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hook DOS module load in Win9x
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hello. Any way in Win9x for a Win32 program to get module name and start address when a DOS module has been loaded but not yet run? Can anyone refer me to description of how winoa386.mod runs DOS...

loop through all top level windows
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 3 Comments

is it possible to loop through all top level windows using FindWindowEx() or a simmaler, and save all their handles in an array? i have been trying this one for a while but it dosent seem to work i...

opengl program wont yield to screensaver
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 7 Comments

when my program, which uses opengl, is full screen, i receive the WM_SYSCOMMAND with wParam = SC_SCREENSAVE message, so i can disable opengl to let my screensaver begin. {if i do not do this, the...

afxwin1.inl ASSERT
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hello, I'm having a terrible problem with the debug (release builds are OK since the ASSERT macro isn't defined) builds of my project. All I want to do is create a new dialog box. I declare my...

Using ShellContextMenu in my application
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, I am very new to windows programming. I want to write, may be you want to call it a shell extension, for an application that I use everyday. I am using CA Brightstor Manager to manage my backup...

XP-driver for plustek opticam 300U
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Who can help me or direct me to the appropriate group? My old webcam Plustek OptiCam 300U worked well on Windows 98. On XP I don't know how to make it work. Officially drivers no longer exist....

Access Excel files in an MFC application
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comments

Dear folks, I am fairly new to MFC programming and have a little problem. I asked google a lot but it wasnt able to supply me with a good hint. I wish to write an SDI MFC application that loads and...

Access DLL function via Function code
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

How can i access a specific function in a DLL from my Win32 Application referenced by an int Function ID. --- Win32 App - Call DLL functions DLL - contain lots of functions --- int FunctionID; 0 -...

Access excel files with MFC
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Dear folks, I am quite new to this MFC things and already asked google alot, but I didnt get a good answer. I simply wish to create an SDI MFC application with Visual C++ 6.0 that opens an excel...

ShellExecuteEx: "open" if "edit" isn't defined
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 12 Comments

Hello, I want to allow the user to edit a file, and I call ShellExecuteEx with the "edit" verb to make Windows do the dirty work. Now, if no "edit" application is defined for the file's type, I get...

_vsnprintf and invalid argument list
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 4 Comments

Hi, I have a function which gets a format string and a list of arguments: void func(char* format,...) The function calls _vsnprintf() in order to format the arguments into an internal buffer: ....

How to detect console vs GUI mode from a DLL
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 5 Comments

I have a DLL that is being called from console mode as well as gui mode programs. I does not have a good status/error reporting mechanism and is currently displaying some warnings and error messages...

How to upgrade using InstallShiled 11.5?
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

How to upgrade using InstallShiled 11.5? Hi everyone, I desperately need some help to do a project using InsatllShield 11.5. I'd appreciate it if anybody can answer my following questions: 1-Is...

Combining a Semaphore with Event
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 12 Comments

I have an application which continualy recieves data from other component (this component runs in different thread.) The data is a shared buffer. i access the data block) I used an event to get...

Questions on MFC
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 1 Comments

Right now I am coding a programming that will scan a computer for mp3s and display where they are located in a log or text file. I have built the GUI using VS C++ MFC and things are looking good, but...

Wrapping/renaming symbol references
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 2 Comments

The GNU linker for linux/unix supports a --wrap option that lets the person compiling a program to wrap symbol references in static libraries to a new function __wrap_symbol. Is there any way of...

try-catch statement causing unhandled MSVC++ exception?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi there, I hope the following is not too off-topic, but to me it seems to be more Visual C++ and Win32 than C++ related. Consider the following pseudo code try { ... some lengthy code

Unicode strings show "||||||" in TreeView
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I have a TreeView with a list of folders in it for a user to select which folder to use or not. I'm compiling my code with the UNICODE flag so that to use the W structures and API calls. For some...

Java application that calls Windows API methods
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 6 Comments

I currently have a simple MFC C++ dialog program that uses the Windows API SendMessage() method to send a message to another third-party application (call this "Application X") and I want to recreate...

WMI compiing problem
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I use VS6 and tried to compile program in C++ making WMI queries. When I linked required 'wbemuuid.lib' I got the following error for debug build: "fatal error LNK1103: debugging information...