How do you set this up?

I have a console program I’m trying to put into an dialog MFC api… I’ve implemented the class… fixed syntax and linking errors and so on but now that I’m trying to actually use it I’m having some problems.

In the example program they connect to the server as such:

Code:

int _tmain(int, _TCHAR*)
{
	Trade tc;
	
	if ( tc.Startup() )
	{

I was thinking just throwing this into the constructor:

Code:

CBasic_Order_WindowDlg::CBasic_Order_WindowDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CBasic_Order_WindowDlg::IDD, pParent)
	, m_equity_option(-1)
	, m_operation(-1)
	, m_quantity(_T(""))
	, m_option_symbol(_T(""))
	, bconnected(false)
{
	Trade tc;
	
	if(tc.Startup()){
		AfxMessageBox("You connected to the server.");
	}

	else {
		AfxMessageBox("You couldn't connect to the server.\nPlease set the UserConfig.ini file.");
	}

	m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

But, this I couldn’t axcess any of the Trade class functions from event handlers attached the buttons in the dialog. I figured it might calling maybe calling the constructor over and over causing problems… I’m not experaince in Windows Programming. So I created a connect button (that way I could make sure it would only be called once. But, when I click connect now I get the

Code:

AfxMessageBox("You connected to the server.");

Dialog but then the program just hangs. So I guess my question is how do you referance and create an object of another class which I can repeatly referance from a dialog box, this dialog box loops until the user hits an exit button.

Have you got an instance of the Trade class as a member of the dialog?

Then the Trade member object will have scope while the dialog runs.
Set the Trade member up in the dialogs constructor or in the dialogs OnInit() (or OnCreate()) handler.

If you put the Trade class as a local in the Dialogs constructor it will lose scope when the constructor ends.

I tried creating an object in both the constructor and in

Code:

BOOL CBasic_Order_WindowDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();

	// Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
	//  when the application's main window is not a dialog
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);			// Set big icon
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);		// Set small icon

	// TODO: Add extra initialization here
	Trade tc;

	return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}

But, I still get errors in my member functions when I try to referance that object.

Code:

void CBasic_Order_WindowDlg::OnBnClickedButtonDisconnect()  //disconnect from RedSky
{
	//Trade tc;

	if(bconnected == true){
		tc.Shutdown();
		bconnected = false;
		AfxMessageBox("Logged Off.");
	}

	else{
		AfxMessageBox("You're not connected to the RedSky server.");
	}

C2065: 'tc' undeclared identifier

Put the Trade class as a member in the Dialogs class declaration (the Dialogs header).

ie where m_equity_option is declared.