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Dockable view.....
Posted on March 2nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a MFC application...... Its a SDI application with 2 splitters(3 panes)......... In that i wanna have one of the panes as dockable view......... How can i get it............ Please help...

heap resreve size
Posted on March 2nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I have a question about heap size and c++ new operator, In my visual c++ 7.0 project, I use default heap reserve size = 1 MB, but why can I allocate memory by new operator 500 MB that greater...

Database
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hello frendz i am a new member for this group. i need a help from u ppl i am having a project in database for the restaurant menu, stock, etc.... Give me ur ideas...it will be useful for me to...

Named Pipe dead lock
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 10 Comments

I have server and client C++ applications that communicate via named pipes. Everything works until the server which is multi threaded gets under load. Eventually the one of the clients gets hung on...

How to set properly struct tm and timezone in C++?
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, I'm trying to create a time_t variable which contain the date that I want. So, for example, I tried this code: ............. struct tm timeptr; time_t timer; timeptr.tm_sec=0; /* seconds...

beginer help. system command, getting results into a variable.
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hello All, In a C learning project I am working on I use the system function to run a command, however I want to suck the results into a variable. The system function seems to only return an int. I...

Database
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hello frendz i am a new member for this group. i need a help from u ppl i am having a project in database for the restaurant menu, stock, etc.... Give me ur ideas...it will be useful for me to...

SHCreateDirectory fails when pszPath = root drive
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 9 Comments

I create files based on SHCreateDirectory results, but when the pszPath happens to be the root drive, the function fails (i.e. pszPath parameter = "C:\" will fail but pszPath parameter = ...

Message loop for a popup menu
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I've developed a custom popup menu but need advice. After creating and appending items for a menu, the user calls a MenuShow function which displays the menu and allows selecting of an item but must...

linking problem: undefined reference to `D3DXCreateFontA@48'
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi , i'm using devc++ , when compiling i get only this error message: undefined reference to `D3DXCreateFontA@48' i've linked in libd3d9.a and libd3dx9d.a (which removed a lot of...

Graying icon
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, Given an icon (obtained from shell api SHGetFileInfo), how can I make it grayed (as if it is disabled) ? (I want to display folders icon (as displayed in Explorer), and some of them must be shown...

Get Rich
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 2 Comments

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Exception "There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper."
Posted on February 27th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi there I get a lot of first hand exceptions while running my application. The Debug output says: First-chance exception at 0x7c81eb33 in app.exe: 0x000006D9: There are no more endpoints available...

Heap management?
Posted on February 27th, 2006 | 31 Comments

Hi. I have an application in which I need to dynamically allocate multiple instances of large amounts of memory (used to store large datasets). They can vary in size, but 250 MB is typical. On a...

Changing tab header text causes problems
Posted on February 27th, 2006 | 6 Comments

With my resource editor I create a dialog containing a single Tab control. I add two tabs, which are used to display two different files to be edited. This editing is done in a large edit control...

VC6 Additional Include Directories
Posted on February 27th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hi Folks: Problems with VC6. I've never had much luck trying to get more than one directory recognized in the project's "Additional Include Directories" edit box. I can have other include...

Modifying a driver interface
Posted on February 27th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I would like to create a custome version of a driver interface like mouse driver. It usually has few tabs with customization options. What would be needed to create a custom interface like...

How to send email with an attachment, Visual C++ 6.x
Posted on February 27th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I know how to create a new email message addressed to myself in my program using the following code ShellExecute (GetSafeHwnd(), "open", "mailto:harold-dewayne@juno.com", NULL, NULL,...

Problem with INTERNET_BUFFERS under UNICODE
Posted on February 26th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hi, for "fun" I am trying/testing wininet asynchronous code. If I compile under UNICODE compile option I can only get InternetReadFileEx() to work if I "hardcode" to the ANSI Version thus: char...

Thread Local Storage problem with Win32 DLL when called by .NET
Posted on February 26th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a Win32 DLL written in C which I call from a variety of environments like VB, VB.NET and C#. The DLL is written to be thread-safe and uses TLS written as recommended by Microsoft in "Using...