Re: MFC and User Defined objects

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
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Date:
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:09:49 GMT
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"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Mar 13, 4:54 pm, "AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote:

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"AliR (VC++ MVP)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote in message
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"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp> wrote in message
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one-trick-pony wrote:

Greetings,

I am trying to PostMessage from a user defined generic class/object
in
MFC Dialog based application to Dialog/main window. I don't know
how
to do that. I am utilizing worker threads. A thread instantiates
an
object(from user defined generic class) and utilizes newly created
object. What user defined object code does is actually launch a
process, for sake for argument lets say, Windows Notepad.exe using
CreateProcess. As long as that process is running, I want to
PostMessage that updates a progress bar on Main GUI dialog. I can
do
it if I embed the code right into my application by writing the code
directly into it or declare, define and use member function of
Dialog/
main program itself. But I want to learn new material by
incorporting
a user defined class and then interacting with main application
code.
To recap:

MFC Dialog based Main application exectues-> It launches a
thread. ->
Thread uses user defined generic class to instantiate a new
bject. -

New Object should run and should PostMessage to Main window to


update progress bar.

Again, I don't know how to do this. How to tell newly created
object
from user defined class, which is running within a Worker Thread, to
successfully post message to main GUI? I know that Worker threads
are
not allowed to interact with GUI objects.

Any good software engineering solution will be greatly appreciated.
I
thank you.


Your object in a worker thread needs to be passed a CWnd* or HWND for
the main window. This can be passed into to the thread function via
the
thread parameter.

Then you can use pwnd->PostMessage or ::PostMessage(hwnd,..) from
your
object. Example here...
http://vcfaq.mvps.org/mfc/12.htm

--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]


I would pass the HWND instead of the CWnd, you never know CWnd my not
be
thread safe. Or the CWnd object might get destroyed without the thread
knowing about it.


There is no problem passing a CWnd* to a thread and using it to post
messages.

If it is destroyed, it is a programming bug.


Why would that be a programming bug? It's a window, it has a mind of
its
own. And it's completely independent of the thread. The thread my use
the
window to display some info, or what not, but the thread doesn't need a
window to exists or do its work.

Lets say that the program is monitoring id on disk in a worker thread,
and
at the same time a dialog is displaying some information about the thread
process. Lets say the user says I don't want to see this window anymore.
So
the window goes away (the programmer decides to destroy the window, since
there is no way for the user to recall the dialog again, it doesn't
necessarily mean that the thread would need to stop working also. Does
it?

This might not be user friendly but its by no means forbidden or illegal
for
someone to do.

AliR.


In that case, how will a HWnd help(instead of CWnd*)?

---
Ajay


PostMessage(hWnd,...); will never crash. even if the window is long gone.

pWnd->PostMessage(....) will crash if pWnd has been deleted.

AliR.

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