DirectX: "render to surface" or "render to device" (unmanaged) - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Stuart Dootson6-May-09 23:49

6-May-09 23:49

How about just presuming the existence of accessor functions in the parent - I've defined a macro to help reduce the amount of typing:

template <class T> class DRecord
{
    void DoReset() {  static_cast<T*>(this)->SetID(0); }  // accessing the ID
};

#define DEFINE_ID_FIELD(ID_NAME) \
   int NAME;
   void SetID(int value) { NAME = value; }
   int GetID(int value) const { return NAME; }

class A : public DRecord<A>
{
   DEFINE_ID_FIELD(A_XXX)
};

As an aside - are you aware of the OLE DB consumer templates[^] - they're templated database wrappers...

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Re: C++ Template question

rrrado7-May-09 0:42

rrrado

7-May-09 0:42

Thank you for idea, I was thinking about it and haven't realized that I don't need virtual accessors for this unless I saw your code.
I don't know OLE DB templates, thank you for tip. I'm using sqlite so I guess I cannot use them but maybe there will be some good point in their architecture.

Re: C++ Template question

Stuart Dootson7-May-09 0:46

Stuart Dootson

7-May-09 0:46

rrrado wrote:
I don't know OLE DB templates, thank you for tip. I'm using sqlite so I guess I cannot use them...

I wouldn't bet on it - OLE DB Provider for SQLite[^]

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Please help me!! it's urgent!!

erenakman6-May-09 21:29

erenakman

6-May-09 21:29

i'm in an exam. and that's the question. i'vw 2 hours to answer it. thank you.

1. Write a class shape with a constructor that takes no parameters and outputs the message created a shape. The class should have two data members, area and perimeter. Write a main function to test the class by creating an object of the class shape.

Re: Please help me!! it's urgent!!

Chandrasekharan P6-May-09 21:35

Chandrasekharan P

6-May-09 21:35

Please tell us where you are stuck. We can help you out.

Re: Please help me!! it's urgent!!

CPallini6-May-09 21:36

CPallini

6-May-09 21:36

Try to code it instead of wasting time on forums.
BTW it should take, at least 10 minutes.
Smile | :)

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Re: Please help me!! it's urgent!!

_AnsHUMAN_ 6-May-09 21:44

_AnsHUMAN_

6-May-09 21:44

Wouldn't this be called cheating and more so, cheating yourself.
on another note somethings should be like this:
class shape
{
//data member variables here
public:
// constructor here printing that a shape is created.
};
and you didn't tell what is the data type for area and perimeter and how are they to be used. otherwise why do you need these two?
I am providing the least of the information. The rest is up to you

You need to google first, if you have "It's urgent please" mentioned in your question.
Wink | ;-)

_AnShUmAn_

DirectX: "render to surface" or "render to device" (unmanaged)

Pixinger776-May-09 21:01

Pixinger77

6-May-09 21:01

Hi,
I googled around a lot and found basically two ways to render contents to a directX device.
The first way is to render directly to the device (that's what I call it Unsure | :~

<br />
IDirect3DDevice9* pDevice; //for simplicity no initialization code here<br />
pDevice->Clear();<br />
pDevice->BeginScene();<br />
<br />
HRESULT hResult = pDevice->DrawPrimitiveUP( /* ... */ );<br />
<br />
pDevice->EndScene();<br />
pDevice->Present();<br />

The second way I found is to render first to a surface and then the complete surface at once to the device:

<br />
IDirect3DDevice9* pDevice; //for simplicity no initialization code here<br />
<br />
// now comes the new part of the code: I will first render to surface...<br />
CSurface* pBackBuffer; // created by D3DXCreateTexture() and GetSurfaceLevel();<br />
ID3DXRenderToSurface* pRenderTarget; // created by D3DXCreateRenderToSurface();<br />
pRenderTarget->BeginScene(pSurface, 0);<br />
pDevice->SetTexture(0); <br />
pDevice->DrawPrimitiveUP( /* ... */ );<br />
pRenderTarget->EndScene(D3DTEXF_NONE);<br />
<br />
// ... and then to the device: the whole surface at once.<br />
pDevice->Clear();<br />
pDevice->BeginScene();<br />
pDevice->SetTexture(pTexture);<br />
pDevice->DrawPrimitiveUP( /* ... */ ); //Rendering now the Texture to the device.<br />
pDevice->EndScene();<br />
pDevice->Present();<br />

---------------------

My question now is:
What benefits do I get from the second approach? Is it faster? For me it looks like I just put one more step in the row. Is there less flickering? Do I have more possibilities with the second approach?

My second question is:
I found a forum-thread where they told that it is no advised to render directly into a surface, because it would destroy performance. The thread applied to managed directx. Is this true? Does it apply to unmanaged DirectX also? Is it slower to render to surfaces?

Thanks in advance
Snowprog

Re: DirectX: "render to surface" or "render to device" (unmanaged)

CPallini6-May-09 21:29

CPallini

6-May-09 21:29

Snowprog77 wrote:
My question now is:
What benefits do I get from the second approach?

Snowprog77 wrote:
For me it looks like I just put one more step in the row. Is there less flickering?

Yes, AFAIK.
Smile | :)

Re: DirectX: "render to surface" or "render to device" (unmanaged)

Stuart Dootson6-May-09 23:41

Stuart Dootson

6-May-09 23:41

Snowprog77 wrote:
What benefits do I get from the second approach? Is it faster? For me it looks like I just put one more step in the row. Is there less flickering?

Yes - graphics hardware has highly optimised bit-blit operations, which is precisely what's used to move the off-screen surface to the device.

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exception about 0x000006BA: RPC can not used (服务器不可用)

fresh8888886-May-09 20:52

fresh888888

6-May-09 20:52

dear admin
I happened the question ,occur error about 0x000006BA: RPC can not used when I debuged with vc++ program of window xp professional ,as it.
First-chance exception at 0x7c812a6b in ulogin.exe: 0x000006BA: RPC 服务器不可用。.
would you tell me to slove it ,thank you!
D'Oh! | :doh:

How to realize the two aggressive color scale

songhunhun6-May-09 20:47

songhunhun

6-May-09 20:47

I want to do a two aggressive color scale, but i don't know how to get the color value between two colors.
for example a red-blue color scale is: red -> pink ->light blue->blue.

Please tell me if you know it. Thank you very much!

scott

Re: How to realize the two aggressive color scale

KarstenK6-May-09 21:17

KarstenK

6-May-09 21:17

You got a lot to learn about colors. Read some stuff about RGB-Values and macros.

Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany

Re: How to realize the two aggressive color scale

songhunhun6-May-09 22:18

songhunhun

6-May-09 22:18

thanks!

Re: How to realize the two aggressive color scale

CPallini6-May-09 21:27

CPallini

6-May-09 21:27

What is an 'aggressive color scale'.
Maybe this article [^] (and it's references) will help.
Smile | :)

Re: How to realize the two aggressive color scale

songhunhun6-May-09 22:15

songhunhun

6-May-09 22:15

thanks

Re: How to realize the two aggressive color scale

Alan Balkany7-May-09 4:05

Alan Balkany

7-May-09 4:05

Colors are represented by red, Green, and blue values (RGB). To get a color between two colors, average their RGB values:

R = (R1 + R2) / 2;
G = (G1 + G2) / 2;
B = (B1 + B2) / 2;

Where color 1 is (R1, G1, B1), color 2 is (R2, G2, B2) and the between color is (R, G, B).

Reg:scrolling views.

coding_ram6-May-09 20:44

coding_ram

6-May-09 20:44

hi
i have one view base class is CFormView.when i Resize my application. View size also changing , Which is expected but all the controls in are not visible. Here I need scroll bar for this view in this situation to view all controls. In resource view I enabled vertical and horizontal scrolls but its not working. please help me how to do it..

Re: Reg:scrolling views.

Stuart Dootson6-May-09 23:37

Stuart Dootson

6-May-09 23:37

Yeah - you need to handle scrolling yourself. You need to:

When the view is resized, work out if it's big enough to display all the controls. If it is, then disable the scroll bars. If it isn't, then you need to use SetScrollInfo[^] to tell the scrollbars how to display themselves.
You need to add OnVScroll and/or OnHScroll handlers to deal with scroll messages. Use SetScrollPos[^] and ScrollWindow[^] to tell the view about the scrollbar parameters so it can work out which bit of the form should be displayed

Yeah, it's a pain. Microsoft do supply a CScrollView...but that inherits from CView, as does CFormView - and MFC is a bit backward when it comes to OOP.

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error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'

subramanyeswari6-May-09 20:31

subramanyeswari

6-May-09 20:31

Hi,

I am compiling the legacy code in VS.Net 2008 64 bit platform. I am getting the above error in the following line

static HRESULT copy(destination_type* pTo , const int source_type* pFrom)

how to resolve the above error?
Please help me

Regards

Re: error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'

Stuart Dootson6-May-09 20:43

Stuart Dootson

6-May-09 20:43

What are destination_type and source_type meant to be?

Also - "const int source_type* pFrom" looks wrong no matter what source_type is (unless it is nothing)

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Re: error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'

subramanyeswari6-May-09 20:52

subramanyeswari

6-May-09 20:52

This is the definition

template <class MapType, class DestinationType = MapType::referent_type>

and source type is defined as

typename MapType::value_type		source_type;

what is wrong here?

Re: error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'

Stuart Dootson6-May-09 23:00

Stuart Dootson

6-May-09 23:00

const int source_type* pFrom

You have two types in that parameter declaration. Let us say that source_type is std::string - that translates to

const int std::string* pFrom

That doesn't make sense, now, does it?

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Re: error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'

KarstenK6-May-09 21:21

KarstenK

6-May-09 21:21

get out to what the original types are solved. Confused | :confused:

Try to make the first or the second paramater to void* to check which parameter is the error. Unsure | :~

Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany

Re: error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'

Member 802752223-Jun-11 5:04

Member 8027522

23-Jun-11 5:04

I figured out why it doesn't work in visual studio c++. Here is the correct code I used to fix my error C2143:

#include "Wave.h" /* This header file has the CWave class in it */

CWave *wave1;

int main()
{
wave1.Load(_T("C:...\Music.wav"));
wave1.Play();
Sleep(100000);
}

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