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adding chm help file to project

Hel23-Sep-02 4:53

23-Sep-02 4:53

I know that this is probably a very obvious solution but I'm just not getting anywhere with it. I tried setting the m_pszHelpFilePath to point to my chm file but I then get a blah.chm is not a windows help file or file is corupted error message. If I double click on the .chm file, it opens without any problems.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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and heaven is full.
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Re: adding chm help file to project

Pavel Klocek23-Sep-02 5:23

23-Sep-02 5:23

The online help in MFC uses WinHelp format (.hlp) files. Using the HTML help (.chm) requires more coding - you need to replace cals to WinHelp API with calls to HTMLHelp API.
You can find an example here[^].

Pavel
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Re: adding chm help file to project

Hel23-Sep-02 5:27

23-Sep-02 5:27

Thank you!! Big Grin | :-D

Big Grin | :-D

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Tom Waits

Re: adding chm help file to project: File missing at link

ns23-Sep-02 5:46

23-Sep-02 5:46

I downloaded the sample at the link you gave, and its missing

#include "htmlhelp.h"

No such file exists. I thought maybe its a windows file, but I dont have one on my machine. Any ideas?

Thanks,
ns

Re: adding chm help file to project: File missing at link

Hel23-Sep-02 6:32

23-Sep-02 6:32

Go to the folowing link and follow instructions

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/HTML/vchowenablinghtmlhelpsupportforapplication.asp[^]

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Re: adding chm help file to project: File missing at link

Pavel Klocek23-Sep-02 8:48

23-Sep-02 8:48

You need to install HTMLHelp Workshop (free MS download).

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Re: adding chm help file to project: File missing at link

ns23-Sep-02 9:53

23-Sep-02 9:53

That makes sense!

Thanks,
ns

create Browse For Folder dialog box

tomc23-Sep-02 4:38

23-Sep-02 4:38

CFileDialog is used to get a filename. But I need to get a folder where I will copy file to, what should I do? Thank you.

Re: create Browse For Folder dialog box

Bing Ding23-Sep-02 4:42

23-Sep-02 4:42

you can use the SHBrowseForFolder function.

lookup it in MSDN for detail.

Re: create Browse For Folder dialog box

Pavel Klocek23-Sep-02 5:32

23-Sep-02 5:32

click![^]

Pavel
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Enabling password complexity in win2k programmatically

abhinarulkar23-Sep-02 4:37

23-Sep-02 4:37

Hi All,
I need to enable the Password meets required complexity option within the password policy of windows 2000 programmatically. Is there any API available to do this programmatically.I also want to change the default configuration provided by the Windows 2000 to suite my needs.For that I have developed a password filter dll but am unable to use it correctly.Can anybody guide me in how the settings are to be made.
Kindly help me if anybody knows this.
Thanks
Abhishek.

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Static libraries

Zizilamoroso23-Sep-02 4:00

23-Sep-02 4:00

Help, I'm a bit lost creating my very own static library.

I've created a .lib with one header file and one source file. It contains only one function (for testing). The header file includes windows.h and stdio.h, mainly for things like LPCTSTR which I want to add later on.

The header file has the #if !defined ... #define declared so redefinition is out of the question.

Now, when I want to use this library in another application, I've got to include the library's header file. The library itself is added through add to project -> files... in the project menu of vc++. So far, so good.

Trying to compile the testapp, results in these linker errors. Why?

Linking...
LIBCD.lib(crt0dat.obj) : error LNK2005: _exit already defined in msvcrtd.lib(MSVCRTD.dll)
LIBCD.lib(crt0dat.obj) : error LNK2005: __exit already defined in msvcrtd.lib(MSVCRTD.dll)
LIBCD.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: ___xc_z already defined in msvcrtd.lib(cinitexe.obj)
LIBCD.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: ___xc_a already defined in msvcrtd.lib(cinitexe.obj)
LIBCD.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: ___xi_z already defined in msvcrtd.lib(cinitexe.obj)
LIBCD.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: ___xi_a already defined in msvcrtd.lib(cinitexe.obj)
LIBCD.lib(winxfltr.obj) : error LNK2005: __XcptFilter already defined in msvcrtd.lib(MSVCRTD.dll)
msvcrtd.lib(MSVCRTD.dll) : error LNK2005: __setmbcp already defined in LIBCD.lib(mbctype.obj)
LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib "msvcrtd.lib" conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib "LIBCD" conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
LIBCD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _main
Debug/DownloadTest.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

[VISUAL STUDIO 6.0] [MFC] [WIN98/2]

Re: Static libraries

jhwurmbach23-Sep-02 4:24

23-Sep-02 4:24

You need to have either anything as debug or anything as release. Same is for multithreaded and singlethreaded.
Check your application project settings: the 'Debug' configuration HAS TO link against a 'Debug'-version of your lib, and the 'Release' HAS TOuse a 'Release'-lib.
Likewise for 'singlethreaded' vs. 'multithreaded'. So you may end up with 4 differing configurations for your project.

Re: Static libraries

Zizilamoroso23-Sep-02 4:59

23-Sep-02 4:59

Everything is debug.

And for the single-multithread, I've never messed with them so it's not very likely going to be that...

I've left this out of the library source file, cause it didn't compile otherwise.

#ifdef _DEBUG
	#undef THIS_FILE
	static char THIS_FILE[]=__FILE__;
	#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif

But then, if we compile both as release, the errors are still there.

[VISUAL STUDIO 6.0] [MFC] [WIN98/2]

Re: Static libraries

Zizilamoroso23-Sep-02 5:06

23-Sep-02 5:06

Oops...

Forgot to mention that the app is mfc. Now I've selected mcf-dynamicaly instead of no mfc in the library config, although the library itself does NOT use mfc.

it works Smile | :)

Smile | :)

[VISUAL STUDIO 6.0] [MFC] [WIN98/2]

Read sections names from INI file. problem.

Karavaev Denis23-Sep-02 3:34

23-Sep-02 3:34

Does anybody know how to read count of the sections in INI file and them names?

Thanks.

==============
wasp.elcat.kg

Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

BlackSmith23-Sep-02 3:49

23-Sep-02 3:49

Try this: http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cinifile.asp
One more tip, if you have this kind of Qs, try first in this sites search engine, almost always you'll find your answers there + source code + examples. It never failed me before...;)

--BlackSmith--
/*The roof is on fire, we don't need no water, let the MF burn*/. BHG.

Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

Karavaev Denis23-Sep-02 4:30

23-Sep-02 4:30

Can you read?
I need numbers and names of the INI.
I can't find the way to do it with your class.

Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

Anders Molin23-Sep-02 3:53

23-Sep-02 3:53

GetPrivateProfileSection();

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Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

Karavaev Denis23-Sep-02 4:29

23-Sep-02 4:29

Thanks

Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

BlackSmith23-Sep-02 6:10

23-Sep-02 6:10

Man, I'm only trying to help, don't get hostile... OMG | :OMG:

OMG | :OMG:

Well, another idea, try to open the INI not using registry function (FILE, CFile, istream*...). Read lines, one by one and look for '[' and ']' (use strtok, or something).
Locate them and cout. That's about it.

Notify me if works(or not).

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Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

brianwelsch23-Sep-02 8:40

23-Sep-02 8:40

Jeez, I heard the slap all the way over here. You alright? Poke tongue | ;-P

Poke tongue | ;-P

BW
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Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

BlackSmith24-Sep-02 10:58

24-Sep-02 10:58

Laugh | :laugh:

Are you from out of the country? Laugh | :laugh:

Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

Karavaev Denis23-Sep-02 23:44

23-Sep-02 23:44

Oh .. sorry ..

I'll tryed to parse file as you said ... it works well.

Thanks.

Re: Read sections names from INI file. problem.

BlackSmith24-Sep-02 2:47

24-Sep-02 2:47

GetPrivateProfileSection() works better? If so, silly me... I'm always trying to invent the wheel Unsure | :~

Unsure | :~

I'm so high... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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