Re: LoadString overwrite
On 11 Sep 2006 03:42:56 -0700, "GeH" <geh@geherbert.de> wrote:
Hello,
we are just trying to migrate our application from VC6.0 to VC2005.
In our application we have overloaded CString::LoadString (by making
sure that the linker uses our function before linking MFC42.lib) for
doing some special string replacements.
This means that we have tags in the string resources which are replaced
at runtime.
In MFC 8.0 the CString class is a template class and I couldn't figure
out a possibility to overwrite CString::LoadString(UINT nID).
Overloading it, you get a C2084 (explicit specialization; 'template'
has already been instantiated) error message, and there is no chance to
define the function before the template instatiation (which is done in
afxstr.h).
You might try suppressing the instantiation using the "extern template"
syntax and specializing it yourself. The best solution would be to define
your own xxxLoadString non-member function, as MFC does with AfxLoadString,
and replace your CString::LoadString usage with it. In the future, don't
play linker games to replace member functions.
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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