Re: Difference btw 'this' pointer in EXE and ActiveX

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:24:44 -0500
Message-ID:
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"bharath_r" <bharath.0523@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8ebfba5d-28ef-410f-aabf-690b04c81450@1g2000hsl.googlegroups.com...

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a difference 'this' pointer in EXE
compared to ActiveX. I am developing a custom media player for my
application. I was able to develop the media player as a dialog based
EXE now I want to develop it as an ActiveX. I am using a function to
show the video stream the function prototype is like this
DWORD WINAPI chtStreamOpen(
               HANDLE* phStream, //[OUT]
DWORD dwStreamType, //[IN]
HWND hWnd, //[IN], Video display window handle
PCHTSTREAMINFO pStreamInfo, //[IN/OUT] a structure having stream
information
PCHTCALLBACK pCallback, //[IN] call back function.
void* pContext, //[IN] where pContext is 'this' pointer, the
callback function context
DWORD dwVgDevType //[IN]
);
The thing is this works fine in the EXE but when i use it in ActiveX
its failing. I strongly believe its due to the pContext. Can anyone
help me out of this?

Thanks
Bharath


There is nothing different about a 'this' pointer in an ActiveX. But the
definition of PCHTCALLBACK is crucial here. Is it defined as a C++ member
function? You can't use an ordinary C function signature to call a member
function.

--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

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