Re: Should Globally Needed Objects be Members in Main Frame, Application, or be Global?
I guess we all have "our ways" :o) I use the method Scott suggested (an
extern to the app call theApp) all the time and it's worked find for many
applications. I tend to try to make objects stand alone whenever possible
so I mostly only use this mechanism where I would normally use AfxGetApp()
and I just find it convenient to have one place to put objects I want to
access from anywhere. I certainly wouldn't try to fish data from the
application from a DLL, but I wouldn't call AfxGetApp() from a DLL either.
If you do that, why have the DLL in the first place.
Tom
"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Artist wrote:
I have been making objects needed by my entire application members either
the Main Frame ( main window derived from CMDIFrameWnd ) or the
Application
(derived from CWinApp ). To get to these members I use either
GetMainWnd()
or AfxGetApp() to get pointers I can access them with. Now I wonder if
there
is any reason not to make these objects global so the use of GetMainWnd()
or
AfxGetApp() can be dispensed with.
What are the the relative merits of putting objects needed globally for
the
duration of program execution in these three places?
I do exactly the way AliR does. I dont mess with CWinApp either unless
it is related to it (HasA relationship). Keep in mind not all modules
will have access to the App object. For a Regular DLL to access the app
object itself is another task. My advice: unless you have to, dont put
it in App.
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Ajay
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