C/C++ programmers.. need some help.

[reaper]

you know networking and programming go hand in hand.

[console]

See thats the problem.. I'm not a programmer and don't foresee myself as being a programmer, however this class is required for my degree for which I would like to pursue a career in networking, although I know programming is a part of everything generally computer related. [...] The reason I'm here the night before it's due is because the first week of the assignment it was midterms week, the following week after that was spring break in which I was away for that whole week.. so here I am

Haha, well OK -- thanks for the context, it helps me understand better what is going on...

I'd say you were on the right track as far as adding the .txt filter to the open/save dialogs.  Having seen the rest of the program now, I'd say you probably don't want to make separate Import/Export methods.  However, the way you had added the filter, your code was replacing the .xml, rather than adding .txt in addition to the .xml.  So you'll want to modify that code so that the dialog can allow the user to choose both .txt and .xml formats.

From there, you're going to need to look at the Load() and Save() methods, to make them handle both loading/saving .txt in addition to .xml.

Personally my approach would probably be to rename the current Load() and Save() methods to LoadXML() and SaveXML().  Then make new Load() and Save() methods which examine the filename passed in, looking at whether the filename ends in .txt or .xml.  If it ends in .xml, then call the LoadXML() or SaveXML() method.  Otherwise if it ends in .txt, call a new method LoadTXT() or SaveTXT(), which you will need to write.


BTW, feel free to post the compiler errors when you try to compile with VC 2005.  We can probably figure out why it's not finding the header files.


Regards,

quadz

[[N]auTiCa]

reaper.. yeah I'm aware networking and programming go hand in hand, I've done some network administration yrs back. For now I'm focusing on getting my certs and not having to worry about programming

I'd say you were on the right track as far as adding the .txt filter to the open/save dialogs.  Having seen the rest of the program now, I'd say you probably don't want to make separate Import/Export methods.  However, the way you had added the filter, your code was replacing the .xml, rather than adding .txt in addition to the .xml.  So you'll want to modify that code so that the dialog can allow the user to choose both .txt and .xml formats.

From there, you're going to need to look at the Load() and Save() methods, to make them handle both loading/saving .txt in addition to .xml.

Personally my approach would probably be to rename the current Load() and Save() methods to LoadXML() and SaveXML().  Then make new Load() and Save() methods which examine the filename passed in, looking at whether the filename ends in .txt or .xml.  If it ends in .xml, then call the LoadXML() or SaveXML() method.  Otherwise if it ends in .txt, call a new method LoadTXT() or SaveTXT(), which you will need to write.


BTW, feel free to post the compiler errors when you try to compile with VC 2005.  We can probably figure out why it's not finding the header files.

Ok.. I'm looking into the Load() and Save() methods right now trying to figure out how they work respectively. If i were to call a new method for which I have to write.. how much code are we looking at here? This better not take me long, I still have to type up the report to this lol.

also here are the errors.. I'm getting less errors now that I enabled MFC support, however it's still not finding afxwin.h

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Xml.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Translate.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
SystemTray.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
StdAfx.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Splash.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
SAPrefsSubDlg.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
SAPrefsStatic.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
SAPrefsDialog.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
RecycleBin.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Picture.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
old_BtnST.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
NotePosition.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Note.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
MainFrm.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
LayeredWindowHelperST.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
HyperLink.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
ErrorLog.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgUseUserInformation.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgUserInformation.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgSnooze.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Generating Code...
Compiling...
DlgSetTitle.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgSetAlarm.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgRecycleBinHelp.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgRecycleBin.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsTransparancy.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsToolbar.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsServer.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsRecycleBin.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsNewNote.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsLooks.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsLanguage.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsHotKey.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsGeneral.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsFont.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsDatabase.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsCharset.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsBehaviour.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgOptionsAlarm.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgLanguage.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgGuide.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Generating Code...
Compiling...
DlgDeleteInformation.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
DlgCreateNewLanguage.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
CMapi.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
ChildView.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
BtnST.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
BCMenu.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Base64.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
Backup.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
AutoRichEditCtrl.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
A Note.cpp
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\stdafx.h(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
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Build log was saved at "file://c:\A_Note_4_2_1_src\A Note\Source\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
Project - 50 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========


[console]

Ok.. I'm looking into the Load() and Save() methods right now trying to figure out how they work respectively. If i were to call a new method for which I have to write.. how much code are we looking at here? This better not take me long, I still have to type up the report to this lol.

Essentially, you'll need to make a "txt" equivalent to all the methods in Xml.cpp.  That's not literally true: what you'll need is to make up your own text format that has equivalent functionality.

For someone who is actually trying to learn programming, this is actually a pretty good assignment.  It means you need to understand the data structure you're trying to load and save, and you have to come up with your own text format to describe the data for one or more of these "notes" being saved & loaded.

In your case, where you're not interested in programming, I dunno what to tell you.   I don't see how you're going to pull this off without really taking time to understand the problem.

also here are the errors.. I'm getting less errors now that I enabled MFC support, however it's still not finding afxwin.h

First thing I'd suggest is to make sure "afxwin.h" is actually on your hard drive SOMEWHERE.

For me, it's at: C:\dev\vs.net-2003\Vc7\atlmfc\include\afxwin.h

Obviously it will be different for you, but the main thing is: do you have the file?  If so, we can figure out how to tell the compiler how to find it, too.


Regards,

quadz

[[N]auTiCa]

Well I don't have either the afxwin.h or windows.h files. I am downloading a supposed fix to this. It's a 400mb file and it's taking a while to d/l. It should be done in about 40 mins. I will apply the update and try to rebuild the program.

I guess I can't say I'm not interested in programming, it's just that I don't have time to commit to it right now, but I have no other choice because it's mandatory I finish this for my project.

I've been looking over xml.h and the different call methods and trying to understand them. I have a much better understanding of them than I did this morning. I will keep looking over code until this d/l completes. Once it's done, I'll let you know how it turns out.

[reaper]

okay, hopefully i'm wrong, but you may have run into some bad luck.

[[N]auTiCa]

I'm installing the platform SDK right now.. I do have VS 2005, the full version from school, but I had un-installed it and was going to try the express edition, but basically the same errors came up.

After I install the SDK, I'll try to see if it works.. if it doesn't I'll just go ahead and re-install the full version of VS 2005.

And yes the program seems simple enough to add the ability to display .txt in the drop down menu system, the problem  is compiling what I have to see if it's right. I'll find out once I get this addon up and running.

[console]

i think the program shouldn't require much altering,  the program creates xml files, which can be exported, and later imported (on any machine with anote) , and these xml files are interpreted by anote so thate "notes" are generated/saved.  good thing that xml is just a way to structure data, and very much like a .txt file. 

so all the code that converts the xml into notes should be able to stay the same, and you just have to add the ability to select a .txt file, and make sure that file is converted to the notes, and as far as i can tell, the only difference is the file extension.

Well... I hope you're right.  I considered mentioning earlier that an XML file is technically a "text file", but figured that might confuse the issue.

If this assignment really is as simple as just adding a ".txt" filter option to the file dialog, then I would say Nautica 'lucked out'.  In the real world a 'txt' exporter is not going to be the same format as a 'xml' exporter.  (It would be "incomprehensible." )


Regards,

[[N]auTiCa]

If this assignment really is as simple as just adding a ".txt" filter option to the file dialog, then I would say Nautica 'lucked out'.  In the real world a 'txt' exporter is not going to be the same format as a 'xml' exporter.  (It would be "incomprehensible." )

So does that mean what I have is somewhat correct? 

[console]

So does that mean what I have is somewhat correct?

I'm not sure how to guess.  It would be wrong if this were any kind of real-world assignment.  Do you have your instructor's actual words describing this assignment handy?

[[N]auTiCa]

I'm not sure how to guess.  It would be wrong if this were any kind of real-world assignment.  Do you have your instructor's actual words describing this assignment handy?

Yeah.. here is the assignment, word for word.

----
Change request: This change requests consists of adding new import/export features to

[console]

here is the assignment, word for word.
----
Change request: This change requests consists of adding new import/export features to

[reaper]

yeah, i seen the error said "i" was undeclared or something, so i looked at the line number of the error, and "i" was there.

[[N]auTiCa]

What can I say... I mean I'll try my best to see what I can come up with. I doubt it will be right, but some credit is better than no credit.

I'll add /Zc:forScope and see what happens... and reaper.. yes I do need  lol.

I think I'm going to finish typing up the report now and get back to the code a bit later.

I'm east coast and it's 1:30am.. damn where has the time gone??

btw.. I don't believe I have to write a whole new format for xml. All I have to do is modify the popup menu so the drop down contains .txt along with .xml thats it.

EDIT:

After enabling Zc:forScope my error has gone away and I now only have warnings, 19 to be exact and here is the log

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Compiling...
MainFrm.cpp
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\atlbase.h(513) : warning C4996: '_vsnprintf' was declared deprecated
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdio.h(339) : see declaration of '_vsnprintf'
        Message: 'This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using _vsnprintf_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE. See online help for details.'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\atlbase.h(537) : warning C4996: '_vsnprintf' was declared deprecated
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdio.h(339) : see declaration of '_vsnprintf'
        Message: 'This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using _vsnprintf_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE. See online help for details.'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\atlbase.h(561) : warning C4996: '_vsnwprintf' was declared deprecated
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdio.h(450) : see declaration of '_vsnwprintf'
        Message: 'This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using _vsnwprintf_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE. See online help for details.'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\atlbase.h(584) : warning C4996: '_vsnwprintf' was declared deprecated
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdio.h(450) : see declaration of '_vsnwprintf'
        Message: 'This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using _vsnwprintf_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE. See online help for details.'
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.cpp(802) : warning C4312: 'type cast' : conversion from 'UINT' to 'HMENU' of greater size
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.cpp(803) : warning C4312: 'type cast' : conversion from 'UINT' to 'HMENU' of greater size
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.cpp(887) : warning C4101: 'szFilter' : unreferenced local variable
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.cpp(917) : warning C4101: 'szFilter' : unreferenced local variable
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.cpp(1362) : warning C4800: 'CNote *' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning)
c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.cpp(2104) : warning C4800: 'BOOL' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning)
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(566) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(563) : while compiling class template member function 'void CArray<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=HICON,
            ARG_TYPE=HICON
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\systemtray.h(154) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CArray<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=HICON,
            ARG_TYPE=HICON
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(566) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(563) : while compiling class template member function 'void CArray<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=int,
            ARG_TYPE=int &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\bcmenu.h(278) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CArray<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=int,
            ARG_TYPE=int &
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1105) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1102) : while compiling class template member function 'void CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=CMainFrame::tagCString,
            ARG_TYPE=CMainFrame::tagCString &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.h(58) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=CMainFrame::tagCString,
            ARG_TYPE=CMainFrame::tagCString &
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1105) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1102) : while compiling class template member function 'void CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=void *,
            ARG_TYPE=void *
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\mainfrm.h(124) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=void *,
            ARG_TYPE=void *
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1518) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1515) : while compiling class template member function 'void CMap<KEY,ARG_KEY,VALUE,ARG_VALUE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            KEY=CSAPrefsSubDlg *,
            ARG_KEY=CSAPrefsSubDlg *,
            VALUE=DWORD,
            ARG_VALUE=DWORD &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\saprefsdialog.h(143) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CMap<KEY,ARG_KEY,VALUE,ARG_VALUE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            KEY=CSAPrefsSubDlg *,
            ARG_KEY=CSAPrefsSubDlg *,
            VALUE=DWORD,
            ARG_VALUE=DWORD &
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1105) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1102) : while compiling class template member function 'void CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=CDlgRecycleBin::tagCString,
            ARG_TYPE=CDlgRecycleBin::tagCString &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\dlgrecyclebin.h(55) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=CDlgRecycleBin::tagCString,
            ARG_TYPE=CDlgRecycleBin::tagCString &
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1105) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1102) : while compiling class template member function 'void CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=tagNote,
            ARG_TYPE=tagNote &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\dlgrecyclebin.h(56) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=tagNote,
            ARG_TYPE=tagNote &
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1105) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(1102) : while compiling class template member function 'void CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=CRecycleBin::tagCString,
            ARG_TYPE=CRecycleBin::tagCString &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\recyclebin.h(35) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CList<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=CRecycleBin::tagCString,
            ARG_TYPE=CRecycleBin::tagCString &
        ]
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(566) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'const INT_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data
        c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\afxtempl.h(563) : while compiling class template member function 'void CArray<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>::Dump(CDumpContext &) const'
        with
        [
            TYPE=CMapiRecipient,
            ARG_TYPE=CMapiRecipient &
        ]
        c:\a_note_4_2_1_src\a note\source\cmapi.h(64) : see reference to class template instantiation 'CArray<TYPE,ARG_TYPE>' being compiled
        with
        [
            TYPE=CMapiRecipient,
            ARG_TYPE=CMapiRecipient &
        ]
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it didn't make much sense to me that the project would be that easy, but the functionality of the project doesnt make much sense to me either.  only anote creates, and displays the files, so i'm not sure why you are changing the format (maybe other than to learn something)  or in this case pretty much pass the class : )

In the literal view, yes: why add a new import/export format when only this program creates/reads its own files?  You're right, from that standpoint it's fairly pointless.

But I would still argue that it's a good "real-world" assignment.  Programs like WinAmp read playlists in multiple formats.  Programs like Excel save out spreadsheets in multiple formats (comma-separated .txt, tab-separated .txt, etc.)  The program I write for my employer saves in both XML and TXT formats, among others.  It's pretty common to have to add data importer/exporter features to programs in multiple formats.

that's pretty weird, because it doesn't specifiy how much of the structure to change, i'd say get rid of xml formatting..

Well, it says "simple format for TXT".  XML is hierarchical by nature.  If you just "get rid of xml formatting" you'll end up with no structure defining the hierarchical data.  (Hint: IT WOULD BE INCOMPREHENSIBLE!!! )

A simple TXT format will probably have no hierarchy.  More like a .INI file.  Something to indicate the start of a "note" then a bunch of fields... and so on for each subsequent note...


Regards,

quadz