okee dokee...plain and simple:
The setup:
-one parent window
-one edit window as a child (WS_CHILD or ES_MULTILINE)
-one other child window
Here's what I want to do:
-have the edit window as a editor
-have the other child window use the text from edit window to draw things. Text needs to be parsed for commands
How I'm making it work:
-Every time I need to paint other child, I call GetWindowText on the Edit window and copy it to a buffer. Then I access the buffer.
Why this way is stupid:
-Doing it this way means I have the *same* text in memory twice. It also means I'm doing a lot of calls to GetWindowText that are probably unneccesary
What I need help with:
-I want to have the child window and edit control share a block of memory allocated by GlobalAlloc,GPTR. I tried using EM_SETHANDLE and EM_GETHANDLE and it works for awhile then dies. The edit control keeps the information but for some reason the other window loses it. i think the edit control is pulling something on me.
Can anyone give me some help? Can anyone give me a clue as to what's going on?
Thanks to all
--Chorus
The setup:
-one parent window
-one edit window as a child (WS_CHILD or ES_MULTILINE)
-one other child window
Here's what I want to do:
-have the edit window as a editor
-have the other child window use the text from edit window to draw things. Text needs to be parsed for commands
How I'm making it work:
-Every time I need to paint other child, I call GetWindowText on the Edit window and copy it to a buffer. Then I access the buffer.
Why this way is stupid:
-Doing it this way means I have the *same* text in memory twice. It also means I'm doing a lot of calls to GetWindowText that are probably unneccesary
What I need help with:
-I want to have the child window and edit control share a block of memory allocated by GlobalAlloc,GPTR. I tried using EM_SETHANDLE and EM_GETHANDLE and it works for awhile then dies. The edit control keeps the information but for some reason the other window loses it. i think the edit control is pulling something on me.
Can anyone give me some help? Can anyone give me a clue as to what's going on?
Thanks to all
--Chorus
Are you locking the pointer returned by EM_GETHANDLE before using it?
Hi Chorus,
Just another idea how to do this, if you haven't seen it yet you might want to take a look at the tutorial at Iczelions site by Aesculapius - Memory Mapped Files: Sharing Data Between Instances.
http://spiff.tripnet.se/~iczelion/files/mmf.zip
It looks like this might be an elegant way to share data between your windows and keep it safe from whatever is causing you problems.
Kayaker
Just another idea how to do this, if you haven't seen it yet you might want to take a look at the tutorial at Iczelions site by Aesculapius - Memory Mapped Files: Sharing Data Between Instances.
http://spiff.tripnet.se/~iczelion/files/mmf.zip
It looks like this might be an elegant way to share data between your windows and keep it safe from whatever is causing you problems.
Kayaker
hi chorus
Another way you could do this is have your parent window process the EN_UPDATE or the EN_CHANGE messages so you only call GetWindowText when something has changed.
Another way you could do this is have your parent window process the EN_UPDATE or the EN_CHANGE messages so you only call GetWindowText when something has changed.