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Re: What IDE is good for developing GUI apps using C++?

30-May-22 9:07

No, you have to do the layout calculations yourself. And TBH if GUI applications are your main focus then I would suggest you stick to .NET with C# or VB.NET.

Greg Utas29-May-22 8:18

Greg Utas

29-May-22 8:18

I'd only heard of VS2022, so I had to do a search on the others. I assumed that your response meant that the others were no longer in business, but they still seem to be undergoing development.

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Re: What IDE is good for developing GUI apps using C++?

Calin Negru29-May-22 8:34

Calin Negru

29-May-22 8:34

When your project is causing you enough headake on its own, last thing you want is errors because of a buggy IDE/compiler.
There is no serious match for VS from what I know.

Re: What IDE is good for developing GUI apps using C++?

Joe Woodbury29-May-22 13:44

Joe Woodbury

29-May-22 13:44

Qt Creator is worthwhile ONLY if you embrace Qt. Qt is great but is like its own OS. I still vastly prefer Visual Studio and so did my Qt development with it. Had I ported my last app to Linux, only then would I use Qt Creator.

Don't bother with Code::Blocks. It's adequate for Linux but a waste of time for Windows. Moreover, for Linux CLion is vastly superior.

Re: What IDE is good for developing GUI apps using C++?

Richard MacCutchan29-May-22 22:12

Re: What IDE is good for developing GUI apps using C++?

29-May-22 22:12

Visual Studio is always the best choice for creating Win32 GUI applications as it integrates all the tools you will need. It also includes a simple template to create your first GUI program (although it is a bit clunky). And the standard Windows Controls - Win32 apps | Microsoft Docs[^] cover most control types you are likely to need.

Gerry Schmitz30-May-22 6:12

Gerry Schmitz

30-May-22 6:12

With no prior baggage, I would think that WinUI 3 and VS2022 (with C++) would be the route.

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vector and Template confusion

T Bones Jones23-May-22 7:33

23-May-22 7:33

I will start with my code:

template < typename T1, typename T2 >
void printvector(T1& fout, const std::vector < T2 >& V)
{   
    if (V.empty()) fout << "EMPTY\n";
    else {
        for (size_t x = 0; x != V.size() - 1; ++x)
        {
           fout << V[x] << ", ";
        }
        fout << V[V.size() - 1] << '\n';
    }
}


fstream StatFile;
    StatFile.open(STATICFILE, std::fstream::out);
    if (StatFile.is_open())
    {
      for (i = 0; i != NewLandmarks.size(); ++i)
            {
               cout << NewLandmarks[i].name << " "; printvector(cout, Subtractions);
               StatFile << NewLandmarks[i].fiducial << ", " << NewLandmarks[i].name << ", "; NewLandmarks[i].location.print(StatFile); 
               if (Subtractions.empty()) StatFile << "\n";
               else {
                   StatFile << ','; printvector(StatFile, Subtractions);
               }
            }
		StatFile.close();
	}

The template is supposed to print out the contents of a vector, either to the console when given cout, or to a text file when given an fstream variable.

NewLandmarks is a vector of a struct and that seems to be working just fine here.

Subtractions is a vector of size_t, and this is where the problem lies.

When the code runs, the NewLandmarks name is printed to the console, as well as the contents of the Subtractions vector, which in this case is always 45, 46, 47, 48

When the code gets to the next line, where it prints to the file, NewLandmarks.fiducial, NewLandmarks.name and NewLandmarks.location.print(StatFile) all work as expected.

However, the Subtractions vector only prints its last element, 48, to the file. This implies that the Subtractions vector somehow got changed by the printvector template. But, I don't see how, or why.

Even more confusing, this code loops several times. The first time Subtractions prints to the file as 48. The second time it prints as 47, 48. The third time as 46, 47, 48. I don't loop through a fourth time, but I think I can see what would happen. But I still don't know why. Even worse, during each of these loops when Subtractions is printed to the console I always get the full vector: 45, 46, 47, 48.

So,

Why is the template function behaving differently from its console and file printing activations?
Why does the template function write only the last element of the vector to the file and its first iteration?
Why does the template function change behavior and write an additional vector element each time it runs?

In case it is relevant, NewLandmarks.location is a Vector (a mathematical Vector class that I created) and its print function looks like this:

(L is the length of the Vector)

void Vector::print(std::fstream & fout) const {
    for (size_t i = 0; i != L; ++i) {
        fout << std::setprecision(15) << std::setw(22) << v[i];
        if (i != L - 1) fout << ',';
    }
}

Even if this is somehow causing my problem, I still do not see how or why. But, it seems to be working fine.

Thank you for your help

Victor Nijegorodov23-May-22 8:09

Victor Nijegorodov

23-May-22 8:09

Did you debug your code?

T Bones Jones23-May-22 8:12

23-May-22 8:12

Yes, or that is what I am in the process of doing. I found this unexpected behavior and I do not know why it happens or how to fix it.

CPallini23-May-22 22:02

CPallini

23-May-22 22:02

Probably there is part of your code (not posted here) messing up with the Subtraction vector.
This code

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

template < typename T1, typename T2 >
void printvector(T1& fout, const std::vector < T2 >& V)
{
    if (V.empty()) fout << "EMPTY\n";
    else {
        for (size_t x = 0; x != V.size() - 1; ++x)
        {
           fout << V[x] << ", ";
        }
        fout << V[V.size() - 1] << '\n';
    }
}


int main()
{
  vector <size_t> sub {46,47,48};

  printvector(cout, sub);
  fstream foofile("foo.txt", ios::out);
  if (foofile)
  {
    printvector(foofile, sub);
  }
}

produces the same output

46, 47, 48

both to the console and to the foo.txt file.

[update]
Note, you might also write

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

template <typename T>
ostream & operator<< (ostream & os, const vector <T> & v)
{
  if ( v.empty() ) os << "EMPTY\n";
  else
  {
    for (size_t n = 0; n != v.size() - 1; ++n)
    {
      os << v[n] << ", ";
    }
    os << v.back() << '\n';
  }
  return os;
}

int main()
{
  vector <size_t> sub {46,47,48};

  cout << sub;
  fstream foofile("foo.txt", ios::out);
  if (foofile)
  {
    foofile << sub;
  }
}

[/update]

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modified 24-May-22 6:02am.

T Bones Jones24-May-22 4:24

24-May-22 4:24

That is what I thought at first. But why does the vector print correctly when it is to the console and incorrectly when it is to a file, and the two commands are right next to each other. Where was the opportunity to screw up the Subtractions vector?

CPallini24-May-22 20:02

CPallini

24-May-22 20:02

You only, having the full code, might know.

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Richard MacCutchan23-May-22 22:03

23-May-22 22:03

I just ran the above code and it works correctly. I had to create my own version of the NewLandmarks structure, so maybe what you have is actually the issue.

T Bones Jones24-May-22 4:33

24-May-22 4:33

Here is my struct and the NewLandmarks vector. Do you see anything in this code that could be causing this problem?

struct landmarktype {
    std::string fiducial{};
    std::string name{};
    Matrix location{}; //=Initialize(3,1);
    std::vector <size_t> subtractions{};
};

vector <landmarktype> NewLandmarks;

declared earlier in the code, but in case it's important here is my Matrix class:

class Matrix {
    private:
        double * M;
        size_t ROWS, COLUMNS;
    public:
        Matrix(): M(NEW double[1]), ROWS(1), COLUMNS(1) {} // default constructor
        Matrix(size_t R, size_t C): M(NEW double[R * C]), ROWS(R), COLUMNS(C) {} // constructor
        ~Matrix() {delete[] M;}; // destructor
        Matrix(const Matrix & m): M(NEW double[m.ROWS * m.COLUMNS]), // copy constructor
            ROWS(m.ROWS), COLUMNS(m.COLUMNS) {
            for (size_t i = 0; i != (ROWS * COLUMNS); i++) M[i] = m.M[i];
            }

    double & operator()(const size_t R,
        const size_t C); //output a value from (row,col) cell
    double operator()(const size_t R,
        const size_t C) const;

    [[nodiscard]] size_t rows() const { return ROWS; }
    [[nodiscard]] size_t cols() const { return COLUMNS; }

    void set(const size_t R, const size_t C) {
        double* newMat = NEW double[R*C];
        delete[] M;
        M = newMat;
        ROWS = R;
        COLUMNS = C;
    }

    void clear()
    {
        double* newMat = DBG_NEW double[0];
        delete[] M;
        M = newMat;
        ROWS = 0;
        COLUMNS = 0;
    }

    void print(std::fstream & ) const;
}


void Matrix::print(fstream & fout) const {
    size_t r, c;
    for (c = 0; c != COLUMNS; ++c)
        for (r = 0; r != ROWS; ++r)
        {
            fout << setiosflags(ios::fixed) << std::setprecision(outputprecision) << std::setw(22) << M[r * COLUMNS + c];
            if ((r*COLUMNS+c) != (ROWS*COLUMNS - 1)) fout << ", ";
        }
}

Richard MacCutchan24-May-22 5:02

24-May-22 5:02

I cannot get that to build, the compiler does not know NEW or DBG_NEW. But either way that is a rather complex class. However, I can see nothing obvious, I guess the only way to find the problem is via the debugger.

[edit]
OK, with a bit of editing I got it to work and the output is correct (as far as I can see) in both cases.

So the issue must have something to do with what you are running, or your data.
[/edit]

T Bones Jones24-May-22 5:08

24-May-22 5:08

Sorry, my mistake. That's my attempt at some debugging.

When I switch debugging off the preprocessor will replace NEW and DBG_NEW with new. Do that now and it should compile.

Richard MacCutchan24-May-22 5:11

Application check for virus

24-May-22 5:11

See the update in my previous message.

Gopi Nath23-May-22 1:18

Gopi Nath

23-May-22 1:18

Hello,

We have an application. We want to check while starting that application in any system (customer place) whether any virus is there or not or the exe went out with or without virus.

Can we do this in C++ in the application startup itself or can we use any third party software?

Please suggest.

Regards,
Gopinath.

Re: Application check for virus

Richard MacCutchan23-May-22 1:25