Re: Passing classes into threads - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

David Crow28-Apr-04 8:52

28-Apr-04 8:52

roadragedave wrote:
You said that pointers and DWORD are 32 bits...

Most of the time they are. You are apparently doing some 64-bit work.

DWORD dwThrdParam = (DWORD) UINT_PTR(&Wmi); // potential loss of data
or
__w64 dwThrdParam = UINT_PTR(&Wmi);

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Re: Passing classes into threads

roadragedave28-Apr-04 8:55

roadragedave

28-Apr-04 8:55

Excellent stuff, that got rid of the warning, but again how, do I change it back inside the thread function

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Re: Passing classes into threads

David Crow28-Apr-04 9:00

David Crow

28-Apr-04 9:00

Was the example I provided earlier incorrect? If so, how is CreateThread() currently being called, and what does your thread function currently look like?

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Re: Passing classes into threads

roadragedave28-Apr-04 9:11

roadragedave

28-Apr-04 9:11

But how, by using this:

DWORD WINAPI loadPerThrdFunc( LPVOID param )<br />
{    DWORD *p = (DWORD *) param;    <br />
     TCHAR s[32];    <br />
     wsprintf(s, "The thread value is %lu\n", *p)    <br />
     MessageBox(s);<br />
}

can I get to call the methods of the WmiWrapper class Wmi

Im calling the CreateThread method like so:

DWORD loadPerThrd = CreateThread(<br />
              NULL, 0, <br />
              loadPerThrdFunc,<br />
              &dwThrdParam,<br />
              0, &loadPerThrdID);

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Re: Passing classes into threads

David Crow28-Apr-04 9:15

David Crow

28-Apr-04 9:15

DWORD loadPerThrd = CreateThread(
    NULL, 0, 
    loadPerThrdFunc,
    &Wmi,
    0, &loadPerThrdID); 
 
DWORD WINAPI loadPerThrdFunc( LPVOID param )
{ 
    WmiWrapper *p = (WmiWrapper *) param; 
    p->...
}

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Re: Passing classes into threads

roadragedave28-Apr-04 9:24

roadragedave

28-Apr-04 9:24

Fantastic!!!!

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Re: Passing classes into threads

Michael Dunn28-Apr-04 14:05

Michael Dunn

28-Apr-04 14:05

CreateThread() has a param just for this purpose: void* lpParameter. Set that to the address of the Wmi object. loadPerThrdFunc takes one parameter, again a void*, which you cast back to a WmiWrapper*

Note that you should be using _beginthreadex() and not CreateThread() if you link with the C runtime (which you probably are)

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Re: Passing classes into threads

Jitendra gangwar28-Apr-04 19:05

Jitendra gangwar

28-Apr-04 19:05

Did some modification in your existing code. This would help you.
For the passing parameter to thread, first cast it to DWORD and receive it in callback handler of thread,cast it back to its original type,now use it as you want.

void main(void){

DWORD loadPerThrdID;
HANDLE loadPerThrd;
TCHAR szMsg[80];

DWORD dwThrdParam;

static WmiWrapper Wmi(NULL, NULL, NULL); //Creating object

loadPerThrd = CreateThread(
NULL, 0,
loadPerThrdFunc,
//&dwThrdParam,
(DWORD) &Wmi, //Pass the object pointer as a thread parameter.
0, &loadPerThrdID);

if(loadPerThrd == NULL){
wsprintf(szMsg, (TEXT("Create Thread failed for LoadPercentage")));
MessageBox(NULL, szMsg, NULL, MB_OK);
}
else{
_getch();
CloseHandle(loadPerThrd);
}
}

//Threads function
DWORD WINAPI loadPerThrdFunc (DWORD param1)
{
WmiWrapper* wmi = (WmiWrapper*) param1;
//Now you can use this wmi class pointer.
................
}

Jitendra

Re: Passing classes into threads

roadragedave28-Apr-04 22:58

roadragedave

28-Apr-04 22:58

No good,
First I think the WmiWrapper* is 64 bits, where as DWORD is 32, so this gives me data loss warnings,
Also the parameter is LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE, not DWORD, so this gives me an error.

Its alright because I have it fixed (see David Crows code above), but now Im getting a memory voilation when running, and its in one of the classes methods, I dont understand, because I was running the program without threads before and I didnt get this problem, I thought mabey it has something to do with the fact that Im creating two threads which pass the same object, but if I turn off one I still get the error Confused | :confused:

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Re: Passing classes into threads

Paul Ranson28-Apr-04 23:36

Paul Ranson

28-Apr-04 23:36

The 'WmiWrapper*' can only be 64 bits if you're compiling for 64 bit Windows. You would know this.

I think you get the warning because MS have made the SDK headers 64 bit compatible and introduced some new MS special bits to allow this. In the future a DWORD won't be compatible with a pointer.

Anyway the parameter to CreateThread is 'LPVOID' not DWORD so in 64bit Windows that will be a 64 bit pointer and all will just work.

Anyway I would expect something like

DWORD WINAPI loadPerThrdFunc ( LPVOID param )
{
    WmiWrapper* wmi = reinterpret_Cast<WmiWrapper*>( param ); 
    //...
}
//...
loadPerThrd = CreateThread (
    NULL,
    0, 
    loadPerThrdFunc,
    &Wmi,
    0,
    &loadPerThrdID);

Paul

Re: Passing classes into threads

Jitendra gangwar29-Apr-04 1:33

Jitendra gangwar

29-Apr-04 1:33

That is all right.Thanks for correcting me.
The memory violation that you are facing may be due to that you are creating a local object.when you are creating the thread and passing the pointer of it. but after creation of thread, the control come back in the main function and the local object will got out of scope.still the thread is running and trying to access it by the pointer and cause the memory violation. if this is a problem then you can allocate the object by 'new' operator. so when you don't want it you can deallocate it manually.

Jitendra

how can i dynamically get my machine ip address ?

Marco M.28-Apr-04 6:17

Marco M.

28-Apr-04 6:17

i need to get the ip of the machine my code is running on..
how can i program that ?
thanx

shakoosh

Re: how can i dynamically get my machine ip address ?

David Crow28-Apr-04 7:03

David Crow

28-Apr-04 7:03

Call gethostname() followed by gethostbyname().

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Re: how can i dynamically get my machine ip address ?

toxcct28-Apr-04 7:09

toxcct

28-Apr-04 7:09

you can list all your IP Addresses by doing this :

<font style="color:blue;">struct</font> hostent* infohost;
<font style="color:blue;">char</font> HostName[256];
<font style="color:blue;">char</font>** addrs;
<font style="color:blue;">char</font>* Host;
 
gethostname(HostName, 255);
Host = HostName;
infohost = gethostbyname(HostName);
addrs = infohote -> h_addr_list;
<font style="color:blue;">while</font> (*addrs) {
    printf("IP : %s\n", inet_ntoa( *(struct in_addr *)* addrs));
    addrs++;
}

don't forget to check errors.
Your main IP Address while being in a TCP network is in general the first, but not necessarily...

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Re: how can i dynamically get my machine ip address ?

RNEELY28-Apr-04 8:16

RNEELY

28-Apr-04 8:16

<br />
// GetMyManagedIP.cpp<br />
#include "stdafx.h"<br />
#using <mscorlib.dll><br />
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll><br />
using namespace System;<br />
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;<br />
<br />
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])<br />
{<br />
  String* hostName = SystemInformation::ComputerName;<br />
  System::Net::IPHostEntry* hostEntry = System::Net::Dns::GetHostByName(hostName);<br />
  Console::WriteLine(S"Host name : {0}", hostEntry->HostName);<br />
  for (System::Int32 i = 0; i < hostEntry->AddressList->Length; ++i)<br />
  {<br />
    Console::WriteLine(hostEntry->AddressList->Item[i]);<br />
  }<br />
  return 0;<br />
}<br />

Sincerely,
-Ron

Re: how can i dynamically get my machine ip address ?

RNEELY28-Apr-04 9:09

RNEELY

28-Apr-04 9:09

Or, if you don't like console output:

<br />
// GetMyManagedIP.cpp<br />
#include "stdafx.h"<br />
#using <mscorlib.dll><br />
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll><br />
using namespace System;<br />
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;<br />
<br />
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])<br />
{<br />
#pragma push_macro("new")<br />
#undef new<br />
  String* hostName = SystemInformation::ComputerName;<br />
  System::Net::IPHostEntry* hostEntry = System::Net::Dns::GetHostByName(hostName);<br />
  for (int i = 0; i < hostEntry->AddressList->Length; ++i)<br />
  {<br />
	Text::StringBuilder* sb = new Text::StringBuilder();<br />
	sb->Append(hostName);<br />
	sb->AppendFormat(S" IP Address {0} = ", __box(i));<br />
	sb->Append(hostEntry->AddressList->Item[i]->ToString());<br />
	MessageBox::Show(sb->ToString());<br />
  }<br />
  return 0;<br />
#pragma pop_macro("new")<br />
}<br />

Sincerely,
-Ron

Frequent open/close registry key?

Gibson_66628-Apr-04 5:48

Gibson_666

28-Apr-04 5:48

I got a question regarding storing of settings in the registry.
My application continously stores settings in the registry during runtime, before each value is saved I open the specific registry key and after the value is saved operation i close it.
This causes a frequent opening and closing of a specific registry key.
Is it more suitable for my application to open the registry key at start and to close the key whenever my application is due to shut down? Will there be somekind of vulnerability/benefit using this method, which one is prefered?

Re: Frequent open/close registry key?

David Crow28-Apr-04 7:10

David Crow

28-Apr-04 7:10

If you have a bunch of open/write/close calls, you might notice a small performance hit, if any, but you must weigh that against the registry cache not being flushed if your application were to terminate abnormally. The registry API does not necessarily write information to the registry immediately; it can take as much as several seconds for the cache to be flushed to the hard disk.

Microsoft Outlook hits the registry about once every 1-2 seconds, with a call to RegCloseKey() each time.

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Web Browser

Moschous Manos28-Apr-04 5:28

Moschous Manos

28-Apr-04 5:28

Hi,

I am very new in windows programming but i want to do something to may be strange.
I want to build an application-Web Browser (or somehow extend the functionality of IE (plugin)) that in every request browser makes adding two additional headers.

for example: a request that makes IE is

GET http://www.google.com.gr/ HTTP/1.0
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-
powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/x-shockwav
e-flash, */*
Accept-Language: el
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705
; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Host: www.google.com.gr
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive

I want to add two more headers(at the end):

Profile: "http://139.91.70.5/index.html1","1-]Ό╓π╦^◄_ϊ~N<°;╪║"
Profile-Diff-1: <rdf xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR
-rdf-syntax-19990105#" xmlns:prf="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-profile-vocabulary#">
<description about="Hardware"> <modifications>

a)Can i change every request that IE makes enhance it with a plugin that doing that(adding the two headers)..?

b)Can i build an application from the scratch reusing the Web Browser Control (for the the HTML parsing and rendering of the sites) and enhance my_application with this functionality i describe above..?

c)I also saw in the MSDN documentation something about Winlnet (CHTTPSESSION), but i don't know if i can use such a think.(if i am able to use it, can i change the request that leaves from my client(adding the headers) and can i parse and render the html site that the server will return to my_client and present it properly?)

Does anybody knows anything else i can do..??

Please help me...

Thanks in advance!!!

Manos Moschous

MFC application with COM objects

Brian van der Beek28-Apr-04 5:01

Brian van der Beek

28-Apr-04 5:01

I have a MFC application with a COM interface. When I start the application via COM (i.e. a vbscript) its user interface is blocked until the call has returned. Is there any way to work around this problem?

Re: uint32 printing problem

Trollslayer28-Apr-04 5:00

Trollslayer

28-Apr-04 5:00

The 32 bit value is signed. Try casting it to unsigned.

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Re: uint32 printing problem

roadragedave28-Apr-04 6:14

roadragedave

28-Apr-04 6:14

How do I do that????

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Re: uint32 printing problem

David Crow28-Apr-04 7:22

David Crow

28-Apr-04 7:22

No cast is necessary:

int i = 12345;
unsigned int ui = i;

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Plugin for VC++ that distributes the compiling across the network?

Gywox28-Apr-04 4:39

Gywox

28-Apr-04 4:39

The plugin´s name?

Quotation "I forgot the name of it, but there is a compiler plugin for VC++ that distributes the compiling across the network, so that build times are near zero, with only linking occuring at the requester. I recall hearing about game companies using it for their massive builds, diminishing hour long builds to less than a minute."

Gywox

CMDIChildWnd maximized

alex.barylski28-Apr-04 4:21

alex.barylski

28-Apr-04 4:21

I cannot remember how you make any new document inside an MDI app maximized by default...

I want the window to default to maximized state I do not want to set it to maximized state inside some function like:

CView::OnInitialUpdate() and call

CChildFrame* pFrame = (CChildFrame*)GetParentFrame();
pFrame->MDIMaximize();

All these techniques still cause serious flicker when opening new windows...or navigating...

Is this possible?

TIA

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