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3-Dec-05 15:48

Hello everone! Big Grin | :-D

I found VC++ 1.52! Yay! :P
But now... How do I use it? It's so different from VC++ 6... The help files don't help me, I need a tutorial or something that'll tell me how to create a dialog-based app... Anyone know? Thanks! Wink | ;-)

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Gary R. Wheeler4-Dec-05 2:41

Gary R. Wheeler

4-Dec-05 2:41

Kixdemp wrote:
something that'll tell me how to create a dialog-based app

You're looking for the AppWizard. I don't remember where it's at in the menu structure, unfortunately; it might be under Tools. You'll also need the Class Wizard, which lets you add event handlers and member variables; IIRC, you bring it up with Ctrl-W.

Sorry I can't remember more, but it's been a awfully long time since I used VC1.52 Blush | :O

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Jörgen Sigvardsson4-Dec-05 3:01

Jörgen Sigvardsson

4-Dec-05 3:01

> Sorry I can't remember more, but it's been a awfully long time since I used VC1.52

All I remember from that period was "How exactly is MFC supposed to work!?". But then again, I came from a DOS/Borland/TASM environment... Big Grin | :-D

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toxcct4-Dec-05 7:04

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4-Dec-05 7:04

i advise you not to use it if you expect to be standard compliant !!!

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Lord Kixdemp4-Dec-05 8:01

4-Dec-05 8:01

Hmm... I did that Class Wizard thing, but now it complains about stdafx.h not being there! Anyone know how I can make one? Unsure | :~

Thanks!

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Bob Stanneveld4-Dec-05 8:07

4-Dec-05 8:07

Hello,

File - New? Maybe you need to set the compiler settings for your files that it creates a precompiled header.

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Lord Kixdemp4-Dec-05 11:26

4-Dec-05 11:26

You mean like creating a blank file? Didn't work:

<br />
Compiling...<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(8) : error C2505: 'CDialog' : is not a legal base class<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(11) : error C2629: unexpected 'class ::test2  ('<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(11) : error C2238: unexpected token[s] preceding ';'<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(15) : error C2465: cannot define an anonymous type inside parentheses<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(15) : error C2065: 'IDD_DIALOG1' : undeclared identifier<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(15) : error C2057: expected constant expression<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(21) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'CDataExchange'<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(21) : error C2182: 'DoDataExchange' : has type 'void'<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(21) : error C2433: 'DoDataExchange' : 'virtual' not permitted on data declarations<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(26) : error C2501: 'afx_msg' : missing decl-specifiers<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(26) : error C2144: syntax error : missing ';' before type 'void '<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(29) : error C2059: syntax error : '}'<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(29) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'<br />
c:\test2\test2.h(7) : error C2011: 'test2' : 'class' type redefinition<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(10) : error C2239: unexpected token 'identifier' following declaration of 'BASED_CODE'<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(10) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'THIS_FILE'<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(17) : error C2065: 'CWnd' : undeclared identifier<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(17) : error C2065: 'pParent' : undeclared identifier<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(18) : error C2448: '__ctor' : function-style initializer appears to be a function definition<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(18) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before ':'<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(27) : error C2653: 'CDialog' : is not a class name<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(31) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'<br />
c:\test2\test2.cpp(48) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'<br />
 CL returned error code 2.<br />
TEST2.EXE - 23 error(s), 0 warning(s)<br />

Aren't all of those variables suppossed to be declared in that file? How do I set that compiler option? I'm lost... Dead | X|

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Bob Stanneveld5-Dec-05 1:05

5-Dec-05 1:05

Hello,

I don't know what you are doing, but this doesn't look healthy! I suggest that you start including some MFC headers in your stdafx.h file.

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Lord Kixdemp5-Dec-05 9:57

5-Dec-05 9:57

You mean that it doesn't create one for you? Aww! Frown | :(

Which headers do I include? Thanks! Wink | ;-)

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Bob Stanneveld5-Dec-05 23:40

5-Dec-05 23:40

Kixdemp wrote:
Which headers do I include?

How should I know? You 'should' know where your resources come from!

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Lord Kixdemp6-Dec-05 10:57

6-Dec-05 10:57

Sorry, I have no idea what stdafx.h is there for... Dead | X|

But I looked at an example one for another app, and it looks quite simple... I thought it was a huge file with lots of weird stuff... :-P
But now I'm facing a new problem... Mad | :mad:

How do I run my dialog once the app started? First I got a runtime assertion error, I changed from Debug to Release and it fixed... Then it complained about not having a main() method, I added one, but how do I start the dialog? Thanks! Wink | ;-)

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Bob Stanneveld6-Dec-05 22:25

6-Dec-05 22:25

I think that you have serious problems. I suggest that you start by reading about the MFC. If you know how it works, you'll see the origin of your problems.

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Lord Kixdemp10-Dec-05 9:27

10-Dec-05 9:27

Hmm... do you know of any tutorial for the VC++ 1.52 version? All of them out there are either for 6.0 or 2003... Confused | :confused:

Thanks!

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Bob Stanneveld11-Dec-05 4:34

11-Dec-05 4:34

Hello,

I don't think MS supports that version anymore. Why do you want it anyway.

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Lord Kixdemp14-Dec-05 12:21

button catch double click.

14-Dec-05 12:21

Because it was the last version that supported 3.1... :P

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LeeeNN3-Dec-05 15:37

LeeeNN

3-Dec-05 15:37

I search on Web, and did not get clear answer. Now here is the way to catch double click action by a ordinary button. Laugh | :laugh:

create CMyButton based on CButton.
add WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK message handler.
use wizard add variable for the IDC_BUTTON1. let it's type be CMyButton.
that's it.
You will catch Bouble Click action my CMyButton.

Easy huh!

Re: button catch double click.

Gary R. Wheeler4-Dec-05 2:07

Gary R. Wheeler

4-Dec-05 2:07

Maybe so, but you need to question using double-click with a standard button. Windows users don't typically double-click buttons, so you're going to have a hard time training them to do so in your application. Presumably, the normal click on your buttons performs some other action. You'll also have the danger of that action being performed instead, even though the user thought they were performing a double-click.

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Re: button catch double click.

Branislav4-Dec-05 21:07

Branislav

4-Dec-05 21:07

Try to use BN_DOUBLECLICKED and your button need to be Notify.

Extremely basic ? about VS 2005.

David Fleming3-Dec-05 13:49

David Fleming

3-Dec-05 13:49

I am currently familiar w/ VC 6.0.
I downloaded the trial of VS 2005 Express (just C++) to try out.
I created a new "Windows Forms App" and added a couple of controls.
When I add an event handler (such as _Click for a button), the IDE creates the entry in the .h file, but I don't see a .cpp file.

Here's what's in the .h file:

private: System::Void button1_Click(....

I don't think I am now supposed to put my code in the .h file, so... 1) am I supposed to create the .cpp file myself? or 2) did I miss something such that the .cpp file did not get created when it should have?

I know this is really simplistic, and I feel like I'm just overlooking something, but some advice to point me in the right direction would be nice.

Thanks.

PS: One other simple thing. I figured out the following to do a simple MessageBox:

System::Windows::Forms::MessageBox::Show("Button pressed!");

Surely there's a shorter way...!

Thanks again.

Re: Extremely basic ? about VS 2005.

S. Senthil Kumar4-Dec-05 2:40

S. Senthil Kumar

4-Dec-05 2:40

This is the VC++ forum, your questions are about C++/CLI, for which there is the C++/CLI forum.

David Fleming wrote:
am I supposed to create the .cpp file myself?

Guess so. I tried it and got the same result.

David Fleming wrote:

PS: One other simple thing. I figured out the following to do a simple MessageBox:

Provided you have using namespace System::Windows::Forms in the translation unit, you can simply do MessageBox::Show(...)

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Re: Extremely basic ? about VS 2005.

vikas amin4-Dec-05 20:38

vikas amin

4-Dec-05 20:38

Try in the CLI u might get the proper response
as people here are yet on vc++ Cool | :cool:

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Re: Extremely basic ? about VS 2005.

Lord Kixdemp5-Dec-05 12:06