HRESULT variable returning negative value
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Greetings. I'm a newbie here and also into C++ programming but I would like to say this is a very helpful site to watch and learn and I would like to thank to all you out there for sharing your knowledge. As part of my interests about C++ and COM objects I was looking some tutorials and I have found this one nicely done: COM from scratch - PART TWO[^] I'm trying to re-create the client part of the improved example but it's not working. When I tried to do some debugging I was looking at some values and I've found this:
hr=-2147221164
Looking for some explanation I made some research and I understood that -among other things- this might be happening because of some uninitialized pointers, but I tried that suggestion and still no luck with MSVS 2008 and this simple code for a client-server application.
//-----------//
// Client
//-----------//
void main(){
HRESULT hr;
IUnknown* pIUnknown;
IComponent* pIComponent;
IClassFactory* pIClassFactory;::CoInitialize(NULL); /\* //Once the CoCreateInstance is called, the component //will be created and the client can not //control it, that's why CoCreateInstance is inflexible //and the solution is to call CoGetClassObject function hr = ::CoCreateInstance(CLSID\_Component,NULL, CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER,IID\_IUnknown,(void\*\*)&pIUnknown) ; if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIUnknown->QueryInterface(IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } \*/ //-------------------------------// // improvement of the client code //------------------------------// // By calling the CoGetClassObject function, the client can control // creation of the component hr=CoGetClassObject(CLSID\_Component,CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER, NULL,IID\_IClassFactory,(void\*\*)&pIClassFactory); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIClassFactory->CreateInstance(NULL, IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } ::CoUninitialize ();}
What could be the reason(s) this
hr
variable is retu
Perhaps there's something useful in the following thread. https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/779932/Class-not-registered-Exception-from-HRESULT-x-REGD#answer2
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Greetings. I'm a newbie here and also into C++ programming but I would like to say this is a very helpful site to watch and learn and I would like to thank to all you out there for sharing your knowledge. As part of my interests about C++ and COM objects I was looking some tutorials and I have found this one nicely done: COM from scratch - PART TWO[^] I'm trying to re-create the client part of the improved example but it's not working. When I tried to do some debugging I was looking at some values and I've found this:
hr=-2147221164
Looking for some explanation I made some research and I understood that -among other things- this might be happening because of some uninitialized pointers, but I tried that suggestion and still no luck with MSVS 2008 and this simple code for a client-server application.
//-----------//
// Client
//-----------//
void main(){
HRESULT hr;
IUnknown* pIUnknown;
IComponent* pIComponent;
IClassFactory* pIClassFactory;::CoInitialize(NULL); /\* //Once the CoCreateInstance is called, the component //will be created and the client can not //control it, that's why CoCreateInstance is inflexible //and the solution is to call CoGetClassObject function hr = ::CoCreateInstance(CLSID\_Component,NULL, CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER,IID\_IUnknown,(void\*\*)&pIUnknown) ; if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIUnknown->QueryInterface(IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } \*/ //-------------------------------// // improvement of the client code //------------------------------// // By calling the CoGetClassObject function, the client can control // creation of the component hr=CoGetClassObject(CLSID\_Component,CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER, NULL,IID\_IClassFactory,(void\*\*)&pIClassFactory); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIClassFactory->CreateInstance(NULL, IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } ::CoUninitialize ();}
What could be the reason(s) this
hr
variable is retu
Perhaps there is something useful in this[^] thread.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Perhaps there is something useful in this[^] thread.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
Hey, thank you very much for that fast reply. I saw that discussion and I see all those errors are related to a poor server registration. In my case, I double checked that my server is registered when I was doing some debugging. If you see the paths provided in the sources there is certainly something like this:
REGEDIT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Codeproject.Component.1 =
Codeproject Component Version 1.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Codeproject.Component.1\CLSID =
{49BF12F1-5041-48da-9B44-AA2FAA63AEFB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Codeproject.Component = Codeproject Component
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Codeproject.Component\CurVer = Codeproject.Component.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{49BF12F1-5041-48da-9B44-AA2FAA63AEFB} =
Codeproject Component 1.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{49BF12F1-5041-48da-9B44-AA2FAA63AEFB}\InprocServer32 =
c:\codeproject\component.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{49BF12F1-5041-48da-9B44-AA2FAA63AEFB}\ProgID =
Codeproject.Component.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{49BF12F1-5041-48da-9B44-AA2FAA63AEFB}\
VersionIndependentProgID = Codeproject.ComponentAll my entries are OK with my server registered so I suppose the problem is somewhere but I can't find it because my lack of expertise. Looking at the MSDN/documentation the value expected should be one of these:
S_OK
Location and connection to the specified class object was successful.REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG
The CLSID is not properly registered. This error can also indicate that the value you specified in dwClsContext is not in the registry.E_NOINTERFACE
Either the object pointed to by ppv does not support the interface identified by riid, or the QueryInterface operation on the class object returned E_NOINTERFACE.REGDB_E_READREGDB
There was an error reading the registration database.CO_E_DLLNOTFOUND
Either the in-process DLL or handler DLL was not found (depending on the context).CO_E_APPNOTFOUND
The executable (.exe) was not found (CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER only).E_ACCESSDENIED
There was a general access failure on load.CO_E_ERRORINDLL
There is an error in the executable image.CO_E_APPDIDNTREG
The executable was launched, but it did not register the class object (and it may have shut down).and not that negative value
hr=-2147221164
What could be happening with this variable
hr
if all variables/pointers are initialized and the server/COM Object is well registered
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Greetings. I'm a newbie here and also into C++ programming but I would like to say this is a very helpful site to watch and learn and I would like to thank to all you out there for sharing your knowledge. As part of my interests about C++ and COM objects I was looking some tutorials and I have found this one nicely done: COM from scratch - PART TWO[^] I'm trying to re-create the client part of the improved example but it's not working. When I tried to do some debugging I was looking at some values and I've found this:
hr=-2147221164
Looking for some explanation I made some research and I understood that -among other things- this might be happening because of some uninitialized pointers, but I tried that suggestion and still no luck with MSVS 2008 and this simple code for a client-server application.
//-----------//
// Client
//-----------//
void main(){
HRESULT hr;
IUnknown* pIUnknown;
IComponent* pIComponent;
IClassFactory* pIClassFactory;::CoInitialize(NULL); /\* //Once the CoCreateInstance is called, the component //will be created and the client can not //control it, that's why CoCreateInstance is inflexible //and the solution is to call CoGetClassObject function hr = ::CoCreateInstance(CLSID\_Component,NULL, CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER,IID\_IUnknown,(void\*\*)&pIUnknown) ; if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIUnknown->QueryInterface(IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } \*/ //-------------------------------// // improvement of the client code //------------------------------// // By calling the CoGetClassObject function, the client can control // creation of the component hr=CoGetClassObject(CLSID\_Component,CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER, NULL,IID\_IClassFactory,(void\*\*)&pIClassFactory); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIClassFactory->CreateInstance(NULL, IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } ::CoUninitialize ();}
What could be the reason(s) this
hr
variable is retu
From MSDN:
Quote:
REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG 0x80040154 Class not registered
Haven't you registered it? Or did you mix something related 32/64bit?
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From MSDN:
Quote:
REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG 0x80040154 Class not registered
Haven't you registered it? Or did you mix something related 32/64bit?
Hey Victor, nice to see you around. Yes, I have registered the server. First, I did it with the script provided by the tutorial (you may take a look at my previous messages), then I made a double check manually comparing the registry entries and it was running perfectly. I'm using for this project MSVS 2008 to avoid problems because the tutorial is very old (2004) and everything is kind of mandatory with the Win32 target (no x64 builds). I'm confused, if not registered (but it is), I should get the something like this
REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG
//The CLSID is not properly registered. This error can also indicate that the value you specified in dwClsContext is not in the registry.This is ackward for
hr=-2147221164
and a successful server/COM Object registration.
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Hey Victor, nice to see you around. Yes, I have registered the server. First, I did it with the script provided by the tutorial (you may take a look at my previous messages), then I made a double check manually comparing the registry entries and it was running perfectly. I'm using for this project MSVS 2008 to avoid problems because the tutorial is very old (2004) and everything is kind of mandatory with the Win32 target (no x64 builds). I'm confused, if not registered (but it is), I should get the something like this
REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG
//The CLSID is not properly registered. This error can also indicate that the value you specified in dwClsContext is not in the registry.This is ackward for
hr=-2147221164
and a successful server/COM Object registration.
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It is not a negative integer, it is a hexadecimal status code. Convert it to its proper value and you can see what it represents.
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Greetings. I'm a newbie here and also into C++ programming but I would like to say this is a very helpful site to watch and learn and I would like to thank to all you out there for sharing your knowledge. As part of my interests about C++ and COM objects I was looking some tutorials and I have found this one nicely done: COM from scratch - PART TWO[^] I'm trying to re-create the client part of the improved example but it's not working. When I tried to do some debugging I was looking at some values and I've found this:
hr=-2147221164
Looking for some explanation I made some research and I understood that -among other things- this might be happening because of some uninitialized pointers, but I tried that suggestion and still no luck with MSVS 2008 and this simple code for a client-server application.
//-----------//
// Client
//-----------//
void main(){
HRESULT hr;
IUnknown* pIUnknown;
IComponent* pIComponent;
IClassFactory* pIClassFactory;::CoInitialize(NULL); /\* //Once the CoCreateInstance is called, the component //will be created and the client can not //control it, that's why CoCreateInstance is inflexible //and the solution is to call CoGetClassObject function hr = ::CoCreateInstance(CLSID\_Component,NULL, CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER,IID\_IUnknown,(void\*\*)&pIUnknown) ; if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIUnknown->QueryInterface(IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } \*/ //-------------------------------// // improvement of the client code //------------------------------// // By calling the CoGetClassObject function, the client can control // creation of the component hr=CoGetClassObject(CLSID\_Component,CLSCTX\_INPROC\_SERVER, NULL,IID\_IClassFactory,(void\*\*)&pIClassFactory); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=pIClassFactory->CreateInstance(NULL, IID\_IComponent,(void\*\*)&pIComponent); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) pIComponent->Print("COM from scratch."); } ::CoUninitialize ();}
What could be the reason(s) this
hr
variable is retu
I don't know how to fix it, but you can find ot more about the error code by converting it to hex (e. g. with the Windows calculator: -2147221164 corresponds to 0x80040154 Then go to this page[^] to find this code and look up its meaning: This error code is listed as
REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG, which means "Class not registered." [edit] P.S.: Only now I see that this is what you've been discussing with Victor above. Sometimes I'm blind.... [/edit]GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I don't know how to fix it, but you can find ot more about the error code by converting it to hex (e. g. with the Windows calculator: -2147221164 corresponds to 0x80040154 Then go to this page[^] to find this code and look up its meaning: This error code is listed as
REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG, which means "Class not registered." [edit] P.S.: Only now I see that this is what you've been discussing with Victor above. Sometimes I'm blind.... [/edit]GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
Hello Stefan, thank you very much for your inputs. By the way, I've been out of town this weekend, I apologize for not being around on time in my own discussion. Many thanks to Richard McCutchan and jschell as well. Stefan, all that makes sense. This error (or status) code is trown at the
CoGetClassObject
function. As I'm following the tutorial instructions, and even the original sources to be sure I'm learning step by step, my guess is that there is something missing with the registration required and those what you can find in the typical .reg file provided. Yes, it's a 15 years old (really good) tutorial and maybe Windows 10 doesn't get along with all those old keys and need something else (I don't know, just guessing, he he). I'm going to make a more in deep research about this because, clearly, the COM Object needs more "registration" somewhere. Kind regards.
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Hello Stefan, thank you very much for your inputs. By the way, I've been out of town this weekend, I apologize for not being around on time in my own discussion. Many thanks to Richard McCutchan and jschell as well. Stefan, all that makes sense. This error (or status) code is trown at the
CoGetClassObject
function. As I'm following the tutorial instructions, and even the original sources to be sure I'm learning step by step, my guess is that there is something missing with the registration required and those what you can find in the typical .reg file provided. Yes, it's a 15 years old (really good) tutorial and maybe Windows 10 doesn't get along with all those old keys and need something else (I don't know, just guessing, he he). I'm going to make a more in deep research about this because, clearly, the COM Object needs more "registration" somewhere. Kind regards.
Member 14499563 wrote:
...15 years old (really good) tutorial and [...] Windows 10...
I strongly suspect that this combination is at least part of the problem (also, I think that, indeed, tutorials used to be better in the past - but that is just my subjective impression ;) ) Unfortunately my knowledge on this topic is no more up to date than this tutorial. I hope you can resolve this anyway.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Member 14499563 wrote:
...15 years old (really good) tutorial and [...] Windows 10...
I strongly suspect that this combination is at least part of the problem (also, I think that, indeed, tutorials used to be better in the past - but that is just my subjective impression ;) ) Unfortunately my knowledge on this topic is no more up to date than this tutorial. I hope you can resolve this anyway.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
I believe that too.A lot of things have happened in so many years and likely that's not a very good combination in this case, specially when it comes to Windows and its sometimes "very tricky" registry. I've tried three different tutorials (unfortunately all of them very old too) and I got the same result at the same point and the same function, so maybe there is something I have to fix behind the scenes of the new Windows 10 registry and well, I'll -try to- work on it. Don't feel sorry for yourself, I really appreciate your input: we can't have all the answers :-D TY Stefan_Lang :thumbsup: