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GetUserName fails on WinXP/MinGW [message #19684]

Mon, 05 January 2009 16:26

White_Owl
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Location: New York

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My code

void MyDlg::MyDlg () {
   username.SetData(GetUserName());
   // username is defined as LineEdit in lay
}

Gives an error:

C:/usr/include/winbase.h:1580: error: too few arguments to function `BOOL GetUserNameA(CHAR*, DWORD*)'

I am using U++ 2008.1 Windows installation without MinGW.

And anyway, should not it be GetUserNameW()?

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Re: GetUserName fails on WinXP/MinGW [message #19690 is a reply to message #19684]

Mon, 05 January 2009 22:30

mirek
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[quote title=White_Owl wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 10:26]My code

void MyDlg::MyDlg () {
   username.SetData(GetUserName());
   // username is defined as LineEdit in lay
}

Gives an error:

C:/usr/include/winbase.h:1580: error: too few arguments to function `BOOL GetUserNameA(CHAR*, DWORD*)'

I am using U++ 2008.1 Windows installation without MinGW.

Hard to say without the rest of code. First wild guess is

Upp::GetUserName()

Quote:

And anyway, should not it be GetUserNameW()?

Well, maybe it should, but we are still struggling to support Win98...

Most of code is capable of using 'W' variants where being run on WinNT (or better), essentially hiding all encoding details.

(Anyway, we plan to reconsider the whole issue this year. Maybe 10 years of supporting the crappy OS is enough....)

Mirek

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Re: GetUserName fails on WinXP/MinGW [message #19694 is a reply to message #19690]

Mon, 05 January 2009 22:52

White_Owl
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Registered: January 2009
Location: New York

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luzr wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 22:30

Hard to say without the rest of code. First wild guess is

Upp::GetUserName()

Now I'm getting a different error:

 error: `GetUserNameA' is not a member of `Upp'

BTW, where is this function defined in U++? Which header/source? I can not find it.

[Updated on: Mon, 05 January 2009 22:53]

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Re: GetUserName fails on WinXP/MinGW [message #19696 is a reply to message #19690]

Mon, 05 January 2009 23:16

zsolt
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Registered: December 2005
Location: Budapest, Hungary

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Quote:

Well, maybe it should, but we are still struggling to support Win98...

I think it can be dropped now. I'm unable to run my UPP apps on win98 using current SVN version.
See this: Win98 crashes

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Re: GetUserName fails on WinXP/MinGW [message #19697 is a reply to message #19694]

Mon, 05 January 2009 23:19

mirek
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Registered: November 2005

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White_Owl wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 16:52

luzr wrote on Mon, 05 January 2009 22:30

Hard to say without the rest of code. First wild guess is

Upp::GetUserName()

Now I'm getting a different error:

 error: `GetUserNameA' is not a member of `Upp'

BTW, where is this function defined in U++? Which header/source? I can not find it.

Ah, that might explain a thing Smile

Do you have LATEST svn version? I think this was contributed after last major release.

Mirek

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Re: GetUserName fails on WinXP/MinGW [message #19706 is a reply to message #19684]

Tue, 06 January 2009 15:46

White_Owl
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Location: New York

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Well, as I said in the very first message: "I am using U++ 2008.1 Windows installation without MinGW."
Doing svn checkout now...

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