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MFC app - "Encountered an improper argument"

4-Dec-14 21:27

Member 11287228 wrote:
Your program

That means you are expected to write it.

Re: CS Data Struct

CPallini4-Dec-14 21:46

CPallini

4-Dec-14 21:46

Quote:
I started it off as so
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
struct studenttype

Well, it looks promising.

THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite

Member 112858094-Dec-14 1:08

Member 11285809

4-Dec-14 1:08

Hi,
I "inherited" an legacy app written some 12 years ago, not being C++ developer since university.
I have MS Visual Studio 2010 project out of it, all builds OK. All even runs OK on Windows XP 32 bit(where it's built),
but when trying it on Windows 2008 server 64bit, it throws "Encountered an improper argument".

More specifically, it's super simple app that displays 2 password fields (second for confirmation), and button for storing generated file on file system (so Save as... dialog). And error shows up when clicking on this button/trying to open Save dialog).
When run in debug mode, in same action, it throws Assertion error, pointing to dlgfile.cpp in MFC libs, line 479.

The executable is generated with VS settings Multi-threaded Debug DLL as runtime library, and "Use MFC as shared DLL"

I would presume that some .dll provided is incorrect version from rest/expected by code, but I have no clue how to find it.
Any help on how to fix this is strongly welcomed!

Richard MacCutchan4-Dec-14 2:04

4-Dec-14 2:04

You first need to work back to the part of the code that calls into this DLL. Only then can you look at the calling method and parameters to see which might cause the problem.

Member 112858094-Dec-14 2:09

Member 11285809

4-Dec-14 2:09

C++

BOOL CPasswordGeneratorWriterDlg::SavePasswordFile()
{
	// Create an instance  
	CFileDialog fileDlg( 
		FALSE, 
		NULL, 
		NULL, 
		OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT | OFN_HIDEREADONLY, 
		"All Files (*.*)|*.*||", 
		NULL);

	// Initializes m_ofn structure 
	fileDlg.m_ofn.lpstrTitle = "Save file as...";

	// Call DoModal
	if(fileDlg.DoModal() == IDOK)
	{
		CString szlstfile = fileDlg.GetPathName(); // This is your selected file name with path
		//AfxMessageBox("Your file name is :" +szlstfile );

		return SavePasswordFileAs(szlstfile);
	}
    return FALSE;
}

Richard MacCutchan4-Dec-14 2:39

4-Dec-14 2:39

See the Remarks section at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wh5hz49d.aspx[^].

GroupBox ScrollBar Is not working

Member 112858094-Dec-14 3:06

Member 11285809

4-Dec-14 3:06

Thank you,
I amended dwFlags to "OFN_ENABLESIZING | OFN_HIDEREADONLY", which even make more sense (having multiselect on saving a file dialog doesn't make much sense) and it works on both XP and 2008 server.

Member 108664273-Dec-14 22:59

Member 10866427

3-Dec-14 22:59

hi
My groupbox is not working , when i click on up-down arrow , nothing is happening ,
Thanks in Advance for help

Re: GroupBox ScrollBar Is not working

Richard MacCutchan3-Dec-14 23:23

Re: GroupBox ScrollBar Is not working

3-Dec-14 23:23

Member 10866427 wrote:
My groupbox is not working

That is hardly a technical description of a problem. If you want help with somerthing then you need to provide proper details.

Randor 5-Dec-14 6:31

Randor

5-Dec-14 6:31

Hi,

MFC/Win32 is nothing like VB... you cannot just drop a scrollbar on a dialog/control/window and expect it to scroll the window for you. You need to do all of this yourself. You will need to have the parent window that owns the scrollbar handle the WM_VSCROLL message. You will then need to scroll the window yourself.

WM_VSCROLL message[^]
CWnd::OnVScroll[^]
ScrollWindow function[^]
Using Scroll Bars[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

Member 112832723-Dec-14 4:04

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

3-Dec-14 4:04

External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.
If my program is A.exe I need to simulate an external program control after clicking B.exe this B.exe a button click can not call excel

Case 1: B.exe manually click a button in excel can be a normal call! --OK!
Case 2: using the SendMessage function to send a message with A.exe analog control click on the button in excel B.exe call fails, and pop-up "can not start Excel server!"! --NG!
Messages sent using SendMessage is successfully sent, message "Unable to start Excel server!"! Also shows that the message was sent successfully, but it is not up calls excel!

Question: permissions problem? Or anything else that needs to feed?

Member 112832723-Dec-14 16:37

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

3-Dec-14 16:37

why?

Richard MacCutchan3-Dec-14 20:50

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

3-Dec-14 20:50

Member 11283272 wrote:
why?

Why what? And probably because no one can understand your question.

Member 112832724-Dec-14 19:04

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

4-Dec-14 19:04

sorry,my english is not good enough.

Richard MacCutchan4-Dec-14 21:24

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

4-Dec-14 21:24

Do you have a colleague who could translate for you?

Member 112832724-Dec-14 21:33

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

4-Dec-14 21:33

Sorry, I am the only one，incidentally, I'm Chinese.English is not our official language，I tried again to translate。

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 3:12

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

5-Dec-14 3:12

You could try posting in http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1580230/General-Chinese-Topics.aspx[^], where you can write in your own language.

Member 112832725-Dec-14 3:44

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

5-Dec-14 3:44

A.exe is my own program,B.exe is not my own program.

B.exe has a button, click it, and will call to EXCEL!

Now, my question is: if click this button to manually, EXCEL will be normal calls.---(OK)

But if use my program(A.exe),the Sendmessage function sends a keystroke messages (WM_KEYDOWN WM_SYSKEYDOWN) on the button, EXCEL will call fails.---(NG)

I'm sure it: Sendmessage function keystroke messages is sent successfully!

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 3:52

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

5-Dec-14 3:52

You need to be sure that the messages are exactly what the program uses to cause the button press.

Member 112832725-Dec-14 4:38

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

5-Dec-14 4:38

yes,i am sure.

Richard MacCutchan5-Dec-14 4:52

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

5-Dec-14 4:52

Well it does not appear to be working, so there must be something still wrong.

Member 112832727-Dec-14 19:14

Re: External program used excel, if you click on the click of a button to send a message through the simulation, excel this call can not be started.

7-Dec-14 19:14

Thank you, I have solved this problem.

Member 112832725-Dec-14 3:49