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#14 Setup As the .EXE File When Installing

David — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:05:11 -0000

status: open --> closed

#13 Update CResizer rects after initialization

David — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:02:49 -0000

status: open --> closed

#15 Reduce circular references

David — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:55:01 -0000

status: open --> closed
assigned_to: David

#15 Reduce circular references

David — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:57:30 -0000

Hi Steffen.

Thanks for your interest in Win32++. I take issue with your terminology though. Technically speaking, Win32++ does not have "circular references" as such. It does have header files which include other header files, but that's to be expected in C++ code. These inclusions are hierarchical, not circular.

If I understand correctly, you've described some of the issues you've experienced trying to break the Win32++ code down to its component parts. Perhaps it would help to understand Win32++ in terms of core features and optional features. The core features should be treated as a set. Each optional feature can be treated in isolation.

It is the wxx_wincore.h header which contains or includes the full set of core features which are used by the rest of the library. These core features are defined in several files, but they are all included when we include wxx_wincore.h. The main core features are:
- CCriticalSection
- CException
- CWinThread
- CWinApp
- CWnd
- CDC

Some useful utilities are also included by wxx_wincore.h, such as:
- CString
- Text conversions (AtoT, TtoA etc.)
- Safe string copy functions (StrCopyA, StrCopyT, StrCopy)
- CRect, CPoint, CSize
- MIN and MAX macros
- some global functions

Anything that's not defined in or included by wxx_wincore.h is optional. We can choose whether or not to use them. The optional features will utilise at least some of the features from the core set.

Best regards,
David

Reduce circular references

Steffen Ploetz — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:48:55 -0000

I have started to replace my own Win32 class library with Win32++ and found that circular references in the header files make it difficult for me to upgrade the code step by step. So far I have noticed especially the MIN and MAX macros and StrCopyA(), StrCopyT() and StrCopy() functions (they are declared in "wxx_appcore0.h"/defined in "wxx_appcore.h" and trigger a circular reference since MAX is used in "wxx_cstring.h" and CString is used in "wxx_appcore0.h"; and since StrCopy() is used in "wxx_exception.h" and CFileException is used in "wxx_file.h" and subsequently CFile requires access to g_msg... string constants defined in "wxx_appcore0.h"). In addition to that I suggest to rework/move the g_msg... string constants in order to habe the possibility to provide internationalization.

Reduce circular references

Steffen Ploetz — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:48:55 -0000

Ticket 15 has been modified: Reduce circular references
Edited By: David (david_nash)
Status updated: u'open' => u'closed'
Owner updated: None => u'david_nash'

#14 Setup As the .EXE File When Installing

David — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:33:41 -0000

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, since Win32++ isn't an application, a zip file containing the code seems more appropriate. Distributing the code as a zip file allows users to deal with multiple versions of Win32++ if required.

Note: If you want to create a .exe setup file for an application you've created from Win32++, you could use something like NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System).
It can be dowloaded from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/

Best regards,
David

Setup As the .EXE File When Installing

p7b4 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:53:07 -0000

For installing Win32++, can you make the .exe setup file?

Setup As the .EXE File When Installing

p7b4 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:53:07 -0000

Ticket 14 has been modified: Setup As the .EXE File When Installing
Edited By: David (david_nash)
Status updated: u'open' => u'closed'

#13 Update CResizer rects after initialization

Claudio Nicora — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:18:10 -0000

Thanks for having accepted my proposal and for your great work.

Best wishes
Claudio