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Re: Small doubt

Nelek16-Oct-07 22:04

Nelek

16-Oct-07 22:04

As the MessageBox comes from CWnd and CDialog is a CWnd derived class but "independant" you can try

CDialog* pDlg = (CDialog*) GetActiveWindow ();
if (pDlg->IsKindOf(RUNTIME_CLASS(CDialog)))
//you have a dialog
else
//you have another thing, maybe a messagebox, maybe a view, maybe a window

Another way to do the difference is the first member of both possibilites. By MessageBox the first member is a handler o a window hWnd, and in a DialogBox this handler is of the application instance hInstance

Hope it helps

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Re: Small doubt

kuttiam17-Oct-07 19:07

kuttiam

17-Oct-07 19:07

Hi,
Thanks for ur reply.
I am trying to write a message box hook.
In that i need to differentiate the message box from other windows and dialogs.
I tried your suggestion but i could not achieve that Cry | :((

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I appreciate your help. Smile | :)

Re: Small doubt

ThatsAlok17-Oct-07 1:37

ThatsAlok

17-Oct-07 1:37

kuttiam wrote:
Can any one tell me how to differentiate messagebox dialog from other dialogs.

MessageBox is type of dialog. but you don't need template to create it as it required by Dialog. plus a single api call i.e. MessageBox will create the message box for you!

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wstring to string question

monsieur_jj16-Oct-07 21:22

monsieur_jj

16-Oct-07 21:22

Hi all,

I made this function of getting a unicode MAPI property:

LPMESSAGE msg = NULL;
	wstring subj;
		HRESULT hrProperty;	
		LPSPropValue lpPropValue = NULL;
		
		hrProperty = HrGetOneProp(m_Message->Interface(), PR_SUBJECT_W, &lpPropValue);
		if (hrProperty == S_OK)
		{	
			subj = static_cast<wstring>(lpPropValue[0].Value.lpszW);
		}
		
	return _bstr_t(subj.c_str());

now I need the subj value for SetSubject(Subj.c_str(),codePage) from altmime however when I pass the value of subj to a string it loses it's contents(I am retrieving asian characters) it turns into ??? from the original value.

Help please,
Jj

Re: wstring to string question [modified]

ThatsAlok17-Oct-07 1:36

ThatsAlok

17-Oct-07 1:36

monsieur_jj wrote:
when I pass the value of subj to a string it loses it's contents(I am retrieving asian characters) it turns into ??? from the original value.

offcourse it will lose every thing as string can have 256 value per character and wide string have 2 power <superscript>16 values per character. so if you are using asian character set ..then work with wide string only

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How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

mss8116-Oct-07 21:17

mss81

16-Oct-07 21:17

Hi,

In this MFC dialog base project, I used command line arguments. I want to make my application like, when user give /silent argument from command line, only console window should be display else
normal dialog box. I used AllocConsole function in OnInitDialog function. Using that it displays both the windows viz cosole and dialog.

I used the following lines :

if (!AllocConsole())
AfxMessageBox("Failed to create the console!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);

please help me ...?

Regards,
Mayuresh

Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

Nelek16-Oct-07 21:55

Nelek

16-Oct-07 21:55

Does ShowWindow (FALSE) help when used in your dialog?

Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

mss8116-Oct-07 22:05

mss81

16-Oct-07 22:05

No, ShowWindow(SW_HIDE) does not work

Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

Nelek17-Oct-07 0:05

Nelek

17-Oct-07 0:05

It should... but ok.

Then... what about getting the DesktopRect and moving the dialog with MoveWindow (...) or with SetWindowPos(...) outside the visible area?

Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

ThatsAlok17-Oct-07 20:36

ThatsAlok

17-Oct-07 20:36

Nelek wrote:
It should... but ok.

he is right, SW_HIDE will not work for Dialog bix, reason behind it is that when OnIntDialog complete it call it show the Dialog Box. so you have write some other mechanism to do so.. see here http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/dlgboxtricks.asp[^]

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Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

ThatsAlok17-Oct-07 20:36

ThatsAlok

17-Oct-07 20:36

http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/dlgboxtricks.asp[^]

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Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

Mark Salsbery17-Oct-07 5:51

Mark Salsbery

17-Oct-07 5:51

You have access to the command line arguments at startup.

If you determine you don't want a GUI window to show then you shouldn't
show the window.

Create your main window without the WS_VISIBLE style. If you want the main
window to show, use ShowWindow(SW_SHOW).

If your main window is a modal dialog, don't call DoModal().

Mark

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Re: How to display only console window and hiding dialogbox?

ThatsAlok17-Oct-07 20:37

ThatsAlok

17-Oct-07 20:37

Mark Salsbery wrote:
If your main window is a modal dialog, don't call DoModal().

he seems to programming in OnInitDialog instead of OnInitInstance

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string convertion

Jhony george16-Oct-07 20:55

Jhony george

16-Oct-07 20:55

hai..,
i am trying to create an MSMQ. in this i am having char* string value....now i want to convert it to LPWSTR string ...how to convert this...

is any one knows reply me....

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Re: string convertion

Hamid_RT16-Oct-07 21:08

Hamid_RT

16-Oct-07 21:08

See MultiByteToWideChar.

Re: string convertion

jhwurmbach16-Oct-07 21:08

jhwurmbach

16-Oct-07 21:08

Try ::mbtowcs
And be sure to read the texts about conversion linked in that MSDN-Article.

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Re: string convertion

David Crow17-Oct-07 3:09

David Crow

17-Oct-07 3:09

Have you considered the A2W() macro?

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Re: string convertion

Jhony george16-Oct-07 21:13

Jhony george

16-Oct-07 21:13

thanks for ur help dears,

i solved the issue..

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Re: string convertion

ThatsAlok17-Oct-07 20:38

ThatsAlok

17-Oct-07 20:38

jhwurmbach wrote:
Try ::mbtowcs

little correction brother:- it is mbstowcs

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how to know cd presence in CD Drive

VC_RYK16-Oct-07 20:43

VC_RYK

16-Oct-07 20:43

Hi guys

How to detect cd presence in CD Drive.if any code is available that is greatful.

Thnaks in advance
RYK

Re: how to know cd presence in CD Drive

Nibu babu thomas16-Oct-07 21:18

Nibu babu thomas

16-Oct-07 21:18

VC_RYK wrote:
How to detect cd presence in CD Drive

You can use GetVolumeInformation.
See here -> http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/G-M/multimedia/article.php/c1583[^]

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Re: how to know cd presence in CD Drive

chandu00416-Oct-07 22:05

chandu004

16-Oct-07 22:05

see if the following logic works.
say for exmple, your CD drive is "G"
_chdir("G:");
_findfirst();//not sure about the parameters. find them out. otherwise i have to refer my backups.
if find first detects something, then, cd is available.
otherwise not.
simple.

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