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Re: PropertySheet and PropertyPage. Who can help ?

Paolo Messina10-Jul-01 3:01

Paolo Messina

10-Jul-01 3:01

Use code like this in your poperty pages:
(CMyPropSheet*) pSheet = (CMyPropSheet*)GetParent();

Paolo.

handles

10-Jul-01 1:06

I've been programming for a while now and created a vector drawing app and all, but one thing still bugs me...

I can't figure out what handles are Frown | :(

I mean for example the hWnd and hInstance?! My guess is that they are some kind of pointers?

The documentation of c++ doesn't tell me anything interesting. And I couldn't find anything on the internet. Please help me and tell me what they are for Smile | :)

Thanks,

WAVK

Re: handles

Tomasz Sowinski10-Jul-01 1:14

Tomasz Sowinski

10-Jul-01 1:14

Handles are used for identifying OS objects (files, device contexts, windows, pens, etc). They may be pointers, array indices, map keys or something entirely else - the point is that the value of the handle is understood only by system. Your app is expected to use the handle via API functions - there's no need to 'interpret' their values other than checking for NULL or INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Re: handles

10-Jul-01 1:22

the type HANDLE is actually defined as void *

Re: handles

Tomasz Sowinski10-Jul-01 1:29

Tomasz Sowinski

10-Jul-01 1:29

It doesn't matter. It's just a 32-bit value. On my W2K box calling CreateFile just returned HANDLE == 0x54, which is not a valid pointer, but perfectly valid file handle.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Thanks

10-Jul-01 1:38

No wonder I didn't understand them. This must be the most abstract thing of c Smile | :)

WAVK

Re: Thanks

markkuk10-Jul-01 21:11

markkuk

10-Jul-01 21:11

Handles are a feature of Windows API, not the C++ language. That's why they aren't mentioned in C/C++ books.

How can i find out if outlook is running?

10-Jul-01 0:10

Hi,

I need to be able to find out whether there is a process called OUTLOOK.EXE running. How do I do this?

Also, once i've found the process, I'll be displaying a message to the user to close it... but i suppose a neater way would be to close it for them. is this possible?

Thanks

Re: How can i find out if outlook is running?

Tomasz Sowinski10-Jul-01 1:08

Tomasz Sowinski

10-Jul-01 1:08

Searching for process is possible, but you need to use different techniques on Win9x/Me and NT/2000. It will be easier to use FindWindow or FindWindowEx to find a window with given class name and/or caption. You can check the class name of the main Outlook window using Spy++.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Re: How can i find out if outlook is running?

10-Jul-01 1:15

Look at:
MSDN article "HOWTO: Attach to a Running Instance of an Office Application
Q238975"

SOS!!!

9-Jul-01 23:20

Hi ^o^:
I have a problem:How to convert between LPBYTE and CString??
Thanks for all the help. Confused | :confused:

Re: SOS!!!

9-Jul-01 23:47

Convert to LPTSTR and then CString

example

LPBYTE lpData;
LPTSTR lpText;
CString szText;

lpText = (LPTSTR)lpData;
szText = lpText;

or

LPBYTE lpData;
CString szText;

szText = (LPTSTR)lpData;

Re: SOS!!!

9-Jul-01 23:57

Thanks.
and How to convert CString to LPBYTE?? Eek! | :eek:

Re: SOS!!!

coder847210-Jul-01 0:30

coder8472

10-Jul-01 0:30

CString strTest;
LPBYTE pBuffer;

pBuffer = (LPBYTE) strTest.LockBuffer();

Confused | :confused:

maXallion
"Look for bugs, I hate bugs!" - Warden, The Mummy
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Mouse moving

9-Jul-01 22:42

Hi,

Can you help me ?
How can do programm which receive messages when user move with mouse out of window.

LB

Re: Mouse moving

NormDroid9-Jul-01 23:12

NormDroid

9-Jul-01 23:12

TrackMouseEvent

Remarks
=======

The mouse pointer is considered to be hovering when it stays within a specified rectangle for a specified period of time. Call SystemParametersInfo and use the values SPI_GETMOUSEHOVERWIDTH, SPI_GETMOUSEHOVERHEIGHT, and SPI_GETMOUSEHOVERTIME to retrieve the size of the rectangle and the time.

Note The _TrackMouseEvent function calls TrackMouseEvent if it exists, otherwise _TrackMouseEvent emulates TrackMouseEvent. The _TrackMouseEvent function is in commctrl.h and is exported by COMCTRL32.DLL.

Requirements
============
Windows NT/2000 or later: Requires Windows NT 4.0 or later.
Windows 95/98/Me: Requires Windows 98 or later.
Header: Declared in Winuser.h; include Windows.h.
Library: Use User32.lib.

Re: Mouse moving

9-Jul-01 23:42

You can use API function SetCapture.

Re: Mouse moving

9-Jul-01 23:50

I cannot, because left button on mouse must be down

Re: Mouse moving

Christian Graus9-Jul-01 23:53

Christian Graus

9-Jul-01 23:53

Not so. If left button is not down, then you'll LOSE capture when you click, but you'll still get the messages. I fixed this problem today by calling a timer to SetCapture and releasing capture whenever the mouse was over my dialog. If I didn't do this I couldn't push buttons in my dialog ( well, I had to try a few times ), but now it is all sweet - I track the mouse screen wide, respond as I want to outside my dialog and everything works as normal inside it.

Christian

#include "std_disclaimer.h"

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The things that come to those who wait are usually the things left by those who got there first.

Weired problem in using std library

9-Jul-01 22:35

Hello,

I created an application which using std::map, and std:vector. I declare them as

<br />
#typedef std::map<long, CSTRUCTA *> CSTRUCTALIST;<br />
#typedef std::map<long, CSTRUCTB *> CSTRUCTBLIST;<br />
<br />
class CMyClass<br />
{<br />
public:<br />
  CMyClass();<br />
<br />
  static UINT ThreadProcA(DWORD pParam);<br />
  static UINT ThreadProcB(DWORD pParam);<br />
<br />
private:<br />
  CSTRUCTALIST m_Vector1;<br />
  CSTRUCTBLIST m_Vector2;<br />
};<br />
<br />

I didn't do anting on the m_Vector1, and m_Vector2 in the constructor, then i let the threads running, but in ThreadProcB, I'm doing something like:

<br />
  for (itr = m_Vector1.begin(); itr != m_Vector1.end(); itr++)<br />
  {<br />
      //doing something<br />
  }<br />

As I didn't add anying to the m_Vector1, so it should contains nothing, but it can still enter the //doing something block and raise exception.
I tried use m_Vector1.size() to see the elements in the vector, it showed me -6xxxx, seems like rubblish value. incredible!

Anyone knows what's wrong ???

I'm using VC6, SP4

Re: Weired problem in using std library

Tomasz Sowinski10-Jul-01 0:36

Tomasz Sowinski

10-Jul-01 0:36

You're trying to access non-static m_Vector1 in static ThreadProcB. Where does this pointer come from?

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Re: Weired problem in using std library

10-Jul-01 15:42

Actually, ThreadProcB is calling ThreadRunB() which is a member function of CMyClass ( sorry, i just simplified my class to show out here ).

I passed this pointer to ThreadProcB(), and call the function as pThis->ThreadRunB() in ThreadProcB.

In my cass the m_Vector's should be created in the "main" thread when MyClass is instantiated. Then I created another thread with Thread function ThreadProcB, in turns calling ThreadRunB.

Is it exceed the limit of using STL containers ?

ie. Create in one thread, access in another thread. Any special thing I've to do about threading issue ?

Implement Dynamic & multiple inheritance

9-Jul-01 21:49

Hi everybody out there!

Is there any chance to use the implement dynamic macro in the MFC with
mutiple inherited classes?
Do I have to rewrite the macro?

Thanks for bothering,
Lars

Re: Implement Dynamic & multiple inheritance

Tomasz Sowinski10-Jul-01 0:39

Tomasz Sowinski

10-Jul-01 0:39

Don't think it's possible - remember that existing MFC classes are compiled with 'normal' IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC. Of course, you could try to change the MFC sources and recompile, but this would be major PITA. What are you trying to achieve? Maybe there's easier way than re-implementing macros?

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

How to modify DocString at runtime?

9-Jul-01 21:32

Hi,
I need to save/open files with 8 different extensions with one Document, but I only can set one DocString (extension, file filter for Open/Save Dlg,...).
How can I change the file filter and extension used in the Open/Save Dlg at runtime according which filetype I want to save?

Thank you!
Zoltan Confused | :confused:

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