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post build event in makefile

17-Aug-06 6:07

waldermort wrote:
Why are there two definitions?

The simple answer: When you have multiple teams working on adding support for similar features, and they don't communicate well, you end up with overlapping functionality.

This is also part of the reason why there are sections of MFC that deal with return values for errors, others that throw exceptions, and still others that require you to check GetLastError periodically.

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

Zac

Re: CRT string macros

Michael Dunn17-Aug-06 13:21

Michael Dunn

17-Aug-06 13:21

UNICODE is used by the Windows headers to switch between the A and W versions of APIs
_UNICODE is used by the CRT headers to switch between MBCS and Unicode versions of the string functions (this is how _tcsxxx macros work)
You should always define both or neither of those symbols

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rana7417-Aug-06 5:11

rana74

17-Aug-06 5:11

I want to add the regsvr32 command as a post-build event in my makefile.How do i do it?
Is it possible to specify post-build events in makefiles?
a small example will be appreciated

MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

fvandun17-Aug-06 5:02

Re: MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

17-Aug-06 5:02

Hello,

I have a program that takes a command line argument and then converts it to a unicode string (with MultiByteToWide) for use in NetLocalGroupEnum (not shown in the program extract below).

The strange thing is that when I have a printf (line 18 below) at the start of the program, it seems to work fine (It prints the converted string).
But when I remove the printf the string conversion is not correct anymore. I must be doing something wrong with 'sizeof' or with the MultiByteToWideChar function.

01 #pragma comment( lib, "netapi32.lib" )
02 #include <stdio.h>
03
04 #include <stdlib.h>
05 //#include <string.h>
06 #include <windows.h>
07 #include <atl\atlbase.h>
08
09 #include <lmcons.h>
10 #include <lmaccess.h>
11 #include <lm.h>
12 #include <sddl.h>
13
14 int main(int argc, char** argv)
15 {
16 char buf[256];
17
18 //printf("Test\n\n");
19
20 if (argc < 2) {
21 printf("Usage:lgenum2 <servername>");
22 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
23 }
24
25 LPWSTR servername = new WCHAR[sizeof(argv[1])+1];
26
27 MultiByteToWideChar (
28 CP_ACP, // code page
29 0, // performance and mapping flags
30 (char *) argv[1], // address of character string
31 -1, // number of characters in string
32 servername, // address of buffer for new string
33 wcslen(servername) // size of buffer
34 );
35
36 wprintf(L"Multibyte to Widechar:%s\n",servername);
37 printf("-------\n\n");
38 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
39 }

Thanks for any help
Francis

Zac Howland17-Aug-06 5:14

Re: MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

17-Aug-06 5:14

fvandun wrote:
LPWSTR servername = new WCHAR[sizeof(argv[1])+1];
26
27 MultiByteToWideChar (
28 CP_ACP, // code page
29 0, // performance and mapping flags
30 (char *) argv[1], // address of character string
31 -1, // number of characters in string
32 servername, // address of buffer for new string
33 wcslen(servername) // size of buffer
34 );

The above should be written as:

size_t wStrSize = strlen(argv[1] + 1);
LPWSTR servername = new WCHAR[wStrSize];
MultiByteToWideChar(	CP_ACP, 		// code page
			MB_PRECOMPOSED, 	// performance and mapping flags
			(const char*)argv[1], 	// address of character string
			-1, 			// number of characters in string
			servername, 		// address of buffer for new string
			wStrSize); 		// size of buffer

That should fix your problem.

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

Zac

fvandun17-Aug-06 5:29

Re: MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

17-Aug-06 5:29

Thanks Zac,

I substituted your lines.
But now when I print my MultiByte string with wprintf, it has a lot of garbage characters at the end:

D:\Dev\CPP\Projects>t1 01234567890123456789
Test 01234567890123456789
Multibyte to Widechar:01234567890123456789▄♠n\?2?2???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????---------------------------------------

Any more suggestions?

Thanks
Francis

Zac Howland17-Aug-06 5:41

Re: MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

17-Aug-06 5:41

Add a call to memset after the WCHAR string is created:

LPWSTR servername = new WCHAR[wStrSize];
memset(servername, 0, sizeof(WCHAR) * wStrSize);

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

Zac

fvandun17-Aug-06 5:55

Re: MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

17-Aug-06 5:55

Still no luck.

With printf statement on line 17, I get the garbage at the end:
D:\Dev\CPP\Projects>t1 0123456789012345678901234567890
Multibyte to Widechar:012345678901234567890123456789??+ s6?
...
???????????????????????????????????????\???????????????????
---------------------------------------

Without printf statement on line 17: OK
D:\Dev\CPP\Projects>t1 0123456789012345678901234567890
Multibyte to Widechar:012345678901234567890123456789
---------------------------------------

01 #pragma comment( lib, "netapi32.lib" )
02 #include <stdio.h>
03
04 #include <stdlib.h>
05 //#include <string.h>
06 #include <windows.h>
07 #include <atl\atlbase.h>
08 #include <wchar.h>
09 #include <lmcons.h>
10 #include <lmaccess.h>
11 #include <lm.h>
12 #include <sddl.h>
13
14 int main(int argc, char** argv)
15 {
16 if (argc < 2) {
17 printf("Usage:lgenum2 <servername>");
18 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
19 }
20 size_t wStrSize = strlen(argv[1]+1);
21 //printf("");
22 //printf("Test %s,%u\n", argv[1],wStrSize);
23
24 LPWSTR servername = new WCHAR[wStrSize];
25 wmemset(servername, 0, wStrSize);
26 MultiByteToWideChar(
27 CP_ACP, // code page
28 MB_PRECOMPOSED, // performance and mapping flags
29 (const char*)argv[1], // address of character string
30 -1, // number of characters in string
31 servername, // address of buffer for new string
32 wStrSize); // size of buffer
33
36 wprintf(L"Multibyte to Widechar:%s\n",servername);
37 wprintf(L"---------------------------------------\n");
38 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
39 }

For completeness, here are my VC Express environment settings:
DevEnvDir=D:\Progs\VStudio8\Common7\IDE
INCLUDE=D:\Progs\VStudio8\VC\INCLUDE;D:\Progs\MsPSDK2003R2\Include;D:\Progs\MsPSDK2003R2\Include\atl;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\include;
LIB=D:\Progs\VStudio8\VC\LIB;D:\Progs\VStudio8\SDK\v2.0\lib;D:\Progs\MsPSDK2003R2\Lib;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\lib;
LIBPATH=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
Path=D:\Progs\VStudio8\Common7\IDE;D:\Progs\VStudio8\VC\BIN;D:\Progs\VStudio8\Common7\Tools;D:\Progs\VStudio8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;D:\Progs\VStudio8\VC\VCPackages;D:\Progs\EMC/lib;D:\Progs\EMC/bin;D:\Python24\.;C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1;D:\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\;C:\qip;C:\qip\utils;C:\qip\lib;C:\sybase\CFG-1_0\bin;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\dll;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\lib3p;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\bin;D:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System;C:\Program Files\UltraEdit;D:\usr\bin;D:\usr\32-bit;D:\usr\32-bit\utils;C:\Program Files\NMapWin\\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;D:\usr\reskit;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE;D:\Progs\ZipGenius 6\;D:\usr\bin;D:\Progs\EMC\VISUAL~1;C:\PROGRA~1\EMC\EMCVIS~1;C:\Program Files\UltraEdit;c:\qip\cli;D:\Progs\EMC/lib;D:\Progs\EMC/bin;D:\Python24\.;C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1;D:\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\;C:\qip;C:\qip\utils;C:\qip\lib;C:\sybase\CFG-1_0\bin;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\dll;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\lib3p;C:\sybase\OCS-12_5\bin;D:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System;C:\Program Files\UltraEdit;D:\usr\bin;D:\usr\32-bit;D:\usr\32-bit\utils;C:\Program Files\NMapWin\\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;D:\usr\reskit;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE;D:\Progs\ZipGenius 6\;D:\usr\bin;D:\Progs\EMC\VISUAL~1;C:\PROGRA~1\EMC\EMCVIS~1
VCINSTALLDIR=D:\Progs\VStudio8\VC
VS80COMNTOOLS=D:\Progs\VStudio8\Common7\Tools\
VSINSTALLDIR=D:\Progs\VStudio8

Zac Howland17-Aug-06 5:58

Re: MultiByteToWide does not work without printf???

17-Aug-06 5:58

Do'h! Part of it was a typo on my part:

size_t wStrSize = strlen(argv[1] + 1);

should read as:

size_t wStrSize = strlen(argv[1]) + 1;

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

Zac

fvandun17-Aug-06 6:07

Microsoft Access Database Import to VC++ Windows Forms

17-Aug-06 6:07

Thanks!
That did it.

Francis

Limited Users

Dave Kerr17-Aug-06 4:58

Dave Kerr

17-Aug-06 4:58

Hi,

Can a namespace extension be installed on a limited users account? To install one only accesses the HKEY_CURRENT_USER part of the registry (as far as I remember) so does this mean that they can be installed?

Thanks in advance

Dave Kerr
codechamber@hotmail.com
http://www.codechamber.com

Nokoff17-Aug-06 4:56

Nokoff

17-Aug-06 4:56

Hi there guys, I am currently trying to achieve a seemingly simple task in VC++ 2005. I have made a very simple form in Microsoft Access which I wish to serve as the beginnings of something greater. I created a db in MS Access named links.mdb containing on table-> Table1. Table1 contains 1 column, "Links", and i wish to read these strings into variables in my Visual C++ Windows Forms Application.

What I have done so far...

In Visual C++, I clicked on Data->Add new data source, and followed the wizard to add the microsoft access database to my application by the name, "linksDataSet". I can see the table in my left hand "Data Sources" pane in VC++. All I need to know is how to access my database from here so that I can read these strings stored in my table. Also, would be possible to schedule my application to log on to a http server and retrieve these links every time the application is executed? How would I go about doing this?

Thank you very much for your time
Regards
Linden.

Re: Microsoft Access Database Import to VC++ Windows Forms

cje17-Aug-06 5:15

cje

17-Aug-06 5:15

the sounds like you are using managed code - are you posting in the correct forum or are really using VC++/MFC?

cje

Windows Directory

si_6917-Aug-06 4:49

si_69

17-Aug-06 4:49

Hi
Can anyone tell me the best way to obtain the windows directory and drive

thanks

Simon

Dave Kerr17-Aug-06 4:56

Dave Kerr

17-Aug-06 4:56

Look up SHGetFolderPath in the documentation and use the flag 'CSIDL_WINDOWS', this will get you the path to the windows folder (typically c:\windows).

Always use SHGetFolderPath for special folders like My Documents, Program Files and so on. It's a bit of an ugly function so I'd wrap it in something a bit cleaner that returns a string.

Dave Kerr
codechamber@hotmail.com
http://www.codechamber.com

Michael Dunn17-Aug-06 13:23

Michael Dunn

17-Aug-06 13:23

CSIDL_WINDOWS was only recently added to the CSIDL_* list. Use GetWindowsDirectory() to have your code work on all versions of the OS

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Hamid_RT17-Aug-06 6:32

Hamid_RT

17-Aug-06 6:32

See GetWindowsDirectory

WhiteSky

Using Spy++ in Visual Studio 2003

G_S17-Aug-06 13:29

G_S

17-Aug-06 13:29

UINT GetWindowsDirectory(
LPTSTR lpBuffer, // buffer for Windows directory
UINT uSize // size of directory buffer
);

G_S

Jethro6317-Aug-06 4:40

Jethro63

17-Aug-06 4:40

Hi:

Does anybody know of a good tutorial or getting started resource for using the "Spy++" tool that comes with Visual Studio?

I have a problem with a MFC application which I suspect may be traced if I can look at the Windows messages being shot through my application. However, every time I fire up Spy++, I end up throwing up my hands in dispare.

Specifically, I would like to know how to identify which window I should be watching from the enormous list of windows that are listed in the "Windows" window. Its not obvious and I often find that the name of my application appears embedded in three or more of the entries in the listing. Then, I would like to know how to isolate messages that are being directed to specific windows and possibly even narrow this to specific controls.

Do people find "Spy++" useful? Or are there better ways to debug problems?

Thank you,
Mark

G_S17-Aug-06 4:53

G_S

17-Aug-06 4:53

Spy++ is a great tool

First of all start the application directly meaning not executing it through VC++.
Second a better approach is to list processes it is simply easier to find your exes name then open up the tree you'll see all the threads if mulitple scan the threads for the window/control your looking for
right click the window/control you want and click messages you'll see messages that window/control receives to isolate messages click on logging options on the toolbar or just click CTL+O
there you have what kind of message tracing you want.

G_S

Jethro6317-Aug-06 7:35

Jethro63

17-Aug-06 7:35

Thanks G_S. I did try starting my program away from the IDE and it certainly was easier to isolate my application and also its sub-controls and lok at only the messages I was interested in.

Alas, I still have not figured out what keeps repainting my custom control...

Cheers,
Mark

Dave Kerr17-Aug-06 4:53

Dave Kerr

17-Aug-06 4:53

Hi Mark,

By far the best way to debug (although this depends on preference and opinion) is to just the visual studio debugger, and step through code that you need to test line by line.

Get familiar with breakpoints and 'step in/step out' for functions. The debugger is powerful enough for you to walk through code as it is executing, line by line, make changes on the fly and compile them back into the running program. If you notice a line of code didn't work the correct way, you can change the line, compile the changes, tell the debugger to step back to that line and execute it again. You can keep on doing this until you've got the code correct.

This line by line debugging will also greatly ease your use of spy- because when you step over a line of code you'll probably only end up sending one windows message (or none at all), and you won't get the floods of mouse messages.

Try using Winspector Spy (a free tool on the net), it corrects some of the most common quibbles with spy++. In terms of using spy itself, the most useful feature is under 'Search>Find Window'. You can drag the Finder tool over the window you want to spy on and it selects it for you automatically; very useful if you need to find a window such as a statusbar which may not have a caption.

When watching windows, go to the 'logging options' and make sure you're not logging mouse messages, paint or nc (non-client) paint messages, otherwise you tend to get a continuous flood of nonsense.

So whilst watching a window you are debugging step-by-step, you can generally see what's going on. The only limitation of the step-by-step debugging is that it doesn't do windows messages well, because they go through a message pump etc which makes stepping in and out of those functions very complicated. For checking dodgy code though, the debugger should be your first check, get comfortable with it, it's an extremely powerful tool.

Hope this helps Mark

Dave Kerr
codechamber@hotmail.com
http://www.codechamber.com