C / C++ / MFC

7-Dec-06 2:29

Hi all,

I am using pure c++ functions in visual studio 2005 to create a window which behaves similar to a dialog.
I have the handle to this window. Does anyone know how to load an image to this window? the image can be either a gif/bmp format???

Sunil

Sunil

Re: loading an image

C^hris L^osinger7-Dec-06 8:32

C^hris L^osinger

7-Dec-06 8:32

if you're just reading BMP, you can use LoadImage.

for GIF, you'll have to use one of the many imaging toolkits that are available. (or GDI+, if you can use that in your app)

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Re: loading an image

Hamid_RT7-Dec-06 17:59

Hamid_RT

7-Dec-06 17:59

You can use of CImage class

WhiteSky

CFile does not open

BadJerry7-Dec-06 2:27

BadJerry

7-Dec-06 2:27

Here is the following code part of a COM object (in Visual C++ 6.0)

<br />
   CFile filXML;<br />
   CFileException e;<br />
   if ( !filXML.Open(strFile,CFile::modeCreate | CFile::modeWrite | CFile::typeBinary,&e ) )<br />
   {<br />
      TCHAR lpError[256];<br />
      e.GetErrorMessage(lpError,255);<br />
      // Cannot open file<br />
      CString strError;<br />
      strError.Format(_T("Cannot create file '%s' Cause:%d OS error:%ld Error:'%s'"),strFile,e.m_cause,e.m_lOsError,lpError);<br />
<br />
      if ( pstrError != NULL )<br />
      {<br />
         if ( (*pstrError) != NULL )<br />
            SysFreeString(*pstrError);<br />
         *pstrError = strError.AllocSysString();<br />
      }<br />
<br />
      *pnResult = ERR_CANNOT_CREATE_FILE;<br />
      return S_OK;<br />
   }<br />
<br />

This has always worked. On one installation (called by an ASP.net application) CFile::Open returns false except I get 0 for the cause and -1 for the OS error. The file name seems fine (asp.net can create a file of that name)
Any idea why?

prasad_som7-Dec-06 2:39

prasad_som

7-Dec-06 2:39

This is just guess.
If its asp.net web service , it runs under user account(I cant remember its name right now), which has minimum access. May be, that user account has not access permission to file in question.

Prasad
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BadJerry7-Dec-06 2:45

BadJerry

7-Dec-06 2:45

This is not a web service. And we have granted full write authorisation to every one on the directory which is being written onto. And we can write to it from asp.net. And if CFile:Open fails we should have something in m_Cause. And I am going mad Smile | :)

prasad_som7-Dec-06 3:12

prasad_som

7-Dec-06 3:12

CFile::Open uses CreateFile internally, to create file on disk. This function fails in two scenario, first one is obviously failure of CreateFile API, second one is if there is problem with file path( too long ,etc.).
It uses _AfxFullPath2 for converting relative path to absolute path. Failure of this function may also be reason.

If you debug CFile::Open, these are three places from where, function is retuning FALSE.

I'm assuming, in your case, execution doesn't reach till CreateFile, as you are not getting useful information from exception object.

Prasad
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BadJerry7-Dec-06 4:54

BadJerry

7-Dec-06 4:54

I have indeed looked at the source for CFile :: Open in the MFC (for VC98) but I do not get these 3 places where FALSE can be returned. Only 1 and after the CreateFile...
Thanks for your help but I still do not know where to look next.

prasad_som7-Dec-06 18:22

prasad_som

7-Dec-06 18:22

Ooops ! I looked at VS2005. Seeing your post, I looked in to VC 6.
Did you mentioned earlier that, exception object doesn't tell you anything ?

Prasad
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Mark Salsbery7-Dec-06 5:44

Typecasting incompatible types

7-Dec-06 5:44

It may be you are missing a share flag. An open mode and share flag (at least 1 of each) are
required.

try

if ( !filXML.Open(strFile, CFile::modeCreate | CFile::modeWrite | CFile::typeBinary | CFile::shareDenyWrite, &e ) )
{
...

WillemM7-Dec-06 2:22

WillemM

7-Dec-06 2:22

I have a question about typecasting incompatible types. I have two handles to objects, the handle class is a template class that functions as a smartpointer implementation.

Handle<A> ahandle(new B);
Handle bhandle;

What I want is to cast from Handle<A> to Handle. B derives from A and as such I can cast between them. The only problem is, I can't cast the handles directly.

I have come up with a solution involving some dirty hacking, but I am unsure if this is going to work and what it will do at runtime.

void* blankhandle = (void*)&ahandle;
Handle bhandle = *(reinterpret_cast<Handle >(blankhandle));

Hope anyone can shed some light on this.

WM.

What about weapons of mass-construction?
"You can always try to smash it with a wrench to fix that. It might actually work" - WillemM

Mark Salsbery7-Dec-06 5:57

7-Dec-06 5:57

WillemM wrote:
B derives from A and as such I can cast between them

If this is truly the case then you should have no problem casting between them.
Therefore, you can use the safer dynamic_cast operator to perform the cast.

void* blankhandle = (void*)&ahandle;
Handle<B> *pBHandle = dynamic_cast<Handle<B>*>(blankhandle);
if (pBHandle)
{
	Handle<B> bhandle = *pBHandle;
...
}

Note I checked the return from dynamic_cast. If the object wasn't created as a B type handle
then it would fail as it should.
>

WillemM7-Dec-06 6:26

WillemM

7-Dec-06 6:26

Cool, thanks for the information, then that trick should solve my problem quite nicely.

WM.

What about weapons of mass-construction?
"You can always try to smash it with a wrench to fix that. It might actually work" - WillemM

Mark Salsbery7-Dec-06 6:43

7-Dec-06 6:43

Cool maybe, except for the fact it won't work with a void pointer.

Instead of a void* you'd have to use a base class (handle A) pointer to use dynamic_cast.
If this doesnt work for your needs (you HAVE to use a void*) then use static_cast instead and
eliminate the check for NULL pointer since static_cast will perform the cast whether it's safe
or not.

Sorry about that!

Apparently I haven't had enough caffeine yet this morning Smile | :)

WillemM7-Dec-06 6:44

WillemM

7-Dec-06 6:44

No problem, will keep that in mind. Somehow I get myself into a lot of trouble today, because this thing with the handles isn't the only problem in C++ Poke tongue | ;-P

WM.

What about weapons of mass-construction?
"You can always try to smash it with a wrench to fix that. It might actually work" - WillemM

Mark Salsbery7-Dec-06 6:51

Re: Typecasting incompatible types [modified]

7-Dec-06 6:51

WillemM wrote:
this thing with the handles isn't the only problem in C++

For clarity, here's the updated code using a void *

void* blankhandle = (void*)&ahandle;
Handle<B> bhandle = *static_cast<Handle<B>*>(blankhandle);
...

Stephen Hewitt7-Dec-06 11:52

Stephen Hewitt

7-Dec-06 11:52

Handle<A> and Handle are distinct types: you can not safely cast between them. Any time you have to use reinterpret_cast or C-style casts (I never use C-style casts and would not allow any in code under my control) alarm bells should ring.

Say we have a template like this:

template <typename T>
class MyTemplate
{
};

Then MyTemplate<int> and MyTemplate<double> are distinct types and not related by inheritence. This is a basic property of C++ templates.

-- modified at 21:30 Thursday 7th December, 2006

Even if the representation happens to be the same an explicit specialisation added later could silently break this assumption. In short, don't be reckless with casting.

Can you elaborate on what you're trying to achieve? Perhaps there is a better type-safe mechanism to achieve it. For example consider the following:

template <typename T>
class MyTemplate
{
public:
    MyTemplate(const T &data);
 
    template <typename O>
    MyTemplate(const MyTemplate<O> &other);
};

Steve

Backup & Recovery Utility for MS Exchange

Vinay Jain7-Dec-06 2:12

Vinay Jain

7-Dec-06 2:12

Hello friend,

I want to know about how programatically we can create backup/Recovery Utility for MS Exchange Server 2003. I want to do it in VC++.

Any help will be grately appreciated.

highlight list control items using mouse

YaronNir7-Dec-06 2:06

YaronNir

7-Dec-06 2:06

Hi all,

if you open windows explorer (i am using winXP), and you try to highlight (select) some items with the mouse, there is only one column that if the selection rectangle passes it begins to highlight.

i have a my inherite list control, but only the first column responds to this highlight...i need that the second column to respond and not the first...

can any1 help?

thanks in advanced

Yaron

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http://www.codeproject.com/com/COMBasics.asp

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Re: highlight list control items using mouse

Sunil P V7-Dec-06 2:28

7-Dec-06 2:28

let the list control object be m_myListCtrl

for full row select set the style as follows

m_myListCtrl.SetExStyle( m_myListCtrl.GetExStyle() | LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT);

or

m_myListCtrl.SetExStyle( m_myListCtrl.GetExStyle() | LVS_FULLROWSELECT);

This will set full row selection.;P

Sunil

load image

Sunil P V7-Dec-06 1:34

7-Dec-06 1:34

Sunil

Re: load image

Hamid_RT7-Dec-06 17:50

Hamid_RT

7-Dec-06 17:50

Do you want to show an image ?

WhiteSky

Re: load image

Sunil P V7-Dec-06 19:02