dll from win32 console.
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I want to show the mainwindow of the dll application from win32 client. I am able to load the dll but I am confused what need to be done after that to show the mainwindow. Please help Stephen. Thanks Sujan
Firstly note that a dll and the code that loads it are in the same application; I'm starting to get the impression that you may not be aware of this. Also, maybe you should use static linking.
Steve
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Why are you passing a
HMODULEwhen aHWNDis expected?sujandasmahapatra wrote:
BOOL intMyReturnVal = lpfnGetProcessID(hDll, "runAppli");
sujandasmahapatra wrote:
extern "C" BOOL __declspec(dllexport) runAppli(HWND hwnd, LPCSTR lpAppName)
Steve
Look Friends Now I am not calling the dll from not winn32 but from another mfc exe application. Where I have a button when I press it I should load the dll and launch the mainwindow. See my two apis void CClientRevProjDlg::OnBnClickedButton1() { typedef VOID (*MYPROC)(HWND); HINSTANCE hinstLib; MYPROC ProcAdd; BOOL fFreeResult, fRunTimeLinkSuccess = FALSE; HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd(); // Get a handle to the DLL module. hinstLib = LoadLibrary(L"C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"); // If the handle is valid, try to get the function address. if (hinstLib != NULL) { ProcAdd = (MYPROC) GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "runAppli"); // Do add operation // If the function address is valid, call the function. if (fRunTimeLinkSuccess = (ProcAdd != NULL)) (ProcAdd) (h); // Free the DLL module. fFreeResult = FreeLibrary(hinstLib); } // If unable to call the DLL function, use an alternative. if (! fRunTimeLinkSuccess) printf("message via alternative method\n"); } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //And in the dll App.cpp I have an extern "C" like this.... extern "C" BOOL __declspec(dllexport) runAppli(HWND h) { AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState()); // HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd(); ShowWindow(h,SW_SHOW); return true; } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// With this when I press the run button from client exe, my dll mainwindow is shown but crashing and hanging for sometime. Please help me get rid of this problem someone Thanks a lot. :)
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Look Friends Now I am not calling the dll from not winn32 but from another mfc exe application. Where I have a button when I press it I should load the dll and launch the mainwindow. See my two apis void CClientRevProjDlg::OnBnClickedButton1() { typedef VOID (*MYPROC)(HWND); HINSTANCE hinstLib; MYPROC ProcAdd; BOOL fFreeResult, fRunTimeLinkSuccess = FALSE; HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd(); // Get a handle to the DLL module. hinstLib = LoadLibrary(L"C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"); // If the handle is valid, try to get the function address. if (hinstLib != NULL) { ProcAdd = (MYPROC) GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "runAppli"); // Do add operation // If the function address is valid, call the function. if (fRunTimeLinkSuccess = (ProcAdd != NULL)) (ProcAdd) (h); // Free the DLL module. fFreeResult = FreeLibrary(hinstLib); } // If unable to call the DLL function, use an alternative. if (! fRunTimeLinkSuccess) printf("message via alternative method\n"); } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //And in the dll App.cpp I have an extern "C" like this.... extern "C" BOOL __declspec(dllexport) runAppli(HWND h) { AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState()); // HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd(); ShowWindow(h,SW_SHOW); return true; } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// With this when I press the run button from client exe, my dll mainwindow is shown but crashing and hanging for sometime. Please help me get rid of this problem someone Thanks a lot. :)
Once again, please put <pre> tags around your code so we can read it clearly, it is not easy to understand what your code is trying to do without it. As to your code, I still do not understand (and you have not explained) what you are trying to do with this dll; which, incidentally seems to change with every reply you post. Forget everything you have done in the past and try to explain clearly exactly what you are trying to achieve.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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Once again, please put <pre> tags around your code so we can read it clearly, it is not easy to understand what your code is trying to do without it. As to your code, I still do not understand (and you have not explained) what you are trying to do with this dll; which, incidentally seems to change with every reply you post. Forget everything you have done in the past and try to explain clearly exactly what you are trying to achieve.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
See Rechard....I have a mfc application which I already converted to a shared dll. This dll has a mainwindow. Now from a client program I want to launch that mainwindow of the dll and work on the application. This is very simple approach and I am sure its feasible in mfc only thing I dont know how. So I am trying get your help. Please help me if you can. Check my last post. I have a shared mfc dll where I have one extern "C" function exported as runAppli there I am only triying to display the mainwindnow. And another mfc client exe from where I am loading the dll and trying to call the runAppli to launch the mainwindow. I dont understand why it seems to be impossible. This is a very simple problem. Please help me if you can. Thanks a lot for your reply. Sujan
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Once again, please put <pre> tags around your code so we can read it clearly, it is not easy to understand what your code is trying to do without it. As to your code, I still do not understand (and you have not explained) what you are trying to do with this dll; which, incidentally seems to change with every reply you post. Forget everything you have done in the past and try to explain clearly exactly what you are trying to achieve.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
Dear Richar tag option is not coming . So excuse me this time, next post onwards I'll put tags properly
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See Rechard....I have a mfc application which I already converted to a shared dll. This dll has a mainwindow. Now from a client program I want to launch that mainwindow of the dll and work on the application. This is very simple approach and I am sure its feasible in mfc only thing I dont know how. So I am trying get your help. Please help me if you can. Check my last post. I have a shared mfc dll where I have one extern "C" function exported as runAppli there I am only triying to display the mainwindnow. And another mfc client exe from where I am loading the dll and trying to call the runAppli to launch the mainwindow. I dont understand why it seems to be impossible. This is a very simple problem. Please help me if you can. Thanks a lot for your reply. Sujan
sujandasmahapatra wrote:
I have a mfc application which I already converted to a shared dll.
WHY? This is really not a sensible option as you have discovered to your cost. Go back to the original and run the application as an application; trying to make it into a DLL is a pointless exercise and is unlikely ever to work.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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Once again, please put <pre> tags around your code so we can read it clearly, it is not easy to understand what your code is trying to do without it. As to your code, I still do not understand (and you have not explained) what you are trying to do with this dll; which, incidentally seems to change with every reply you post. Forget everything you have done in the past and try to explain clearly exactly what you are trying to achieve.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
Now my code looks like this. My application launching but crashing. [pre] void CClientRevProjDlg::OnBnClickedButton1() { typedef VOID (*MYPROC)(HWND); HINSTANCE hinstLib; MYPROC ProcAdd; BOOL fFreeResult, fRunTimeLinkSuccess = FALSE; HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd(); // Get a handle to the DLL module. hinstLib = LoadLibrary(L"C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"); // If the handle is valid, try to get the function address. if (hinstLib != NULL) { ProcAdd = (MYPROC) GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "runAppli"); // Do add operation // If the function address is valid, call the function. if (fRunTimeLinkSuccess = (ProcAdd != NULL)) (ProcAdd) (h); // Free the DLL module. fFreeResult = FreeLibrary(hinstLib); } // If unable to call the DLL function, use an alternative. if (! fRunTimeLinkSuccess) printf("message via alternative method\n"); } [/pre] ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// And runAppli like this... [code]
extern "C" BOOL __declspec(dllexport) runAppli(HWND h)
{
AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());
// HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd();
ShowWindow(h,SW_SHOW);
return true;
}[/code]
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Now my code looks like this. My application launching but crashing. [pre] void CClientRevProjDlg::OnBnClickedButton1() { typedef VOID (*MYPROC)(HWND); HINSTANCE hinstLib; MYPROC ProcAdd; BOOL fFreeResult, fRunTimeLinkSuccess = FALSE; HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd(); // Get a handle to the DLL module. hinstLib = LoadLibrary(L"C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"); // If the handle is valid, try to get the function address. if (hinstLib != NULL) { ProcAdd = (MYPROC) GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "runAppli"); // Do add operation // If the function address is valid, call the function. if (fRunTimeLinkSuccess = (ProcAdd != NULL)) (ProcAdd) (h); // Free the DLL module. fFreeResult = FreeLibrary(hinstLib); } // If unable to call the DLL function, use an alternative. if (! fRunTimeLinkSuccess) printf("message via alternative method\n"); } [/pre] ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// And runAppli like this... [code]
extern "C" BOOL __declspec(dllexport) runAppli(HWND h)
{
AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());
// HWND h = AfxGetMainWnd()->GetSafeHwnd();
ShowWindow(h,SW_SHOW);
return true;
}[/code]
1. You still have not properly used <pre> tags around your code as requested. 2. You are really wasting your time with this; as I said before forget using this DLL as it serves no purpose. Create an application as an application and do things the right way.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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1. You still have not properly used <pre> tags around your code as requested. 2. You are really wasting your time with this; as I said before forget using this DLL as it serves no purpose. Create an application as an application and do things the right way.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
:) I need this dll to work Richard. Its very important......My application should be served as a dll. And my mainwindow should appear.
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:) I need this dll to work Richard. Its very important......My application should be served as a dll. And my mainwindow should appear.
Why do you persist with this? This is totally contrary to the design of Windows applications. Putting all this code into a DLL is just going to cause you problems and, as I have said repeatedly, serves absolutely no purpose. Perhpas if you actually explained what problem you are trying to resolve someone can advise you of a potential solution, but just insisting that you need this as a DLL makes no sense.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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1. You still have not properly used <pre> tags around your code as requested. 2. You are really wasting your time with this; as I said before forget using this DLL as it serves no purpose. Create an application as an application and do things the right way.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
window handle is creaeing all the problem check this I am trying to get the handle like this [code] HWND h = this->m_hWnd; [/code] from the dialog class.....This is giving problem.....PLease tell me how can I get the window handle from dialog class. HWND handle. If I get the correct handle then it'll launch the application. Thanks Sujan
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Why do you persist with this? This is totally contrary to the design of Windows applications. Putting all this code into a DLL is just going to cause you problems and, as I have said repeatedly, serves absolutely no purpose. Perhpas if you actually explained what problem you are trying to resolve someone can advise you of a potential solution, but just insisting that you need this as a DLL makes no sense.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
Problem I have explained earlier also. I have built one application in mfc...Now I want to launch that application from another aplication. so I want to make the first application as dll and try to laucnh that application from my 2nd application. Howelse would that be achieved except dll. ??? you tell me. Thanks Sujan
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window handle is creaeing all the problem check this I am trying to get the handle like this [code] HWND h = this->m_hWnd; [/code] from the dialog class.....This is giving problem.....PLease tell me how can I get the window handle from dialog class. HWND handle. If I get the correct handle then it'll launch the application. Thanks Sujan
Sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying. The last few messages you were trying to launch an MFC application held inside a DLL, and now you seem to be doing something else that does not make sense. Where does this dialog fit in to what you have been talking about? And you still have not figured out how to add <pre> tags around your code!
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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Problem I have explained earlier also. I have built one application in mfc...Now I want to launch that application from another aplication. so I want to make the first application as dll and try to laucnh that application from my 2nd application. Howelse would that be achieved except dll. ??? you tell me. Thanks Sujan
sujandasmahapatra wrote:
Howelse would that be achieved except dll.
This has nothing to do with DLLs; I can only repeat: this is not the way to do it, DLLs are shared libraries not stand alone applications. If you want to launch a second application from a first then use one of the proper API functions[^].
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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window handle is creaeing all the problem check this I am trying to get the handle like this [code] HWND h = this->m_hWnd; [/code] from the dialog class.....This is giving problem.....PLease tell me how can I get the window handle from dialog class. HWND handle. If I get the correct handle then it'll launch the application. Thanks Sujan
HWND is a public member of CDialog -- you can access it just like any other member of CDialog class.
HWND CMyDialog::GetHandle()
{
return m_hWnd;
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HWND is a public member of CDialog -- you can access it just like any other member of CDialog class.
HWND CMyDialog::GetHandle()
{
return m_hWnd;
}Yet_another_Coder_Dude wrote:
HWND is a public member of CDialog
No,
HWNDis a type defined in Windows.h.Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
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HWND is a public member of CDialog -- you can access it just like any other member of CDialog class.
HWND CMyDialog::GetHandle()
{
return m_hWnd;
}when I try to access the m_hWnd from my dialog it says "unused ???"....Why is it so . [code] MyView::OnButtonClick() { HWND h = m_hWnd; //h is coming as unsed ??? its not getting good value. } [/code] Please tell me whats going wrong in this ? Thanks Sujan