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ZoogieZork17-Sep-03 12:51

17-Sep-03 12:51

That warning is harmless -- it's just saying that a library was not included since it never got to the link stage.

Sounds like the compilation proceeded normally, but it never created an executable for some reason. Perhaps it's a problem with project settings... I'm not familiar enough with Dev-C++ to really debug any further, sorry Frown | :(

- Mike

your comments on CSocket and CAsyncSocket

R. Thomas17-Sep-03 7:29

R. Thomas

17-Sep-03 7:29

hi..
i am about to write a report on Microsoft CSocket and CAsyncSocket.
I've heard from ppl that CSocket and CAsyncSocket sucks!!!
i would like to request ppl here who have used CSocket and CAsyncSocket to please provide me with COMMENTS and LINKS which can prove that CSocket and CAsyncSocket are not worth using and contains loopholes...
Would you be pls as kind as to gimme some LINKS and COMMENTS on HOW and WHY do CSocket and CAsyncSocket sucks..!
Tks a lot..

With Regards
Joseph R. Thomas
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Re: your comments on CSocket and CAsyncSocket

Rickard Andersson²⁰17-Sep-03 7:42

Rickard Andersson²⁰

17-Sep-03 7:42

Read the Winsock Programmers FAQ (Google for it). There is a text there about why it's bad.

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Image::Save Problem! Does anyone know how to solve this puzzle? Thanks a lot!

TeleStar17-Sep-03 7:10

TeleStar

17-Sep-03 7:10

I use the GDI+ in VC7 to save an image. It work very well when I want to save as tiff, png and jpeg. But the program fails to do so when I want to save as wmf, exif and emf.

I consult the msdn and find in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdicpp/GDIPlus/UsingGDIPlus/UsingImageEncodersandDecoders/Retrievingthe.asp

it said that

"The function GetEncoderClsid in the following example receives the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type of an encoder and returns the class identifier (CLSID) of that encoder. The MIME types of the encoders built into Microsoft Windows GDI+ are as follows:

image/bmp
image/jpeg
image/gif
image/tiff
image/png"

Thus it seems that we could not save an image as wmf, exif or emf format. But I also find that

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/imagconvert.asp?target=conver

In the C#, we could save an image as wmf, exif or emf format with no pains.

Does anyone know how to solve this puzzle? Thanks a lot!

Re: Image::Save Problem! Does anyone know how to solve this puzzle? Thanks a lot!

Steve S18-Sep-03 1:52

Steve S

18-Sep-03 1:52

Maybe VS.NET adds encoders?

Have you tried enumerating the encoders and getting the available list?

Steve S

Yes, I had used the code on MSDN, but it doesn't work!

TeleStar18-Sep-03 11:21

TeleStar

18-Sep-03 11:21

Here is the function GetImageCLSID

static int GetImageCLSID(const WCHAR* format, CLSID* pCLSID)
{
UINT num = 0; // number of image encoders
UINT size = 0; // size of the image encoder array in bytes

ImageCodecInfo* pImageCodecInfo = NULL;

GetImageEncodersSize(&num, &size);
if(size == 0)
return -1; // Failure

pImageCodecInfo = (ImageCodecInfo*)(malloc(size));
if(pImageCodecInfo == NULL)
return -1; // Failure

GetImageEncoders(num, size, pImageCodecInfo);

for(UINT j = 0; j < num; ++j)
{
if( wcscmp(pImageCodecInfo[j].MimeType, format) == 0 )
{
*pCLSID = pImageCodecInfo[j].Clsid;
free(pImageCodecInfo);
return j; // Success
}
}

free(pImageCodecInfo);
return -1; // Failure
}

MFC->controls->extended styls?

udiams17-Sep-03 5:36

udiams

17-Sep-03 5:36

Is there a way that i can set/change a control extended style at run time without having to create it again (Create(...),CreateEx(...))?

Re: MFC->controls->extended styls?

David Crow17-Sep-03 5:38

David Crow

17-Sep-03 5:38

Some styles can be changed at run-time, some cannot.

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Three of them decide to fly off.
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Re: MFC->controls->extended styls?

Alvaro Mendez17-Sep-03 6:02

Alvaro Mendez

17-Sep-03 6:02

ModifyStyleEx

Regards,
Alvaro

Hey! It compiles! Ship it.

Re: MFC->controls->extended styls?

Mike Dimmick17-Sep-03 6:08

Mike Dimmick

17-Sep-03 6:08

In general, ModifyStyle and ModifyStyleEx. However, the list control has its own extended styles that must be set through SetExtendedStyle.

ModifyStyle(Ex) works by calling SetWindowLong with the GWL_STYLE or GWL_EXSTYLE parameters as appropriate.

Some of the settings changed by this method won't take effect until either SetWindowPos is called, and some styles can't be changed after creation.

STL and Efficiency

Anonymous17-Sep-03 5:13

Anonymous

17-Sep-03 5:13

I was curious if writing code using more traditional C-like character parsing and handling is more efficient under high volume scenarios than using STL strings?

for instance, if we use strtok and all those string manipulation stuff that C and C++ offer, do they perform better than using STL string and its various functions, if efficiency is of critical concern?

thanks

Re: STL and Efficiency

HalfWayMan17-Sep-03 5:40

HalfWayMan

17-Sep-03 5:40

To help answer, I'll let you know a little secret: The two words "STL" and "efficiency" are mutually exclusive.

Re: STL and Efficiency

Mike Dimmick17-Sep-03 5:44

Mike Dimmick

17-Sep-03 5:44

The simplest answer has to be 'suck it and see'.

I seem to recall that Herb Sutter did some trials and discovered that STL tended to be rarely worse and sometimes a bit better than if you'd written it by hand. They're either on his site[^] or at C/C++ Users' Journal[^].

Re: STL and Efficiency

Andrew Walker17-Sep-03 5:45

Andrew Walker

17-Sep-03 5:45

anonymous wrote:
I was curious if writing code using more traditional C-like character parsing and handling is more efficient under high volume scenarios than using STL strings?

They may be faster in error free situations.

However consider error handling and ease of coding / maintainance before you go away from STL strings. Use STL until your profiling shows you that STL is the bottleneck.

It's likely that algorithmic peformance for parsing may make a bigger impact. For parsing code look at boost::regex or boost::spirit, or depending on what you need maybe flex and bison (lex and yacc) or a scripting language.

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Re: STL and Efficiency

Daniel Turini17-Sep-03 9:46

Daniel Turini

17-Sep-03 9:46

If efficiency is critical, I wouldn't use neither STL nor STL C++ library. As suggested before, I would go for a library or parsing generator toolkit capable of generating a FSA parser.

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Re: STL and Efficiency

Tim Smith17-Sep-03 10:03

Tim Smith

17-Sep-03 10:03

When you get down to it, you can not know which is better until you test it. Try to do some small scale mock ups of the code and test the speed.

Tim Smith

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Using CToolTipCtrl

Marty1020304017-Sep-03 5:02

Marty10203040

17-Sep-03 5:02

Hi,

I'm trying to give a list box on a dialog a tool tip using CToolTipCtrl.

Here's the code I used:

CToolTipCtrl tooltip;

tooltip.Create(this,TTS_ALWAYSTIP); //this is the dialog having the dialog

listbox=(CListBox *)GetDlgItem(ID_LISTBOX);

//Get client area of list box relative to the dialog
::GetWindowRect(listbox->m_hWnd,&rect);

BOOL b=tooltip.AddTool(this, IDS_STRING1, &rect, ID_LISTBOX);

tooltip.Activate(TRUE);

tooltip.SetDelayTime(1);

However, when I move the mouse over the list box, no tool tip comes up.

Any suggestions would appreciated.

Thanks.

Martin

Re: Using CToolTipCtrl

Alvaro Mendez17-Sep-03 6:09

Alvaro Mendez

17-Sep-03 6:09

The reason is most likely because your tooltip object is being constructed on the stack, right inside your function, and then it goes away as soon as the function exits. Two suggestions:

1. Make the tooltip object a member of the class, instead of a local variable.

OR

2. If your function is only called ONCE in the entire program, make your tooltip object static so that it doesn't go away (until the program exits):

static CToolTipCtrl tooltip;

I don't know if the rest of the code is fine, but you can start with this.

Regards,
Alvaro

Hey! It compiles! Ship it.

Re: Using CToolTipCtrl

Jagadeesh VN17-Sep-03 7:34

Jagadeesh VN

17-Sep-03 7:34

I think Alvaro is right!!!
This cud be the reason. If the problem still persists, use the 2 parameter form of AddTool(...). Dont the specify the CRect. Once you specify the CRect attribute, then the tooltip is binded to that rectangle.

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C++ Octree structure

Alex Chitea17-Sep-03 4:20

Alex Chitea

17-Sep-03 4:20

Hi guys,

I want to implement in C++ an octree data structure. This should look like a binary tree data structure, however instead of having 2 children, every node should have 8.

Does any of you has this thing already implemented and can pass on to me the source code? Or do you know somebody that can help with writing my source code?

Thanks a lot,

Re: C++ Octree structure

David Crow17-Sep-03 4:51

David Crow

17-Sep-03 4:51

I haven't written a binary tree since undergraduate school so here is a high-level overview of what might be required:

struct Node
{
    // you'll probably want a data item/pointer here
 
    // pointers to child nodes
    Node *p1;
    Node *p2;
    Node *p3;
    Node *p4;
    Node *p5;
    Node *p6;
    Node *p7;
    Node *p8;
} *pRoot = NULL;
 
void _Add( Node *pNode, Datum *pDatum )
{
    if (NULL == pNode)
    {
        pNode = new Node;
        // assign values accordingly to data items
 
        // make sure pointers start life as NULL
        pNode->p1 = NULL;
        pNode->p2 = NULL;
        ...
    }
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p1, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p2, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p3, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p4, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p5, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p6, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p7, pDatum);
    else if (...)
        _Add(pNode->p8, pDatum);
    else
        assert(FALSE);
}
 
void Add( Datum *pDatum )
{
    _Add(pRoot, pDatum);
}

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Three of them decide to fly off.
How many are left?

Re: C++ Octree structure

Hosam Aly Mahmoud17-Sep-03 8:53

Hosam Aly Mahmoud

17-Sep-03 8:53

Excuse me, but is your code somehow better than the following?

struct Node {   Node * children[8];   } *pRoot = 0;
 
void _Add( Node *pNode, Datum* pDatum )
{
   if ( 0 == pNode )
   {
      pNode = new Node;
      // assign data

      memset( pNode->children, 8*sizeof(Node*) );
      return;
   }
   // else
   if (...) { _Add(pNode->children[0], pDatum); return; }
   // ...
}

Hosam Aly Mahmoud

Opening a Dialog from the menu

Tom Wright17-Sep-03 4:08

Tom Wright

17-Sep-03 4:08

I'm trying to open my About dialog from a menu item, but it does not seem to work. I've tried putting the about dialog id in the menu about id field, that didn't work. I've tried making an event handler but that doesn't even go to the fuction that was created (I put in a messagebox to pop up when it called that function).So how do I do this?

Thanks for any help

Tom Wright
tawright915@yahoo.com

Re: Opening a Dialog from the menu

HalfWayMan17-Sep-03 4:18

HalfWayMan

17-Sep-03 4:18

First, you need to create a new dialog box:

HWND dlg = CreateDialog (application_instance, MKINTRESOURCE (IDD_DIALOG_NAME),
parent_window, DefDlgProc);

Now show the window:

ShowWindow (dlg, SW_SHOW);

If it does not show properly, then update the window, and force it into focus:

UpdateWindow (dlg);
SetForegroundWindow (dlg);

When the use clicks your okay button, if you have set the resource ID for the Okay button to IDOK, the dialog will close are DefDlgproc (defined by Microsoft) will close the window.

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Re: Opening a Dialog from the menu

Tom Wright17-Sep-03 4:56

Tom Wright

17-Sep-03 4:56

I guess I'm not making myself very clear. I have a dialog app that has a menu. In the menu is a menu item called "Help" with a sub-item "About" I want to have my menu sub-item "About" to open the about box that was created when I first created my dialog app. The same about box that comes up when I right click on the title bar and choose "About".

Thanks

Tom Wright
tawright915@yahoo.com

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