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  • EngelardE Engelard

    @jsulm I told you i know where compiler settings are. I've already tried to set another compiler in my Qt but it did'nt workout for some reason.

    And i just can't find info in VS what compiler i use, also no info in google, or i entering wrong answer.

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    @Engelard said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

    it did'nt workout for some reason

    I explained you what you need to do.

    "How can i find out place where compiler of my VS2017 stored?" - that's why I suggested to look at "Compilers" tab in QtCreator - it will show you where the compiler is. Wasn't that the question you asked?

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    • jsulmJ jsulm

      @Engelard said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

      it did'nt workout for some reason

      I explained you what you need to do.

      "How can i find out place where compiler of my VS2017 stored?" - that's why I suggested to look at "Compilers" tab in QtCreator - it will show you where the compiler is. Wasn't that the question you asked?

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      @jsulm said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

      I suggested to look at "Compilers" tab in QtCreator - it will show you where the compiler is. Wasn't that the question you asked?

      In that tab like 30 compilers. I asked for location of used compiler by VS, why would Qt know what my VS using?

      P.S. here is screen of my Kits where everything:

      alt text

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      • EngelardE Engelard

        @jsulm said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

        I suggested to look at "Compilers" tab in QtCreator - it will show you where the compiler is. Wasn't that the question you asked?

        In that tab like 30 compilers. I asked for location of used compiler by VS, why would Qt know what my VS using?

        P.S. here is screen of my Kits where everything:

        alt text

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        @Engelard Then please formulate more clear questions.
        "How can i find out place where compiler of my VS2017 stored?" - this asks for the location of your VS compiler, not for the compiler currently used in VS...

        https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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        • jsulmJ jsulm

          @Engelard Then please formulate more clear questions.
          "How can i find out place where compiler of my VS2017 stored?" - this asks for the location of your VS compiler, not for the compiler currently used in VS...

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          @jsulm "And i just can't find info in VS what compiler i use"

          Anyway where can i look in Visual Studio for info about compiler currently this IDE using?

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          • EngelardE Engelard

            @jsulm "And i just can't find info in VS what compiler i use"

            Anyway where can i look in Visual Studio for info about compiler currently this IDE using?

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            @Engelard
            As well as sorting out what compilers you are using with @jsulm (which you definitely need to do):

            In the two sets of code, print/debug out at least the following values as you use them:

            sizeof(HMODULE)
            sizeof(modArr)
            cbNeeded
            sizeof(tempSTR)
            sizeof(infoVar)
            

            Any differences?

            Also: to a C++ expert:
            He uses

            char tempSTR[32];
            GetModuleBaseNameA(someHandle, modArr[i], tempSTR, sizeof(tempSTR))
            

            Is the use of char with GetModuleBaseNameA OK? Does it depend on UNICODE or sizeof(char) or something? Should the char be anything like w_char or TCHAR or similar, or the GetModuleBaseNameA() be GetModuleBaseNameW() or plain GetModuleBaseName()? Not my area....

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            • JonBJ JonB

              @Engelard
              As well as sorting out what compilers you are using with @jsulm (which you definitely need to do):

              In the two sets of code, print/debug out at least the following values as you use them:

              sizeof(HMODULE)
              sizeof(modArr)
              cbNeeded
              sizeof(tempSTR)
              sizeof(infoVar)
              

              Any differences?

              Also: to a C++ expert:
              He uses

              char tempSTR[32];
              GetModuleBaseNameA(someHandle, modArr[i], tempSTR, sizeof(tempSTR))
              

              Is the use of char with GetModuleBaseNameA OK? Does it depend on UNICODE or sizeof(char) or something? Should the char be anything like w_char or TCHAR or similar, or the GetModuleBaseNameA() be GetModuleBaseNameW() or plain GetModuleBaseName()? Not my area....

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              @JonB It is LPSTR according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/psapi/nf-psapi-getmodulebasenamea which in turn is char* according to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc230353.aspx

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              • JonBJ JonB

                @Engelard
                As well as sorting out what compilers you are using with @jsulm (which you definitely need to do):

                In the two sets of code, print/debug out at least the following values as you use them:

                sizeof(HMODULE)
                sizeof(modArr)
                cbNeeded
                sizeof(tempSTR)
                sizeof(infoVar)
                

                Any differences?

                Also: to a C++ expert:
                He uses

                char tempSTR[32];
                GetModuleBaseNameA(someHandle, modArr[i], tempSTR, sizeof(tempSTR))
                

                Is the use of char with GetModuleBaseNameA OK? Does it depend on UNICODE or sizeof(char) or something? Should the char be anything like w_char or TCHAR or similar, or the GetModuleBaseNameA() be GetModuleBaseNameW() or plain GetModuleBaseName()? Not my area....

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                @JonB No, all that stuff with char's does'nt matter because 'tital' number is wrong, and displaying of all that stuff after with simple char array works well.

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                • jsulmJ jsulm

                  @JonB It is LPSTR according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/psapi/nf-psapi-getmodulebasenamea which in turn is char* according to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc230353.aspx

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                  @jsulm
                  This isn't my area, so you C++-ers must sort it out! But that doc link says stuff like:

                  nSize
                  The size of the lpBaseName buffer, in characters.

                  That's characters, not bytes. And sizeof() returns, bytes, right? And he might be compiling UNICODE, right? Can I leave this all to you guys, if you're happy that's fine, it was just an observation....

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                  • EngelardE Engelard

                    @JonB No, all that stuff with char's does'nt matter because 'tital' number is wrong, and displaying of all that stuff after with simple char array works well.

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                    @Engelard

                    because 'tital' number is wrong

                    As I said above, I think you should print out the relevant sizeof()s used to calculate that....

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                    • JonBJ JonB

                      @Engelard

                      because 'tital' number is wrong

                      As I said above, I think you should print out the relevant sizeof()s used to calculate that....

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                      @JonB Well, i found different cbNeeded (which inititally DWORD 0). Vs print that is 28(for my test app), when qt print 40.

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                        Christian Ehrlicher
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                        @Engelard said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

                        Vs print that is 28(for my test app), when qt print 40.

                        That's what one would expect since when you link against Qt your app needs more modules.

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                          Damn i found it!

                          There is one more function in WinApi with postfix Ex: EnumProcessModulesEx. As it said in documentation of first function(which in my example):

                          To control whether a 64-bit application enumerates 32-bit modules, 64-bit modules, or both types of modules, use the EnumProcessModulesEx function.

                          All was needed is add Ex to that function and one more parameter at the end LIST_MODULES_ALL

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                          • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                            @Engelard said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

                            Vs print that is 28(for my test app), when qt print 40.

                            That's what one would expect since when you link against Qt your app needs more modules.

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                            @Christian-Ehrlicher
                            From OP's

                            how to print all modules of the selected program
                            void MWindow::printModules(DWORD id)

                            I assumed he was passing the id of another program's modules, not the one he is running! Just shows...

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                            • EngelardE Engelard

                              Damn i found it!

                              There is one more function in WinApi with postfix Ex: EnumProcessModulesEx. As it said in documentation of first function(which in my example):

                              To control whether a 64-bit application enumerates 32-bit modules, 64-bit modules, or both types of modules, use the EnumProcessModulesEx function.

                              All was needed is add Ex to that function and one more parameter at the end LIST_MODULES_ALL

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                              @Engelard
                              I did think it would be some 64-/32-bit issue...!!!
                              Yes, these days you must always look to see if a Windows function has a ...Ex() variant, there are so many of them now!

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                              • JonBJ JonB

                                @Christian-Ehrlicher
                                From OP's

                                how to print all modules of the selected program
                                void MWindow::printModules(DWORD id)

                                I assumed he was passing the id of another program's modules, not the one he is running! Just shows...

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                                @JonB said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

                                I assumed he was passing the id of another program's modules, not the one he is running! Just shows...

                                What :DD

                                ProcessID was100% correct.

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                                • EngelardE Engelard

                                  @JonB said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

                                  I assumed he was passing the id of another program's modules, not the one he is running! Just shows...

                                  What :DD

                                  ProcessID was100% correct.

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                                  @Engelard

                                  What :DD

                                  ?

                                  If you are saying you always pass the current process as id I would have expected you to use GetCurrentProcessId(). And in that case anyway, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-openprocess

                                  If you are using GetCurrentProcessId as an argument to this function, consider using GetCurrentProcess instead of OpenProcess, for improved performance.

                                  So you might know you're opening the current process, but I don't see anything in your post which indicated that, I assumed it was the id of another process you wanted to examine. Just saying....

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                                  • JonBJ JonB

                                    @Engelard

                                    What :DD

                                    ?

                                    If you are saying you always pass the current process as id I would have expected you to use GetCurrentProcessId(). And in that case anyway, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-openprocess

                                    If you are using GetCurrentProcessId as an argument to this function, consider using GetCurrentProcess instead of OpenProcess, for improved performance.

                                    So you might know you're opening the current process, but I don't see anything in your post which indicated that, I assumed it was the id of another process you wanted to examine. Just saying....

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                                    @JonB said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

                                    ?

                                    Sorry. From my view it seemed like you said that my input of ID was incorrect so function gives "wrong" result.

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                                    • EngelardE Engelard

                                      @JonB said in Why WINAPI works differently in Qt:

                                      ?

                                      Sorry. From my view it seemed like you said that my input of ID was incorrect so function gives "wrong" result.

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                                      @Engelard OIC! NP :)

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