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D_code_writer15-Jan-09 13:39

15-Jan-09 13:39

Hey guys,

Sorry to be bugging everyone with silly questions, I am just wandering I have a project that I have used VC 6 to create, and I've just recieved a message from a client saying it doesn't work on the 64 bit version of Windows.

Is there a way of getting VC 6 to compile projects that work with 64 bit operating systems or am I stuffed. If not is there an emulator software you can use that will allow 32 bit apps to run on 64 bit systems.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

All the Best

Danny

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Randor 15-Jan-09 16:41

Randor

15-Jan-09 16:41

Are they running on the 64-bit Itanium or something? Unfortunately VC6 is unable to produce 64-bit compatible binaries.

If your client is on a pure 64-bit architecture then you may have to compile your project with Visual Studio 2005 or higher which supports both x86-64 and IA-64 depending on the edition.

Another possible solution is to use the free compiler which comes with Microsoft Windows SDK[^] which also supports x86-64 and IA-64. This option may become a problem... especially if your using MFC.

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

«_Superman_»15-Jan-09 18:35

«_Superman_»

15-Jan-09 18:35

I think you must first understand why your 32-bit app does not work on 64-bit systems.

And VC 6 does not have 64-bit compilers.

«_Superman_»

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

D_code_writer15-Jan-09 19:50

D_code_writer

15-Jan-09 19:50

A thought I had after posting the thread. Could it be the target operating system is missing the mfc42.dll? My project does use MFC.

Danny

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

«_Superman_»15-Jan-09 19:53

«_Superman_»

15-Jan-09 19:53

Ideally all the dependencies must be part of your application's installation.
But then it shouldn't have worked on the 32-bit system either.
Mfc42.dll is not part of the OS.
It is installed when you install Visual Studio.

«_Superman_»

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Randor 16-Jan-09 4:06

Randor

16-Jan-09 4:06

You can download the run-time components and test that theory.

How to obtain the Visual C++ 6.0 run-time components[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Hamid_RT15-Jan-09 20:24

Hamid_RT

15-Jan-09 20:24

See How to: Configure Visual C++ Projects to Target 64-Bit Platforms[^].

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Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Randor 16-Jan-09 4:01

Randor

16-Jan-09 4:01

How is that going to help with VC6?

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Hamid_RT17-Jan-09 20:26

Hamid_RT

17-Jan-09 20:26

I saw it afterwards and I thought its not good idea to delete my reply but why 1?

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Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Randor 19-Jan-09 4:14

Randor

19-Jan-09 4:14

Hamid. wrote:
I thought its not good idea to delete my reply but why 1?

Hello Hamid,

It wasn't me who down-voted your response. Want me to give 5 to bring it back up?

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: VC++ 6.0 and 64 bit

Hamid_RT20-Jan-09 19:10

Hamid_RT

20-Jan-09 19:10

No thanks but It was not bad link. Smile | :)

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opening Multiple files through a folder

ritu rana15-Jan-09 13:38

ritu rana

15-Jan-09 13:38

I was actually trying to code to open multiple files with no extensions those were inside a folder. I looked up for methods but I coudn't find. Please help me with this as soon as possible. Can I do so with turbo C++??

Re: opening Multiple files through a folder

CPallini15-Jan-09 21:18

CPallini

15-Jan-09 21:18

ritu rana wrote:
Please help me with this as soon as possible.

ritu rana wrote:
Can I do so with turbo C++??

Probably, yes, but why (do you know there are free releases, namely 'Express Editions' of Visual Studio 2008[^]?)?

BTW: You probably need to elaborate a bit your question. Aren't you able to find an API that allows you to open files? Do you know, for instance, fopen[^]?

BTW 2: 'as soon as possible' or 'urgent' usually make your question going to the bottom of the stack. Moreover reposting the same question goes against forum guidelines.

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opening Multiple files from a folder

ritu rana15-Jan-09 13:37

ritu rana

15-Jan-09 13:37

Problem with 3-State Check Box (push style) with common controls 6.0

Software200715-Jan-09 9:44

Software2007

15-Jan-09 9:44

I have a problem with a 3 state check box (push style) with new common controls 6.0 vista look, no problem with older common controls. I have created a very simple application of one button if someone needs the code, where I want the check box(which really looks like a push button) to behave as 3 different state, ( ON -I set to a color), (OFF- I set it to another color), (INdeterminate- I want it to be Gray or something), works fine for ON & OFF, but 3rd state, somehow the text seems to get shifted or something on the button, it shows half gray, half red..... Anyone with similar problem...here is the meat of the code...Keep in mind, it works fine if I don't use it as tri-state, or if I don't use common controls 6.0 with the linker.
Thanks

void CColoredButton::OnClicked() 
{
	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
	if(!m_IsEnabled){
		SetCheck(FALSE);
		return;
	}
	if(GetCheck()==2){
		ModifyStyle(BS_BITMAP,0);
		InvalidateRect(NULL);
	}

	else{
		ModifyStyle(0,BS_BITMAP);

		SetColoredCheck(GetCheck(),m_FontSize);
	}
	WPARAM wParam=MAKEWPARAM(GetDlgCtrlID( ),BN_DOUBLECLICKED); 

    //In order to pass a click message back to the owner window I have to send a message other
   	//than BN_CLICKED, because the message would come back here instead. So I choose Double Click.
	//There must be a way to pass this message to the owner, but this works
	GetParent()->SendMessage(WM_COMMAND,wParam  ,(LPARAM)m_hWnd);
}

/////////////////////////
void CColoredButton::SetColoredCheck(int nCheck,int FontSize)
{
	

	COLORREF Color = m_UpColor;
	if(nCheck==1)
		Color=m_DownColor;
	if(nCheck==2)
		Color=RGB(255,0,0);
	
	
	CString Label=GetText(FALSE);

	
	CRect Client;
	GetClientRect(Client);
	CClientDC dc(this);
	CDC dcMem;
	dcMem.CreateCompatibleDC(&dc);

	CFont* pFont = GetFont();
	CFont MyFont;
	m_FontSize=FontSize;
	

	

	CBitmap* pOldBitmap = dcMem.SelectObject(&m_Bitmap);



	// draw a rectangle in the background (window) color
	//CRect rect(0, 0, 16,16);
	CBrush brBackground(Color);
	CBrush *OldBrush=dcMem.SelectObject(&brBackground);
	dcMem.SetBkColor(Color);


	dcMem.FillRect(Client, &brBackground);
	

	if(!m_IsEnabled){
		CBrush *PHalfBrush=dcMem.GetHalftoneBrush( );
		if(PHalfBrush!=NULL)
			dcMem.FillRect(Client, PHalfBrush);
	}
	
	CFont *OldFont=dcMem.SelectObject(pFont);

	int OldBkMode = dcMem.SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
	dcMem.DrawText( Label, Client, DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER |DT_SINGLELINE );
	dcMem.SetBkMode(OldBkMode);
	dcMem.SelectObject(pOldBitmap);
	dcMem.SelectObject(OldFont);
	dcMem.SelectObject(OldBrush);
	

	if(FontSize>0)
		MyFont.DeleteObject();


	dcMem.DeleteDC();
	

	SetBitmap( HBITMAP(m_Bitmap) );

	SetWindowText(Label);

	SetCheck(nCheck);

}

sft

Re: Problem with 3-State Check Box (push style) with common controls 6.0

Software200715-Jan-09 15:33

Software2007

15-Jan-09 15:33

Sorry about the long code, In summary, THis is what I want

void CColoredButton::OnClicked() {	
if(GetCheck()==2){     // THis case here is where the problem I believe		
    ModifyStyle(BS_BITMAP,0);		
    InvalidateRect(NULL);	
}	
 else{	 //This will handle ON & OFF--- this works fine	
ModifyStyle(0,BS_BITMAP);		
SetColoredCheck(GetCheck(),m_FontSize);	}
......

When GetCheck() ==2 for the indeterminate state, it always worked where the button was pretty much disabled or Kindda grayed out, but with the new common controls, its not the case any more, the text somehow gets overlapped and shows 2 different colors... Any idea what the problem might be there, or how I can may be get around this?

sft

how to contact outlook calender from VC++ ?

spicy_kid200015-Jan-09 6:32

spicy_kid2000

15-Jan-09 6:32

Hello All

I am planning to write an application using VC++ to find the free-meeting rooms in my office. All the meetings rooms are listed in outlook. what i am doing right now is to run thru all the meeting room one by one to find the free one for a perticular time. is there any way i can connect to
MSoutlook calender using VC++ program and search for a free room?

Thank you

Re: how to contact outlook calender from VC++ ?

Cedric Moonen15-Jan-09 7:15

Cedric Moonen

15-Jan-09 7:15

I don't know if this is possible (I guess it is) but if it is possible, it would be done through automation. Google for "outlook automation" and you'll get plenty of examples.
I'm not an expert in automation, so it's the only help I'm able to provide...

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

Charting control [v1.5]
OpenGL game tutorial in C++

Re: how to contact outlook calender from VC++ ?

Stuart Dootson15-Jan-09 9:11

Stuart Dootson

15-Jan-09 9:11

Yes - you need to connect to Outlook through COM (use ProgID "Outlook.Application") and naviagte its object model.

Best way to investigate the Outlook object model is to use Outlook's VBA IDE - use the object browser or something like that.

BTW - it's really a lot easier with VB6 than C++...

limiting print margins

TClarke15-Jan-09 4:43

TClarke

15-Jan-09 4:43

Hi All,

Is there a way of limiting the size of the margins when printing.
At present I can't think of a better way than subclassing the pring dialog box and intercepting text input to the margin size edit boxes.
The reason for this is that our test team have complained that if they put a huge number into the text margin boxes it messes up the appearance of the document and so should be prevented. Can you believe it D'Oh! | :doh:

Cheers
Tom

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Re: limiting print margins

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer15-Jan-09 5:17

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

15-Jan-09 5:17

I've done a bit of digging, and neither PRINTDLG or PRINTDLGEX have a margins member.

So these margins you are talking about are app dependent, so we'd need to know more about the context.

If this is a custom print box, then start looking at the code there...

Iain.

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Re: limiting print margins

TClarke15-Jan-09 5:48

TClarke

15-Jan-09 5:48

Hi Iain,

The actual dlg box in question can be seen in IE. If you click on print preview, the window that comes up has a button which fires up a page setup dialog box. It is on this that the margins can be altered. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

ps. Best damn surname there is...

Cheers
Tom

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Religion: Morality taking credit for the work of luck.

Re: limiting print margins

Rajkumar R15-Jan-09 7:16

Rajkumar R

15-Jan-09 7:16

If you are discussing about the page Setup dialog that you use in your own application, i also think so, you may need to subclass the dialog.

First of all, obviously, if the margins are overbound it messes up, that is known to the user, do you need to correct it?

If you want to disable the margin fields, simply use PSD_DISABLEMARGINS flags in [PageSetupDlg Function^].

Or you can validate the margin data entry, by subclassing it. That is setting the hook procedure.

PAGESETUPDLG psd;    // common dialog box structure
		// Initialize PAGESETUPDLG
	ZeroMemory(&psd, sizeof(psd));
	psd.lStructSize = sizeof(psd);
	psd.hwndOwner   = 
        ....
	psd.Flags       = PSD_INTHOUSANDTHSOFINCHES | PSD_MARGINS | 
		<code>PSD_ENABLEPAGESETUPHOOK</code>;
	psd.lpfnPageSetupHook = (LPPAGESETUPHOOK)PageSetupHook;

	if (PageSetupDlg(&psd)==TRUE) {

And in the hook procedure you can validate the text entry,

BOOL CALLBACK PageSetupHook(HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam,
    LPARAM lParam) 
{ 
	
   switch (uMsg)
	{
	case WM_INITDIALOG:
		return (INT_PTR)TRUE;

	case WM_COMMAND:
		if ((LOWORD(wParam) == 1155 // ID of LEFT MARGIN EDIT CTRL (from PrnSetup.Dlg)
			&& HIWORD(wParam) == EN_CHANGE)
		{ 
                      // write the validation code

You can completely customise the page setup dialog with your own dialog by create a dialog template resource by modifying the default template available in VC\PlatformSDK\Include\PrnSetup.Dlg by specifying the flags,

psd.Flags       = PSD_INTHOUSANDTHSOFINCHES | PSD_MARGINS | 
		PSD_ENABLEPAGESETUPHOOK | <code>PSD_ENABLEPAGESETUPTEMPLATE</code>; 
	....
	psd.lpPageSetupTemplateName = MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_PAGESETUP); // your dialog template 
	psd.lpfnPageSetupHook = (LPPAGESETUPHOOK)PageSetupHook;
        psd.hInstance = hInstance;

see also [Customizing the Page Setup Dialog Box^]

Re: limiting print margins [modified]

TClarke15-Jan-09 23:14

TClarke

15-Jan-09 23:14

Thank you so much Rajkumar,

First of all, to respond to your comment:

"First of all, obviously, if the margins are overbound it messes up, that is known to the user, do you need to correct it?"

I couldn't agree more. It's another completely ridiculous example user madness. Unfortunately, my inclination to tell the user not to set stupid values has been overruled in this case, so here I am.

My position is that the page setup dialog box is launched from IE. Therefore, I can either subclass IE's window or I can create my own one and replace the existing dialog box.
Is there any way of applying the approach you showed me to an existing Page Setup dialog box owned by IE. I’m working from an ActiveX control running in IE?

Many thanks

Cheers
Tom

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modified on Friday, January 16, 2009 5:33 AM

WM5 dev, Problem with C++ FindFirstFile returning 0xffffffff

uzziah015-Jan-09 3:48

uzziah0

15-Jan-09 3:48

I am having a problem with FindFirstFile, I am writing for WM5 with Visual Studio 2008 90 day trial.

Here is a chunk of code:

int GetTheFile(LPWSTR ddir)
{
  LPWIN32_FIND_DATAW ac_file;
  HANDLE fileHandle;
  int ret=1;

  wsprintf(ddir, TEXT("\\*.*"));
  fileHandle = FindFirstFile(ddir, ac_file);
  if (fileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)

After the FindFirstFile executes, ac_file is unchanged (all 0s),
fileHandle is 0xffffffff (-1 which is invalid handle),
I have tried several different things for ddir ("\\", "\\*.*", "\\Windows",...).

Any ideas?
Thanks

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