Re: Correct "Window Data Types" - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Roger Broomfield14-Nov-07 20:21

14-Nov-07 20:21

Surely this is going to depend on how your headers typedef them, specifically winnt.h and basetsd.h, and how your compiler interprets the inbuilt types? Once your code is compiled the windows system on which your code is used wont make any difference. Even if you change the structure as you propose and use it with a 32bit compiler and then later port your code to a 64 bit compiler, you will still have to check that the typedefs havent changed and that the inbuilt types are the same as before, also you will have to check that default structure packing hasnt changed.

Ohh and current headers "typedef short SHORT;" so your act member has changed type already.

Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

CodingLover14-Nov-07 21:45

CodingLover

14-Nov-07 21:45

Roger Broomfield wrote:
Ohh and current headers "typedef short SHORT;" so your act member has changed type already.

I'm not clear what you say.

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Re: Correct &quot;Window Data Types&quot;

Nelek14-Nov-07 22:20

Nelek

14-Nov-07 22:20

unsigned short != short

so...

unsigned short != SHORT

so...

you have already change the type of the datas using SHORT

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Re: Correct &quot;Window Data Types&quot;

CodingLover14-Nov-07 22:54

CodingLover

14-Nov-07 22:54

That mean, I can't change unsigned short act; as SHORT act;

Ok, I think I have to read more about this. Sigh | :sigh:

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Re: Correct &quot;Window Data Types&quot;

Nelek15-Nov-07 0:18

Nelek

15-Nov-07 0:18

You can, but you will already have a change of the typ. If you DO need a unsigned short... then you can not use SHORT. At least that is what I guess after reading Roger's answer

Re: Correct &quot;Window Data Types&quot;

CodingLover15-Nov-07 0:43

CodingLover

15-Nov-07 0:43

Hmmm,

Anyhow I have to use unsigned char, to keep the struct variables sizes. Otherwise the application gives wrong output.

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Re: Correct &quot;Window Data Types&quot;

Nelek15-Nov-07 23:59

Nelek

15-Nov-07 23:59

then... why dont you make your own typedef? I think unsigned short is standard and portable to all platforms. About the other types... read the answers below, they speak with more knowledge than me

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Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

BadKarma14-Nov-07 22:40

BadKarma

14-Nov-07 22:40

There is no such thing as Windows Data Types.

There are only the c++ data types (when working in c++ Poke tongue | ;-P

) which are
char, short, int, long, long long. All of them can be signed, unsigned or undefined (which means signed).
char = 1 byte ( 8 bit)
short = 2 byte (16 bit)
long = 4 byte (32 bit)
long long = 8 byte (64 bit)
int = natural size of adressing on 32 bit platforms this will be 4 byte. on other platforms this could be smaller or larger. Alsoo this size can change from compiler to compiler. Apperantly MS has defined that a int will always be 32 bit.

From basetsd.h

//
// The following types are guaranteed to be unsigned and 32 bits wide.
//

typedef unsigned int ULONG32, *PULONG32;
typedef unsigned int DWORD32, *PDWORD32;

When using struct especialy use known size type, which means never use int! That way this piece of code can work cross-platform, cross-compiler.

codito ergo sum

Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

CodingLover14-Nov-07 22:51

CodingLover

14-Nov-07 22:51

Yep, thats what I really want. I want to use this code on any Windows platform without any use, but the develop based on 32 bit system.

BadKarma wrote:
There is no such thing as Windows Data Types.

Say I have two variables,

<br />
int32 i = 10;<br />
<br />
DWORD32 j = 12;<br />

Can I use both i and j on Windows?
My answer is "yes"

Can I use both i and j on Linux?
My answer is "no". Because DWORD32 is a Windows Data Type

Is that correct.

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Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

BadKarma14-Nov-07 23:35

BadKarma

14-Nov-07 23:35

Eranga Thennakoon wrote:
My answer is "no". Because DWORD32 is a Windows Data Type

Is that correct.

No.

I Repeat :

BadKarma wrote:
There is no such thing as Windows Data Types.

DWORD32 is typedefed as an unsigned 32bit integer. This means one thing: the compiler treats the variables the same. You can simply make your own aliasses to known types, like this:

typedef unsigned long MYLONG;

DWORD32 is defined in basetds.h as

typedef unsigned int DWORD32;

this means you can either use:

struct A
{
  unsigned int data;
};

struct A
{
  DWORD32 data;
};

there will be no difference for the compiler.
This means that you should be able to use this struct also on a unix compiler. However MS has set the size of theire int to be fixed 4 bytes (IMHO a mistake). So this could break your cross-platform, cross-compiler compatibility. Use a long instead of an int. It is always better to use the full names of the datatypes then the Typedefed ones.

codito ergo sum

Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

jhwurmbach14-Nov-07 23:35

jhwurmbach

14-Nov-07 23:35

DWORD32 is a datatype typedefed (or preprocessor-defined) in Windows.
In linux, you may or may not have those types defined.
So, the best thing you could do is add a header to your code where you define the types you need for every platform you support.

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Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer14-Nov-07 23:46

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

14-Nov-07 23:46

You're still missing a pretty obvoious point.

int 32 = 10;
DWORD32 j = 32;

Look at the definition for DWORD32, and you'll end up with the keyword unsigned.

Try
int32 i = -10;
DWORD32 j = -32;

As for the structure sizes, BadKarma already told you the definition of them.

The only thing that hasn't been fully explained is packing sizes.

Compilers usually space out variables in a structure to make it easier to address them. So the individual variables of your structure may have the same size, but you'll have gaps in between them.

Do a search for
#pragma pack (push, 1)
and
#pragma pack (pop)

for more detail.

Iain.
in a program and see the results.

Re: Correct "Window Data Types"

CodingLover15-Nov-07 0:19

CodingLover

15-Nov-07 0:19

Oops, sorry about that, I got the point. Thank you all.

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Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

Kumar Anshu14-Nov-07 18:50

Kumar Anshu

14-Nov-07 18:50

Hi,

While opening one of the VC++ projects containing Microsoft chart control i am getting an error stating that i do not have a design time license for Activex. I have Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Do we need a seperate license for using the Activex in VC++. Or do we have a patch for the same. How can i get the same?

Anshu

Re: Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

Nelek14-Nov-07 20:24

Nelek

14-Nov-07 20:24

Have you the latest service pack installed?

Re: Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

Kumar Anshu15-Nov-07 4:05

Kumar Anshu

15-Nov-07 4:05

Can i know what is the latest service pack for VC++ 6.0 and from where can i get the same??

Re: Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

Nelek15-Nov-07 20:46

Nelek

15-Nov-07 20:46

I have the SP 6, I am not 100% sure if it is the last or not. And you can find them in Microsoft's web (but can not tell you where exactly, in my case was provided by my firm, so I didn't need to look for it)

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Re: Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

Kumar Anshu20-Nov-07 3:58

Kumar Anshu

20-Nov-07 3:58

Hi

thanks for ur reply. I downloaded and installed SP6 for Visual studio. However i am still facing the same problem. Sigh | :sigh:

Regards,
Anshu

Re: Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

krmed15-Nov-07 1:47

krmed

15-Nov-07 1:47

I had a similar problem trying to use the Microsoft Grid Control. It turns out that in the list of controls, there were two that were available - both appeared to be MS Grid Controls, but one was apparently an old version that was probably installed by some other software at some point.

Of course, I chose the wrong one and got the error message you indicate. After talking to Microsoft, I went into my project and selected the other grid control and all was OK.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Unable to use microsoft Chart Control Version

Kumar Anshu20-Nov-07 4:03

Kumar Anshu

20-Nov-07 4:03

How to change the list of controls.... i mean i dn really know how to change the list of controls Sniff | :^)

need help with c programming datetime variable

neodeaths14-Nov-07 18:24

neodeaths

14-Nov-07 18:24

hi i am using c programming.

i am trying to make a program which compare the user entered date of birth and return how old they are are.

i have already found the nessaccary functions for comparison of datetime thru <time.h>
e.g: time_t t;, difftime()

so currently i am troubles by how i am supposs to input the values the user entered which may be string into the time_t type variable?.

could anyone pls help me.

Re: need help with c programming datetime variable

Kumar Anshu14-Nov-07 18:58

Kumar Anshu

14-Nov-07 18:58

Hi,

use mktime() function to populate the value of variable t.
mktime takes time structure to be converted and returns the time_t equivalent to the structure. U can populate the structure by taking inputs from user.

Re: need help with c programming datetime variable

neodeaths14-Nov-07 19:09

neodeaths

14-Nov-07 19:09

i read on the description of mk time and it sakys
the mktime() function converts the localtime in time to calendar time, and returns it. if there is an error, -1 is returned.

i am currently not really sure how i am to use it with my t time varable could u show a small example please?

Re: need help with c programming datetime variable

Roger Broomfield14-Nov-07 19:03

Roger Broomfield

14-Nov-07 19:03

When I had to do this many years ago, I couldnt find anything to do it and therefore had to use strtok() to break the string into its numeric parts, put them into a struct tm, and use mktime() to convert that into a time_t.

If I had to do the same thing today I would use windows COM functions and the DATE type. VarDateFromStr() takes an OLECHAR* strIn and fills in a DATE* pdateOut.

problem with std::wofstream [modified]

Saurabh.Garg14-Nov-07 18:20

Saurabh.Garg

14-Nov-07 18:20

Hi I am having some problem with writing binary data using std::wofstream. I am using following code to write a double number but nothing is being written to the file. Am I doing something wrong? I am compling using UNICODE defined and wchar_t is defined as an internal type.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <math.h>

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	std::wofstream fp("test.txt", std::ios::binary);
	
	double x = sqrt(2.0);
	fp.write(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(&x), sizeof(x));
	
	fp.close();
	return 0;
}

-Saurabh

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