Re: function pointers part 2 - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

DanYELL2-Oct-07 13:19

2-Oct-07 13:19

I have a button with text and an icon drawn on it.

If the user changes some entry, I want to be able
to change the text and the icon. I can do this, however,
everything just jumbles on top of the button. How can
I erase the background of the button so that when I
put the new text and icon, it looks clean?

Please, any response any one can give me will be
greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Danielle Brina (an overworked graduate student)

Re: Erasing a button

Mark Salsbery2-Oct-07 13:29

Mark Salsbery

2-Oct-07 13:29

DanYELL wrote:
How can
I erase the background of the button so that when I
put the new text and icon, it looks clean?

How are you changing the icon and the text?
How are the icon and text drawn?

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: Erasing a button

DanYELL2-Oct-07 13:38

DanYELL

2-Oct-07 13:38

It looks like this:

<br />
void ColorYes(CXPStyleButtonST *m_button)<br />
{<br />
	CFont *SimpleFont = new CFont;<br />
	SimpleFont->CreatePointFont(90, "Arial");<br />
<br />
	m_button->SetFont(SimpleFont);<br />
<br />
	m_button->SetBitmaps(IDB_GREEN_CHECK, WHITE, IDB_GREEN_CHECK, WHITE);<br />
	m_button->SetFlat(FALSE);<br />
	m_button->SetColor(CButtonST::BTNST_COLOR_FG_IN, WHITE);<br />
	m_button->DrawTransparent();<br />
<br />
	m_button->SetWindowText("Yes");<br />
}<br />
<br />
void ColorNo(CXPStyleButtonST *m_button)<br />
{<br />
	CFont *SimpleFont = new CFont;<br />
	SimpleFont->CreatePointFont(90, "Arial");<br />
<br />
	m_button->SetFont(SimpleFont);<br />
	m_button->SetBitmaps(IDB_RED_NO, WHITE, IDB_RED_NO, WHITE);<br />
	m_button->SetFlat(FALSE);<br />
	m_button->SetColor(CButtonST::BTNST_COLOR_FG_IN, WHITE);<br />
	m_button->DrawTransparent();<br />
<br />
	m_button->SetWindowText("No");<br />
<br />
}<br />

I call ColorYes and it puts the bitmap and text on the button. I call
ColorNo and it puts the new bitmap and text on top of the button with
the old image and button.

I need to call something that clears the button before I add new
stuff. I just dont know what function to call.

??

Re: Erasing a button

Mark Salsbery2-Oct-07 13:44

Mark Salsbery

2-Oct-07 13:44

I'm not familiar with the CXPStyleButtonST class.

Maybe someone familiar with it will read here, but you may want to
post the question to the author on the article page[^] too.

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: Erasing a button

Mark Salsbery2-Oct-07 13:58

Mark Salsbery

2-Oct-07 13:58

Since I don't know the code, I'm not sure if this will work...

I would pull common code out of these functions and just do them once
during initialization (when the button is created:

// Common code<br />
CFont *SimpleFont = new CFont;<br />
	SimpleFont->CreatePointFont(90, "Arial");<br />
m_button->SetFont(SimpleFont);<br />

m_button->SetFlat(FALSE);<br />
m_button->SetColor(CButtonST::BTNST_COLOR_FG_IN, WHITE);<br />
m_button->DrawTransparent();<br />

Then maybe try forcing a redraw:

void ColorYes(CXPStyleButtonST *m_button)<br />
{<br />
m_button->SetBitmaps(IDB_GREEN_CHECK, WHITE, IDB_GREEN_CHECK, WHITE);<br />
m_button->SetWindowText("Yes");<br />
<br />

m_button->Invalidate();
m_button->UpdateWindow();

}<br />
<br />
void ColorNo(CXPStyleButtonST *m_button)<br />
{<br />
m_button->SetBitmaps(IDB_RED_NO, WHITE, IDB_RED_NO, WHITE);<br />
m_button->SetWindowText("No");<br />
<br />

m_button->Invalidate();
m_button->UpdateWindow();

}<br />

Mark

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

Re: Erasing a button

cp98762-Oct-07 16:42

cp9876

2-Oct-07 16:42

I'm not familiar with the CXPStyleButtonST class either, but the call to DrawTransparent() to redraw the button immediately raises my suspicions that it may not be erasing the background.

Peter
"Until the invention of the computer, the machine gun was the device that enabled humans to make the most mistakes in the smallest amount of time."

function pointers part 2

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa2-Oct-07 10:59

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

2-Oct-07 10:59

with reference to the previous post clickety[^]

Cedric helped me in getting the function pointer definition correct as such:

typedef bool (WorkerClass::*pf)(std::string &, std::string &);

for Method signature:
bool fncSame( std::string &x , std::string &y );

I now have two questions.

1) Why does the following fail?

<br />
std::string a("a");<br />
WorkerClass::pf pfn = &WorkerClass::fncSame;<br />
pfn(&a,&a);<br />

giving me the error: "error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 2 arguments"

2) Where would I use function pointers? (other than academically as I'm currently doing)

Many Thanks

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Re: function pointers part 2

C^hris L^osinger2-Oct-07 11:15

C^hris L^osinger

2-Oct-07 11:15

is fncSame a static member function ? (it should be. if you're going to use it with fn pointers)

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Where would I use function pointers?

you use them all the time when interacting with C-style interfaces (ex. qsort, EnumChildWindows, EnumFonts, WndProcs, etc). you find them often in C-interfaced libraries, where library authors add hooks to let you override library functionality without having to change any of the library's source code - just set the "errorOutput" function pointer (or whatever) to your own function instead of the built-in function.

C++ reduces their importance, though. since a lot of what they were used for in C is handled by the ability to override functions in base classes, you don't need to use function pointers - just derive from the base class and override a virtual function.

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Re: function pointers part 2

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa2-Oct-07 11:28

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

2-Oct-07 11:28

Chris Losinger wrote:
is fncSame a static member function ?

Its not. I thought that both static and instance members could be used, but not interchangeably.

Anyways, I changed the method to static and now it gives me this error:

error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'bool (__cdecl *)(std::string &,std::string &)' to 'WorkerClass::pf'

In addition to the previous error:

error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 2 arguments

I'm using VS2005 if that means anything in this case.

Re: function pointers part 2

Stephen Hewitt2-Oct-07 17:27

Stephen Hewitt

2-Oct-07 17:27

Chris Losinger wrote:
is fncSame a static member function ? (it should be. if you're going to use it with fn pointers)

The pointer type is as follows (I added the underline):

typedef bool (WorkerClass::*pf)(std::string &, std::string &)

The function must be a non-static member function of WorkerClass.

Steve

Re: function pointers part 2 [modified]

Stephen Hewitt2-Oct-07 13:25

Stephen Hewitt

2-Oct-07 13:25

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
I now have two questions.

1) Why does the following fail?
std::string a("a");
WorkerClass::pf pfn = &WorkerClass::fncSame;
pfn(&a,&a);

Because it doesn’t make sense: what instance of the class would the member function be called on? You need something like this:

WorkerClass wc;
std::string a("a");
WorkerClass::pf pfn = &WorkerClass::fncSame;
(wc.*pfn)(&a,&a a, a); // Correction pointed out by Cedric Moonen.

-- modified at 3:39 Wednesday 3rd October, 2007

Steve

Re: function pointers part 2

Cedric Moonen2-Oct-07 20:15

Cedric Moonen

2-Oct-07 20:15

Another you have to take care of (Stephen already answered the main question):

bool fncSame( std::string &x , std::string &y );
This is your function signature: it requires two string parameters that are passed by reference. When you use it, you do that:

pfn(&a,&a);

Which is wrong, because you pass the addresses of the strings (pointers). You should do this instead (and take in account the answer of Stephen of course Smile | :)

):

pfn(a,a);

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

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Re: function pointers part 2

Stephen Hewitt2-Oct-07 21:40

Stephen Hewitt

2-Oct-07 21:40

Oops. Ta for that correction.

Steve

Sorting a value from file

Herboren2-Oct-07 10:23

Herboren

2-Oct-07 10:23

So I'm trying to sort each value from a files. A user inputs a string of 8 numerals. then breaks the string down to an array and writes each element from the array to a file on each line.

So if the user inputs: 87654321

Its output in the file will be:

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

What I want to do is get the first integer of the file, compare it to the second and write to a new file the numbers in ascending order:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Now, I am aware of the sort() func, and would like to avoid it as much as possible. I'm trying to use the if/for/while to accomplish this task. Below is my code of what I have so far:

<code>
// fstsreamCompare.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int v;
int loop;
int aA[8];
string ns;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
ofstream ouI;
ouI.open("rwB.dat");
if( ouI.fail()){
cout << "Error reading file: " << endl;
exit(1);}

ifstream inI;
inI.open("rwB.dat");
if( inI.fail()){
cout << "Error writing file: " << endl;
exit(1);}

do {
cout << "File(SORT) Input an 8-Digit numeral: "; cin >> ns;
if ( ns.length() < 8 )
{
cout << "Human Error! " << "The value is too short!" << endl;
cout << "The value: " << ns << " is " << ns.length() << " digits long." << endl;
cout << "Press any key to re-enter a valid numeral." << endl;
_getch();
system("CLS");}

else if ( ns.length() == 8)
{
aA[0] = ns[0] - '0';
aA[1] = ns[1] - '0';
aA[2] = ns[2] - '0';
aA[3] = ns[3] - '0';
aA[4] = ns[4] - '0';
aA[5] = ns[5] - '0';
aA[6] = ns[6] - '0';
aA[7] = ns[7] - '0';

for ( v=0; v<ns.length(); v++ )
ouI << aA[v] << endl;
}
} while ( ns.length() < 8 ); system("CLS");

cout << endl << "Values have been written to FILE(SORT)" << endl;
cout << "Press any key to sort the values." << endl << endl;

_getch();
return 0;
}
</code>

And thanks to David Crow I know how to convert strings to arrays Cool | :cool:

.
I know how to get the first integer from the file but don't know how to get the second to begin comparing.
Keep in mind this is not a school project this is for my leisure.

Re: Sorting a value from file

Stephen Hewitt2-Oct-07 13:46

Stephen Hewitt

2-Oct-07 13:46

I'd do something like this -- but I'd use the std::sort function!
-----------------------------------------------------------------

// Console.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <stdexcept>
using namespace std;

inline int CharToNum(char ch)
{
// Check for a bad digit.
if (ch<'0' || ch>'9')
{
throw range_error("Non-digit encountered!");
}

return ch-'0';
}

void main()
{
// Get a string of numbers from the user.
string s;
cout << "Enter a string of chars: ";
cin >> s;

// Create an array of numbers from the string -- each digit is one entry.
vector<int> nums;
try
{
transform(s.begin(), s.end(), back_inserter(nums), CharToNum);
}
catch (const range_error &e)
{
cout << e.what() << endl;
return;
}

// Sort the numbers.
sort(nums.begin(), nums.end());

// Output the results.
copy(nums.begin(), nums.end(), ostream_iterator<int>(cout, "\n"));
}

Steve

Re: Sorting a value from file

zakkas24832-Oct-07 19:14

zakkas2483

2-Oct-07 19:14

hi
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int v;
int loop;
int aA[8];
string ns;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
ofstream ouI;
ouI.open("rwB.dat");
if( ouI.fail()){
cout << "Error reading file: " << endl;
exit(1);}
do {
cout << "File(SORT) Input an 8-Digit numeral: "; cin >> ns;
if ( ns.length() < 8 )
{
cout << "Human Error! " << "The value is too short!" << endl;
cout << "The value: " << ns << " is " << ns.length() << " digits long." << endl;
cout << "Press any key to re-enter a valid numeral." << endl;
_getch();
system("CLS");}

else if ( ns.length() == 8)
{
aA[0] = ns[0] - '0';
aA[1] = ns[1] - '0';
aA[2] = ns[2] - '0';
aA[3] = ns[3] - '0';
aA[4] = ns[4] - '0';
aA[5] = ns[5] - '0';
aA[6] = ns[6] - '0';
aA[7] = ns[7] - '0';

for ( v=0; v<ns.length(); v++="" )
="" oui="" <<="" aa[v]="" endl;=""
="" }
="" }="" while="" (="" ns.length()="" <="" 8="" );="" system("cls");
="" oui.close();="" cout="" endl="" "values="" have="" been="" written="" to="" file(sort)"="" endl;
="" "press="" any="" key="" sort="" the="" values."="" ifstream="" ini;
="" ini.open("rwb.dat");
="" if(="" ini.fail()){
="" "error="" writing="" file:="" "="" exit(1);}
="" char="" buff;
="" int="" aarray[8];
="" for(="" iloop="0" ;="" iloop<8;iloop++)
="" {
="" ini.getline(&buff,2,'\n');
="" aarray[iloop]="buff-'0';
" ini.close();
="" <b=""> print unsorted data but from the file
for( int iLoop=0 ; iLoop<8;iLoop++)
{
cout<

Re: Sorting a value from file [modified]

David Crow3-Oct-07 3:07

David Crow

3-Oct-07 3:07

Herboren wrote:
And thanks to David Crow I know how to convert strings to arrays .

Although it was not C++.

It looks as though all you need to do is sort the numbers in ascending order before the for (v=0; ...) loop writes them to the file. That is, unless you actually want the original numbers in a file beforehand.

"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: Sorting a value from file

Herboren3-Oct-07 6:21

Herboren

3-Oct-07 6:21

Thats a good point, I'm going to give that a go. gimme a sec...

what is the difference between macro, pragma, and inline?

Gofur Halmurat2-Oct-07 10:18

Gofur Halmurat

2-Oct-07 10:18

hello,
i am using c++ for 2 years but, still dont know what is exacly difference between macro, pragma(directives) and inline?

could someone explain me?

thanks

Re: what is the difference between macro, pragma, and inline?

Mark Salsbery2-Oct-07 10:38

Mark Salsbery

2-Oct-07 10:38

Macros (C/C++)[^]

Pragma Directives[^]

inline, __inline, __forceinline[^]
Inline Class Member Functions[^]
Inline Functions versus Macros[^]

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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va_copy?

DQNOK2-Oct-07 7:32

DQNOK

2-Oct-07 7:32

The va_copy() (function/macro) doesn't seem to be in my Visual Studio 2005; or at least I'm getting an "identifier not found" error. Perhaps I need to point my include directory differently???

Failing that, does anybody know a reliable definition for it? I've searched MSDN and didn't find anything.

David

Re: va_copy?

Mark Salsbery2-Oct-07 8:19

Mark Salsbery

2-Oct-07 8:19

I don't know what it does, but maybe you need to implement your own
using va_arg, va_end, va_start[^]

Mark

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

Re: va_copy?

David Crow2-Oct-07 8:20

David Crow

2-Oct-07 8:20

If all else fails, you could roll your own, something like:

#define va_copy(dest, src) ((void)((dest) = (src)))

"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: va_copy?

DQNOK2-Oct-07 8:57

DQNOK

2-Oct-07 8:57

Thanks for the thought. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. These functions are compiler supplied for a good reason; they're inherently low-level and depend strongly on how the compiler pushes and pops the stack, alignment issues, and perhaps other things. I have seen one implementation where va_copy(dest, src) was a simple assignment of src to dest. But, on the other hand, if you've looked at Microsoft's implementation of va_start() etc. you know that a simple assignment may be WAY to naive. It MIGHT work, but then again, it might not. Or worse yet, it might work SOMETIMES.

If someone out there KNOWS how it should be implemented in Visual Studio, I'll certainly try it, but I hate to just guess.

David

Having a the processID how to get the application instance (HINSTANCE) ?

carabutnicolae12342-Oct-07 7:22

carabutnicolae1234

2-Oct-07 7:22

Having a the processID how to get the application instance (HINSTANCE) ?

- or how in general people get the HINSTANCE for an applicaytion ?

-----
here is what I'm trying to do and have some issues:
If I'm in my current app and call AfxGetInstanceHandle(), then the result pass it to a function that parses this conforming to the PE headers structures, and changes some PE imports it is ok.

If I want to do the same for arbitrary process after I do OpenProcess() for a processID and pass that handle to the same function that will change some PE imports it fails because it doesn't see it as
a correct PE header.

Probably a more correct question will be: how to change the imports for current running notepads proceses ? I want to make them call a custom function instead the "GetSaveFileName()" API.

I'm stuck here.
please help.

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