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KarstenK5-Aug-09 3:41

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5-Aug-09 3:41

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Auto build increment with C++?

jeffb424-Aug-09 10:22

jeffb42

4-Aug-09 10:22

In the past I've worked on large teams and the build system we had in place would auto-increment the build number. At the moment I'm working on my own shareware project (written in C++, using VS2005) and I'd like to have Visual Studio auto-increment the build number for me (bonus points if it only increments the release version).

I started to do some digging and I've read that Visual Studio has this feature with .NET projects, but I haven't read anywhere about this being available in C++ projects, so my questions are:

* Does this exist for C++ project?
* If so, what are the steps needed?
* If not, are there any suggested tools or add-ins? What do some of the developers here use?

Thanks,

Jeff

Re: Auto build increment with C++?

Code-o-mat4-Aug-09 10:51

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4-Aug-09 10:51

If you don't insist on an "index" of builds you could use the __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros which give you the build date-time combined with some pre or maybe post build step that deletes the OBJ file or maybe updates the file time to make sure the file you put the creation of a build number into will get built every time (you can make the post or pre build step only in your release target if that suits you).

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Re: Auto build increment with C++?

jeffb424-Aug-09 12:05

jeffb42

4-Aug-09 12:05

Thanks, but I'm looking for an incremental increase in the build number.

Jeff

Re: Auto build increment with C++?

Randor 4-Aug-09 10:58

Randor

4-Aug-09 10:58

Codeproject has implemented a search feature which is useful in most situations. Have a look:

http://www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx?artkw=build+increment[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: Auto build increment with C++?

jeffb424-Aug-09 12:03

jeffb42

4-Aug-09 12:03

Yes, I already had searched but when I found lots of articles where a macro was written, I noticed that each article had lots comments about bugs, and instead of weeding through the umpteen articles I decided to post my question here to this forum.

So, back to original question, what do people here use?
(if you use one of the macros from one of the articles then please recommend it)

And does Visual Studio have an auto-increment feature available to C++ like managed projects do?

Thanks,

Jeff

Re: Auto build increment with C++?

Randor 4-Aug-09 12:43

Randor

4-Aug-09 12:43

jeffb42 wrote:
(if you use one of the macros from one of the articles then please recommend it)

Nah, I am old fashion and I manually change my build numbers.

jeffb42 wrote:
And does Visual Studio have an auto-increment feature available to C++ like managed projects do?

No, unfortunately Visual Studio C++ users do not get those überlegen modern features.

This Microsoft Help and Support article has a sample build increment, I have never tried it.

How to increment version information after each build in Visual C++[^]

Good Luck,
-David Delaune

Re: Auto build increment with C++?

David Crow5-Aug-09 3:08

David Crow

5-Aug-09 3:08

jeffb42 wrote:
* If not, are there any suggested tools or add-ins?

See here.

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Detecting the state of the Caps Lock key

forrestcupp4-Aug-09 8:15

forrestcupp

4-Aug-09 8:15

I know about the win32 function calls to detect the caps lock key, but does anyone know if there is a cross platform way to do it? Is there anything in the standard library for checking that?

Re: Detecting the state of the Caps Lock key

Randor 4-Aug-09 9:27

Randor

4-Aug-09 9:27

forrestcupp wrote:
Is there anything in the standard library for checking that?

No, there is no standard C/C++ function for checking the status of the keyboard LED.

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Re: Detecting the state of the Caps Lock key

forrestcupp4-Aug-09 9:48

forrestcupp

4-Aug-09 9:48

I don't really care about the keyboard LED. I really just want a way to tell when the caps lock button has been pressed.

Is there any way to do that?

Re: Detecting the state of the Caps Lock key

David Crow4-Aug-09 10:09

David Crow

4-Aug-09 10:09

forrestcupp wrote:
I really just want a way to tell when the caps lock button has been pressed.

Is there any way to do that?

Yes, but not cross-platform.

how to convert comma delimited string to unsigned char[]

only_jack4-Aug-09 8:02

only_jack

4-Aug-09 8:02

i have a byte array in a string that i read from a resource
i used CString for example , i can use any other string types

i want to convert a comma delimited byte array string

CString stringarr = "5,10,15,20,25";

to unsigned char[]

unsigned char myarray[]={5,10,15,20,25};

i tried some for loop but result is always different than actual data

maybe i am doing something wrong with that

can you help me please

thanks.

Re: how to convert comma delimited string to unsigned char[]

Cedric Moonen4-Aug-09 8:08

Cedric Moonen

4-Aug-09 8:08

You should take a look at the strtok_s[^] function. There's even a very similar example as yours.

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Re: how to convert comma delimited string to unsigned char[]

CPallini4-Aug-09 11:34

CPallini

4-Aug-09 11:34

Have also a look at CString::Tokenize method [^].
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Codepage 936

gothic_coder4-Aug-09 7:28

gothic_coder

4-Aug-09 7:28

How to add codepage 936 in VC++ ?

Re: Codepage 936

David Crow4-Aug-09 10:12

David Crow

4-Aug-09 10:12

How about _setmbcp(936)?

Problem with CComboBox::GetItemDataPtr

Nitheesh George4-Aug-09 5:02

Nitheesh George

4-Aug-09 5:02

Hi,

I am getting a problem with the CComboBox::GetItemDataPtr function

i have the following code

TCHAR *szFilePath = new TCHAR[MAX_PATH + 1];
ZeroMemory(szFilePath ,MAX_PATH);
_tcscpy(szFilePath ,_T("C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\Scrollbar.xml"));

int nIndex = m_Combo.AddString(_T("ScrollBar"));
m_Combo.SetItemDataPtr(n , szFilePath);

using the Above code am setting the ItemDataPtr to a Buffer.

On the Selection change event of ComboBox

i have the following code

void CRegDlg::OnCbnSelchangeCombo()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
int nIndex = m_Combo.GetCurSel();
void *szFilePath = m_Combo.GetItemDataPtr(n);
}

but the GetItemDataPtr() in OnCbnSelchangeCombo always returns a Bad
pointer. I don't know what is the actual problem with my code. Is there anything i want to do to get the actual buffer from void*.

thanks

Nitheesh

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Re: Problem with CComboBox::GetItemDataPtr

David Crow4-Aug-09 5:33

David Crow

4-Aug-09 5:33

Nitheesh George wrote:
_tcscpy(szFilePath ,_T("C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\Scrollbar.xml"));

Are you intentionally not using double backslashes?

Nitheesh George wrote:
m_Combo.SetItemDataPtr(n , szFilePath);

Shouldn't this be:

m_Combo.SetItemDataPtr(nIndex, szFilePath);

Nitheesh George wrote:
void *szFilePath = m_Combo.GetItemDataPtr(n);

Shouldn't this be:

TCHAR *szFilePath = m_Combo.GetItemDataPtr(nIndex);

Re: Problem with CComboBox::GetItemDataPtr

Nitheesh George4-Aug-09 5:48

Nitheesh George

4-Aug-09 5:48

Hi David,

thank you for your reply. Now i realize what is wrong with my code.

thanks

Nitheesh

Jose Jo Martin

http://www.simpletools.co.in

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neha_rai4-Aug-09 4:56

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4-Aug-09 4:56

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Re: Simplification of code

David Crow4-Aug-09 5:37

David Crow

4-Aug-09 5:37

neha_rai wrote:
i have written this code that splits the number of cars T. to the number of paths R in all possible ways.

Sounds like you need to read up on combinations and permutations.

Copying only a sinlge dialog box from one application to other application

sunny_vc4-Aug-09 4:28

sunny_vc

4-Aug-09 4:28

Hi all,
I have two applications in VC6.
I have to copy only a single dialog box (not the entire RC file) from one application
to other.
I know we can copy the RC file , but I dont want the entire RC file.
I want to copy only one dialog box from the one RC file and paste in other RC file.
Please suggest.

Regards,
Sunil Kumar

Re: Copying only a sinlge dialog box from one application to other application

Nitheesh George4-Aug-09 5:10

Nitheesh George

4-Aug-09 5:10

Hi,
Open the rc file on a notepad or if u r using VS2005 or greater right click on the rc file -> View Code

copy the Dialog declaration's and paste it into your rc file.

thanks

Nitheesh

Jose Jo Martin

http://www.simpletools.co.in

A little further

EliottA4-Aug-09 4:14

EliottA

4-Aug-09 4:14

So I've taken it apon myself to finally get a better grasp on C++. I've had experience in C#, VB.Net and Java and decided, on my own time, to finish the jump into C++.

I've read a book entitled C++, How to program by Deitel, and it is by far way better then the C++ Primer Plus I went through and entirely better then the mistake that was "C++ in 21 days" which was a complete waste of time.

I think I have a handle on the basic concepts, syntax and whatever else the book went through and I think I'm ready to tackle a book that deals with C++ and the MFC. Anyone out there who's been at where I am, still a beginner ready to tackle new concepts (as I've been explained, MFC is where I should go) can please recommend a good reference / beginners book on C++/MFC? Any links on the internet? Anything at all to make a good jump?

A book / article that deals with C++/MFC and using Visual Studio as a compiler is a plus, and any help at all would be greatly recommended. Thanks for the read in advance,

Elie.

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