Decode text from CDB

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C++ - Examples

Problem Description

Decode the loadcase titles from integer values.

Problem Solution

The C++ project example can be found by following:

C:\<sofistik_installation>\2022\SOFiSTiK 2022\interfaces\examples\c++\number2text

The loadcases information is stored in the record LC_CTRL 012/LC:?. The loadcase title is stored into RTEX array.

@25: RTEX     [str*32] |Designation of loadcase | Bezeichnung des Lastfalls

From SP 2020-4 or later, we provide in sof_cdb_w-2022.dll the C sof_lib_cs2ps(pckcode*, char*, int) function for decoding the integer values to text. Where pckcode is following typedef:

typedef unsigned int pckcode;

See below an example how to use the function via C++:

//+============================================================================+
//| Company:   SOFiSTiK AG                                                     |
//| Version:   SOFiSTIK 2022                                                   |
//+============================================================================+

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// ABOUT:
// In this example we will show how to use the sof_lib_ps2cs() function
// sof_lib_ps2cs() converts integer values to string

#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>

// Include SOFiSTiK Libraries from :
//  --> "... interfaces/examples/c++"
#include "cdbase.h"
#include "cdbtypeall.h"
#include "cdbtypecon.h"
#include "cdbtypegeo.h"
#include "cdbtypelfc.h"
#include "cdbtypemat.h"
#include "cdbtypesct.h"
#include "cdbtypesys.h"
#include "cdbtypeten.h"

using namespace std;

typedef unsigned int pckcode;
typedef void(*PS2CS)(pckcode*, char*, int);

typedef int(*INITPRT)(char*, int);
typedef int(*STATUSPRT)(int);
typedef int(*CLOSEPRT)(int);
typedef int(*GETPRT)(int, int, int, void*, int*, int);

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    // Load the library
    HINSTANCE hInst = LoadLibrary("S:\\sof\\2022\\exe\\trunk\\_build.fea-gui\\release_with_symbols\\x64\\bin\\sof_cdb_w-2022.dll");
    if (!hInst)
    {
       cout << "Coult not Load the Library" << endl;
       system("pause");
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    // Resolve the function adress
    INITPRT sof_cdb_init = (INITPRT)GetProcAddress(hInst, "sof_cdb_init");
    if (!sof_cdb_init)
    {
       cout << "Could not locate the function!" << endl;
       system("pause");
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    STATUSPRT sof_cdb_status = (STATUSPRT)GetProcAddress(hInst, "sof_cdb_status");
    if (!sof_cdb_status)
    {
       cout << "Could not locate the function!" << endl;
       system("pause");
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    PS2CS sof_lib_ps2cs = (PS2CS)GetProcAddress(hInst, "sof_lib_ps2cs");
    if (!sof_lib_ps2cs)
    {
       cout << "Could not locate the function!" << endl;
       system("pause");
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    CLOSEPRT sof_cdb_close = (CLOSEPRT)GetProcAddress(hInst, "sof_cdb_close");
    if (!sof_cdb_close)
    {
       cout << "Could not locate the function!" << endl;
       system("pause");
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    GETPRT sof_cdb_get = (GETPRT)GetProcAddress(hInst, "sof_cdb_get");
    if (!sof_cdb_get)
    {
       cout << "Could not locate the function!" << endl;
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    // Connect to CDB
    /*
    Index = 0      initialise CDBASE and open scratch data base only
    Index > 0      open an existing data base with exactly tis index
                       (STATUS=UNKNOWN) = somehow obsolete call, use 99!
    Index = 99    test if NAME is a valid database and open the base
                       if possible. Return with the assigned index.
                       If the file does not exist, it will be created.
    Index = 97    open the database via pvm
                       Return with the assigned index.
    Index = 96    open a scratch database, filename is the path to
                       use or NULL.
    Index = 95    open in read-only mode
    Index = 94    create a new data base (STATUS=NEW)
    */

    int index = 99;
    char* fileName = "S:\\test\\155852\\155852.cdb";
    int ie = sof_cdb_init(fileName, index);
    if (ie < 0)
    {
        cout << "ERROR: Index= " << ie << " < 0 - see clib1.h for meaning of error codes" << endl;
        cout << "Press any <key> to close the program";
        system("pause");
        return(0);
    }
    else if(ie == 0)
    {
        cout << "ERROR: Index= " << ie << " - The File is not a database" << endl;
        cout << "Press any <key> to close the program";
        system("pause");
        return(0);
    }

    // Get Status
    // int sof_cdb_status  (int ie);
    cout << "The CDB Status: " << sof_cdb_status(ie) << endl;

    int datalen = sizeof(tagCDB_LC_CTRL);
    int *datalenptr;
    datalenptr = &datalen;
    tagCDB_LC_CTRL clc_ctrl;

    char s[17*4+1]; // 17 array elements × 4 + include 0
    int len = sizeof(s);

    // &clc_ctrl pass the address of the struct to pointer
    while (sof_cdb_get(ie, 12, 1, &clc_ctrl, &datalen, 1) < 2)
    {
        sof_lib_ps2cs(clc_ctrl.m_rtex, s, sizeof(s));
        cout << s << endl;

        datalen = sizeof(clc_ctrl);
    }

    // Close the CDB
    // int sof_cdb_close  (int ie);
    sof_cdb_close(0);
    cout << "The CDB Status after closing: " << sof_cdb_status(ie) << endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}