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thanks for the link Nick. I have doubt in what this line is doing. Can you explain it. thanks.
#pragma comment(lib, "comsupp.lib")
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leonwoo wrote:
I have doubt in what this line is doing. Can you explain it.
It is telling the compiler to search the comsupp.lib while linking. 
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The quickest way is to use a _bstr_t, which provides the character set conversion:
BSTR bs1 = ...;
_bstr_t bs2 ( bs1, true );
LPCTSTR psz = (LPCTSTR) bs2;
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Michael Dunn wrote:
The quickest way is to use a _bstr_t, which provides the character set conversion:
Ok Mike, maybe you can clear this up for me, maybe (please):
What is the purpose (for example) of having all these different types/names for string like data types? After reviewing the MSDN article[^] here I see things like, LPCSTR, LPCTSTR, LPCWSTR, LPTSTR, LPWSTR, PCSTR, PCTSTR, etc.... I think you get the point. I understand these are names, but why in the hell are there so many, they seem to be so closely related to each other.
Nick Parker
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The LP and P prefixes mean the same thing these days. The difference is a leftover from the days when there were near and far pointers (L = long, indicating a far pointer).
I just posted an article about strings[^], and I have part 2 almost done which covers the various wrapper classes and how to convert among them.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
I just posted an article about strings[^], and I have part 2 almost done which covers the various wrapper classes and how to convert among them.
Thanks Mike, that's exactly what I was looking for, C++ keeps becoming more and more inviting every day.
Nick Parker
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thanks for the valuable knowledge sharing........
cheers
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I am working on a ATL Com object. I want to ask what is the difference between ReleaseMinSize and ReleaseMinDependency. I observed that size of ReleaseMinDependency is much less that ReleaseMinSize. I am interested in both reducing size as well as distributing minimum DLL's with my DLL.
Can any one tell the difference
Ahsan
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With RelMinSize your code links to atl.dll and the CRT DLLs. What I do is build RelMinDep so I don't have to worry about shipping other DLLs, then set the compiler optimizations to minimize size (default is maximize speed) and add the linker switch /opt:nowin98 which shaves a few more K off the binary's size.
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I did do a few worker/window threads with MFC but I don't have a clue where to start so I can use threads with ATL...
Can someone point me to a tutorial or some doc?
Thanks!
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There is no thread wrapper class, you just use _beginthread() or _beginthreadex() to create new threads.
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Thanks Mike!
Although I get this error when trying to use _beginthread()
error C2664: '_beginthread' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'void (void)' to 'void (__cdecl *)(void *)'
I did follow the example on MSDN, my function doesn't return any value but it won't work!!!
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As the error message says, your thread func has the wrong signature. It takes a void* (not void) and needs to be declared with the __cdecl calling convention.
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Wouldn't it be better to use CreateThread() to minimize the CRT (and perhaps elminate the need for it)?
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I don't think I've ever made a non-trivial ATL project that didn't use the CRT. I always use a string function, or an STL collection, or something. So I personally don't care about keeping the CRT out and saving what, 40-50K?
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All I want to do is to use atlgdi.h but things get bad when I include atlapp.h. I can't get the project to compile, I always get this error:
unresolved externals... CAppModule or CServerAppModule...
Anyone has a bulletproof stdafx.h?
I'm going mad!
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Here's what my typical WTL project uses
// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently,
// but are changed infrequently
#if !defined(AFX_STDAFX_H__F9127740_BA37_42DC_8669_904CB2CFC7D4__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_STDAFX_H__F9127740_BA37_42DC_8669_904CB2CFC7D4__INCLUDED_
#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000
#define STRICT
#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400
#endif
#define _ATL_APARTMENT_THREADED
#include <atlbase.h>
//You may derive a class from CComModule and use it if you want to override
//something, but do not change the name of _Module
extern CComModule _Module;
#include <atlcom.h>
#include <atlwin.h>
#include <atlapp.h>
#include <atlframe.h>
#include <atlctrls.h>
#include <atlmisc.h>
#include <atlcrack.h>
//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.
#endif // !defined(AFX_STDAFX_H__F9127740_BA37_42DC_8669_904CB2CFC7D4__INCLUDED)
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Whenever you use anything from ATL and WTL (well, anything beyond the simple wrapper classes like CComPtr) you must have a global variable called _Module, similar to how MFC apps must have a global CWinApp object. Just make a dummy project with the AppWizard and copy the #includes from the stdafx.h that the wizard generates.
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That's what I did and I always get an unresolved external with this command:
extern CServerAppModule _Module
I also tried:
extern CAppModule _Module
There's no lib to link, right?
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Just like with any global variable, you also need to define the variable in one of your CPP files.
CAppModule _Module;
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Sh*t hits the fan when you combine ATL7 and WTL7 in a COM-dll project.. 
ATL7 uses totally different "module"-strategy than ATL3. WTL7 however relies on the old ATL3-strategy.
What you need to do then is to
#include <atlheaders.h>
#define _Module (*_pModule)
#include <wtlheaders.h<
#undef _Module
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Hello,
I have a resizable dialog with a group box control. Resizing is done via WTL's classes & macros. It looks like the group box control's background is not repainted neither initially nor after resize. Does anybody know how work around this problem?
Thanks.
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Groupboxes do not peacefully coexist with the WS_CLIPCHILDREN window style when resizing. You can remove the clip children style from the property page, but be prepared to suffer some screen flicker.
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I am trying to develop an ATL Web Service. It works fine on Win2000, but I want to deploy it on a NT Server machine with .NET framework installed.
Unfortunatelly, trying to add a web reference from a client application to the server will give me http 500 error.
Are there any tricks to be performed or is it just not possible?
Thanks!
Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu
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Is this the same as trying to create a virtual directory for an IIS server on NT 4? If so, I've got a VB script that works.
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