Programming Forums > Application Development > C++

PMAprogrammer · Aug 25th, 2007, 4:22 PM

Hey guys,

My friend and I just recently started creating a win32 application in Codeblocks IDE. To start we created the simplest window you can make. It does nothing except draw itself on the screen and wait for someone to close it. Codeblocks lets me compile/run my program only once though. When my program executes I exit properly and codeblocks tells me that the process terminated. The thing is, every time after that when I try to compile it gives me this:

Switching to target: default
Linking executable: D:\Temp\Win32Test\Win32GUI.exe
D:\Apps\CodeBlocks\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.4\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot open output file D:\Temp\Win32Test\Win32GUI.exe: Invalid argument
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
0 errors, 0 warnings

It seems as though after one execution of my program windows won't let go of the .exe file. I can't even go to the directory and delete it or anything. It just won't let me touch it. It only let's me compile the program once every time I start my computer..then it acts like I never closed the window and the program is still running. I'd love to be able to make more then one change to my program every time I turn my computer on

. Any ideas?

Dameon · Aug 25th, 2007, 5:39 PM

Closing a window does not force a program to exit.

Firefox exits when all windows are closed. Others exit when the main window is closed. It is up to the programmer to handle the closing of windows appropriately such that the program exits in an expected way.

Check for your program in the task manager (ctrl+shift+esc), kill it, correct the code, and recompile.

PMAprogrammer · Aug 25th, 2007, 5:47 PM

I check for the running process all the time and it's never still running according to my task manager.

Sorry, I should have posted the way I handle the exit in the first post.

(Toggle Plain Text)

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch(Msg)
    {
        // if the user wants to close the application
        case WM_DESTROY:
            {
                // then close it
                PostQuitMessage(0);
                break;
            }
        default:
            // Process the left-over messages
            return DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam);
    }
    // if something was not done, let it go
    return 0;
}

That's my function that responds to all events. When I click on the X in the upper right hand corner, my understanding is that windows fires a WM_DESTROY event to my program and then I handled it my posting a quit message which would close the program.

Even with all this the annoying behavior persists =/

lectricpharaoh · Aug 25th, 2007, 6:39 PM

When you open up Task Manager, don't look on the 'Applications' tab. This only shows things that have a UI up and running. Look on the 'Processes' tab, and kill your app there.

PMAprogrammer · Aug 25th, 2007, 7:01 PM

Tried it but still no dice.

dr.p · Aug 26th, 2007, 12:31 AM

You might try handling the WM_CLOSE message in your WinProc function by calling DestroyWindow() and passing your main window handle to it.

Aug 25th, 2007, 4:22 PM	#1
PMAprogrammer Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Cannot open output file error Hey guys, My friend and I just recently started creating a win32 application in Codeblocks IDE. To start we created the simplest window you can make. It does nothing except draw itself on the screen and wait for someone to close it. Codeblocks lets me compile/run my program only once though. When my program executes I exit properly and codeblocks tells me that the process terminated. The thing is, every time after that when I try to compile it gives me this: Switching to target: default Linking executable: D:\Temp\Win32Test\Win32GUI.exe D:\Apps\CodeBlocks\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.4\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot open output file D:\Temp\Win32Test\Win32GUI.exe: Invalid argument collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds) 0 errors, 0 warnings It seems as though after one execution of my program windows won't let go of the .exe file. I can't even go to the directory and delete it or anything. It just won't let me touch it. It only let's me compile the program once every time I start my computer..then it acts like I never closed the window and the program is still running. I'd love to be able to make more then one change to my program every time I turn my computer on . Any ideas?

Aug 25th, 2007, 5:39 PM	#2
Dameon Troll Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 730 Rep Power: 4	Closing a window does not force a program to exit. Firefox exits when all windows are closed. Others exit when the main window is closed. It is up to the programmer to handle the closing of windows appropriately such that the program exits in an expected way. Check for your program in the task manager (ctrl+shift+esc), kill it, correct the code, and recompile. __________________ MD5(sig) = bcef75433db02e9ad9bf81d6f7c5c270

Aug 25th, 2007, 5:47 PM	#3
PMAprogrammer Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I check for the running process all the time and it's never still running according to my task manager. Sorry, I should have posted the way I handle the exit in the first post. (Toggle Plain Text) LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { switch(Msg) { // if the user wants to close the application case WM_DESTROY: { // then close it PostQuitMessage(0); break; } default: // Process the left-over messages return DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam); } // if something was not done, let it go return 0; } LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { switch(Msg) { // if the user wants to close the application case WM_DESTROY: { // then close it PostQuitMessage(0); break; } default: // Process the left-over messages return DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam); } // if something was not done, let it go return 0; } That's my function that responds to all events. When I click on the X in the upper right hand corner, my understanding is that windows fires a WM_DESTROY event to my program and then I handled it my posting a quit message which would close the program. Even with all this the annoying behavior persists =/

Aug 25th, 2007, 6:39 PM	#4
lectricpharaoh Caffeinated Neural Net Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wet west coast of Canada Posts: 887 Rep Power: 4	When you open up Task Manager, don't look on the 'Applications' tab. This only shows things that have a UI up and running. Look on the 'Processes' tab, and kill your app there. __________________ A man's knowledge is like an expanding sphere, the surface corresponding to the boundary between the known and the unknown. As the sphere grows, so does its surface; the more a man learns, the more he realizes how much he does not know. Hence, the most ignorant man thinks he knows it all. - L. Sprague de Camp

Aug 26th, 2007, 12:31 AM	#6
dr.p Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 93 Rep Power: 3	You might try handling the WM_CLOSE message in your WinProc function by calling DestroyWindow() and passing your main window handle to it. __________________ Neeley.org

Aug 25th, 2007, 7:01 PM	#5
PMAprogrammer Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Tried it but still no dice.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Header file internal errors	kruptof	Coder's Corner Lounge	2	Jan 14th, 2007 1:12 PM
C# corruption!!!	Kilo	C++	32	May 21st, 2006 8:44 PM
Masm	rsnd	Assembly	4	May 20th, 2006 9:05 PM
libraries	matko	C	1	Jan 22nd, 2006 2:12 PM
After execution - Error cannot locate /Skin File?	wchar	Visual Basic	1	Mar 5th, 2005 9:04 PM

Programming Forums > Application Development > C++

Cannot open output file error