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My previous post included this :
(Read about this in MSDN)
Before registering a window class, source code for Windows 3.x normally tests hPrevInstance to see whether another instance of the application is already running. This code needs no change, because under Win32, it will always register the window class.
And regarding your question here :Is the registered class name same as that of first instance?
I haven't thought on this issue. But may be I will do it now and get back to you if somebody else doesn't clarify on this.Guess, it should register itself for the first time.
2nd Answer:
Applications cannot use hPrevInstance to test for previous instances under Win32. An alternative method must be used, such as creating a unique named pipe, creating or testing for a named semaphore, broadcasting a unique message, or calling FindWindow.
I hope that this satisfies your queries.
Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them.
_AnShUmAn_
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Those who are looking for the same Question, Here is the reason.
Once your average GUI program picks itself up off the ground, control begins at your WinMain function. The second parameter, hPrevInstance, is always zero in Win32 programs. Certainly it had a meaning at some point?
Of course it did.
In 16-bit Windows there was a function called GetInstanceData. This function took an HINSTANCE, a pointer, and a length, and copied memory from that instance into your current instance. (It's sort of the 16-bit equivalent to ReadProcessMemory, with the restriction that the second and third parameters had to be the same.)
(Since 16-bit Windows had a common address space, the GetInstanceData function was really nothing more than a hmemcpy, and many programs relied on this and just used raw hmemcpy instead of using the documented API. Win16 was actually designed with the possibility of imposing separate address spaces in a future version - observe flags like GMEM_SHARED - but the prevalence of tricks like hmemcpy'ing your previous instance reduced this potential to an unrealized dream.)
This was the reason for the hPrevInstance parameter to WinMain. If hPrevInstance was non-NULL, then it was the instance handle of a copy of the program that is already running. You can use GetInstanceData to copy data from it, get yourself up off the ground faster. For example, you might want to copy the main window handle out of the previous instance so you could communicate with it.
Whether hPrevInstance was NULL or not told you whether you were the first copy of the program. Under 16-bit Windows, only the first instance of a program registered its classes; second and subsequent instances continued to use the classes that were registered by the first instance. (Indeed, if they tried, the registration would fail since the class already existed.) Therefore, all 16-bit Windows programs skipped over class registration if hPrevInstance was non-NULL.
The people who designed Win32 found themselves in a bit of a fix when it came time to port WinMain: What to pass for hPrevInstance? The whole module/instance thing didn't exist in Win32, after all, and separate address spaces meant that programs that skipped over reinitialization in the second instance would no longer work. So Win32 always passes NULL, making all programs believe that they are the first one.
And amazingly, it actually worked.
Thanks friends.
Appu..
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
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Hi,
I think I experienced the issue described here with one of my classes :
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors.html#faq-10.15
I realized that my static member ConfigManager::ConfigFile isn't initialized when I first call a static member function ConfigManager::GetConfigString using it. Could you have a look at my code below and suggest something to avoid this. I'm not really happy with the solution from the faq because it uses "new" to create an object instance that I can't "delete" because my class is static (no destructor).
Thanks !
ConfigManager.h
<br />
#pragma once<br />
<br />
#define DEFAULT_PROFILE CString("C:\\default.ini")<br />
#define DEFAULT_INT -1<br />
#define DEFAULT_STRING CString("");<br />
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class ConfigManager<br />
{<br />
public:<br />
static CString GetConfigFile();<br />
static void SetConfigFile(CString& p);<br />
static void SetConfig(CString section, CString key, CString value);<br />
static CString GetConfigString(CString section, CString key, CString def = DEFAULT_STRING);<br />
static int GetConfigInt(CString section, CString key, int def = DEFAULT_INT);<br />
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private:<br />
static CString ConfigFile;<br />
};<br />
ConfigManager.cpp
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#include "StdAfx.h"<br />
#include "ConfigManager.h"<br />
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CString ConfigManager::ConfigFile = DEFAULT_PROFILE;<br />
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void ConfigManager::SetConfig(CString section, CString key, CString value)<br />
{<br />
WritePrivateProfileString(section, key, value, ConfigManager::ConfigFile);<br />
}<br />
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CString ConfigManager::GetConfigString(CString section, CString key, CString def)<br />
{<br />
CString result(_T(" "),512);<br />
GetPrivateProfileString(section, key, def, result.GetBuffer(), 512, ConfigManager::ConfigFile);<br />
result.ReleaseBuffer();<br />
return result;<br />
}<br />
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int ConfigManager::GetConfigInt(CString section, CString key, int def)<br />
{ <br />
return GetPrivateProfileInt(section, key, def, ConfigManager::ConfigFile);<br />
}<br />
<br />
CString ConfigManager::GetConfigFile()<br />
{<br />
return ConfigManager::ConfigFile; <br />
}<br />
<br />
void ConfigManager::SetConfigFile(CString& p)<br />
{<br />
ConfigManager::ConfigFile = p;<br />
}<br />
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Do you get the same behaviour if you use
CString ConfigManager::ConfigFile(DEFAULT_PROFILE);
instead?
Steve S
Developer for hire
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Steve S wrote: CString ConfigManager::ConfigFile(DEFAULT_PROFILE);
Just tried this, there no change. ConfigManager::ConfigFile is not initialized upon first call... then later upon second call it is.
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Hmm. Is your call to the appropriate ConfigManager member from another static object?
Steve S
Developer for hire
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I don't have an answer to your problem but may I ask why you are using static methods only ? Maybe a singleton pattern is more suited to your needs ? (You'll have only one instance of the class).
I don't really see the advantage of using only static members.
Cédric Moonen
Software developer
Charting control
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Cedric Moonen wrote: I don't really see the advantage of using only static members
logical grouping...
in the .NET framework for instance, you have the Math class which provides only static members/functions, like square root, cosine, logarithm, etc...
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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toxcct wrote: logical grouping...
Why not use namespace for that ?
Cédric Moonen
Software developer
Charting control
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in C++ yes... but in general OOP concepts, i'm not sure every languages know what a namespace is, unless classes scopes.
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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toxcct wrote: in C++ yes
But we are on a C++ board right  ?
Cédric Moonen
Software developer
Charting control
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Cedric Moonen wrote: But we are on a C++ board right
oops, you're right, i thought a moment that we were in the lounge...  
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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Cedric Moonen wrote: I don't really see the advantage of using only static members.
Well every method of my class is standalone, it doesn't need any prerequisite to deliver a result. For me the point in having a class instance is to expect a behaviour depending on the past life of the instance. Here I don't think I need to create any (even a single) instance of the class.
Eventually I'll try your idea because it is more likely to work but I think it is simplier and nicer to have ConfigMananger::GetConfigString(....) rather than ConfigManager::GetInstance()->GetConfigString(...)
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Yes, but... Why use a class then ? 
Ok, I know that you don't want to use global functions maybe but it's still clearer to declare an instance of your class first and then use the functions. Don't you think ? Otherwise, this doesn't make a lot of sense.
Cédric Moonen
Software developer
Charting control
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Cedric Moonen wrote: Yes, but... Why use a class then ?
Just to gather things that deal with the same subject...
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If your ConfigFile value isn't ever going to be changed, then you can do this
class ConfigManager
{
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private:
static const CString ConfigFile = DEFAULT_PROFILE;
};
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Weiye Chen wrote: private: static const CString ConfigFile = DEFAULT_PROFILE;
this is not allowed in C++ (you are showing a C# solution)
he must initialize its static member outise of the class
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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toxcct wrote: this is not allowed in C++ (you are showing a C# solution)
he must initialize its static member outise of the class
Right,
Moreover I'd like to be able to change the ConfigFile.
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You could put the constant in an anonymous namespace at the top of your implementation file, rather than in the class. You could also have GetConfigFile() set the file name if it hasn't been set, and always call it, rather than use the filename directly - that way it would always be initialised before it was used
Cedric is right though. Since your class contains state, it is better implemented as a singleton, rather than a bunch of static methods and a static data member.
Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Ryan Binns wrote: You could also have GetConfigFile() set the file name if it hasn't been set
Yes I had this idea already... but did not succeed at first... I had a look again after seeing your message and it seems the following code works :
<br />
CString ConfigManager::GetConfigFile()<br />
{<br />
static bool bInit = false;<br />
if (!bInit)<br />
{<br />
ConfigManager::ConfigFile = DEFAULT_FILE;<br />
bInit = true;<br />
}<br />
return ConfigManager::ConfigFile; <br />
}<br />
Thanks
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Yep, that will do it. I would recommend either putting the variable in an anonymous namespace or making your class a singleton though. It's not much of a hack.
Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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I do a project with Directshow. I want preview from a carema in two windows and play a flie in two windows . But directshow can only set one window with a function named put_owner().How can I do?
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Directshow (the framework) has no such limitation. You would however have to build the filter graph manually or semi-manually (use ICaptureGraphBuilder2). The easier way would probably be to use an Infinite Pin Tee Filter and have a few video renderers to render the video. The harder way would be to write your own video renderer. Why do you need to preview in 2 windows and play in 2 windows. So that means you have 4 video renderers? And what is the difference between your preview and your playback windows? Modification: Just saw that your playback windows are playing back files. In which case you need more than one filter graph.
-- modified at 7:23 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
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For a Dialog initialization, there's OnInitDialog function provided by CDialog! For the same same functionality in a Frame window, which Initialization function is Most suitable?
SaRath.
"Do Next Thing..."
Understanding State Pattern in C++
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