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Joel Holdsworth15-Sep-05 1:16

15-Sep-05 1:16

Hi, I'm working on having a CToolBar in my application, but with a difference. Instead of having the toolbar docked to a framewnd, I have the toolbar sitting inside a dialog of mine. The technique works just fine, and the toolbar behaves itself perfectly. However, the standard CToolBar seems to paint a "toolbar-background" underneath the CToolBarCtrl, which when you are not docking the toolbar inside a window is rather unsightly. Does anyone know how to make the background transparent?

Joel Holdsworth

Debug assertion failed

Hervy15-Sep-05 0:47

Hervy

15-Sep-05 0:47

Hello,
I want to execute a progrom i develop in visual c++ and i have the following message.
Can you help me please !

---------------------------
Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library
---------------------------
Debug Assertion Failed!

Program: D:\Dossier_plus\MaterielVisio\Debug\MaterielVisio.exe
File: afxwin2.inl
Line: 96

For information on how your program can cause an assertion
failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts.

(Press Retry to debug the application)
---------------------------
Abandonner Recommencer Ignorer
---------------------------

Hervy

Re: Debug assertion failed

prasad_som15-Sep-05 1:01

prasad_som

15-Sep-05 1:01

have you seen call stack? because this is very general message.

Re: Debug assertion failed

Bob Stanneveld15-Sep-05 1:01

Bob Stanneveld

15-Sep-05 1:01

Hello,

You probably did not initialize some of the MFC windows correctly. Try do step into the code and see the context of the error. From there you should be able to solve the problem, if not, please post more specific information!

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Re: Debug assertion failed

Zdeslav Vojkovic15-Sep-05 2:39

Zdeslav Vojkovic

15-Sep-05 2:39

I suppose that you have some window object (derived from CWnd) which is instantiated (created with new() operator or on stack), but not yet created (in Windows sense). for example, this can happen if you have some CEdit object in a dialog and you try to set its text limits inside the dialog constructor. CEdit object already exists, but edit window does not. therefore, the call will fail because it tries to send a message to the edit box, but it is not created yet. Right place for that would be inside OnInitialUpdate() override.

Re: Debug assertion failed

David Crow15-Sep-05 7:38

David Crow

15-Sep-05 7:38

hervy wrote:
File: afxwin2.inl
Line: 96

So have you looked at line 96 of afxwin2.inl to see what expression is evaluating to false?

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Using Crystal Report in VC++6.0

cofd15-Sep-05 0:38

cofd

15-Sep-05 0:38

hi, buddy

i use Crystal Report in my Vc++6.0 project, now i have a problem.

when creating a instance of IApplicationPtr using

try<br />
	{<br />
		// create the instance of Application object<br />
		m_pApplication.CreateInstance( __uuidof(Application) );<br />
	}<br />
	catch( _com_error& e )<br />
	{<br />
		HandleError( e );<br />
	}

there is no exception, but m_pApplication is still NULL, what's wrong? D'Oh! | :doh:

Re: Using Crystal Report in VC++6.0

prasad_som15-Sep-05 3:14

prasad_som

15-Sep-05 3:14

just a check, have you used CoInitialize()

Linking advapi32.lib

Rainos15-Sep-05 0:36

Rainos

15-Sep-05 0:36

Dear fellow software engineers,

Im trying to link some example code from the MDSN website into my visual C++ project
and i get the following error. can you help?

Linking...
OLMECDlg.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl
CheckTokenMembership(void *,void *,int *)"
(?CheckTokenMembership@@YAHPAX0PAH@Z)
Debug/OLMEC.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

the example code i was using was as follows:

#include
#include

extern BOOL CheckTokenMembership(HANDLE TokenHandle,PSID SidToCheck,PBOOL
IsMember);

/*++
Routine Description: This routine returns TRUE if the caller's process
is a member of the Administrators local group. Caller is NOT expected
to be impersonating anyone and is expected to be able to open its own
process and process token.
Arguments: None.
Return Value:
TRUE - Caller has Administrators local group.
FALSE - Caller does not have Administrators local group. --
*/
BOOL COLMECDlg::IsUserAdmin(VOID)
{
BOOL b;
SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY NtAuthority = SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY;
PSID AdministratorsGroup;

b = AllocateAndInitializeSid(
&NtAuthority,
2,
SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID,
DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
&AdministratorsGroup);

if(b)
{
if (!CheckTokenMembership( NULL, AdministratorsGroup, &b))
{
b = FALSE;
}
FreeSid(AdministratorsGroup);
}

return(b);
}

Please note that I have also setup my linker to include advapi32.lib but
this still fails. What am i doing wrong or is there a mistake on the MSDN
webpage?
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/secauthz/s
ecurity/checktokenmembership.asp)

Has anyone used this function before,Can anyone help?

thanks,
Rainos

Re: Linking advapi32.lib

prasad_som15-Sep-05 1:56

prasad_som

15-Sep-05 1:56

it seems winbase.h is updated with .net version.you need to use this code in
.net IDE.
refer this link http://www.codeproject.com/win32/accessctrl2.asp[^],too.

Re: Linking advapi32.lib

Blake Miller15-Sep-05 4:34

Blake Miller

15-Sep-05 4:34

Or... The function is not a C++ decorated function, of which MOST of the Win32 API is not...

So, try this instead:

extern "C" {
extern BOOL CheckTokenMembership(HANDLE TokenHandle,PSID SidToCheck,PBOOL
IsMember);
}

Recompile and relink, see if that works for you Wink | ;)

Saving configuration option data

karmendra_js14-Sep-05 23:26

karmendra_js

14-Sep-05 23:26

I have configuration dialogbox where the user uses the combo box to select and set the configuration.

Now how and where can i save the configuration data. and how to retrive last saved configuration

Thanks,
KarmU

Re: Saving configuration option data

kakan14-Sep-05 23:44

kakan

14-Sep-05 23:44

Use the Registry (preferred) or a configuration file. You can find lots of articles at CodeProject. Search for the word registry.

Re: Saving configuration option data

Manfred Staiger14-Sep-05 23:46

Manfred Staiger

14-Sep-05 23:46

You can use the windows registry for storing your data. The platform SDK provides a set of functions to access the registry. Search MSDN.

Another way is to store the data in a text file. This is very easy using the MFC class CStdioFile.

MS

Re: Saving configuration option data

karmendra_js15-Sep-05 0:15

karmendra_js

15-Sep-05 0:15

i used the following code but it gives assertion failure why?

CStdioFile f;
char buf[] = "test string";

f.WriteString( buf );

Re: Saving configuration option data

Manfred Staiger15-Sep-05 0:23

Manfred Staiger

15-Sep-05 0:23

You need to open the file before writing to it. Do it this way:

CStdioFile file;
CString lineOfText;

file.Open("C:\\exaplepath\\examplefile.xyz", CFile::modeCreate|CFile::modeReadWrite);

lineOfText="This is the first line";
lineOfText+="\r\n";

file.Writestring(lineOfText);

lineOfText="This is the second line";
lineOfText+="\r\n";

file.Writestring(lineOfText);

file.Close();

MS

Re: Saving configuration option data

ThatsAlok14-Sep-05 23:53

ThatsAlok

14-Sep-05 23:53

karmendra_js wrote:
Now how and where can i save the configuration data. and how to retrive last saved configuration

There are many option for saving and reteriving the configurations->

[INI]
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cinifile.asp[^]

[Registry]
look for CRegKey in you local copy of MSDN

[Serialize]
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/serialization_primer1.asp[^]

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Re: Saving configuration option data

karmendra_js15-Sep-05 0:25

karmendra_js

15-Sep-05 0:25

http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cinifile.asp[^]

this link doesn't work.

and can i get an example code how to use CRegKey class for storing and retriving data.

I have around 11 feilds and i want to save them all.

thanks.

Re: Saving configuration option data

ThatsAlok15-Sep-05 0:57

ThatsAlok

15-Sep-05 0:57

karmendra_js wrote:
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cinifile.asp

just try http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cinifile.asp

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Re: Saving configuration option data

David Crow15-Sep-05 7:41

David Crow

15-Sep-05 7:41

karmendra_js wrote:
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cinifile.asp

this link doesn't work.

Did you not notice the extra stuff in the URL? Try it again but remove the extraneous characters.

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Re: Saving configuration option data

Ashok Dhamija15-Sep-05 1:28

Ashok Dhamija

15-Sep-05 1:28

You can consider using the Registry to save your configuration data. Proceed as under (with MFC):

1. Use functions such as SetRegistryKey, WriteProfileString (for a string), WriteProfileInt (for int), GetProfileString, GetProfileInt, etc., of the application class for setting and accessing values from the Registry.

2. You can consider the Constructor or InitDialog functions wherein the stored values can be retrieved from Registry and displayed in the Configuration dialogbox.

3. Use OnOK (or whatever other button-event-handlers) to save the changed configuation data to registry.

4. Use these stored values appropriately in the code to change your program response. For example, use PreCreateWindow function of the mainframe class to change the position or size of main window using stored configuration data.

Regards,
Ashok Dhamija
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Re: Saving configuration option data

Achim Klein15-Sep-05 8:52

Achim Klein

15-Sep-05 8:52

Hi,

honestly I don't like Bill's registry very much...
If I need to store any configuration data this is my preferred way.

Regards
Achikm Klein

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Re: Saving configuration option data

ThatsAlok15-Sep-05 18:06

ThatsAlok

15-Sep-05 18:06

Achim Klein wrote:
honestly I don't like Bill's registry very much...

Yeap Nice, But still you using Bill's Window for storing the data ?

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UniCode To Ansi Conversion problem

fjlv200514-Sep-05 23:24

fjlv2005

14-Sep-05 23:24

I have a problem with conversion, when i ran the code below, it gives me the error :
Error : ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER (refer to trace code below).. Whats wrong with my code?

By the way Im using Embedded Visual 3, where the default setting of my Project is Unicode...
I have my own CSoString which is the same with CString but in plain C format ANSI and have some additional features in it. I want to convert first from unicode to ansi so that the converted ansi will be passed to CSoString like for ex.
CSoString mystring;
mystring.Copy(char* here); // where the char* is the converted Unicode to ANSI.

but before i copy it, i have to fix the problem with conversion....

Pls. see code below..

Thanks and More pOwer.

------------------------------------------- Code ----------------------------------------

CString m_wordSearchText; // this variable is a cstring of edit box.
LPSTR hold=0;
LPSTR hold2=0;
int len=WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP,0,(LPCWSTR)m_wordSearchText,-1,hold,0,NULL,NULL);
if (len==0)
{
DWORD lerror=GetLastError();
switch(lerror)
{
case ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER :
{
TRACE(_T("ErrorLen : ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER\n")); break;
}
case ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS :
{
TRACE(_T("ErrorLen : ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS\n")); break;
}
case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER :
{
TRACE(_T("ErrorLen : ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER\n")); break;
}
}
}
else
{
WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP,0,(LPCWSTR)m_wordSearchText,len,hold,len,NULL,NULL);
DWORD lerror=GetLastError();
switch(lerror)
{
case ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER :
{
TRACE(_T("Error : ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER\n"));
break;
}
case ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS :
{
TRACE(_T("Error : ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS\n"));
break;
}
case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER :
{
TRACE(_T("Error : ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER\n"));
break;
}
}
}

TRACE2("UniCodeWord=%s ConvertedWord=%s\n",m_wordSearchText,hold);

Re: UniCode To Ansi Conversion problem

Jack Puppy15-Sep-05 1:11

Jack Puppy

15-Sep-05 1:11

You didn't initialize the Ansi string, it points to NULL.

Just prior to the second WideChar call, insert the code:

<br />
hold = new char [len + 1];<br />
WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP,0,(LPCWSTR)m_wordSearchText,len,hold,len,NULL,NULL);<br />
hold[len] = '\0';<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
delete [] hold;<br />
<br />

I usually use a CStringA object instead of allocating with new, not sure if it's part of Embedded Visual 3.

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