Re: Help!!! I give up...Confused!

From:
"Robby" <logicom@sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sat, 27 May 2006 08:26:15 -0700
Message-ID:
<nc_dg.3821$%Z2.424486@news20.bellglobal.com>
Hi David,

First and foremost, before I begin exchanging with you about our VC++
postings, I would like to confirm with you that this reply post works! For
as you know I have been having problems responding to my messages when going
through the MS website. And now, I am trying to reply to you through the
Microsoft Outlook newsreader. (I fiddled around with Outlook and now I am
trying this in Outlook, I know that I should of used Outlook express! sorry,
my mistake!.... However I would like to test this!) I have created a new
newsgroup account and subscribed to it.... it is the first time I do this,
so I don't know if I did this right!

Would you be so kind to let me know if you get this test reply post, I would
truely appreciate your cooperation on this!

Thankyou my freind!

Robert!

"David Wilkinson" <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote in message
news:OMYT%23G1fGHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Robby wrote:

Hello,

It is against my will to post such a lenghty problem, however... I give
up!....I don't know what is wrong with this program... It must have
something to do with the way my objects are declared which renders my
base class to forget the value of one of its members.

I recently got back into, inheritance, polymorphism and virtual methods.
I really don't need the power of polymorphism right now since I don't
need to create a base class pointer type. I just need to call methods in
my classes while in WndProc!
The program compiles without errors!

Anyhow, I think you would better understand the code posted below....
Again, sorry for the lenghty code... I have tried to cut it down the most
I can while keeping the integrity of the problem as a whole.

=====================================================class components
{
public:
components(){}
virtual ~components() {}
virtual void SYS_set_FLAG_AllTrueInCase();
virtual bool SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase();
virtual void SYS_SFCC(bool bCondTrue);
private:

//By default this member is set to true before every "switch(message)"
bool FLAG_AllTrueInCase; };

void components::SYS_set_FLAG_AllTrueInCase()
{
FLAG_AllTrueInCase =true;
}

bool components::SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase()
{
//Under cursor in debug, at this point, FLAG_AllTrueInCase
//is true??? Didn't we set it to false ???????
return FLAG_AllTrueInCase; }

void components::SYS_SFCC(bool bCondTrue)
{

//Set FLAG_AllTrueInCase to true if FLAG_AllTrueInCase //and bCondTrue
equals to true else set it to false.

if(FLAG_AllTrueInCase && bCondTrue)
 FLAG_AllTrueInCase =true;
else
 FLAG_AllTrueInCase =false; //Therefore: FLAG_AllTrueInCase is set to
false...right!

}

//-----------------------------------------------

class transitions:public components
{
public:
transitions(){}
virtual ~transitions(){}
virtual bool SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase(); virtual void SYS_SFCC(bool
bCondTrue);

};

bool transitions::SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase()
{
if (components::SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase())
return true;
else
return false;
}

void transitions::SYS_SFCC(bool bCondTrue)
{
components::SYS_SFCC(bCondTrue);
}

//-----------------------------------------------

class T_LOGIC:public transitions
{
public:
T_LOGIC(){}
virtual ~T_LOGIC(){}
virtual void get_BOOL_AND_INPUT (int Bool_ID_1, int Bool_ID_2, IO *io);
protected:
};

void T_LOGIC::get_BOOL_AND_INPUT(int Bool_ID_1, int Bool_ID_2, IO *io)
{

//Gets the actual value of input 1 and 2. If they are both true! then...
else....
//As I run the program, input 1 and 2 are false!!!!! so then (else is
fetched!)

if (io->getBOOL_INPUT_IMT(Bool_ID_1) && io->getBOOL_INPUT_IMT(Bool_ID_2))
transitions::SYS_SFCC(true);
else
transitions::SYS_SFCC(false);
}

//-----------------------------------------------

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message,
WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{

static ENVIR envir;
static IO io;

transitions *pT_TRANSITION = new transitions;
T_LOGIC *pT_LOGIC = new T_LOGIC;

switch(message)
{

case WM_TIMER:

//Upon the next line, the component's member //FLAG_AllTrueInCase will be
set to false!
pT_LOGIC->get_BOOL_AND_INPUT(2,3,&io); //Now lets check for the value of
FLAG_AllTrueInCase //It Should return a false!!!! But it returns a
true... confused!
if(pT_TRANSITION->SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase())
{}

....other code.....

delete pT_TRANSITION;
delete pT_LOGIC;

...other code.....

=====================================================

In short... What must I do to keep the component's member value as
static. I tried to make it static, but the compiler gives an error!

All suggestions very appreciated....

I feel very bad for this and above all, confused!

Hope to hear from you all!


Robby:

1. You have a non-static member variable FLAG_AllTrueInCase that is not
initialized in the constructor. This is an absolute no-no. Thw whole
purpose of the cosntructor is to initialize the object.

2. I'm not sure what you mean by "keep the component's member value as
static". If you want it to be a static member, then learn how to define a
static member variable of a class (don't just give up). Hint: you have to
define it in the implementation file.

3. Your pT_TRANSITION and pT_LOGIC are pointers to separate objects, so
they have separate values of FLAG_AllTrueInCase.

4. Don't use "new" for local variables. Create them on the stack.

5. Use const modifier on methods that do not change the object (e.g. your
SYS_get_FLAG_AllTrueInCase(). It makes the code so much easier to
understand.

David Wilkinson

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