C / C++ / MFC

5-Jun-08 3:34

Hello,

I have written a BHO for explorer.exe.
It is working fine with Win XP but same code is not working with Windows 2003 Server.

Does anybody has any idea about this?

Regards,
Tony

led mike5-Jun-08 4:27

led mike

5-Jun-08 4:27

tony_udz wrote:
but same code is not working with Windows 2003 Server.

Oh, it's not working? Well that explains a lot. Thanks for all the specific information. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

led mike

tony_Udz5-Jun-08 20:56

5-Jun-08 20:56

I mean to say BHO Dll is not loaded when exlorer.exe is laucnched.
If you have any idea about this please let me know.

My concern is that is ther any significant difference between Win XP and Win 2003 Server with reference to BHo.

led mike6-Jun-08 4:56

led mike

6-Jun-08 4:56

tony_udz wrote:
I mean to say BHO Dll is not loaded when exlorer.exe is laucnched.

And how did you determine that?
Is it listed in the add-ons list?

led mike

tony_Udz8-Jun-08 18:12

8-Jun-08 18:12

Actually, to debug this dll i have inserted a MessageBox() in every function,
For e.g.

In windows XP flow is as follows: -

When dll is registered flow is as follows: -
1) DllMain.
2) Dll Register Server.
3) Dll Main.

When you open Explorer.exe
1) Dll Main.
2) Dll GetCLassObject.
3) SetSite.

When you close Explorer.exe
1) Dll Can Unload.
2) DllMain.

But in Windows 2003 flow is as follows: -

When dll is registered flow is as follows: -

1) DllMain.
2) Dll Register Server.
3) Dll Main.

When you open Explorer.exe
No call to DLLMain.
I dont know for few unknown reason DLLMain could not be called.

Please let me know if you have still not understood the problem.

tony_Udz8-Jun-08 23:53

8-Jun-08 23:53

I found the problem.

In Windows Server 2003, i had to enable 'Enable Third Party Browser' from
Tools-> Internet Options --> Advanced --> Enable Third Party browser extensions (requires restart).

Thanks for your help!!

Date ??

Trupti Mehta5-Jun-08 3:07

Trupti Mehta

5-Jun-08 3:07

In a textbox, I have associated a var of type CString. I want to set it as " / / " & make sure that the user can change or edit /, just add nos & done. What type of formatting should I do and plz show an small eg. if possible. Reqs is for CE.

Also, I need to show a dialog for few mins & then close it. How do I end up doing that part in CE.

Thanks

Terry

David Crow5-Jun-08 3:13

David Crow

5-Jun-08 3:13

Sounds like you need a "masked" edit control.

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Trupti Mehta5-Jun-08 3:57

Trupti Mehta

5-Jun-08 3:57

David, eVC++4 & CE doesn't support masked edit control. So, Is their any other better way to deal with the issue.

Thanks

Terry

David Crow5-Jun-08 4:02

David Crow

5-Jun-08 4:02

Trupti Mehta wrote:
eVC++4 & CE doesn't support masked edit control.

How so?

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Trupti Mehta5-Jun-08 4:40

Trupti Mehta

5-Jun-08 4:40

David, check out this:
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/DotNet/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/2005-01/0499.html[^]

At first I checked in eVC4 help, din't find any thing like that. In the Control Box, can't find any control for Masked edit.

On searching for "Masked Edit CE" in google found links where people complain for masked edit not working or not working properly.

Other than the above, I have reached on CE & found that masked edit controls are not compatible with all smart devices.

Based on these resources I am telling that eVc4 & Ce doesn't support Masked.

If you have any way out, I would defintly try for one but not third party.

Thanks

Terry

Coding tools, precautions for Windows CE

David Crow5-Jun-08 5:31

David Crow

5-Jun-08 5:31

Trupti Mehta wrote:
In the Control Box, can't find any control for Masked edit.

It's not a built-in control. You'll have to roll your own. CP has dozens of examples.

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Kwanalouie5-Jun-08 3:01

Kwanalouie

5-Jun-08 3:01

I do programming using Visual C/C++. A friend wanted a couple very simple functions his small hand held phone/PC could perform. He said his device was Windows CE compatible. Basically, he wanted two things. Ability to enter some data via the keypad and have a simple math result calculated and displayed, and also the ability to send data to his phone and have a simple math result displayed when selected.
I don't understand what the best development tool would be for something like this, and what things I should be wary of.
I would like to do the initial development using my Visual C++ 6.0 on my desk top PC, and then transform the code to move to the Windows CE environment.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Draw on view

baerten5-Jun-08 2:35

5-Jun-08 2:35

Hi everybody,

i want to draw an effect on a view, which seems like the view is locked.
The whole view should be dark.

Till now, i made it this way:

<pre>void MyView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)
{
for(int lin=0; lin<height; lin+=2) {
for(int col=0; col<width; col+=2 {
pDC->SetPixel(col,lin,RGB(0,0,0));
}
}
}</pre>

it works for the background, but the controls on the view are drawn correctly.
It's logical that only the background is "colored" this way.

But how is it possible to draw on the entire view with'in the controls?

Big thanks for any help Smile | :)

CPallini5-Jun-08 2:45

CPallini

5-Jun-08 2:45

Well that's not the fastest code to erase view area with a given color.
As for controls, each control is a window, hence you have to handle the draw of all of them (see WM_CTLCOLOR message on MSDN [^]).
Smile | :)

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baerten5-Jun-08 3:02

5-Jun-08 3:02

Thanks for your answer

So i place a locked variable into my view
And the derived controls (for example MyTextBox) have to handle the drawing if the locked-variable of the parent is set to TRUE. You mean it this way?
So that each control on the view draws itself the shadow?

Thanks Smile | :)

CPallini5-Jun-08 3:14

CPallini

5-Jun-08 3:14

Yes.

Alan Balkany5-Jun-08 3:54

Alan Balkany

5-Jun-08 3:54

Two suggestions: CDC::FillSolidRect () is a more efficient way to make a solid rectangle on your view. Also using an owner-drawn button would allow you to make any color or shadow you want.

baerten5-Jun-08 4:14

5-Jun-08 4:14

Thanks for your suggestions.

But i want a half-colored rectangle. A FillSolidRect would color the entire view in black.
I want to color each second pixel, so the user can still see the view with the controls, but it's
dark and "seems locked"

Owner-draw buttons are a good idea, but i think it takes to much time to place them on the view.
I need to produce a lot of views, if i need to place each control via x and y values
it takes too long Cry | :((

But thanks anyway Smile | :)

Alan Balkany5-Jun-08 4:27

Alan Balkany

5-Jun-08 4:27

OK, I see what you're trying to do. I think it can still be done in one graphics operation.

Create a black bitmap with every second pixel white. Then use CDC::BitBlt() http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa293654(VS.60).aspx[^] to color the area with the dwRop parameter set to SRCAND. This will black out the area except for every second pixel.

baerten5-Jun-08 4:39

5-Jun-08 4:39

Great!

Exactly what i'm looking for, so i can manipulate the whole bitmap in one stop and not in 300x200 steps LOL

I still need to find out how to draw it even on the controls, or how exactly to draw the specific controls.
For example actually in textboxes i do this in the OnPaint()
But in several cases the control's client is still drawn without the shadow.

Thanks Alan Smile | :)