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minimizing or hiding the DOS window in VC++ exe application

9-Feb-06 7:44

It crashes because you do not assign memory to your second table.

Three possibilities:

for ( int j = 0 ; j< countloop ; j++)
    {
        arrPercent1.SetAtGrow(j, m_arrPercentage1.GetAt(j));    
        m_arrRank1.SetAt( j , 0);  // i do not know for this one
    }

or initialize the size before the loop:

arrPercent1.SetSize(m_arrPercentage1.GetSize());
for ...

Or, the best solution:

arrPercent1.Copy(m_arrPercentage1);

~RaGE();

sashabkvs9-Feb-06 6:32

sashabkvs

9-Feb-06 6:32

Hi all,

I am new to VC++.I have developed an "exe" application in VC++.I need to execute some DOS
commands from this application but, the problem is whenever I run the code, it automatically creates a dos window because of the "system" command and covers my dialog window. Is there any funtion that can hide or minimize that DOS window?If so where do i place that part of the code??

Thanks
Sasha

Re: minimizing or hiding the DOS window in VC++ exe application

Rage9-Feb-06 7:11

Re: minimizing or hiding the DOS window in VC++ exe application

9-Feb-06 7:11

Can you post the code you use to "execute some DOS commands" ?

If you use WinExec to fire up the commands, you can provide SW_HIDE as second parameter to hide the window. More elaborated would be to use the CreateProcess function.

Is your app a MFC app or a console app ?

~RaGE();

David Crow9-Feb-06 7:12

David Crow

9-Feb-06 7:12

sashabkvs wrote:
...because of the "system" command...

Which is a very good reason to avoid using this antiquated function. It's just a holdover from the Unix environment. What exactly is it that you are trying to do?

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Catch USB-Events

BruteF0rce9-Feb-06 5:41

BruteF0rce

9-Feb-06 5:41

Hello!
I want to catch events on the usb, like "the user plugged in a hid" Smile | :)

I tried the WM_DEVICECHANGE, but this one helps only with USB-Sticks.
Is there a way to get this information?
Thank You

Re: Catch USB-Events

Dr. Russell9-Feb-06 6:31

Dr. Russell

9-Feb-06 6:31

Set the GUID ( DEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE.dbcc_classguid ) to the class of devices that you want to monitor. That will take some digging on your part to discover the proper GUIDs

DEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE devBroadcastDeviceInterface;
ZeroMemory( &devBroadcastDeviceInterface, sizeof( devBroadcastDeviceInterface ));
devBroadcastDeviceInterface.dbcc_size = sizeof(DEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE);
devBroadcastDeviceInterface.dbcc_devicetype = DBT_DEVTYP_DEVICEINTERFACE;
devBroadcastDeviceInterface.dbcc_classguid = GUID_DEVINTERFACE_USB_DEVICE;//GUID_DEVINTERFACE_HID
m_hDevNotify = RegisterDeviceNotification ( g_hWnd, &devBroadcastDeviceInterface, DEVICE_NOTIFY_WINDOW_HANDLE );

Re: Catch USB-Events

Requiem Sollar9-Feb-06 9:23

Requiem Sollar

9-Feb-06 9:23

Good answer for the use case. I used
static /*const*/ GUID GUID_DEVINTERFACE_USB_DEVICE =
{ 0xA5DCBF10L, 0x6530, 0x11D2, { 0x90, 0x1F, 0x00, 0xC0, 0x4F, 0xB9, 0x51, 0xED } };

However if I wanted to detect a user inserting/removing a card from a usb card reader... any one? Currently i only know if the carder reader is plugged/unplugged... not if the card is inserted / removed

how to retrieve primary keys from Ms.Access with ODBC connection

Issa Salama9-Feb-06 5:25

Issa Salama

9-Feb-06 5:25

Hi all
i'm trying to retrieve primary keys by calling SQLPrimaryKeys function, but the problem is that Ms. Access doesn't support this function, Does anyone know how get the primary keys of a specific table for MS. Access using ODBC.

Re: how to retrieve primary keys from Ms.Access with ODBC connection

David Crow9-Feb-06 7:19

David Crow

9-Feb-06 7:19

Use a CDaoTableDef object and its GetIndexInfo() method.

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How to create Two Dimensional Array

zahid_ash9-Feb-06 4:47

9-Feb-06 4:47

I am using
typedef CArray<float, float=""> INT_PRICE2;

and using its object like
INT_PRICE2 m_arrPrice2;

I want the m_arrPrice2 be a two dimensional array.
How it can be?
and how to add , get and play with its elements?

Thanks.

Regards.

toxcct9-Feb-06 4:51

toxcct

9-Feb-06 4:51

zahid_ash wrote:
I want the m_arrPrice2 be a two dimensional array.

i'd go into int m_arrPrice2[][]; instead of using your CArray typedef which is not clear at all about what it is...

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zahid_ash9-Feb-06 5:48

9-Feb-06 5:48

sorry, mistake

it is

typedef CArray<float, float=""> INT_PRICE2;
and

INT_PRICEE2 m_arrPrice2;

Regards.

zahid_ash9-Feb-06 6:10

9-Feb-06 6:10

I dont know why it is not showing correcct text

it is
typedef CArray angularbracketopen float, float angularbracketclose INT_PRICE2;

I think it not showing becuase of angular brackets

Regards.

Rage9-Feb-06 7:17

9-Feb-06 7:17

zahid_ash wrote:
I dont know why it is not showing correcct text

Use the HTML markers &lt or &gt, or simply use the buttons on the bottom of the edit box to print < or > or check the box "Ignore HTML tags in this message (good for code snippets)".

so this is

typedef CArray < float, float > INT_PRICE2;

A CArray is a template element, not for two dimensional arrays.

So what you probably need is:

float INT_PRICE2[100][100];  // for a 100 * 100 array

float **INT_PRICE2;  // if size still unknown.

~RaGE();

-- modified at 13:17 Thursday 9th February, 2006

zahid_ash9-Feb-06 7:26

9-Feb-06 7:26

Yes size is unknown.

So how I will set , get the values in it.
in float **INT_PRICE2;

thanks

Regards.

Rage9-Feb-06 7:37

9-Feb-06 7:37

zahid_ash wrote:
Yes size is unknown

Do you by chance get to know the size of the table at run time ? Then you could initialize the table using the new operator.

If the table keeps growing, you can either:

1. use malloc realloc to adapt the array size at runtime. (Not so good practice)
2. use STLs (a vector of vectors should do the trick).

~RaGE();

David Crow9-Feb-06 7:41

David Crow

9-Feb-06 7:41

If you really need to use CArray, you could try something like:

typedef CArray<int, int> CIntArray;
typedef CArray<CIntArray*, CIntArray*> C2DIntArray;
C2DIntArray Int2D;
CIntArray *p = new CIntArray;
p->Add(2);
p->Add(8);
p->Add(7);
Int2D.Add(p);
 
p = new CIntArray;
p->Add(7);
p->Add(0);
p->Add(9);
Int2D.Add(p);

This creates a 2x3 array.

----+---+----<br />
| 2 | 8 | 7 |<br />
----+---+----<br />
| 7 | 0 | 9 |<br />
----+---+----

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Rage9-Feb-06 8:18

9-Feb-06 8:18

What is the purpose of

typedef CArray CIntArray;

What is the difference with:

CArray C2DIntArray;
CArray *pIntArray;
C2DIntArray.Add(pIntArray);

~RaGE();

ThatsAlok10-Feb-06 0:16

ThatsAlok

10-Feb-06 0:16

zahid_ash wrote:
and using its object like
INT_PRICE2 m_arrPrice2;

What about STL::Vector

typedef vector<int> vecint;
typedef vector<vecint> INT_PRICE2;

so you don't have to worry about memory allocation and deallocation, as vector itself do for you!

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Urgent help required!!!

NeerajN9-Feb-06 4:47

NeerajN

9-Feb-06 4:47

Hi,

I wanted to know how do i get a checkbox in the 2nd or 3rd subitem of a Listview using Win32 APIs and without using Customdraw. please help...

thanks in advance....

regards

Neeraj Frown | :(

-- modified at 10:56 Thursday 9th February, 2006

ListBox

Mike Winter9-Feb-06 4:11

Mike Winter

9-Feb-06 4:11

After you all sorting out my problem with adding strings to a listbox, I now have a few more questions about them:
Is ther a limit to the amount of strings that can be added to a ListBox? My application will run indefinitly, so could end up having a huge amount of text entered into it - will this be a problem?

If it is, is there an easy way to limit the amount of strings, so that if you enter more into the ListBox, the first ones (oldest) will fall off the List?

Thansk for all your help

Mike

#realJSOP9-Feb-06 4:19

#realJSOP

9-Feb-06 4:19

I think the limit is either 16000 or 32000 strings. I seem to remember seeing a virtual list box article on CP somewhere.

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Mike Winter9-Feb-06 5:02

Mike Winter

9-Feb-06 5:02

Thanks John

I just did an experiment with my app, and it hung once I had written 32736 lines into it!
In a normal day, I shouldnt be adding more than 100 lines of text a day to the ListBox, so that would mean i could run the app for approx 1 year before this would become an issue. Still, it would be nice to block the problem from happening...

Thanks again

Mike

Maximilien9-Feb-06 5:59

Maximilien

9-Feb-06 5:59

as john suggested, use a virtual listbox ...

search this site on how to do it; it's not at all complicated ...

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