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werfel wrote: i tried moving the functions that it calls to a .cpp, and that didnt work. if i did #include, then i get a multiple definition error. if i don't i get an undefined symbol
Don't #include the .cpp file. Never #include the .cpp file. If you're gonna #include it, name it .h, but you're not gonna include this, so don't. Compile the cpp file. Link the cpp file. Add the .cpp file to your project, and let DevStudio worry about compiling and linking it. In short, treat it like all your other .cpp files!
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I think he needs to learn about static and/or dynamic libraries. 
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The first thing I would do is (ummm) make sure it's not really defined multiple times. Search the files, Luke...
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The guards prevent compiler to read the header file multiple times, but if you have something defined (as opposed to declared) in a header file which is included from several cpp files, the guards cannot help you with that.
For instance if in your h file you have something like
int add (int a, int b) {return a + b;}
and include it from multiple cpp file, you'll get linker errors. To avoid it in this specific case, you'll need to declare the functionsl inline:
inline int add (int a, int b) {return a + b;}
and it should work fine.
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static inline will work, or something is really broken with your code and/or compiler.
Anyway, why do you want to write function bodies in your header files? It's one ingredient in the recipe for code bloat...
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i think you're right that my code is seriously broken. i am entirely self-taught, and this is my first attempt as creating a portable class.
i'm putting a class definition in the header. isn't that where they're supposed to be?
some of the class members are accessing functions that i use for other programs, that i'd be just as happy placing in a .cpp, but i cant make that work either. for one thing, i would then have to #include the .cpp in the .h, which i understand to be a big no-no.
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 werfel wrote: i'm putting a class definition in the header. isn't that where they're supposed to be?
You can do that, but then you'd have to tag the methods with inline, or put the method bodies within the class. It's easiest to do the latter. Kind of like C#:
class X {
void method() {
}
};werfel wrote: i would then have to #include the .cpp in the .h, which i understand to be a big no-no.
Indeed! What you need to investigate is how to create static (.lib) or dynamic libraries (.dll). A good start is learning how to use and create static libraries, since there are less details to keep in mind.
Basically, a library consists of two things: header files and a .lib-file. The header files instructs the compiler at compile time that the classes and functions are available for linking. The .lib file provides the actual code and data for the linker, so that the names referenced in the header file will be bound to the corresponding code and/or data.
One could say that the linker is the part of the compiler toolkit that puts all the pieces together. The pieces are typically .lib and .obj files. The .obj files are produced by the compiler for each compilation unit. In a C++ project, the .cpp files are compilation units. If you have #included code bodies (such as functions, not prototypes) into several .cpp files, the linker will find duplicates of the code. Since the preprocessor is basically a cut'n'paster (#include basically pastes whatever is in the inluded file), the linker can't know that the found duplicates are the same. It will have to refuse linking. This is the linker error you got.
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-- modified at 14:59 Sunday 18th December, 2005
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I have created a simple media player for .wav files and want to add a scroll bar to speed up or slow down audio as it is being played. (By up to max +5% and -5% only). Any ideas on how I can achieve this in c++ or vb.net? Any help would be much appreciated.
Hedphoniks
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Hello All, I am working in C++ (6.0) for the first time. I am a C#/VB.NET web developer so I feel well over my head.
I got the sample Hello World sample windows app to work, but I need to basically do the same thing only I am writing a DLL instead of an executable. Essentially, I am trying to write a plug-in for another application.
Any sample code, good starting urls would be greatly appreciated. If you evern need help in the ASP.NET world, I will kindly return the favor.
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Is it just me, or does this seem like overkill to detect an empty string...
if( strcmp( szPossiblyEmptyString, "" ) == 0 )
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Yes, I usually do
if (!(*szPossiblyEmptyString) )
But this maybe not very readable.
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if (szPossiblyEmptyString [0] == 0)
That works fine for testing for an empty string. If you also want to test for a NULL pointer
if (pszString == NULL || pszString [0] == 0)
Tim Smith
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Tim Smith wrote: if (pszString == NULL || pszString [0] == 0)
That's a good habit, in case one has to work with BSTR strings.
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Definitely superfluous. 
"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb
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Good Habit to inculcate.
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How do you change the value of CStatic variable dynamically/runtime? Using Visual C++ .NET.
Thanks,
Pat
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I'm not sure if I understand. I have the following code:
CStatic m_text;
m_text.SetWindowText(_T("hello there"));
I get a "Debug Assertion Failed" error and the program dies.
Did I do something wrong?
Thanks,
Pat
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PatP07 wrote: CStatic m_text;
That's not enough, that just creates an instance of the MFC class. To create the underlying Win32 window, you need to call Create on it.
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Here's an example copied from MSDN.
CStatic myStatic;
myStatic.Create(_T("my static"), WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|SS_CENTER,
CRect(10,10,150,50), pParentWnd);
myStatic should not be a short lived local variable, so it may be a good idea to make it a member of the container class.
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Ok, got it to work...thanks a lot!
P.
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The C++ objects are just simple wrappers around the Windows API. When you do "raw" windows programming, you deal with window handles. You've probably seen them in code - HWND is their C/C++ type. When you program without MFC or any other toolkit, you either use the builtin functions such as SetWindowText(), or manipulate the windows by sending different messages to them.
What MFC does for the common control windows, such as labels (CStatic), is that it wraps the window handle, and provides C++ methods for manipulating the windows. The methods then call the corresponding Windows API function or sends the appropriate message with parameters.
What this wrapping business means is that you actually have two objects to maintain in your code! In the case of m_text, there's the actual C++ object, and the actual window. These two object's lifetimes are not synchronized. When the m_text object's constructor has executed, the window object is not yet created. It is created in a successful call to Create(). When DestroyWindow() is called later on, the window object is destroyed, but the C++ object remains. Whenever the window object is not alive, most methods on any CWnd derived class are not available.
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![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) Hi
I want to know how i can extract an exe into memory and then execute it directly from memory. Any idea or ref . Pl. help me.
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