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// Procees1.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <tchar.h>


#define BUF_SIZE 2048
char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
TCHAR szName[]=TEXT("Global\\MyFileMappingObject");
TCHAR szName_read[]=TEXT("Global\\MyFileMappingObject1");
char *pSharedBuffer;

//LPCTSTR pBuf;


int addMsg(char *msg, char *buffer)
{
    long msgCount, curMsgIndex, curMsgLen;
    char *newStrPos;
 
    // get count of messages stored
    memcpy(&msgCount, buffer, sizeof(long));
 
    // first message begins after sizeof(long) bytes - since we stored the num of messages as a long
    newStrPos = (char*) (long)buffer + sizeof(long);
 
    // step through the buffer, until we find the next free space to insert a new message
    for (curMsgIndex=0; curMsgIndex<msgCount; curMsgIndex++)
    {
        curMsgLen = strlen(newStrPos);
        newStrPos += curMsgLen + 1;
    }
 
    // copy the message
    strcpy(newStrPos, msg);
 
    // update the message count
    msgCount++;
    memcpy(buffer, &msgCount, sizeof(long));
 
    return 0;
}
 



int _tmain()
{
    HANDLE handleMappedFile;
	 HANDLE handleMappedFile_read;
    //LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
 
    handleMappedFile = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE, HIWORD(BUF_SIZE), LOWORD(BUF_SIZE), szName);
    if (handleMappedFile == NULL)
    {
        printf("Could not create file mapping object.\n");
        //LocalFree( lpMsgBuf );
        //return 1;
    }
	 handleMappedFile_read = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE, HIWORD(BUF_SIZE), LOWORD(BUF_SIZE), szName_read);
    if (handleMappedFile_read == NULL)
    {
        printf("Could not create file mapping object1.\n");
        //LocalFree( lpMsgBuf );
        return 1;
    }
 
    pSharedBuffer = (char*)MapViewOfFile(handleMappedFile, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, BUF_SIZE);
    if (pSharedBuffer == NULL)
    {
        printf("Could not map view of file.\n");
        CloseHandle(handleMappedFile);
        return 1;
    } 
 
    memset((PVOID)pSharedBuffer, 0, sizeof(char) * BUF_SIZE);
 
    addMsg("Process 1 is writing", pSharedBuffer);
    

    getch();
    UnmapViewOfFile(pSharedBuffer);  
    CloseHandle(handleMappedFile);  
 
    return 0;

}

// Process2.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")



#define BUF_SIZE 2048

TCHAR szName1[]=TEXT("Global\\MyFileMappingObject");
TCHAR szName_writing[]=TEXT("Global\\MyFileMappingObject1");
LPCTSTR pSharedBuffer;

int _tmain()
{
	/*checks if the process1 is running or not*/
	HANDLE hMappedFile; 
    hMappedFile = OpenFileMapping(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, szName1); // name of mapping object
    if (hMappedFile == NULL)
    {
        printf("Could not open file mapping object (%d).\n",GetLastError());
        //return 1;
    }
	//for writing
    	HANDLE hMappedFile_Writing;
        hMappedFile_Writing = OpenFileMapping(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, szName_writing); 
		if (hMappedFile_Writing == NULL)
    {
        printf("Could not open file mapping object (%d).\n",GetLastError());
        return 1;
    }
    /**/
    pSharedBuffer =(LPTSTR)MapViewOfFile(hMappedFile, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, BUF_SIZE);
    if (pSharedBuffer == NULL)
    {
        printf("Could not map view of file (%d).\n", GetLastError());
        CloseHandle(hMappedFile);
        return 1;
    }
 
    long msgCount, curMsgNum;
    char *curMsg;
    memcpy(&msgCount, pSharedBuffer, sizeof(long));
    //printf("---- Messages retrieved: %d ----\n", msgCount);
    curMsg = (char*)pSharedBuffer + sizeof(long);
    for (curMsgNum=0; curMsgNum<msgCount; curMsgNum++)
    {
       // printf("msg(%d): %s\n", curMsgNum, curMsg);
		 printf("%s\n", curMsg);
        curMsg += strlen(curMsg) + 1;
    }
 
    UnmapViewOfFile(pSharedBuffer);
    CloseHandle(hMappedFile);
    getch();
    return 0;

}