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Re: about FARPROC*

David Crow27-Jun-06 3:48

David Crow

27-Jun-06 3:48

George_George wrote:
I think in nowadays, there is no 16-bit Windows. Right?

How could I possibly know? Whether something exists and whether it is used are two different things.

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Re: about FARPROC*

George_George27-Jun-06 4:14

George_George

27-Jun-06 4:14

Thank you DavidCrow!

A good answer!

regards,
George

Re: about FARPROC*

Sarath C21-Jun-06 3:35

Sarath C

21-Jun-06 3:35

George_George wrote:
I can not find detailed descriptions from MSDN.

It's rubbish... First Search MSDN then Post.

Check the below link and go to an adequate linkSearch Result for Calling Conventions[^]

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Re: about FARPROC*

George_George21-Jun-06 17:33

George_George

21-Jun-06 17:33

Hi Sarath,

The link describes something like __stdcall. There is no information about FARPROC.

regards,
George

Re: about FARPROC*

Zac Howland21-Jun-06 3:39

Zac Howland

21-Jun-06 3:39

It is a typedef that, when you boil down all the macros, expands to the following:

typedef int (__stdcall* FARPROC)();

In other words, any function with the following signature could be pointed to by a FARPROC pointer:

int __stdcall f();

To make it portable, you would just remove the __stdcall part of the line. For example, if you want it to work in Linux, define CALLBACK as nothing:

#ifndef CALLBACK<br />
#define CALLBACK<br />
#endif // CALLBACK

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Re: about FARPROC*

George_George21-Jun-06 17:22

George_George

21-Jun-06 17:22

Hi Zac,

Excellent!

regards,
George

Re: about FARPROC*

George_George24-Jun-06 2:12

George_George

24-Jun-06 2:12

Hi Zac,

I have found some new question about FARPROC. I found that in the definition in windef.h, FARPROC is dealing with a macro called far/near, for example, the following code segment,

<br />
#define far<br />
#define near<br />
#if (!defined(_MAC)) && ((_MSC_VER >= 800) || defined(_STDCALL_SUPPORTED))<br />
#define pascal __stdcall<br />
#else<br />
#define pascal<br />
#endif<br />

Do you know what means far and near?

regards,
George

Re: about FARPROC*

Zac Howland25-Jun-06 8:20

Zac Howland

25-Jun-06 8:20

In Win32, FAR and NEAR are defined as nothing. In Win16, they were used to define the type of pointer (that is, where the pointer was in memory).

In other words, the following declarations are the same in Win32:

int FAR * myInt;<br />
int NEAR * myInt;<br />
int* myInt;

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Re: about FARPROC*

George_George27-Jun-06 2:22

George_George

27-Jun-06 2:22

Thank you Zac,

What do you mean "where the pointer was in memory"?

regards,
George

Re: about FARPROC*

Zac Howland27-Jun-06 3:17

Zac Howland

27-Jun-06 3:17

Back in the Win16 days, the hardware was 32-bits, but the OS was written for 16-bits. Thus, the actual area of memory you could address with a typical pointer was addressed in 16-bit address space. The OS simulated 32-bit pointers by using NEAR and FAR to specify whether it was in the lower or upper realm of memory. (In a nutshell). Neither of them have any meaning in portable code nor in Win32.

If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Re: about FARPROC*

George_George27-Jun-06 3:44

George_George

27-Jun-06 3:44

Cool, Zac!

You have answered my question.

regards,
George

A question about ClipCursor

zouchao111221-Jun-06 3:02

zouchao1112

21-Jun-06 3:02

Hi all
Now I want to lock the mouse in a dialog box. ClipCursor(&rect) is used in CMyDialog::InitialDialog(), and the mouse is locked in the dialog. However, if I move the dialog with dragging the title bar, the mouse is not locked this time. So I think WM_MOVE should be responsed, and ClipCursor is used again in CMyDialog::OnMove(), however, mouse is locked after moving in debug mode, but when I run the program free, the mouse is free as before, why is this? Should I set capture in the dialog?
CMyDialog::InitialDialog()
{
......
GetWindowRect(&rect);
ClipCursor(&rect);
}

CMyDialog::OnMove()
{
......
GetWindowRect(&rect);
ClipCursor(&rect);
}

Re: A question about ClipCursor

David Crow21-Jun-06 3:27

David Crow

21-Jun-06 3:27

zouchao1112 wrote:
Now I want to lock the mouse in a dialog box.

Why not use SetCapture()?

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Re: A question about ClipCursor

zouchao111221-Jun-06 3:51

zouchao1112

21-Jun-06 3:51

SetCapture( )：
Causes all subsequent mouse input to be sent to the current CWnd object regardless of the position of the cursor.
From MSDN
It only captures the input of mouse, but do not confine the mouse move

Re: A question about ClipCursor

Michael Dunn21-Jun-06 6:37

Michael Dunn

21-Jun-06 6:37

Try calling it in response to WM_EXITSIZEMOVE instead.

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Re: A question about ClipCursor

zouchao111221-Jun-06 15:31

zouchao1112

21-Jun-06 15:31

Solved, thanks

Adding header files in a project

vasmvr21-Jun-06 2:59

vasmvr

21-Jun-06 2:59

Hi all,
i need help about a problem:
i wanted to chance the dialog style of SHBrowseForFolder, i need to use BIF_NEWDIALOG STYLE. The right shlobj.h file that allow me to use BIF_NEWDIALOG STYLE is in the platform sdk. So i have to use that file and add it in my project but i can't overwrite the old one placed in v98 directory. How can i do this?

I hope someone can help me....

thanks in advance

vasmvr

Re: Adding header files in a project

David Crow21-Jun-06 3:25

David Crow

21-Jun-06 3:25

Change your include path to look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\include first.

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Re: Adding header files in a project

vasmvr21-Jun-06 3:44

vasmvr

21-Jun-06 3:44

thanks for your prompt answer but i can't do that, i need other way to do that...

I hope it exist

Re: Adding header files in a project

toxcct21-Jun-06 3:49

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21-Jun-06 3:49

why not ?

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Re: Adding header files in a project

vasmvr21-Jun-06 3:57

vasmvr

21-Jun-06 3:57

because it isn't a project settings and if someone want to compile in another computer where is not installed sdk the program don't compile. I want to avoid to install sdk in all computer.

thanks in advance

Re: Adding header files in a project

David Crow21-Jun-06 4:08

David Crow

21-Jun-06 4:08

vasmvr wrote:
...if someone want to compile in another computer where is not installed sdk the program don't compile.

Right, so what's the problem? If the other machine does not have the Platform SDK installed, they aren't going to be able to compile the project anyway. Confused | :confused:

Whether the Platform SDK is present on a machine or not, you can still instruct the compiler to look there. If the path is not present, the compiler simply moves to the next one in line. But given that you are using code that is only present in a newer .h file, this is a non-issue.

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Re: Adding header files in a project

vasmvr21-Jun-06 4:19

vasmvr

21-Jun-06 4:19

i have a project shared by a lot of people working on it and i want to introduce BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE and add new .h file in the projects in transparent mode, so the other at the next get of the project can work without a problem with the latest code. And i don't want to overwrite old .h file because maybe it is used by someone....

i hope it is clear...

Re: Adding header files in a project

David Crow21-Jun-06 4:28

David Crow

21-Jun-06 4:28

vasmvr wrote:
i hope it is clear...

Somewhat, but I still think it is a mistake to not be using the latest Platform SDK. Trying to work around its presence is just asking for trouble.

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Re: Adding header files in a project

vasmvr21-Jun-06 5:03

vasmvr

21-Jun-06 5:03

maybe it's a mistake but i can't do what you said, i have to find another solution...

thanks for your interest

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