C / C++ / MFC

1-Aug-07 16:52

Is creating a PCH file out of C header the answer to including a C header in C++ code?????

thankx

Mark Salsbery1-Aug-07 17:09

1-Aug-07 17:09

You can include a "C header" the same way you include any header file.

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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ForNow1-Aug-07 18:51

1-Aug-07 18:51

Let me ellobrate the Header is from the first project out of s 2 project solution

I sm getting all kinds of problem including this in my second project since it is depdent on other headers in the first project

This goes back to a question I posted on carrying over #define from the first project into the second

Maybe the answer to my problem is building a pch from this header in the first project and then just including it in the project??

thankx

Mark Salsbery1-Aug-07 19:14

1-Aug-07 19:14

Besides needing a path to the header file in a different project directory, I can't see why
there should be anything different.

What are the problems that are occurring?

I personally use separate folder(s) for any header files that will be shared between projects.
Then in my #includes, I do something like

#include "..\commonheaders\header.h"

The fact that they're "C" headers shouldn't matter. The Windows headers are C.

Mark

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Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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ForNow1-Aug-07 23:37

1-Aug-07 23:37

The first project was orignally developed under Linux so.... its a pure makefile project it has a buch of #define('s) for cygwin and other platform('s) etc...
When I include one of the headers in My project were I am trying to add code to my project a C++ MFC project I get a whle buch of complie errror(s) I figure while building the first project which contains this header that I trying to use I could compile it as a .pch (I think of a .pch as compling and linking a load module.. I am a Mainframe programmer and I am creating this add on project to try and teach myself C++ MFC or .NET)

Anyway I think of a .pch as compiled and linked load module ( I think that this is what the concept of .pch is about ???)

If I dont understand what the porpose of .pch is if you could enlighten me I would apperciate it ...

Thankx

Roger Broomfield1-Aug-07 21:27

Roger Broomfield

1-Aug-07 21:27

I think the idea you have of using a .pch from one project in another project is not a good one.
If you cant or dont want to change the C header such that it looks like this

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
lots of C stuff etc
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

then I cant see why using this in your C++ project wouldnt work

extern "C" {
#include "myCheader.h"
}

it essentially achieves the same end result after precompilation.

ForNow1-Aug-07 23:44

1-Aug-07 23:44

I tried that and still got compilation errors where the C project had a include file with a function prototype which the word "class" in it using it as a data name variable

In C using class as a data name varible is ok when I wrapped this header around the extern "C"
{
#include "cheader.h" }
still got compile errors

Why dont you think using .pch in this instance is not a good idea ???

Roger Broomfield2-Aug-07 2:14

Roger Broomfield

2-Aug-07 2:14

The convention for precompiled headers in MFC projects is to have two files in your project directory stdafx.h and stdafx.cpp, stdafx.h contains all the common defines for the project and stdafx.cpp is the module upon which the precompiled header is formed.

I just noticed this statement in your previous comment "I sm getting all kinds of problem including this in my second project since it is depdent on other headers in the first project". I missed that the first time around.

You CAN NOT 'extern "C" { #include "myCheader.h" }' a header file that includes defines of classes because classes are NOT C defines they are C++ defines.

You need to identify exactly what the problem is.

ForNow2-Aug-07 6:25

How to display IDispatch interface on Doc/View [modified]

2-Aug-07 6:25

Sorry,

I am trying to add a C++ /MFC/DLL project to a Solution which has one project a C makfile project this orignally was developed under Linux

Someone protted it to MSVC

I am including one header from the first project

I am getting all kinds of compile error('s) guess the header I am including is including other header('s)
Just thought one solution would be to precompile the header I am using in the first project and use it in my project

thakx hope this maakes sense

mcnam1-Aug-07 15:48

mcnam

1-Aug-07 15:48

Hello,
I have used again one ActiveX Control that return IDispatch interface.
In application that is normal window Application i attach that interface by the way
MyView:IDispatch
{
.........
}
..........
in Mainframe.cpp
MyView view;
CAxWindow ctrlHost;
IUnknown *container = NULL;
ctrlHost.AttachControl(view,&container);
It working ok.But now i want to attach it into Doc/View but i don't know how to do it. I have try to use QueryInterface() but not success.Please Help me.
Thank's

-- modified at 3:47 Thursday 2nd August, 2007

programmatically check current (or selected) printer is dot-matrix printer, InkJet or Laser ?

ana_v1231-Aug-07 15:33

ana_v123

1-Aug-07 15:33

On Windows XP/2000/NT as well as on Windows 98

How can we check programmatically whether current (or selected) printer is dot-matrix printer, InkJet or Laser ?

(Because end-user of application may have any type of Printer)

I appreciate any help or hint.
Ana

Re: programmatically check current (or selected) printer is dot-matrix printer, InkJet or Laser ?

Randor 1-Aug-07 22:01

Randor

1-Aug-07 22:01

wow, great question... I have never tried this before.

The only thing I can think of... is getting the PRINTER_INFO_2 struct and checking the capabilities of the printer.

First get the default printer.

HANDLE CPrinter::OpenDefaultPrinter(ACCESS_MASK dwMask)<br />
{<br />
	HANDLE hPrinter = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;<br />
	PRINTER_DEFAULTS pDef;<br />
	DWORD dwSize;<br />
<br />
	ZeroMemory(&pDef, sizeof(pDef));<br />
    GetDefaultPrinter(NULL, &dwSize);<br />
    <br />
	TCHAR* szBuffer = new TCHAR[dwSize];<br />
<br />
	if(NULL != szBuffer)<br />
	{<br />
		if(GetDefaultPrinter(szBuffer, &dwSize))<br />
		{<br />
			pDef.DesiredAccess = dwMask;<br />
			OpenPrinter(szBuffer, &hPrinter, &pDef);<br />
		}<br />
		delete szBuffer;<br />
	}<br />
	return hPrinter;<br />
}

Once you have the default printer... ou can populate a PRINTER_INFO_2 struct and look at all of the capabilities of the printer. I honestly dont know how to determine if a printer is dot matrix... but I have an idea...

I would think a dot matrix printer would probably have very low settings... low resolution... ect

Maybe something like this would work...

	HANDLE hPrinter = OpenDefaultPrinter();<br />
<br />
	if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != hPrinter)<br />
	{<br />
		GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, (LPBYTE)pInfo, 0, &dwNeeded);<br />
<br />
		if(0 < dwNeeded)<br />
		{<br />
			pInfo = static_cast<PRINTER_INFO_2 *>(GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwNeeded));<br />
			if(NULL != pInfo)<br />
			{<br />
				if(GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, (LPBYTE)pInfo, dwNeeded, &dwNeeded))<br />
				{<br />
					//<br />
					//CHECK PRINTER SETTINGS HERE... resolution... ect...<br />
					//<br />
				}<br />
			}<br />
			GlobalFree(pInfo);<br />
		}<br />
		ClosePrinter(hPrinter);<br />
	}

Some other possibilities... DeviceCapabilities() in the MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535506.aspx[^]

Maybe by reading what the printer is capable of you can determine if it *might* be a dot matrix. I have never tried this, let me know if you have any success.

-Randor (David Delaune)

Re: programmatically check current (or selected) printer is dot-matrix printer, InkJet or Laser ?

David Crow2-Aug-07 3:27

David Crow

2-Aug-07 3:27

To elaborate on what Randor said, do you have access to the various types of printers? If so, write a small program to show the attributes/properties/capabilities of each and compare. Surely you would find a value with a dot matrix that would be different from the others, or some setting with a laser that would be different from the others.

"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

Re: programmatically check current (or selected) printer is dot-matrix printer, InkJet or Laser ?

ana_v1232-Aug-07 10:23

ana_v123

2-Aug-07 10:23

If I add printers (just available drivers of printers in Windows XP), it allows to many of the queries even if printer is not available physically. So I will surely try if I can find something to identify printer type for sure.

Ana

Mixed Language Build C/C++

ForNow1-Aug-07 14:52

Re: Mixed Language Build C/C++

1-Aug-07 14:52

I know when you have a external refrence to a C program in a C++ program you can decalre the function as extern "C"

however if in the same build in which you are building a C++ app you have a header that has inline C function('s) is there a way to let the compiler know that this is a "C" function and not C++

thankx

Roger Broomfield1-Aug-07 18:11

Roger Broomfield

1-Aug-07 18:11

You can also use extern "C" like this in a header file

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

lots of C style defines etc

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

Which enables you to use a header describing defines for a C DLL in either a C or C++ project.
It is the method Microsoft uses and also the method I use.

Re: Mixed Language Build C/C++

ForNow1-Aug-07 18:56

1-Aug-07 18:56

can I do

#ifdef __cplusplus

#include "cheader.h"
#endif

Mark Salsbery1-Aug-07 10:25

1-Aug-07 10:25

alberthyc wrote:
No_of_Slider

Do you ever initialize No_of_Slider?

Which pointer is NULL?

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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alberthyc1-Aug-07 10:32

1-Aug-07 10:32

hi, that was solved....
in the OutputData, i accidentally put me->pbydata[i]=me->MySliders.Getpos();
after I change to pbydata[i]=me->MySliders.Getpos();
solved.
but now i got assertion errors after i start the thread...

"Original post":
hi, desperately need some help with my code....

I have mfc dialog that reads slider positions and store into a data array, then this data is passed to on signal output board onboard memory and output.
This output process should be continuous so i'm using a worker thread.
Also, by changing the slider position, the output from the board should be changed accordingly.
the code compiles and build succesfully. After I start using the program, i got problems.

Here's some of my code:

in CMyTestDlg.h:

class CMyTestDlg : public CDialog{

char* pbyData[2];
long lBufSize;
int No_of_Slider;

CWinThread* pThread;//worker thread
Static UINT __cdecl Start(LPVOID pParam);//thread function

CSliderCtrl m_Myslider[2];//create 2 slider variable
afx_msg void OnBnClickedButtonInitialize();//this is the initialize button
afx_msg void OnBnClickedButtonStart();//this is the start button
afx_msg void OnBnClickedButtonStop();//this is the stop button

void MemAlloc();
void FillBuffer(LPVOID pParam);//fill the data buffer
void OutputData(char* pbyData, long lBufsize,CMyTestDlg* me);
//....and some other variable and functions

in my CMyTestDlg.cpp
....//some initialization

void CMyTestDlg::MemAlloc(){

// ----- allocate memory for data -----
for (i=0; i<2; i++)
pbyData[i] = (char*) GlobalAlloc (GMEM_FIXED, No_of_Slider);
}

void CMyTestDlg::FillBuffer(){
// ----- fill the data buffers with data -----

for (i=0; i<2; i++){
OutputData (pbyData[i], No_of_Slider,this);

void CMyTestDlg::OutputData(char* pbyData, long lBufsize,CMyTestDlg* me)
{//store the slider position into the two data arrays
int i;
for (i=0; i< me->No_of_Slider; i ++){
pbyData[i]=(char*)me->MySliders.GetPos();
}

UINT __cdecl CMy61xxTestDlg::Start(LPVOID pParam){//Thread Function
int i;
CMyTestDlg* me=(CMyTestDlg*)pParam;

do{
me->OutputData (me->pbyData[i], me->No_of_Slider,me);
SpcSetPararm(....)//a library function provided, don't worry about this
i++;

if (i == No_of_Sliders)
i = 0;
}while(!ERROR)
//this function should be fine

void CMy61xxTestDlg::onBnClickedButtonInitialize(){
//after Inialization button being clicked, do some initialization.
...
MemAlloc();
FillBuffer();
}

CMy61xxTestDlg::onBnClickedButtonStart(){
//After Start button being clicked, worker thread starts and data ouputed
pThread=AfxBeginThread(Start,this,-1);
}

void CMy61xxTestDlg::onBnClickedButtonStop(){
Error=False;//cause the thread function loop to break
for (i=0; i<2; i++)
GlobalFree ((HANDLE) pbyData[i] );
}

After I press the initialize button, something went wrong and i have to break,
on the output window, i got bunch of:
First-chance exception at 0x00000000 in Test_Multithreading.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.
AND STACK OVERFLOW!
and on the call stack:
the yellow arrow points at 00000000();

what could cause the stack overflow????

i think there's a memory problem, probably either is the Fillbuffer or the OutputData function, but i can't find out where the problem is.
I don't think there's a thread problem because the thread was not even started.

Mark Salsbery1-Aug-07 10:42

1-Aug-07 10:42

alberthyc wrote:
but now i got assertion errors after i start the thread...

The nice thing about assertion errors is they break on the line of code they occur at Smile | :)

I don't have a clue what assertion errors you're seeing or where they are occurring.

Why does your posted code show different class names for the dialog class?

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

alberthyc1-Aug-07 11:05

1-Aug-07 11:05

hi, the error asserts at wincore.cpp line 1007:
ASSERT(pMap->LookupPermanent(hWndOrig) == NULL);

some of my code here, i wrote them and some of them i just copyied from my file and forget to change the classname Poke tongue | ;-P

Mark Salsbery1-Aug-07 11:23

1-Aug-07 11:23

I'm only guessing, but I'd say you have memory corruption problems.

To start with, it looks like 'i' is uninitialized (at least) the first time you use it in your thread proc (Start()).

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

alberthyc1-Aug-07 11:32

1-Aug-07 11:32

i don't think so, the code in my file is a little different, i'm posting a simpfied version, but i'm pretty sure they are initialized

the code below is the original code, and all variables are initialized.
the "SpcSetParam...." function comes from the external library, don't worry about it.

UINT __cdecl CMy61xxTestDlg::Start(LPVOID pParam){
// ----- start the board -----
CMy61xxTestDlg* me=(CMy61xxTestDlg*)pParam;
me->nBufIdx = 0;
me->lCommand = SPC_FIFOSTART;
me->lBufCount = 0;

do
{
me->nErr = SpcSetParam (me->hDrv, SPC_COMMAND, me->lCommand);

me->lCommand = SPC_FIFOWAIT;

// ----- driver requests next buffer: calculate it or load if from disk -----

me->OutputData (me->pbyData[me->nBufIdx], me->BUFSIZE,me);

// ----- buffer is ready -----
SpcSetParam (me->hDrv, SPC_FIFO_BUFREADY, me->nBufIdx);

// ----- next Buffer -----
me->lBufCount++;
me->nBufIdx++;
if (me->nBufIdx == MAX_BUF)
me->nBufIdx = 0;
}
while (me->nErr == ERR_OK);

delete me;
return 0;// assertion occurs here
}

by using the break points, i found out that the assertion at return 0

Mark Salsbery1-Aug-07 11:37

1-Aug-07 11:37

alberthyc wrote:
by using the break points, i found out that the assertion at return 0

Which is a bad sign, since the assertion is related to DestroyWindow) - if you're not destroying any
windows then something is corrupt somewhere.

I hope you understand, it's next to impossible to debug this by proxy Smile | :)

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

alberthyc1-Aug-07 11:46