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Adding TextToSpeech control to Dialog Editor

2-Jul-04 23:40

If you are editing data on a view, and don't edit it directly (such as in an editable database grid), then you should of course use a dialog - see my earlier window. Synchronizing will be more difficult otherwise, you'll have to do lots of unusual stuff to get the modal behaviour you get for free with a dialog.

You should also use Doc/View - you get lots for free as regards application management with it.

Still learning how to code2-Jul-04 21:58

Still learning how to code

2-Jul-04 21:58

I am trying to add the TextToSpeech control to the MS Developer Studio (VC++ vers 4.0) Dialog Editor control set. I followed the instructions given in a posting referenced by The CP "Threads with MFC" tutorial by Aria Ansari as follows:-

"Downloading the MS speech API (now at ver.5) did not work for me.
Here is what I did to get the TextToSpeech control to appear as a registered activex control
(this is a much smaller download too).

1. Look for the file c:\windows\speech\xvoice.dll.
If you have this file, go to step 3.

2. Download the speech control and run the actcnc.exe program
you'll find this at: http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/actcnc.exe

3. Register the activex component.
Open a console window (Start->Run->cmd)

cd \windows\speech
regsrv32 xvoice.dll

Hope this helps those"

I actually ran c:\MSDEV\bin\regsrv32 xvoice.dll. The registration all ran very quickly but seemed to be successful. However, I don't know how to get the control to appear in the Dialog Editor -the instructions in the article are:-

"Step 12:

Open the resource view and double click on the Dialog resource ID of your newly created dialog ,in order to open the dialog editer.

from the main menu choose:

Project ->Add to Project->Components and Controls...

Step 13:

Now the "Components and Controls Gallery" should be opened, double click on the Registered ActiveX controls folder. Choose and insert the TextToSpeech class and close the "Components and Controls Gallery".

Version 4 of Developer Studio only seems to have Insert->Components. What SHOULD I be doing in ver4.0 of Developer Studio to get the control added ?

Any help would be appreciated

Doug

Last Boot Time

Renjith Ramachandran2-Jul-04 19:34

Renjith Ramachandran

2-Jul-04 19:34

how can i get the last boot time?
any API 's ?

[ there is one -> statistics Server/client switch in net.exe , but i need to do it in my program.]

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Re: Last Boot Time

parths2-Jul-04 19:40

parths

2-Jul-04 19:40

GetTickCount[^]?

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Re: Last Boot Time

Renjith Ramachandran2-Jul-04 21:30

Renjith Ramachandran

2-Jul-04 21:30

that is a DWORD and i tried that earlier, that resets when overflows.
any other idea ..like any registry values ?????
or event log???

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Re: Last Boot Time

Graham Bradshaw3-Jul-04 2:54

Graham Bradshaw

3-Jul-04 2:54

On Windows NT or above, you could query the value of the System\System Up Time performance counter (which gives system up time in seconds) and work backwards from that. See this article [^]for information on reading performance counters

CString to const char* conversion

sugumar2-Jul-04 19:14

2-Jul-04 19:14

I need to convert CString value to const char *. I do the same in following way. I also tried with LPCTSTR, still i get same error.
CString filename;
FILE *fptr;

m_fileName.GetWindowText(filename);
int nLen = filename.GetLength();
LPTSTR lpszString = filename.GetBuffer (nLen );
fptr = fopen( lpszString, "r" );

But i get error as
fopen' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'unsigned short *' to 'const char *'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

i need ur help to sole this issue.

Ken Mazaika2-Jul-04 19:19

Ken Mazaika

2-Jul-04 19:19

I'm not sure if this will work, but have you tried simply setting the LPTSTR equal to the CString? I think CString has an LPTSTR operator if memory serves...

-Kmaz

sugumar2-Jul-04 19:27

2-Jul-04 19:27

CString is not able to be assigned with LPTSTR,

LPTSTR lpszString = filename;

gives error

error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'class CString' to 'unsigned short *' No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called

PJ Arends2-Jul-04 19:38

PJ Arends

2-Jul-04 19:38

CString has an LPCTSTR operator, so you can pass a CString object to any function that requires a LPCTSTR

fptr = fopen(m_fileName, _T("r"))

CString::GetBuffer() returns a LPTSTR, not a LPCTSTR.

LPTSTR is a char*
LPCTSTR is a const char*

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sugumar2-Jul-04 19:48

2-Jul-04 19:48

m_fileName is CEdit type. Also i hv to collect string value from CstringArray like this..
CStringArray* aXMLfiles;
CString filename;
int mlen = aXMLfiles->GetSize();
// write all the XML files
for(j=0;j<mlen;j++)
{
filename="aXMLfiles-">GetAt(j);
LPTCSTR lpszString = filename;
fptr = fopen( lpszString, "r" );
////do something////
}
still i get error.

Johan Rosengren2-Jul-04 20:56

2-Jul-04 20:56

You can take away the extra assignment, this is enough:

fopen( filename, "r" );

or this:

fopen( ( LPCTSTR ) filename, "r" );

If not, your problem lies elswhere, and you might want to post some more code.

sugumar2-Jul-04 22:00

2-Jul-04 22:00

still problem continues.I put the code for ur ref.
CStringArray* aXMLfiles;
int mlen,j;
CString filename;
FILE *fptr;
aXMLfiles = GetFileNames("*.XML"); /// This function retrives me all XML files..
mlen = aXMLfiles->GetSize();
for(j=0;j<mlen;j++)
{
="" filename="aXMLfiles-">GetAt(j);
fptr = fopen( ( LPCTSTR ) filename, "r" );

if (fptr != NULL){
// do something }

}

fopen' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'class CString' to 'const char *'
No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called.

Johan Rosengren2-Jul-04 22:09

2-Jul-04 22:09

As CString has a user-defined operator LPCTSTR, the "or the operator cannot be called"-part of the error message seems to be the interesting part. What is the error number (CXXXX) you get?

markkuk2-Jul-04 22:42

markkuk

2-Jul-04 22:42

Are you using Unicode? The complaint about "unsigned short*" looks like you are trying to feed wide characters to a function that understands only 8-bit chars.

cmk3-Jul-04 10:05

cmk

3-Jul-04 10:05

This is why i stopped using CString.
It's an all or nothing proposition.

If you compile for UNICODE then it wraps an array of wchar_t (unsigned short).
If you compile for ANSI then it wraps an array of char.

You can't cast between the two, you must convert.
Use wcstombs to go from a wchar_t to char.
Use mbstowcs to go from a char to wchar_t.

[EDIT]
Actually what you should do if using CString is go the whole way and use all the _t funtion versions. e.g. _tfopen() will work with a CString regardless of it being UNICODE or ANSI. Most functions that take a char* have a _t*() version. Check the MSDN doc's.
[/EDIT]

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Dialogbox

Ken Mazaika2-Jul-04 18:57

Ken Mazaika

2-Jul-04 18:57

I want to make a dialog popup like a toolbox, but be a resizable dialog with controls i want on it. I've seen it in some other applications and I would like to add it to one of mine. Any links/ideas/suggestions would be appreciated.

-Kmaz

Re: Dialogbox

Johan Rosengren2-Jul-04 20:59

2-Jul-04 20:59

You want a resizable, modeless dialog. It's not different from a normal dialog, but you select resizable border from the styles in the resource editor, and call Create instead of DoModal. Add a member of the dialog class to the parent class, call Create as soon as possible (after the parent window is created, this depends on the kind of window), and then call ShowWindow to show/hide the toolbox.

Re: Dialogbox

Ken Mazaika3-Jul-04 4:41

Ken Mazaika

3-Jul-04 4:41

I can't believe i didnt think of that...I'm an idiot Big Grin | :-D

Re: Dialogbox

Johan Rosengren3-Jul-04 5:43