetKeyState(VK_ENTER) & 0x8000);

with this:

BOOL bS = (GetKeyState(VK_ENTER) & 0x10000000);

And yes, it does work with alphabetic characters, but you must use the upper case versions of the characters. Here's a comment from winuser.h:

/* VK_0 thru VK_9 are the same as ASCII '0' thru '9' (0x30 - 0x39) */
/* VK_A thru VK_Z are the same as ASCII 'A' thru 'Z' (0x41 - 0x5A) */

Chris Richardson

Clistctrl and sorting in report view

ns2-Oct-02 4:13

2-Oct-02 4:13

I have several columns in report view. I want to make sure that each column will sort itself if I click its columheader. Is this true? Or is it only the first column that sorts when you click the columnheader? I didnt see this mentioned in the MSDN

Appreciate your help,
ns

Re: Clistctrl and sorting in report view

Michael P Butler2-Oct-02 4:28

Michael P Butler

2-Oct-02 4:28

http://www.codeguru.com/listview/sort_on_col_click.shtml[^]

Michael

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CString and 'type' question

ns2-Oct-02 3:40

2-Oct-02 3:40

I have some CStrings which look like

"1234", "4567" ...so they are numbers in it

"1234efg", efg433" ...so a mix

"199809271234.17:00" which is a date.

I need to do stuff depending on what "type" the CString is: If its all numbers I have to change it into a double or something.

so (I dont see any CString function for this conversion) I'll have to use atoi, strtod etc. Except I have to make sure its totally numeric before I apply these functions.

How to tell if the CString is all numeric?

Appreciate your help,
ns

Re: CString and 'type' question

Tomasz Sowinski2-Oct-02 3:50

Tomasz Sowinski

2-Oct-02 3:50

I'd use std::ostringstream or strtod (which returns back the pointer where string-to-double conversion has ended).

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Re: CString and 'type' question

ns2-Oct-02 4:09

2-Oct-02 4:09

So if I have *pc = "123456" then I do strtod(pc, &pc,10). I stil dont know which strings I can safely operate on. Do I have to somehow infer from the position of the pointer whether it was the whole length of the string where it ended up (so the whole thing is numbers). If so what exactly tells me the length traversed by the pointer in reaching the location where it breaks off so I can compare it with strlen(original)? Am I missing something or is that a detail that needs dealt with? I have to find out if its all numbers...

Appreciate your help,
ns

Re: CString and 'type' question

Tomasz Sowinski2-Oct-02 4:35

Tomasz Sowinski

2-Oct-02 4:35

You know that you subtract two pointer, don't you? This will give you the length of processed sequence.

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Re: CString and 'type' question

RedZenBird2-Oct-02 4:40

RedZenBird

2-Oct-02 4:40

well, I think you oughta consider a different class than CString for storing your data....for example a variant type class that can can be a string, number or date with a 'marker' in the class to state what the data is. For ex:

class X
{
private:
time_t m_xTheTime;
string m_oTheString;
long m_lTheNumber;
int m_iType;

public:
enum
{
eIsTime;
eIsNumber;
eIsString;
}

X( string s )
{
m_iType = eIsString;
m_oTheStrign = s;
}

X( long l )
{
m_iType = eIsNumber;
m_lTheNumber = l;
}

X( time_t t )
{
m_iTheType = eIsTime;
m_xTheTime = t;
}

string AsString();
long AsNumber();
time_t AsTime();

int GetType();
}
etc etc

but if you don't wanna do that then to answer your other question:

for each char in your string call isdigit which will check if the character
is '0'..'9'

Just trying to keep the forces of entropy at bay

Re: CString and 'type' question

C^hris L^osinger2-Oct-02 5:25

C^hris L^osinger

2-Oct-02 5:25

ns wrote:
How to tell if the CString is all numeric?

use isdigit(x) to test each character in the string

-c

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Weird Memory Usage

Chris Hambleton2-Oct-02 2:37

Chris Hambleton

2-Oct-02 2:37

Hi,

I have an MFC app with a web browser in it, and I'm getting some strange memory usage. When I first start up the app, it intially takes ~28 M of memory. When I minimize it, it drops to about 1.6M (which I expected). Then when I restore the app and then start using it, it takes only about 12 M...

What's strange is why it initially takes up 28 M of memory, when it really on needs 12M later on.... any ideas what's going on and how I can make it so the app only takes up about 12 M initially?

Thanks!

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Re: Weird Memory Usage

Tomasz Sowinski2-Oct-02 2:47

Tomasz Sowinski

2-Oct-02 2:47

Windows calls ::SetProcessWorkingSetSize when you minimize applications. You can call this API yourself, but it may hit the performance - your app will generate more page faults.

Unless you have bitching customer who spends too much time in Task Manager, it's best to leave this to OS.

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CListCtrl and multiselect question

ns2-Oct-02 1:25

2-Oct-02 1:25

I have a CListctrl (has an extended style so there are checkboxes) for which in design view I have the multiselect option. THere are two questions.

When you click on one item, the itemchanged function runs and you can do stuff in them. I am pushing the name of the item clicked onto a vector. It allows me to hold down shift and select a range of elements, but they dont get automatically checked.

SO:

1. How do I push the name of every item selected in the multiselect operation onto my vector since I dont know what is happening in response with the itemchanged event?

2. How do I check every item that was highlighted in the multiselect operation automatically?

BOth these questions I cant find any documentation on. Please help, since I have to add this multiselect feature today... Smile | :)

Appreciate your help,
ns

Re: CListCtrl and multiselect question

Tomasz Sowinski2-Oct-02 1:33

Tomasz Sowinski

2-Oct-02 1:33

You should get LVN_ITEMCHANGED for each item. To check the item with given index, use CListCtrl::SetCheck.

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an observation

ns2-Oct-02 1:39

2-Oct-02 1:39

In a regular (no checkbox) listctrl, if you click an item, it highlights and the itemcchanged fires (in response to LVN_ITEMCHANGED correct?) Well, with checkboxes, it only fires if I check the box, not if I just click on the name, which does get highlighted ( but itemchanged function doesnt run.). Do you think that if I set the check automatically when clicking on the name , it will fire the itemchanged?

And if I understand you correctly, if I select three items (lets say it did respond to shift select), the itemchanged runs three times in succession,....once for each item?

Appreciate your help,
ns

more questions

ns2-Oct-02 1:46

2-Oct-02 1:46

I was going to try to see if automatically setting the check when highlighting the item name would fire the itemchanged. But I'm going in circles because I was going to SetCheck(nIndex) in the itemchanged (which is what I want to invoke and it doesnt get invoked by merely clicking on the box, only by checking the box). So I cant test my hypothesis using that event. WHy does it fire for a regular listctrl when clicking on the name, but not for a checkbox extended list ctrl when you click on the name? I need to make it fire when I select the name...not check the check box (for either event actually....)

Appreciate your help,
ns

Re: an observation

Tomasz Sowinski2-Oct-02 1:49

Tomasz Sowinski

2-Oct-02 1:49

It works for me even with checkboxes enabled. There are multiple LVN_ITEMCHANGED notifications when you change the selection for each selected/deselected item. Can you post the handler for LVN_ITEMCHANGED?

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

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Re: an observation

ns2-Oct-02 1:54

2-Oct-02 1:54

Your response is very reassuring. Heres my code:

void CDlgLists::OnItemchangedList2(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult) 
{
	NM_LISTVIEW* pNMListView = (NM_LISTVIEW*)pNMHDR;
	if (pNMListView->uOldState == 0 && pNMListView->uNewState == 0)
		return;	// No change







	BOOL bPrevState = (BOOL)(((pNMListView->uOldState & 
				LVIS_STATEIMAGEMASK)>>12)-1);   // Old check box state


	if (bPrevState < 0)	// On startup there's no previous state 
		bPrevState = 0; // so assign as false (unchecked)


	// New check box state
	BOOL bChecked=(BOOL)(((pNMListView->uNewState & LVIS_STATEIMAGEMASK)>>12)-1);



	if (bChecked < 0)
		bChecked = 0;



	BOOL bNameClicked = (bChecked < 0);



	if (bPrevState == bChecked) // No change in check box
		return;



	DWORD dwPos = ::GetMessagePos();

	CPoint point((int) LOWORD(dwPos), (int) HIWORD(dwPos));

	m_list2.ScreenToClient(&point);

	int nIndex;



	if ((nIndex = m_list2.HitTest(point)) == -1) return;


	OptStateMap &optStateMap = keyOptMap[activeKey];


	if (optStateMap.empty())
			GetOpts(activeKey,optStateMap);


	CString temp;
	temp.Format("index is %d ",nIndex);

	AfxMessageBox (temp);


	CString opt = m_list2.GetItemText(nIndex,0);


	keyOptMap[activeKey][opt] = !keyOptMap[activeKey][opt];
	
	*pResult = 0;
}

Do you think its the HitTest thats causing trouble and not letting it respond? My msgbox is beyond the hittest line (for testing).

So you can make the function run just by clicking the name? (or selecting a range of names, regardless of checkbox state)?

I thank you for your interest.

Appreciate your help,
ns

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