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Re: empty virtual method good practice question ...

11-Dec-02 9:26

Good question. Here's my answer:

1. Your AnotherDerivedClass::SomeMethod can always call DerivedClass::SomeMethod. If DerivedClass does not have it, the compiler will automatically call BaseClass's method.

2. You can certainly call BaseClass::SomeMethod from AnotherDerivedClass. (This isn't allowed in Java, by the way).

3. You only need to have a (dummy) DerivedClass::SomeMethod whenever you have another method of the same name with a different set of parameters. Here's the example:

void DerivedClass::SomeMethod()
{
  // nothing except calling base class.  
  BaseClass::SomeMethod();
}
 
void DerivedClass::SomeMethod(int nParam)
{
  // do something here
}

If you didn't have DerivedClass::SomeMethod() in DerivedClass, the compiler would not allow you to call DerivedClass::SomeMethod, either from AnotherDerivedClass or through an instance of the class.

Regards,
Alvaro

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Maximilien11-Dec-02 9:30

Maximilien

11-Dec-02 9:30

Alvaro Mendez wrote:
2. You can certainly call BaseClass::SomeMethod from AnotherDerivedClass. (This isn't allowed in Java, by the way).

I don't know Java ? so, in Java I'd have to call the base class method for each derive class ?

Alvaro Mendez wrote:
If you didn't have DerivedClass::SomeMethod() in DerivedClass, the compiler would not allow you to call DerivedClass::SomeMethod, either from AnotherDerivedClass or through an instance of the class.

Yep! that I know!

Thanks

Max.

Re: empty virtual method good practice question ...

Alvaro Mendez11-Dec-02 9:35

Re: empty virtual method good practice question ...

11-Dec-02 9:35

Maximilien wrote:
I don't know Java ? so, in Java I'd have to call the base class method for each derive class ?

Well, in Java you can only refer to the class to which you directly derived from, via the super keyword.

Regards,
Alvaro

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Maximilien11-Dec-02 9:38

Maximilien

11-Dec-02 9:38

Alvaro Mendez wrote:
Well, in Java you can only refer to the class to which you directly derived from, via the super keyword.

Sounds like Apple's ObjectC language, I have to look at ObjectiveC book tonight!

Max.

Char to INT?

Anonymous11-Dec-02 9:09

Anonymous

11-Dec-02 9:09

Hi.

I have a Char which containes a number, example 32. How do I convert the char to INT?

char cTest[100]="32";
int iTest;

now I want to convert the cTest to iTest so it's a integer instead of a char.

Any function which can do this?

thanks for any info.

Alvaro Mendez11-Dec-02 9:12

11-Dec-02 9:12

atoi.

int iTest = atoi(cTest);

Regards,
Alvaro

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Nitron11-Dec-02 13:23

Nitron

11-Dec-02 13:23

i'll second that.

also, if you need a double, atof:

double data = atof(szData);

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Greven11-Dec-02 9:21

Greven

11-Dec-02 9:21

I think the easiest way would be to simply cast it...

iTest = (int)cTest[i];

Wouldn't that work? Unsure | :~

Programming in binary is as easy as 01 10 11.

Alvaro Mendez11-Dec-02 9:29

11-Dec-02 9:29

Nope, it wouldn't work. Only the first character would be converted, and to it's ASCII value -- which is not what he needs.

Regards,
Alvaro

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Greven11-Dec-02 10:23

Greven

11-Dec-02 10:23

Ah, my mistake... Didn't see the quote around 32... Thought he had an array of char's, not a string.
Blush | :O

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Christian Graus11-Dec-02 10:03

Christian Graus

11-Dec-02 10:03

I generally bring up a console project and test my theory if I'm not sure about advice I am about to give Smile | :)

Christian

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Catching OnSysCommand in own class

Ravi Bhavnani11-Dec-02 9:39

Ravi Bhavnani

11-Dec-02 9:39

If you don't care about performance Smile | :)

you can do:

sscanf (cTest, "%d", &iTest);

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In Place Server

Anthony988711-Dec-02 9:00

Anthony9887

11-Dec-02 9:00

I'm having troubles modifying the menus for the ole server once embedded into a container document.

Thanks

BtL2711-Dec-02 8:44

BtL27

11-Dec-02 8:44

Hi,

i think this problem may be easy to answer for you.

I have created my own class:

-header-file:

class CTrayIcon : public CWnd
{
public:
CTrayIcon(); // Konstruktor
virtual ~CTrayIcon(); // Dekonstruktor

int AddTrayIcon(HICON pIcon,int iMenu);
protected:
// Overrides
// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CTrayIcon)
//}}AFX_VIRTUAL
protected:
//{{AFX_MSG(CTrayIcon)
afx_msg void OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam);
//}}AFX_MSG
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

The Class-Wizard automatically adds the function OnSysCommand to the header and of course to the cpp. Now, i do not know, what i must do, that all messages of the dlg-window(main-dialog-window), especially WM_SYSCOMMAND, can catch in my class ?

Re: Catching OnSysCommand in own class

Alvaro Mendez11-Dec-02 9:04

Type Libraries and MFC Question

11-Dec-02 9:04

beni27_27 wrote:
Now, i do not know, what i must do, that all messages of the dlg-window(main-dialog-window), especially WM_SYSCOMMAND, can catch in my class ?

I don't understand what you're asking; please clarify.

Regards,
Alvaro

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(I actually prefer medium-well.)

Nick Parker11-Dec-02 8:40

Nick Parker

11-Dec-02 8:40

I have written a .NET assembly that I want to use in MFC 6.0. According to an MSDN article[^], I need to use the Regasm.exe to make the necessary entries in the registry. I have gone ahead and done this using the following command to create a type library as well:

regasm mcpp.dll /tlb:mcpp.tlb

From what I understood, I then needed to reference the type library that is created one of two ways:

#import "mcpp.tlb" raw_interface_only

#import "mscorlib.tlb"
#import "mcpp.tlb"

I have done this however as soon as I try to compile following this it throws a slew of error within either mcpp.tlb or mscorlib.tlb, depending on which item I try (as I have tried both methods). Does anyone have any experience doing anything of this nature. Thanks

Nick Parker

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Copying CString to char*

Like2Byte11-Dec-02 8:32

Like2Byte

11-Dec-02 8:32

Hi,

I need to output some CString data after I've copied it to a char array (ie: char ptrSomeCharArray[33]). I can't seem to get the data extracted from the CString object.

I've tried:

CString m_sFullname("Like2Byte"), m_sAccount("12345678"), m_sRoom("222");
char SomeCharArray[33];

sprintf( SomeCharArray + strlen(SomeCharArray), "%s", m_sAccount);
sprintf( SomeCharArray + strlen(SomeCharArray), "%s", m_sRoom);
sprintf( SomeCharArray + strlen(SomeCharArray), "%s", m_sFullname);

While this compiles without error, inserting it into a
MessageBox function displays garbage. Even wrapping the var in TEXT() doesn't work. I've also tried casting using LPCTSTR, LPTSTR and (const char*). None work correctly.

Anyone help out?

User 665811-Dec-02 8:43

User 6658

11-Dec-02 8:43

Have you tried e.g. sprintf( SomeCharArray + strlen(SomeCharArray), "%s", m_sAccount.GetBuffer(0)); ?

But err, what does the sprintf do? Do you want to append the CString to SomeCharArray? You should use strcat instead

regards

modified 12-Sep-18 21:01pm.

Like2Byte11-Dec-02 8:49

Like2Byte

11-Dec-02 8:49

Well, I tried m_sAccount.Mid(0) but that gave me the same results are m_sAccount.

Let me try your suggestion.
(The 'In a nut-shell' explination)sprintf basically copies whatever kind of data to end of another string converting it to a string when it's all done.
say, SomeCharArray contains "HelloWorld" and someIntValue = 32768.
Therefore, sprintf(SomeCharArray + strlen(SomeCharArray), "%i", someIntValue); copies 32768 to the end of SomeCharArray; thus, leaving, "HelloWorld32768".

(BRB)

Michael Dunn11-Dec-02 8:49

Michael Dunn

11-Dec-02 8:49

Any time you use a string object (CString or any other string wrapper class) with the printf family of functions, you need to cast the object to a pointer type, so that only the pointer is put on the stack.

sprintf( SomeCharArray + strlen(SomeCharArray), "%s", (LPCTSTR) m_sAccount);

But as Gregor said, the real bug in your code is how you construct the string in the first place. Just use one sprintf() call.

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Like2Byte11-Dec-02 8:51

Like2Byte

11-Dec-02 8:51

Of all the places I put (LTCTSTR), I *don't* think I placed it right there. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

(BRB)

Alvaro Mendez11-Dec-02 8:56

11-Dec-02 8:56

You can use strcpy, like this:

strcpy(SomeCharArray, m_sAccount + m_sRoom + m_sFullname);

However, you need to be careful that the length of the 3 variables does not surpass the size of SomeCharArray - 1.

Regards,
Alvaro

Well done is better than well said. -- Benjamin Franklin
(I actually prefer medium-well.)

carrie11-Dec-02 10:39

carrie

11-Dec-02 10:39

yeah, thats the method I would use. Nice and easy Smile | :)