Re: Inserting dynamic text onto graphic - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

work_to_live19-Mar-03 8:33

19-Mar-03 8:33

Oh... I am using InstallShield, and only replacing shared files if the files I'm replacing are older than the one's I'm installing.

Re: mfc installation dependencies???

Alvaro Mendez19-Mar-03 7:20

Alvaro Mendez

19-Mar-03 7:20

I don't know where to find a list, but the ones that you typically have to ship usually start with m, like msvcrt.dll and mfc42.dll. My recommendation is to install these in the same folder as the application. This will ensure that your app runs with the proper DLLs and that you don't possibly break other apps by overwriting DLLs in the system32 folder.

Regards,
Alvaro

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Re: mfc installation dependencies???

work_to_live19-Mar-03 8:27

work_to_live

19-Mar-03 8:27

I've seen other applications install the mfc dll's in their folders, but that seems risky to me. Here's my thinking... You may have a down rev version of a particular dll. If you install it in your own directory, and your app happens to be the first one to use it, the OS will load it up. The next app that needs the dll (maybe the more current one that's in the system folder) will get the down rev one, and poof... Could be a problem.

Does that seem reasonable?

If so, then you should install the dll in the windows "system" directory, and only install if your dll is a more recent version.

VStudio Command Line.

Mike Doner19-Mar-03 4:53

Mike Doner

19-Mar-03 4:53

I'm in the process of re-working some old batch files which automates our build process, and nowhere in MSDN could I found the errorlevels for MSDEV.EXE (VC 6.0), does anybody know where I can find these?

Evaulated VisualBuild, looks great.. Probably our next purchase Smile | :)

Thx.
Mike.

Re: VStudio Command Line.

moliate19-Mar-03 8:37

moliate

19-Mar-03 8:37

I'm not sure if I understood you correctly, but the /W warninglevels can be found here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore/html/_core_.2f.W.2c_2f.w.asp[^]

/moliate

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a mouse?
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Re: VStudio Command Line.

Mike Doner19-Mar-03 8:46

Mike Doner

19-Mar-03 8:46

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately, the link you sent didn't work Smile | :)

I'm looking for the return codes for MSDEV.EXE when calling from a batchfile.

ie: in a batch file:

msdev project name, <yadda yadda="">
if ERRORLEVEL == 1 fail, goto exit
etc
etc

If you stumble across a list, could you send it my way?

Thanks! Smile | :)

Mike.

Inserting dynamic text onto graphic

stub19-Mar-03 4:49

stub

19-Mar-03 4:49

I need to be able to take a canned graphic of a form and be able to dynamically insert text items such as name and address onto the graphic and then send the information to a printer. An example of this would be like a kid's game where the kid enters their name at the beginning of the game and then at certain points during the game, they can print out a certificate or card that has that name on it. Can anybody steer me in the right direction? I'm developing under MSVC 6.0.

Thanks in advance.

Stub

Re: Inserting dynamic text onto graphic

Big Art19-Mar-03 5:32

Big Art

19-Mar-03 5:32

Use a static text control over top of the image and change the value dynamically as needed. You will need to overide OnCtlColor(..) and draw the background of the static control transparent.

Art

Re: Inserting dynamic text onto graphic

stub19-Mar-03 6:48

stub

19-Mar-03 6:48

Many thanks for the reply Art. Sounds like a workable solution that shouldn't be too cumbersome to implement.

ADSL internet connection

d_kilshtein19-Mar-03 4:36

d_kilshtein

19-Mar-03 4:36

How can I establish an internet connection? (i'm connected with ADSL modem)
do i use the Wininet.lib for that?

Re: ADSL internet connection

georgiek5019-Mar-03 8:16

georgiek50

19-Mar-03 8:16

Yes. Look up InternetConnect in MSDN and all applicable functions. It is quite easy to do.

Minimizing an application

Jump_Around19-Mar-03 3:54

Jump_Around

19-Mar-03 3:54

Is anyone here who knows how to minimize an aplication not into the task bar but into the icon which is on the right hand side (near the clock). I am sorry but I don't know the english name for it.

Please be so kind, I need your help. Confused | :confused:

Re: Minimizing an application

Brian Delahunty19-Mar-03 4:03

Brian Delahunty

19-Mar-03 4:03

It's called the System Tray.

There are numerous articles here on CP about how to do it.

e.g.
http://www.codeproject.com/shell/systemtray.asp[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/shell/trayicons.asp[^]

Regards,
Brian Dela Smile | :)

Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright

Overriding OnCommand

Brian van der Beek19-Mar-03 3:35

Brian van der Beek

19-Mar-03 3:35

I have an application with a view and a tabctrl on it. Several dll's draw there control on it. Somehow the commands for the controls (BN_CLICKED etc) are not received by the controls, if I do not overwrite the OnCommand of the tabpage. I tried it as following:

C++

BOOL CTabPage::OnCommand(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) 
{
    BOOL handled = FALSE;

    // the message was not handled by the base class, try to send the message to a control
    handled = ::SendMessage((HWND)lParam, WM_COMMAND, wParam, lParam); 
    
    if (!handled)
    {
        // message ws not handled, pass the message to the base class
        handled = CDialog::OnCommand(wParam, lParam);   
    }
	
	return handled;
}

Using this code my controls do receive their messages, but my tabpage messages (WM_KEYDOWN) are not processed anymore. There has to be a better sollution, anyone got an idea?

Enviornmental Variables

Brian Delahunty19-Mar-03 3:21

Brian Delahunty

19-Mar-03 3:21

I'm changing some enviornmental variables and creating some new ones by putting the appropriate entries in the registry.

However the system doesn't seem to recognise the changes until I logout and back in again... is there anyway around this "Cacheing" programatically?

Regards,
Brian Dela Smile | :)

Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright

Re: Enviornmental Variables

Brian Delahunty19-Mar-03 4:10

Brian Delahunty

19-Mar-03 4:10

OK. I think I figured it out.

If I send a WM_SETTINGSCHANGE message system-wide it should work Smile | :)

... I'll try that but if anybody has any other things that will work please don't hesitate!!!

Regards,
Brian Dela Smile | :)

Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright

sequence of adding recs to DB

ns19-Mar-03 3:03

19-Mar-03 3:03

I am frustrated. It seems that my ado database adds new records at random places at different runs of the program. I need some sort of certainty here. Even MoveLAst doesnt help. I am doing an addNew() on the ado recordset....

Appreciate your help,
ns

Re: sequence of adding recs to DB

AlexO19-Mar-03 3:31

AlexO

19-Mar-03 3:31

Look at primary key, it usually dictates where it is inserted. However you cannot rely on it ether because physical layout of the table relies on internal workings of particular database, as far as I know there is no guarantee. You can use "sort by" to get records in the order you want.

A toolbar question

User 988519-Mar-03 2:57

User 9885

19-Mar-03 2:57

Is it possible to show a floating toolbar without caption?

My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

modified 29-Aug-18 21:01pm.

Re: A toolbar question

Neville Franks19-Mar-03 4:09

Neville Franks

19-Mar-03 4:09

Thomas George wrote:
Is it possible to show a floating toolbar without caption?

Typically they use MiniFrameWnd(?) and I don't think there is any option to remove the caption for this. The caption also provides something to grab to move the toolbar around. I think you'd need to provide your own frame wnd to do this.

Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. www.getsoft.com
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Re: A toolbar question

User 988519-Mar-03 4:23

User 9885

19-Mar-03 4:23

I also had reached the same conclusion, after I used the spy on the toolbar. But, I did not want to look a fool, when I discover a miracle one line code that does it. Smile | :)

Thank you.

My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

modified 29-Aug-18 21:01pm.

Combobox dropdown showing wrong selection

Richard Jones19-Mar-03 2:49

Richard Jones

19-Mar-03 2:49

I have a standadrd combobox populated with a font's 256 characters.
When the user selects one, the list closes, and the correct value is shown in the combo line.

If the user selects a character with a double (ie 'A' and 'a'), the next
time the list drops down, the FIRST one ('A') is shown in the combo line, not the selected one ('a').

As long as the selected value is unique, there is no problem.

I have tried using OnDropDown to reset the CurSel to the proper index, GetLBText for the string, etc. and nothing works.

ShellExecuteEx & WaitForSingleObject

Brian Delahunty19-Mar-03 2:21

Brian Delahunty

19-Mar-03 2:21

Hey.

Having a small problem launching an app using ShellExecuteEx and using WaitForSingleObject afterwards....

If I use WaitForSingleObject the app launches but seems to freeze until I close my program... If I don't use WaitForSingleObject then it runs perfectly fine...

C++

SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo = {0};
ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
ShExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
ShExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpVerb = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpFile = ".\\J2EE_SDK_1.3.1\\setupJ2EE.exe";		
ShExecInfo.lpParameters = "";	
ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;
ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;	
if(!ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo))
{
    // I'm doing somethng in here
}

// Hide window until the process returns
this->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);
WaitForSingleObject(ShExecInfo.hProcess,INFINITE);

The program I'm launching is the setup for the Java Enterprise Enviornment [An InstallShield v 5.10 setup file.]

Any ideas???

Regards,
Brian Dela Smile | :)

Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright

Re: ShellExecuteEx & WaitForSingleObject

Joel Lucsy19-Mar-03 2:37

Joel Lucsy

19-Mar-03 2:37

try something like

<br />
MSG msg;<br />
while (WaitForSingleObject( ShExecInfo.hProcess, 0 ) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)<br />
{<br />
    while (PeekMessage( &msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE ))<br />
    {<br />
        TranslateMessage( &msg );<br />
        DispatchMessage( &msg );<br />
    }<br />
}<br />

Joel Lucsy

Re: ShellExecuteEx & WaitForSingleObject

Brian Delahunty19-Mar-03 2:45

Brian Delahunty

19-Mar-03 2:45

Excellent... Works perfectly Big Grin | :-D

Thanks

Regards,
Brian Dela Smile | :)

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