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Environment: VC6 SP4, NT4 SP6,W98 SE, W2000 SP1
With this class, only a few lines are needed to communicate with other processes. I use it from storing HWNDs,status flags up to memory resistent fifo queues.
At least one process should keep the memory open. The CSharedMemory as a Member of CMyClass
class CMyClass
{
public:
CSharedMemory m_sm;
MyDataSruct* m_pData;
Initialisation in the constructor of CMyClass with a system wide unique name for this memory block.
CMyClass::CMyClass(..)
{
m_sm.Init(“MyUniqueMemoryName”,sizeof(MyDataSruct));
m_pMyData = (MyDataSruct*)m_sm.GetData();
//maybe if it is the first process
if( ! m_sm.AlreadyExist())
ZeroMemory(m_pMyData,sizeof(MyDataSruct));
Using synchronisation:
{
CSharedMemory::Locker lock(m_sm);
DoSomethingWith(m_pData);
}
//or wait only 100 milliseconds
if( m_sm.Lock( 100 ) )
{
DoSomethingWith(m_pData);
m_sm.Unlock();
}
And because I’m lazy, somtimes I use only this:
CSharedMemory sm(“MyUniqueMemoryName”,sizeof(MyDataSruct));
((MyDataSruct*)sm.GetData())->m_nMyMember = 123;
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