Re: function pointers and callback functions ?

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Tue, 09 May 2006 18:30:19 -0400
Message-ID:
<Opppmg7cGHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
Z.K. wrote:

I don't normally use function pointers or callback functions, but I have
a function that uses a function pointer to read the value of a sensor
attached to a board that reads analog inputs of the sensor. Now, I have
attempted to convert it to MFC, but I have not yet been successful. Now,
I was reading on the Internet that using callbacks in MFC is not
recommended, but I was wondering what would I use if not a callback.
What I want to do is to capture the input anytime the control is moved
and to display numerical values in a text box or maybe even use a
progress bar. But the program could be doing something else at the same
time and I was wondering how to capture it so that it is displayed at
the time the control is moved.


Intead of a callback you can use PostMessage to the MFC window (your
dialog). If you can change the code that wants to do a callback just
pass it your dialog's m_hWnd and have it call the PostMessage API. If
you can't change it you can write a simple static callback function in
your program that contains the PostMessage call. There are some more
details about using PostMessage here...

http://vcfaq.mvps.org/mfc/12.htm

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Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

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