Re: how to findout that a certain program is running or not - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

Re: WaitForSingleObject - freeze

erikbe6-Jul-07 2:59

erikbe

6-Jul-07 2:59

Yes, my program does wait infinitely Smile | :)

I think The WaitForSingleObject()-function either waits for the dWord(in this case INFINITE), or it treminates when the process sends it an event. Not quite sure how it works. Though in just about all code examples I found online, this dWord is used.

Re: WaitForSingleObject - freeze

Cyrilix6-Jul-07 5:34

Cyrilix

6-Jul-07 5:34

I believe WaitForSingleObject() will wait until what you're waiting on is signaled or returns.

I use WaitForSingleObject() when I want to wait for either a thread or a process to terminate, before doing what I want to do, or for an event to get signaled. As such, what you are doing will probably wait for the process to terminate. If you want to wait for an event within that process, you will have to do something more complicated.

Re: WaitForSingleObject - freeze - problem solved

erikbe9-Jul-07 2:48

erikbe

9-Jul-07 2:48

Problem solved:

if (CreateProcess( lpAppPath,
strCommandLine,
NULL,
NULL,
FALSE,
0,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
&processInformation
)
)
{
DWORD dw = MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(1, &pi.hProcess, FALSE, INFINITE, QS_POSTMESSAGE|QS_SENDMESSAGE );
}
else
{
AfxMessageBox(L"The process could not be started...");
}

MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(...)

As the documentation says:

Use caution when calling the wait functions and code that directly or indirectly creates windows. If a thread creates any windows, it must process messages. Message broadcasts are sent to all windows in the system. A thread that uses a wait function with no time-out interval may cause the system to become deadlocked. For example, the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol and the COM function CoInitialize both indirectly create windows that can cause a deadlock. Therefore, if you have a thread that creates windows, use MsgWaitForMultipleObjects or MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, rather than WaitForSingleObject.

Entered digit gets twice in number... 1 becomes 11, 2 becomes 22...

Sgg2456-Jul-07 1:50

Sgg245

6-Jul-07 1:50

On my OS regional setting is Chinese(PRC).

I hav a MFC dialog. One of the control is of ControlType "CEdit". This control is restricted to take numeric inputs (ES_NUMBER) only and that too of 2 digits (using SetLimitText(2)) only.
While running the application, when I enter a single digit it automatically gets twice. For instance if I enter 5 it gets converted to 55 and so on... So in that case I cannot enter 2 digits as max limit of the control is set to 2.

Plz help...
Thanks in advance...

Regards
SG div>

Re: Entered digit gets twice in number... 1 becomes 11, 2 becomes 22...

David Crow6-Jul-07 2:50

David Crow

6-Jul-07 2:50

Do you have an EN_CHANGE handler?

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how to findout that a certain program is running or not

V_shr6-Jul-07 1:35

V_shr

6-Jul-07 1:35

I want to write a program and I need to see that is a certain program running or not , how can I do that ?

thanks

Re: how to findout that a certain program is running or not

aatul6-Jul-07 1:38

aatul

6-Jul-07 1:38

If the program is service, you can find with IsServiceRunning API.
If it is Window/Dialog Exe, you can do it with FindWindowEx API. Read how to use FindWindowEx API.

Re: how to findout that a certain program is running or not

V_shr6-Jul-07 1:45

V_shr

6-Jul-07 1:45

thanks a lot

Re: how to findout that a certain program is running or not

David Crow6-Jul-07 2:52

David Crow

6-Jul-07 2:52

Be careful when using FindWindowEx(). It has the potential to cause a deadlock situation.

"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: how to findout that a certain program is running or not

Hamid_RT6-Jul-07 6:51

Hamid_RT

6-Jul-07 6:51

I think its good advise about FindWindow.;)

WhiteSky

CDialogBar Close Issue??

SandipG 6-Jul-07 1:14

SandipG

6-Jul-07 1:14

When i close a dialog bar using close button on dialogbar which messages get generated as i wanna resize other windows and their child controls .
Please help urgent...

do i have to override RecalcLayout function of main frame.

Thanks,
Sandip.

Re: CDialogBar Close Issue??

Mark Salsbery6-Jul-07 5:54

Mark Salsbery

6-Jul-07 5:54

SandipG wrote:
When i close a dialog bar using close button on dialogbar which messages get generated

WM_SYSCOMMAND?

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getting IShellFolder interface of file system folder

Abhijeet Pathak6-Jul-07 0:58

Abhijeet Pathak

6-Jul-07 0:58

Hi,

I'm coding a treeview which resembles with the one in Windows Explorer.
Initially root item is Desktop and it's IShellFolder interface can be easily
retrived using SHGetDesktopFolder() function.

Can any one tell me how to get IShellFolder interface to any folder? e.g. "C:\"

Regards,
Abhijeet

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Re: getting IShellFolder interface of file system folder

Hamid_RT6-Jul-07 1:12

Hamid_RT

6-Jul-07 1:12

See "Browse For Folder" dialog alike with source[^] does helpful?

WhiteSky

I have to create a class which parse a char

nickalai176-Jul-07 0:50

nickalai17

6-Jul-07 0:50

This class must contain a function which return the position when it was made a change of bytes. For example if in char I have 0 0 0 1 0, the function must to return 4. If I have 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1, the function must to return 6. Bytes are loaded from a file.txt. I want a solution, if it possible in next 2 days.

Thanks,
nickalai

Re: I have to create a class which parse a char

C^hris L^osinger6-Jul-07 1:13

C^hris L^osinger

6-Jul-07 1:13

nickalai17 wrote:
I want a solution, if it possible in next 2 days.

are you asking us to do your homework ?

that's not gonna happen.

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Re: I have to create a class which parse a char

Christian Graus6-Jul-07 1:14

Christian Graus

6-Jul-07 1:14

Your homework is due in 2 days ? Better get started, instead of trying to find someone to do it for you online. If you get stuck, you can ask us specific questions, of course.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

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Re: I have to create a class which parse a char

David Crow6-Jul-07 2:55

David Crow

6-Jul-07 2:55

How would you do this on paper?

1) Read the first byte, and store it in a variable.
2) Read next byte.
3) If it matches the first byte, increment counter. Go to 2.
4) If it doesn't match the first byte, stop.

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"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

Re: I have to create a class which parse a char

Mark Salsbery6-Jul-07 5:57

Mark Salsbery

6-Jul-07 5:57

I'm curious why

0 0 0 1 0

should return 4, but

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

should return 6...

Confused | :confused:

Good luck with that Smile | :)

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How do I create a virtual serial port?

AlecJames5-Jul-07 23:46

AlecJames

5-Jul-07 23:46

How do I create a virtual serial port (e.g. COM9)?

Is building a kernel mode device driver the only way or can I create something in user mode that my applications can open and interact with as if it was a standard serial port?

Thanks
Alec

Re: How do I create a virtual serial port?

eusto6-Jul-07 0:04

eusto

6-Jul-07 0:04

There are a lot of open source virtual serial port implementation, just do a google search.

Re: How do I create a virtual serial port?

Hamid_RT6-Jul-07 1:25

Hamid_RT

6-Jul-07 1:25

See does DDK - Windows Driver Development Kit[^] helpful for you?

WhiteSky

Help on MDI application required

eusto5-Jul-07 23:37

eusto

5-Jul-07 23:37

I want to display a dialog in a MDI application whenever there are no more documents(or dialogs) open.
Is there a message that i can intercept when everything is closed?

Re: Help on MDI application required

Aamir Butt6-Jul-07 2:13

Aamir Butt

6-Jul-07 2:13

You can enumerate the number of child frames open at any give time by using EnumChildWindows. In your particular case, you can check on close of child window (the message is WM_CLOSE) that how many windows are open. If they are 0, u can show the dialog.

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Re: Help on MDI application required

eusto6-Jul-07 2:47

eusto

6-Jul-07 2:47

Thanks

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