On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 01:14:39AM +0200, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
>>> You don't need Cygwin to test it.
>>>
>>> 1. Use "\\.\pipe\lyxpipe" (without quotes) as the LyXserver pipe path
>>> in the preferences.
>>> 2. Quit and restart LyX.
>>> 3. In a cmd.exe terminal type
>>> echo LYXCMD:test:file-open> \\.\pipe\lyxpipe.in
>>> type \\.\pipe\lyxpipe.out
>>>
>>> If the file dialog opens, it works.
>> This doesn't work. I get an error message: "LyXComm: The parameter is
>> invalid", or ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER in server....@294.
>>
>> If I do the following it works (but it'll not be the correct fix, but
>> you know at least that it works in this case):
>>
>> server....@280--282:
>> success = ReadFile(pipe_[i].handle,
>> pipe_[i].readbuf, PIPE_BUFSIZE - 1,
>> + &pipe_[i].nbytes, &pipe_[i].overlap);
>> - &pipe_[i].nbytes, NULL);
>>
>
> The following fixes it for me:
>
> bool LyXComm::startPipe(DWORD index)
> {
> pipe_[index].pending_io = false;
> + pipe_[index].overlap.Offset = 0;
> + pipe_[index].overlap.OffsetHigh = 0;
>
>
> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365603(VS.85).aspx and
> scroll down to the third comment:
>
> CORRECTION
>
> Please Wait Please Wait
> To make this code work you'll need to clear the OVERLAPPED struct before
> it's used by ReadFile/WriteFile. For that correct the
> ConnectToNewClient() method like this:
>
> |BOOL ConnectToNewClient(HANDLE hPipe, LPOVERLAPPED lpo) { BOOL
> fConnected, fPendingIO = FALSE;
>
> |
>
> |*lpo->*|*Offset*| = 0; //MISSING!
> |
>
> |*lpo->*|*OffsetHigh*| = 0; //MISSING!|
>
>
> |// Start an overlapped connection for this pipe instance. fConnected =
> ConnectNamedPipe(hPipe, lpo); ...
> }
We are still in the thread that contained at some point of time
> [...]
5. It works.
right?
Andre'
