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Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

Ram Murali6-Nov-09 19:55

6-Nov-09 19:55

Hi All,

I am using a software to run a occupancy report manually by clicking a button in the software.
I would like to automate this task by writing MFC application to programatically click the button every hour. So I dont know how to activate other application's button by my program.
Could anyone please suggest me some possible solution for this?
I am not sure where to start and how to proceed. Any piece of information will help me a lot.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Ram

Re: Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

Richard MacCutchan6-Nov-09 22:36

Richard MacCutchan

6-Nov-09 22:36

Ram Murali wrote:
So I dont know how to activate other application's button by my program.

Why not just use a timer in the main application so it sleeps for an hour and then runs its activities? Alternatively you could probably use the Windows Task Scheduler.

Re: Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

Ram Murali6-Nov-09 22:47

Ram Murali

6-Nov-09 22:47

Hi Thanx for your reply.
Timer function wise, i have no problem.
But my problem is how to activate other application's button using my own program.
I used FindWindow() method to get the other application's window handle.
But How to get the control of the button to send message to that button?
This is the biggest issue to me now.

Regards,
Ram

Re: Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

Richard MacCutchan6-Nov-09 22:50

Richard MacCutchan

6-Nov-09 22:50

Ram Murali wrote:
But How to get the control of the button to send message to that button?

I think you need to enumerate all the child windows until you find the button, then post a message to the button's HWND. However this seems a very complicated way of going about solving what is really a simple timer issue.

Re: Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

Ram Murali6-Nov-09 22:57

Ram Murali

6-Nov-09 22:57

Can you please tell me the easiest way to do this?

Thanks

Regards,
Ram

Re: Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

David Crow7-Nov-09 10:16

David Crow

7-Nov-09 10:16

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Why not just use a timer in the main application so it sleeps for an hour and then runs its activities?

I think it's a 3rd-party application that he's wanting to run and simulate a button click within.

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Re: Help Needed Controlling other application using VC++

Kushagra Tiwari7-Nov-09 0:12

Kushagra Tiwari

7-Nov-09 0:12

Use FindWindow() and then EnumChildWindows() to find that button .Refer MSDN for both functions.That will surely help u. Mark this ans as good if u feel it helped.

Kushagra

Array help in cpp

Pierre-Andre Malborugh6-Nov-09 14:36

Pierre-Andre Malborugh

6-Nov-09 14:36

okay let me give you a simpler example to explain what isnt working for me...in the following code, this is the output I get :

$ ./a.exe
Enter 10 numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The biggest number right now is:1
The biggest number right now is:2
The biggest number right now is:3
The biggest number right now is:4
The biggest number right now is:5
The biggest number right now is:6
The biggest number right now is:7
The biggest number right now is:8
The biggest number right now is:9
The biggest number right now is:2281060
The real biggest number is: 2281060

THE OUTPUT I WANT IS:
Enter 10 numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The biggest number right now is:1
The biggest number right now is:2
The biggest number right now is:3
The biggest number right now is:4
The biggest number right now is:5
The biggest number right now is:6
The biggest number right now is:7
The biggest number right now is:8
The biggest number right now is:9
The Real biggest number is: 10

what am i doing wrong?

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    int count, biggest = 0;
    int numbers[10];
    cout << "Enter 10 numbers: ";
    for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    {
        count++;
        cin >> numbers[i];
       
        }
    for (int r = 0; r < count; r++)
    {
        if (numbers[r] > numbers[r-1])
        {    
            biggest = numbers[r];
            cout << "The biggest number right now is:" << biggest << endl;
        }
       
        }
        cout << "The real biggest number is: " << biggest;
       
    return 0;
   

}

Re: Array help in cpp

Hans Dietrich6-Nov-09 15:08

Hans Dietrich

6-Nov-09 15:08

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

Best wishes,
Hans

[Hans Dietrich Software]

Need some Help ON DLL Thank You

VB_Crazy6-Nov-09 12:38

VB_Crazy

6-Nov-09 12:38

HI! i ddon' know much about c++
i had this dll using vb6 inject into another process winsock2
for tunnel. my problem is that i had the dll injected but i need a function to make dll pass host and port they going to connect into vb6 maybe like call back here is the function in dll

int WSAAPI myconnect(SOCKET s, struct sockaddr *name,  int *namelen)
	#define SIN(name) ((struct sockaddr_in *)(name))
{
   struct sockaddr_in *paddr =(struct sockaddr_in *)name;
   char *ip =inet_ntoa(SIN(name)->sin_addr);
   int port =ntohs(paddr->sin_port);

		//so right i need them to send a hostname and port to vb6
	return ((Pconnect)hookconnect.pTrampoline)(s, name, namelen);
}

thank you much
if you need i can send u dll source.

MFC Application Scroll bar issue on PDF Viewer

kasi146-Nov-09 11:31

kasi14

6-Nov-09 11:31

Hi,

I am working on a MFC Tabbed dialog project for a handheld tough book. One of the tabs needs to show a PDF doccument. I am using Adobe PDF viewer to do this.

Everything looks fine except the scrolling issue.

When i use the Application Dialog scroll bar to scroll the PDF Viewer dosent refresh properly.

I shared the image at the following location.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kkraju.vc/Desktop#5401117149728341778[^][^]

If anyone faced this kind of situation please give me some inputs.

Thanks,
kkraju

Re: MFC Application Scroll bar issue on PDF Viewer

Garth J Lancaster6-Nov-09 13:57

Garth J Lancaster

6-Nov-09 13:57

the only thing I can think of is adding a message handler for WM_VSCROLL in your application, and then (possibly when the scrolling has stopped) send a 'refresh' to the Adobe PDF Viewer (not knowing the Adobe PDF Viewer API)

'g'

Re: MFC Application Scroll bar issue on PDF Viewer

kasi149-Nov-09 6:08

kasi14

9-Nov-09 6:08

Thanks for the input, i will give it a try.

Breakpoints in Wincore.cpp

Member 36807856-Nov-09 5:50

Member 3680785

6-Nov-09 5:50

I have been trying to correct an assertion failure in an MFC app for the last few days. It's been really fun... while the rest of you have been doing boring things like riding your outlandish motorcycles or bar-hopping with your chubby girlfriends, I get to really spend some quality time trying to comprehend things like "___Afx_4_U_T_q_HowDoesThisEvenCompile_<t>".

Anyhoo... an assertion fails somewhere in Wincore.cpp (a local called pMap comes up as 0, implying a call from the wrong thread, I am thinking). When the failure occurs, Visual Studio breaks into Wincore.cpp (which it finds and opens) and does a good job of debugging. It shows a call stack, "Watch" and "Quickwatch" seem to work, etc.

The problem arises when I try to do some manual editing to Wincore.cpp, or even just set a breakpoint in Wincore.cpp. It quickly becomes obvious that even though Visual Studio itself found and opened this file just a moment ago, it is not actually using the copy of Wincore.cpp that I am seeing as part of the build process. So, I can make garbage edits to it, do a "Rebuild All," and still get no errors. This seems completely wrong to me and provokes my ire at a very fundamental level. I mean, I guess Microsoft and I have different definitions of terms like "compile" and "source code."

When I try to simply set a breakpoint in Wincore.cpp without changing it, the breakpoint's red dot indicator goes "hollow" at runtime. When I hover over the breakpoint, Visual Studio tells me that the source code is different from that used in compilation. If I check "allow location to be different" in the breakpoint properties, then the breakpoint gets hit, but Visual Studio claims to have no source code. It prompts me to browse to the original source code. Strangely, there is a text field in this dialog showing where the source code originally resided, and this is some path on F:-drive (which, in my case, is a removable flash drive that isn't even present in the system).

I'm not sure how much more "original" I can get than the file I'm TRYING to use, which is in a subfolder of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008\ and was opened up for me by Visual Studio. Am I expected to e-mail Raymond Chen for the copy on his hard drive perhaps?

Generally, I don't need to edit Wincore.cpp; I would never do this permanently. Also, I suppose I haven't had much experience setting breakpoints in that file. However, I think that what I am trying to do should be possible, and I think that Visual Studio's behavior is very misleading. Am I or am I not building a file called Wincore.cpp into my project? The IDE really seems to want to have it both ways.

Perhaps I simply have something configured wrong?

Are "precompiled headers" causing the problem? (I don't think so, since Wincore.cpp is not really a "header" file; BUT, in my miserable experience with Visual C++, "precompiled headers" are one of Microsoft's most popular implements of torture. )

Also, if anyone has some different advice about how I ought to find the problem, that's very welcome too. I don't give a flip about Wincore.cpp or understanding it. I just want to fix my problem.

Re: Breakpoints in Wincore.cpp

Rajesh R Subramanian6-Nov-09 6:26

Rajesh R Subramanian

6-Nov-09 6:26

I see you're using VS 2008.

I know that when an MFC application initialises, the function AfxGetThread() in thrdcore.cpp will be called. I was able to set a breakpoint on that function, without even opening the file. I chose Debug->New BreakPoint->Break at function-> enter function name as AfxGetThread() and set line and character as 1 each.

When I hit F5, the debugger opened thrdcore.cpp and broke at the beginning of AfxGetThread(). You might want to try it with the function of your interest located in wincore.cpp. The IDE will open the correct file (that it is using), and break at the location of your interest.

You might as well consider using "Advanced breakpoints" (just do a search). Smile | :)

“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

Re: Breakpoints in Wincore.cpp

sashoalm6-Nov-09 6:32

sashoalm

6-Nov-09 6:32

Member 3680785 wrote:
It quickly becomes obvious that even though Visual Studio itself found and opened this file just a moment ago, it is not actually using the copy of Wincore.cpp that I am seeing as part of the build process. So, I can make garbage edits to it, do a "Rebuild All," and still get no errors. This seems completely wrong to me and provokes my ire at a very fundamental level. I mean, I guess Microsoft and I have different definitions of terms like "compile" and "source code."

I think that wincore.cpp is provided for debugging purposes only, MFC can't be compiled easily from the source. What your app links to is the debug versions of MFC dlls. As for VS finding the source that's probably because it is referenced in the dll or some pch file or some such.

There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition.
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Re: Breakpoints in Wincore.cpp

Randor 6-Nov-09 7:15

Randor

6-Nov-09 7:15

Hi,

I just wanted to add some observations. You state in your ~~message~~ novel that the variable pMap is NULL. I recognize this variable name as possibly being the internel MFC CHandleMap. If this variable is NULL then you are incorrectly accessing MFC objects across a thread boundry.

I would suggest that you research the following:

Description of CWnd derived MFC objects and multithreaded applications in Visual C++[^]

Inside MFC: Handle Maps and Temporary Objects[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

CDatabase::OpenEx failure kills UI thread

Gary Wheeler6-Nov-09 5:13

Gary Wheeler

6-Nov-09 5:13

I've recently moved my data base code into a worker thread, which works just fine unless the data base open fails. I currently have the thread wait 15 seconds, and then try the open again. This process repeats until the data base opens successfully or the application exits. The problem I'm having is that, when this logic is occurring, my UI thread will fail with an access violation some time later. It appears that having the CDatabase::OpenEx() call fail causes some sort of corruption to either the UI thread's MFC state or its stack, which is then exposed as the UI is navigated.

I'm using SQL Server 2005 Express, Service Pack 2.

I've tried the following to resolve this:

1. If I comment out the data base operations (OpenEx() ... Close()), the UI does not crash.

2. If I comment out the data base operations like in #1, and replace them with a AfxThrowDBException(...), the UI does not crash.

3. One suspect was the CDatabase::OpenEx() implementation, which does some hinky looking things trying to find a window handle. I overrode it and passed a NULL window handle to the ::SQLDriverConnect() call that does the real work of connecting to the data base. The UI still crashes.

From these results I can only conclude that there is some kind of problem here using CDatabase/CRecordset in a worker thread that isn't documented. I've searched on MSDN and Google'd several times, and only found claims of issues with specific ODBC drivers.

Anyone have any suggestions, or ideas that I've missed?

Software Zen: delete this;

Re: CDatabase::OpenEx failure kills UI thread

Randor 6-Nov-09 6:25

Randor

6-Nov-09 6:25

Hi Gary,

Are your CDatabase functions inside your application executable or are you calling them from a helper DLL? Are you static or dynamic linking?

Does the error occur if you add the following before attempting to use CDatabase::OpenEx:

AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: CDatabase::OpenEx failure kills UI thread

Gary Wheeler6-Nov-09 8:35

Gary Wheeler

6-Nov-09 8:35

The CDatabase functions are inside my application executable, and MFC is dynamically linked.

I tried using your AFX_MANAGE_STATE() suggestion, but it had no effect.

Thanks for the help Rose | [Rose]

Software Zen: delete this;

Running task on shutdown

__DanC__6-Nov-09 2:29

__DanC__

6-Nov-09 2:29

Hi,

Apologies if this has been covered somewhere but I've not found anything related. I'm working on an idea which would require a long-running task to complete at the time the user logs off, I know it's possible to delay the logoff but I was hoping to find a way to run the task as part of the logoff, something like when Windows synchronises offline folders (not sure if that's exactly the right term as I am working from memory here).

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Re: Running task on shutdown

Randor 6-Nov-09 6:08

Randor

6-Nov-09 6:08

Hi,

You failed to mention what type of application you are developing. Assuming that you have a usermode application I would recommend returning FALSE to the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message[^].

However if you are developing a windows service; Here is a previous thread which covers the topic:

http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3244431/Re-Delaying-Shutdown-through-windows-service-and-e.aspx[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: Running task on shutdown

Rajesh R Subramanian6-Nov-09 6:09

Rajesh R Subramanian

6-Nov-09 6:09

*click*

Good Answer. Smile | :)

“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

Re: Running task on shutdown

__DanC__6-Nov-09 6:18

__DanC__

6-Nov-09 6:18

Thanks for the reply, it is a user mode application and I know I can prevent shutdown by returning false for WM_QUERYENDSESSION but that keeps the logged in session alive, what I want to do is to run the code during the logoff, effectively after the user has been logged off.

For example, when you a running Windows XP on a domain and you have offline file enabled, you will see the synchronisation window appear during the logoff to sync any remaining files back to the domain controller, I'm trying to achieve something like this. The app does not have to remain a user mode app, it could quite easily become a service if that is required but preventing the logoff is not what I'm trying to achieve.

Thanks.

Re: Running task on shutdown

Randor 6-Nov-09 6:51

Randor

6-Nov-09 6:51

__DanC__ wrote:
Thanks for the reply, it is a user mode application

Usermode applications are limited in their ability to delay/prevent shutdown. You are basically limited to what I described in my previous posts. I believe that you have 5 seconds to respond to the WM_QUERYENDSESSION so you might be able to perform some last-second tasks.

__DanC__ wrote:
For example, when you a running Windows XP on a domain and you have offline file enabled, you will see the synchronisation window appear during the logoff to sync any remaining files back to the domain controller, I'm trying to achieve something like this.

Have you considered using Logon/Logoff[^] or Startup/Shutdown[^] scripts? This is typically what an administrator would use to execute something on shutdown/logoff.

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

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