Re: try catch and return simple question. - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Selevercin3-Aug-02 15:36

3-Aug-02 15:36

Hi,

I made a DLL with a bunch of registry functions (i.e. GetProfileString, WriteProfileString, etc.) and it is performing in a way other than I expected. Frown | :(

When my program uses my DLL to write to the registry, it is doing so in the folder of my program's name, not in the folder of my DLL's name.

Any ideas/solutions? Thanks in advance,

~ Selevercin

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Throwing exceptions

alex.barylski3-Aug-02 15:22

alex.barylski

3-Aug-02 15:22

Is the following a legitimate exception throw..???

for(UINT i=0; i<m_nCount; i++){
  // Exception handling code			
  try{
    delete (myClass*)m_pStack[i];
  }
  catch(...){
    if(m_pStack[i]!=NULL)
	throw "Object doesn't exist";
  }
}

Would this exception make sense to any third party using my class...???

Thanx Smile | :)

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Re: Throwing exceptions

Vivek Rajan3-Aug-02 18:55

Vivek Rajan

3-Aug-02 18:55

Hockey -

The problem is that the exception handler could itself throw another exception. So, dont use the above code snippet.

For example : if m_pStack[i] referred to uncommited virtual memory, both references to m_pStack[i] would throw a ILLEGAL_ACCESS exception.

Hth-
V

Re: Throwing exceptions

alex.barylski4-Aug-02 2:04

alex.barylski

4-Aug-02 2:04

What technique should I use then...???

I think it would be wise to use exceptions when deleting memory incase it's a bogus pointer...no...???

thanx

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copy files

smooth3-Aug-02 12:20

smooth

3-Aug-02 12:20

i am a beginner try to make my own installer. how do i copy files to a directory that the user picks to install to? Dead | X|

Re: copy files

Rama Krishna Vavilala3-Aug-02 12:25

Rama Krishna Vavilala

3-Aug-02 12:25

Use the CopyFile function.

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try catch and return simple question.

nss3-Aug-02 11:35

nss

3-Aug-02 11:35

If my function has try and catch in it, do I put a return at the end of the catch block? I have a return at the end of my try block. My function returns an int.
Thanks,
ns

Re: try catch and return simple question.

Christian Graus3-Aug-02 11:54

Christian Graus

3-Aug-02 11:54

You should put the return outside the try catch block, otherwise you need to return inside the catch and the try. The point of the catch is that the rest of the try code will not be executed. I'd do something like this

int MyFunc()
{
int nRetVal = -1;
try
{
}
catch (...)
{

}

return nRetval;
}

Where -1 is a sensibile value to indicate failure, or to have no effect.

Christian

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Thank you!.

nss3-Aug-02 14:15

nss

3-Aug-02 14:15

Appreciate the response.
ns

strange PCH creation point error

nss3-Aug-02 11:20

nss

3-Aug-02 11:20

I've looked in my .h file quite carefully, but dont see anything suspicious:

Compile error is:

c:\trainer\db2\dbclass.cpp(4) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'PCH creation point'

and it points to the first line in the file...
Thanks,
ns

Re: strange PCH creation point error

Daniel Turini3-Aug-02 11:37

Daniel Turini

3-Aug-02 11:37

Probably something is wrong in your stdafx.h
Try to correct it and do a full rebuild

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Re: strange PCH creation point error

nss3-Aug-02 11:41

nss

3-Aug-02 11:41

Thanks,

I had a missing ; just like it said. It was not in an obvious place, but I did track it down. Learned how importannt it is to put #include <stdafx.h> before a #import directive, the hard way!!!

Thanks for responding,
ns

calling external .exe

smooth3-Aug-02 11:09

smooth

3-Aug-02 11:09

I am a beginner just jumping right in and was wondering if anyone new a way to call an external .exe from inside mc++ source? Dead | X|

Re: calling external .exe

C^hris L^osinger3-Aug-02 11:23

C^hris L^osinger

3-Aug-02 11:23

spawn, CreateProcess, ShellExecute, WinExec, you have many options.

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image effects!

how to add a database class into an existing MFC app?

nss3-Aug-02 9:36

nss

3-Aug-02 9:36

Surely I dont have to recreate the project from scratch? The sample code I am using isnt an MFC app, so I dont know wht all to add, or not add, since I am getting the compile error of #include windows.h , a no-no in MFC apps apparently...

Re: how to add a database class into an existing MFC app?

Michael P Butler4-Aug-02 2:49

Michael P Butler

4-Aug-02 2:49

What kind of database class are you wanting to add?

ADO should be as simple as adding the following to your CPP file

#include "stdafx.h"

#import "C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ADO\msado15.dll" rename_namespace("littleADO") rename("EOF", "EndOfFile")

Michael Smile | :)

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Re: how to add a database class into an existing MFC app?

nss4-Aug-02 6:15

nss

4-Aug-02 6:15

Its what I had been trying to do to include support for a simple access db. i had the order of the #include and #import reversed, so wasted several hours debugging the errors I got. I thought I was missing something and needed more files to include or something. Thanks so much for the response,
ns

compile error - windows.h defined twice?

nss3-Aug-02 9:27

nss

3-Aug-02 9:27

I only have these files in my added class in an MFC project:

#import "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\SYSTEM\\ADO\\msado15.dll" \
		no_namespace \
		rename( "EOF", "adoEOF" )

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <ole2.h>

I get the compile error (for my added class:

c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\mfc\include\afxv_w32.h(14) : fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>

What is missing or extra ?

Thanks,
ns

Re: compile error - windows.h defined twice?

56789012343-Aug-02 21:46

5678901234

3-Aug-02 21:46

Move import line after
#include "stdafx.h"

Re: compile error - windows.h defined twice?

nss4-Aug-02 6:12

nss

4-Aug-02 6:12

Thanks so much! That worked!
ns

FTP using winsocks

carrie3-Aug-02 8:28

carrie

3-Aug-02 8:28

Hi again,

I've been asked to write a simple ftp client, usually that would be easy enough with wininet but for this it needs to be able to perform server to server transfers. Its for a system we're trying to implement for backing up our work. I know of FXP but how would I go about doing this in an MFC program? Its a bit daunting to be honest but we really need to get it done soon. Or even better if anyone knows of a library out there that has the features of being able to make server to server transfers, life would be great Smile | :)

Thanks

How to capture the "save" command in the MS office?

max-z3-Aug-02 7:18

max-z

3-Aug-02 7:18

i intend to develop a software to manage my private files.

when this software is running, no "save" or "edit" commands will

be allowed in the MS office (word, excel...). Now i

am wondering whether there has already been some software

like this, or, if not, can anyone give me some hints?

(now i can use my program to capture the windows messages,

like WM_SIZE, WM_CLOSE in another program, but not

the "save" command.)

can i use API hooking to do this?

how to copy binary data? How to get its length?

nss3-Aug-02 6:20

nss

3-Aug-02 6:20

I have:

char* tempImage = (char *) (_bstr_t) pRecordset->Fields->GetItem ("pImage")->Value;

The stuff stored in Value is a pointer to data gotten out of a bmp (so its binary right? )

So should I be doing char*?

Not sure.

Also how to get the size of the image stored in Value? Strlen would count upto the first embedded Null, of which there are plenty in the binary data. So, what function to read the size?
Thanks,
ns

Re: how to copy binary data? How to get its length?

Daniel Turini3-Aug-02 11:46

Daniel Turini

3-Aug-02 11:46

Re: how to copy binary data? How to get its length?

Daniel Turini3-Aug-02 11:46

Daniel Turini

3-Aug-02 11:46

The safer way would be checking the Value.vt and verify the Variant type you are receiving. Prolly a SAFEARRAY of BYTE or a BSTR; in this case, I would not use char *, I would use LPCTSTR indeed. The _bstr_t or SAFEARRAY manipulation classes and APIs have methods for safely determining the length.

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