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13-Apr-06 0:21

How to start a html help file (.chm) in my VC++ MFC project? Or, we should use other format of help file?
I had already used the htmlhelp.h from HTML Workshop.
I like to create my own chm(hh.exe) in which i can open all the chm files
Thanks in advance

David Crow13-Apr-06 2:53

13-Apr-06 2:53

Use ShellExecute().

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zxc8913-Apr-06 20:22

13-Apr-06 20:22

Sorry..
It doesn't work...
I have to create a chm using MFC and display its contents on UI(which should be similar to chm)..Suppose if i press some button like Help in the menu,the chm should be launched..I should first create the chm header,content etc and then load it and display it..

Can Anyone Help?????????

David Crow14-Apr-06 2:12

14-Apr-06 2:12

zxc89 wrote:
It doesn't work...

What code did you use?

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Hamid_RT13-Apr-06 4:26

Hamid_RT

13-Apr-06 4:26

Hi Happy VC ,
maybe it is some helpful to you
http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-P/help/html/article.php/c6513[^]

zxc8913-Apr-06 20:17

13-Apr-06 20:17

I had already seen that..It didn't help me!!
Anyways..Thanks

toxcct13-Apr-06 4:37

toxcct

13-Apr-06 4:37

maybe this[^] could help

zxc8913-Apr-06 20:19

monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

13-Apr-06 20:19

I had already seen that..It didn't help me!!
Anyways..Thanks

keerthikaaa13-Apr-06 0:20

keerthikaaa

13-Apr-06 0:20

hai to all

i want to do an application so that i can select a directory and by monitoring the selected directory i need to report the changes made in that directory.

For that i have used a browse button to select the directory and displayed the selected directory to be monitored in the edit box.

for this i have written like this :
BROWSEINFO bi;
TCHAR m_DisplayName[MAX_PATH];
m_DisplayName[0]='\0';
memset(&bi, 0x00, sizeof(bi));
bi.hwndOwner = this->m_hWnd;
bi.pszDisplayName = m_DisplayName;

bi.ulFlags = BIF_EDITBOX;

LPITEMIDLIST pidl = SHBrowseForFolder(&bi);

if (pidl)
SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, m_DisplayName);

GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT)->SetWindowText(m_DisplayName);

Next i need a list control for displaying the changed directory files with
column path and size and date.

here my problem is how can i map the column path,size,date of the directory files to the columns in the listcontrol.

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Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

Rage13-Apr-06 1:31

Rage

13-Apr-06 1:31

Create a CListCtrl in your project,

use InsertColumn to create the path, size and date columns,
use SetItem/InsertItem to modify/add entries in the CListCtrl

~RaGE();

Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

David Crow13-Apr-06 2:55

Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

13-Apr-06 2:55

Use ReadDirectoryChangesW() or FindFirstChangeNotification().

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Hamid_RT13-Apr-06 4:28

Hamid_RT

13-Apr-06 4:28

Hi keerthikaaa
maybe it is some helpful to you

http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-P/files/article.php/c4467[^]

Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

keerthikaaa13-Apr-06 20:47

keerthikaaa

13-Apr-06 20:47

hai whitesky

the link which u have send is helpful to me.Thanks alot.

there is a small problem here.ihave a browse button through i will select the path of the directory to which i need to monitor.

To get that one i have used a variable to store the path .Now iwant that variable to be placed in the place where a predefined path is mentioned.

But when place that variable there a error message that:Undeclared Identifier is coming.

what should i do to give the path which i want to moniter.

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Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

David Crow14-Apr-06 2:15

Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

14-Apr-06 2:15

keerthikaaa wrote:
what should i do to give the path which i want to moniter.

Without seeing the relevant code snippet, it's impossible to say.

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

keerthikaaa14-Apr-06 21:38

keerthikaaa

14-Apr-06 21:38

hai DavidCrow

here i am sending u the code

<void ThreadRoute1( void* arg )
{
USES_CONVERSION;

HANDLE hDir = CreateFile(m_sResults, // pointer to the file name
FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY, // access (read/write) mode
FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_DELETE, // share mode
NULL, // security descriptor
OPEN_EXISTING, // how to create
FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, // file attributes
NULL // file with attributes to copy
);

FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION Buffer[1024];
DWORD BytesReturned;
while( ReadDirectoryChangesW(
hDir, // handle to directory
&Buffer, // read results buffer
sizeof(Buffer), // length of buffer
TRUE, // monitoring option
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_CREATION|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_ACCESS|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME|
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME, // filter conditions
&BytesReturned, // bytes returned
NULL, // overlapped buffer
NULL// completion routine
))
{
CTime tm = CTime::GetCurrentTime();

CString helper_txt;

switch(Buffer[0].Action)
{
case FILE_ACTION_ADDED: helper_txt = "The file was added to the directory"; break;
case FILE_ACTION_REMOVED: helper_txt = "The file was removed from the directory"; break;
case FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED: helper_txt = "The file was modified. This can be a change in the time stamp or attributes."; break;
case FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_OLD_NAME: helper_txt = "The file was renamed and this is the old name."; break;
case FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_NEW_NAME: helper_txt = "The file was renamed and this is the new name."; break;
}
int i=0;
do
{
m_Sec.Lock();
int item = pList1->InsertItem(pList1->GetItemCount(), CString(Buffer[i].FileName).Left(Buffer[i].FileNameLength / 2) + " - " + helper_txt );

pList1->SetItemText(item, 1, tm.Format("%Y/%m/%d/ - %H:%M:%S"));
i++;
m_Sec.Unlock();
}
while (!Buffer[i].NextEntryOffset);
}
}

void CFileSpyView::OnInitialUpdate()
{
CFormView::OnInitialUpdate();
GetParentFrame()->RecalcLayout();
ResizeParentToFit();
pList1 = &m_List1;

m_List1.InsertColumn(0, CString("Path"), LVCFMT_LEFT, 100, 0 );

m_List1.InsertColumn(2, CString("Date/Time occured"), LVCFMT_LEFT, 100, 1 );

}

oid CFileSpyView::OnBrowse()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here

BROWSEINFO bi;
TCHAR m_DisplayName[MAX_PATH];
m_DisplayName[0]='\0';
memset(&bi, 0x00, sizeof(bi));
bi.hwndOwner = this->m_hWnd;
bi.pszDisplayName = m_DisplayName;

bi.ulFlags = BIF_EDITBOX;

LPITEMIDLIST pidl = SHBrowseForFolder(&bi);

if (pidl)
SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, m_DisplayName);

//GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT)->SetWindowText(m_DisplayName);
// UpdateData(TRUE);
m_sResults=m_DisplayName;
UpdateData(FALSE);
Dir=m_sResults;

}
void CFileSpyView::OnBstart()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here

_beginthread( ThreadRoute1, 0, 0 );

}

void CFileSpyView::OnBstop()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
_endthread();

}
>

here when i click the browse button a dailog opens to select adirectory and when when i click the start button the threads starts by monitoring the selceted directory and thread stops when i click the stop button.

the selected directory path i have stored in the edit box variable and i have used it to create the directory in the thread .But i am not able to get that directory monitored.

when i place a "c:\\"in the directory place instead of variable i can get only the specified path monitored.

i want the path which i have selected to be monitored.

Thanks in advance

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Re: monitoring and selecting root directory and report changes in that directory

David Crow17-Apr-06 3:10