Re: function won't work inside MFC dialog class

From:
"Frank Hickman [MVP]" <fhickman3_NOSP@M_noblesoft.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:06:45 -0400
Message-ID:
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"Sgt. York" <york@frontlines.org> wrote in message
news:cf6dnfXFnObeywrZnZ2dnUVZ_rudnZ2d@scnresearch.com...

Z.K. wrote:

Okay, I got that to work with the code below, but how do I access my
member variable m_Sensor.SetWindowText("hello"). Everytime I do I get an
error specifying that is illegal to call a non-static function from a
static function.

   Z.K.

static int __stdcall gotSensor(CPhidgetInterfaceKitHandle phid, void
*meh, int ind, int val);

int __stdcall CTestWin32PhidgetDlg::gotSensor(CPhidgetInterfaceKitHandle
phid, void *meh, int ind, int val)
{

    CString temp;
    temp = "hello";

    //AfxMessageBox("hello");

    //m_Sensor.SetWindowText("hello"); return 0;
}


Exactly. That's why I said "if possible," but in this case it's not, as
the compiler points out. So, you might explore the second option you
specified above. I have not seen enough code to understand the problem
enough to offer any suggestions.

-York


A couple of things you can do...

Write the code to work within your class -or- create a static CMyClass*
m_this member that is initialized to the this pointer and use that within
the static function.

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