that is what i was originally thinking. but that again is what i was hoping to avoid. when you get to large files this function becomes slow. thank you.

it is a access database being accessed through odbc.

you know that may be what i want to do, but i can not find any documentation on it. what does that function actually do? and what does it required to be passed? thanks

yes, i am sorry i am most likely using the wrong wording for vc++. pack and zap are database terms. pack will permently delete all records marked for deletion. zap removes all records from the table. are there any mfc functions that do the same.

is there a way to pack or zap a recordset? or do i have to create an outside program?

actually i have 2 threads. one for scanning or importing and the other for icr and saving. as thread 1 scans the other processes the prev image (if still in the buffer). i have a window for the scanner that pops up and there is a cancel button. it all works great the scanner will usally have to process the log that is ready to scan before it stops but i do not have any idle time to have the status bar update when ever.

my program imports or scans images and preforms icr on the image and archives that image to a drive or cd. i can also do all this in less that 1 sec. my program does lots in little time. some scan session will scan over 5000 documents without crashes. all i need to know if a statusbar can be forced to update.

i need to show text in my status bar to show a process working and what is happening. the problem is i have no idle time to update the status bar. how can i update the status bar without stopping my code?. (or can i?)

I have a toolbar that under certain conditions i may need to diable an item. how can this be done? the only set function i can find is SetButtonInfo. i tried to change the state of the toolbar button to point to an id with out a function. i noted if i do that as i am building the toolbar and did not yet attach a function to it that is shows diabled. i tried the following CToolBar* pBar = &m_wndToolBar; if (pBar != NULL) { pBar->SetButtonInfo(11,ID_NULL,TBBS_BUTTON,11); } this had no effect on the toolbar. thank you for any help

I HAVE NOTICED WHEN TYPING IN A ENTRY BOX MY CURSOR DISAPPEARS. WHEN I TAB OFF THE CURSOR COMES BACK THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE NOW IS IF I TAB FROM AN ENTRY BOX TO A COMBO BOX ( I HAVE SET IT AUTO OPEN)I LOOSE THE CURSOR AND CAN NOT GET IT BACK UNTIL I SELECT AN ITEM FROM THE COMBO LIST. IS THERE A WAY TO BRING THE CURSOR BACK. THANK YOU.

thank you. after reading on stl i really did not want to add that much overhead to my program when i am only reading a file that would be about 5k max.

the following code will not compile but can i load the entire contents of a file into a CString? or is there a better way? int filelen = 0; CString Cbuf; ...... if(rfile.Open(openfile,CFile::modeRead | CFile::shareDenyWrite,NULL)){ filelen = rfile.GetLength(); if(filelen>0){ rfile.Read(Cbuf,filelen); ........ thank you.

i have a list box that allows the user to mark items to be deleted. on exit of the application i check the listbox and delete the records. i have double checked and none of my records are duplicated. but i do have some logs that have duplicate core data(all but 3 fields the same). the error occurs on the delete function. i have tried a try/catch around the delete function and it will trap the error and exit me out of my loop, but that is not what i need. again i do not have a sort set on the records, my list box takes care of and sorting. thank you do{ retval = pCtrl->GetItemState(ckrec,LVIS_STATEIMAGEMASK); if(retval == LVIS_SELECTED && !m_pSet->IsEOF()){ UpdateData(true); m_pSet->SetAbsolutePosition(ckrec+1); DeleteFile(Buffer); m_pSet->Delete(); } ckrec++; }while(ckrec <= pCtrl->GetItemCount());

yes i did that, but i found my problem. very stupid in my new class i forgot to add #include

that is another part of my problem. the external function that i want to use it in is another class.

how can i make a carray global. i have tried adding it in a header but it does not like my definion. i have tried making it extern but it again does not like my definion. it works great within the dialog it is created in. i am using it to hold report data. thank you. this is how i have it created. ******************************************* in h file ******************************************* typedef struct{ CString a; CString b; CString c; } MYCARRAYSTRUCT; ******************************************** in cpp file ******************************************** *************created global for the cpp MYCARRAYSTRUCT mycarraystruct; CArray mycarray; *************my funtion do{ ........ mycarraystruct.a = m_pSet->firstfield; mycarraystruct.b = m_pSet->secondfield; ..................... m_pSet->MoveNext(); }while.............

i have created a try/catch/throw handler. it allows me to trap the error with my own message and exit my loop. but what i need is a way to prevent the error from happening at all. is this possible? actually i did not mention that i am using a crecordset that is setup as snapshot. this is the only way i could get a VFP database to work.

not really, but is the dialog modeless. if it is modal you would only have access to the new top level dialog. sorry thats all i have.

if i understand correctly you wish to bring a child dialog to the top without setting focus to the child. to do this you could use the SWP_NOACTIVATE flag. or you could use a comination of different flags to get the exact settings you require. SWP_ASYNCWINDOWPOS SWP_DEFERERASE SWP_DRAWFRAME SWP_FRAMECHANGED SWP_HIDEWINDOW SWP_NOACTIVATE SWP_NOMOVE SWP_NOOWNERZORDER SWP_NOREDRAW SWP_NOREPOSITION SWP_NOSENDCHANGING SWP_NOSIZE SWP_NOZORDER SWP_SHOWWINDOW

i had a similar problem. i am not sure way it did not work but seem bto be the way the dialog was created. my work around was to shift the x,y pos 1 pixel. this allowed the setwindowpos to work and setfocus.