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Hi All,
My problem is about casting between these types.
the scenario is below.
getdocument -> getactiveelement ->
"it's a frame" I need a way of casting this IHTMLElement to IHTMLElement2 or to IHTMLWindow2
/*
IHTMLElement* pa_el;
...get_activeelement(&pa_el);
CComQIPtr<ihtmlelement2,&iid_ihtmlelement2> pa_el2(pa_el);

I have a dispatch here in pa_el2 but it seems as something is wrong because when I call doScroll, I get errors... if I cast to IHTMLWindow2... it simply returns NULL... (myframe == null)
CComQIPtr<ihtmlwindow2,&iid_ihtmlwindow2> myframe(pa_el);

How can I access to a frame object if I have it as an IHTMLElement?

Please Help...

IHTMLElement and IHTMLElement2 and IHTMLWindow2

Can someone give me an example how i can connect to a MSDE database throw a COM interface with SQL qustenions.

My problem is:
There is an database based om MSDE and there are diffrent applications who vill store and read data from the database, i will make an COM-interface who access the database with SQL questions.
The meaning of this is to make it so easy as possible to access data to the database, the programmers that programing the applications will not no how the database struture is.
They will connect with a procedure an with a couple op parameters like this:

addfuntion(operator, date, car_typ, modell_number, ......, .....,.....)

There will be a couple of interface with a method in each interface.

I will use COM ATL and SQL in Visual C++.

Please can someone here give me a example of this?

Use OLE DB or ADO there are plenty of examples out there.

The company i work for said that i should use ATL, ADO gives more code then necessary.
Please anyone give me some URL:s to my problem.

Are you using VC++? If so you have all you need. Look at MSDN for OLE DB. In VC++ start a new ATL project and insert a new object, choose Data Access and select Consumer.

Hi,

I am making use of a COM object. One member function returns a collection. I index the object i need with the 'Item' Function. My problem is the object returned as a variant. And i have little clue how to turn it into the object it show be.

Thanks in advance
Rich

PS
I have little experience! So please make it as simple as possible

VariantChangeType - So simple you would over look it

I'm starting with ATL, I've written several 'test' COMs but now I face the following problems. I want to create a COM object (class) that will be used from remote machines (DCOM). The COM will be an out of process server. Let's say my object is named MyObj and the C++ class CMyObj.

1. How do I get the count of open objects?
Should I use a static member variable and increase/descrease it everytime an object is constructed/destructed? If yes (or even if no), where should I put the code for this? In the constructor/destructor of CMyObj or in the FinalConstruct-FinalRelease?
2. How to I prevent a client to create an object of that class based on runtime conditions? For example, in order to disallow more than 10 objects at the same time. Should I throw in the constructor? throw what?
3. What's the best way to destroy my object, even if the client hasn't done so yet? 'delete this;'? For example, if the client passes an invalid parameter on one method, I would like to be able to destroy the object (at least on the srv-side).
4. What happens when (in DCOM) the network layer fails? Is the object on the server and/or client side automatically destroyed? If not, can I catch an event or something (I'm more concerned on the server side) when that happens and ... do what?
5. How can I pass my object (and all the data it holds) through the network? Are there any functions I would have to override (something like ReadFromStream or WriteToStream, I don't know)?
6. What's the best way to inform the client of critical failures of a method he just called? Should all these methods have an [out,retval] long *result? Should I use the IErrorSomething that the ATL object wizard allows you to support? Can I return anything else than S_OK, or is HRESULT used internally from the COM/DCOM layer?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Moreover, the one who answers all of my questions, will win a free copy of my free Tetris game;)

I can't pass up the chance for a free tetris game.

1. Thats one way to do it. Put it where ever you would like. In the ctor you can catch it before creating the object. In the FinalConstruct you can be sure the object was successfully created.

2. Don't throw just return an E_FAIL or some HRESULT of your own creation, using the MAKE_HRESULT macro. You could then set the IErrorInfo for more detailed explaination of the failure.

3. Release the object.

4. Don't know (Damn, there goes the Tetris)

5. Pass an interface pointer. You don't want to pass a 500mb object instance down the wire.

6. You could have a retval or use HRESULTs and IErrorInfo, refer to 2.

Thanks a lot.
I decided I'll give you a copy of Tetris, since you're so excited about it. Smile | :)

Get it from users.otenet.gr/~gtoub/
Btw, it's for DOS (but works on 3.1,95,98,2000 *maybe, it worked for me*).

When running my program on a 98 box, everything seems to go through smoothly. When running on a Win2000 box, it crashes. I have isolated a commonality between this issue and few other issues in that somewhere along the line it has to display the MSFLEXGRID OCX control. Does there happen to be an extra step in getting the MSFLEXGRID control registered for Win2000? Or perhaps it is registered and it's just something else. It seems 98 recognizes the control.

Confused | :confused:

Thanks!

Chris

Customer: "It seems you have bugs that are inconsistent!"
Support: "We have a patch that makes them consistent."

all

Is there any way to catch com event from console app?? a short sample code will be great.

psksvp

Hi I have serialized my data into an xml file.Now I want to implement IStorage methods and expose those methods to encapsulate my xml code.
To achieve this what I have to do?I want to pass IXMLDOMDocument pointer
to IStorage methods.Can I do this?or how to do?
Thanks in advance
Pathi

bhikshapathi_g@semanticspace.com

Why can't you use the IXMLDOMDocument methods load and save?

I was trying to create a WTL based dialog app that had a DateTimePicker on it but can't seem to get it working. When I try to create the contol all I get in return is NULL.

CDateTimePickerCtrl Date;
HWND hWnd = Date.Create(...)
if(NULL == hWnd)
//What happened? Frown | :(

Did you call InitCommonControls() ?

--Mike--
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"Holding the away team at bay with a non-functioning phaser was an act of unmitigated gall. I admire gall."
-- Lt. Cmdr. Worf

Its always the simple things. Thanks.

How do i add an interface with CString as its parameter
i.e. HESULT Calc(CString)
Since CString is a mfc class ,the compiler cannot recognise CString defined in the .IDL file?
please help its urgent.

To use string use BSTR.

HRESULT Calc(BSTR strParam).

HTH

Jignesh

Jignesh is correct, the correct way to pass strings in COM is the hated BSTR.

There is a good article by Joseph Newcomer on CString that covers CString to BSTR to CString conversions very well. It is at:

http://www.pgh.net/~newcomer/cstring.htm#CString to BSTR

Jim

Why reinvent the wheel.

USES_CONVERSION;

A2OLE, OLE2A, A2BSTR, BSTR2A, etc...

I had an eariler issue dealing with DAO access causing a program to crash. Apparently installing MDAC and DAOSDK solves that issue. (thanks to those who helped on this matter ) However now I am noticing a problem with COM, more specifically MSFLEXGRID. I have a MSFLEXGRID control in the program and I am noticing that within the main window it is not showing up and within a dialog box it is causing the program to crash long before it paints.

Are there more installs that need to happen?

I noticed this all worked when I had VC++ installed.

Thanks!

Chris

"Why are we hiding from the police, Daddy?"
"We use VI, son. They use Emacs."

how can i pass a map as a in parameter or out parameter ?
I need [out,retval] mymap and
[in] mymap something like this
how can i achieve this ?

parag

YOu can't. At least not without some serious hacking. C++ specific entities such as maps, lists, etc. were never made to be passed across COM boundaries. You cannot define them sufficiently for MIDL to handle them.

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