Re: Getting the size of a block of code - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

? about wav files

tom_dx1-Nov-04 13:42

tom_dx

1-Nov-04 13:42

is there a way to create them programmatically?

Re: ? about wav files

KRowe1-Nov-04 16:56

KRowe

1-Nov-04 16:56

My guess is that you are wanting to create an alogrithm that creates a wav file. This will be MUCH harder than making a standard recording due to the number patterns you will need to make in order to get the sound you want. In fact this would be a guessing game that may never produce the intended results. But to answer your question you will first need to create a program that creates the correct file structure. Here is a link to a place that describes this:
http://www.daubnet.com/formats/RIFF.html

Wav files are just a form of riff files (which were originally called iff files and were made by electronics arts for video games). For the ID section you will want to put "wav " and the data will consist of pairs of signed bytes. The byte pairs correspond to the push and pull that the speaker magnet will produce when the file is played.

Good luck Smile | :)

Getting the size of a block of code

Xzyx987X1-Nov-04 12:34

Xzyx987X

1-Nov-04 12:34

What is the best way to get the size of a block of code? I thought maybe I could treat labels as pointers sticking one at the beggining and on at the end, but my compiler won't let me do it that way. Any other ideas? I think it might take some ASM code to accomplish, but I barely know any. So if anyone happens to know the best approach...

Re: Getting the size of a block of code

Andrew Walker1-Nov-04 15:21

Andrew Walker

1-Nov-04 15:21

size in what units? LOC? bytes?

if it's LOC you could try something like this neatened up with a few macros:

long foo()
{
    long start = __LINE__;
    //
    //
    //
    //
    long end   = __LINE__;
    return end-start;
}

If it's about generated code try generating assembly / machine code listings from your source when you compile for the appropriate files and then counting opcodes and operands

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Re: Getting the size of a block of code

Xzyx987X1-Nov-04 21:44

Xzyx987X

1-Nov-04 21:44

Sorry for not being specific but I meant bytes. Well actually I thought of one way that might work. I could stick the code in a function with a void parameter and return, then I could measure the length from the start to the return. If anyone has a better idea, keep in mind the method used has to work at runtime. I can't believe that no one has developed a standard method of doing this in C since it has to come up at least fairly often.

Re: Getting the size of a block of code

jan larsen2-Nov-04 0:57

jan larsen

2-Nov-04 0:57

Xzyx987X wrote:
I can't believe that no one has developed a standard method of doing this in C since it has to come up at least fairly often.

Erh, why?, what's the use of it?

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Re: Getting the size of a block of code

Maximilien2-Nov-04 2:47

Maximilien

2-Nov-04 2:47

I also want to know ?

maybe he's confuse and want to use sizeof ?

Maximilien Lincourt
Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

Re: Getting the size of a block of code

jan larsen2-Nov-04 3:29

jan larsen

2-Nov-04 3:29

I think he actually wants to get the op code size of eg.

<code>
void foo()
{
   char buffer[] = "A";
   printf("%s\r\n", buffer);
}
</code>

Which translates to something like:

<code>

<br><br>

section .data

   <span style="color: green">; data aligned on a 4 byte boundary.</span>
   buffer    db 'A', 0, 0, 0          
   mxyzptlk  db "%s\r\n", 0, 0, 0, 0

section .text

_foo:
   <span style="color: green">; Storing general registers for good measure.</span>
   pushaw

   <span style="color: green">; pushing arguments from right to left.</span>
   push dword buffer
   push dword mxyzptlk
   <br>

   <span style="color: green">; calling the extern function.</span>
   call _printf
   <br>

   <span style="color: green">; Cleaning up the stack</span>
   add esp, 8
   <br>

</code>

which again translates to some mumbo jumbo machinecode

But besides the point that it's very hard to see the value in that information, there is the problem of buffer, and the anonymous string "%s\r\n", being declared in a data segment, and the rest of the code goes in a code segment (well, generally anyway, but the rare exceptions really shouldn't count).

"After all it's just text at the end of the day. - Colin Davies

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Re: Getting the size of a block of code

Anonymous2-Nov-04 7:49

Anonymous

2-Nov-04 7:49

The issue here is self modifying code. In order to pull this off correctly I need to be able to tell the size of a code block so I don't read over it's memory bounds when copying it to another location. Yes I could just figure out the size and declare it as a constant or something, but this would have nasty results if I changed the code that was being copied and forgot to update it's size.

Threading problem

User 9148331-Nov-04 11:35

User 914833

1-Nov-04 11:35

Can anyone help me with this one:
I am tying to write an application that uses separate thread to communicate with the COM port. Everything is working fine but when I try to cancel the communication by using Thread::Abort() my application just freezes. What am I doing wrong?

--Nikola--

modified 7-Dec-20 21:01pm.

Re: Threading problem

Blake Miller2-Nov-04 7:59

Blake Miller

2-Nov-04 7:59

You should find a manner to cancel any pending IO on the port first, and then signal to your thread to exit. The thread will 'naturally' exit if it leaves the bottom of the function.
Just blowing off the thread will result in several problems - you migth be failing to close the port, you might be leaking memory, etc.

Splitter inside a Tab Window

Ali Niaz1-Nov-04 11:17

Ali Niaz

1-Nov-04 11:17

I have been trying to create a splitter pane inside a tab control but have been unsuccesful so far. Can anybody point me to simple example of splitters inside a tab control. I have seen one on code project, but its just too complicated.

a

Re: Splitter inside a Tab Window

Selvam R2-Nov-04 3:01

Selvam R

2-Nov-04 3:01

Hi,

http://www.thecodeproject.com/dialog/visualfx.asp[^]

Re: Splitter inside a Tab Window

Selvam R2-Nov-04 3:01

Selvam R

2-Nov-04 3:01

Hi,

http://www.thecodeproject.com/dialog/visualfx.asp[^]

Re: Splitter inside a Tab Window

Ali Niaz2-Nov-04 4:17

Ali Niaz

2-Nov-04 4:17

Yes I've looked at that..its just too complicated for a begineer like me to understand as yet. Anything else that you might know of?

A

Where should I automatically launch a Modeless Dialog?

nonothing1-Nov-04 9:51

nonothing

1-Nov-04 9:51

I would like to automatically launch a dialog box at start up! Where should I place the code, in the Doc or View class and which methods would be best.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Re: Where should I automatically launch a Modeless Dialog?

Christian Graus1-Nov-04 10:01

Christian Graus

1-Nov-04 10:01

The modeless dialog needs to be a member variable, of your main window class I'd say.

Create it when the main window is created.

Christian

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.NET C++ MDI App release/debug discrepancy

Jnewg51-Nov-04 9:19

Jnewg5

1-Nov-04 9:19

I have a .NET C++ compiled MDI application that is displaying discrepancy between the release and debug configurations. The application basically draws/paints a map in the client areas. I am noticing that in the debug version, the map draws fine. However, when it is run in the release mode, the map doesn't get drawn. I have added the debugging hooks in the release configuration and recompiled and notice that the map draws (behaving like the debug version - which is kind of expected). So, I am not sure where to turn - Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks-

help plz Xp dialup Recovery

Member 14861831-Nov-04 9:05

Member 1486183

1-Nov-04 9:05

hi all my dear
i want to recover Win XP dialup pass
but i cant recover it bcu its non asterisk password
plz help me to recover it
but i need a source code or a metode to recover it
plz help me
thanks & thanks

Re: help plz Xp dialup Recovery

Member 14861832-Nov-04 7:36

Member 1486183

2-Nov-04 7:36

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plz
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Re: help plz Xp dialup Recovery

ThatsAlok3-Nov-04 18:10

ThatsAlok

3-Nov-04 18:10

Buddy
that's hacking ,if you can provide me your ubniversity project guidelines ,then i can help otherwise you have to do it by own

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check if a file exists

hyling1-Nov-04 7:55

hyling

1-Nov-04 7:55

What function should I use to check if a file exists? I came across it when I didn't need it, now that I need it I can't find it. Frown | :(