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Resource Ram vs heap
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I'm trying to determine the reason for XP systems apparent leakage of Resource ram. This occurs after normal use, mostly opening multiple IE (v6) windows. After a short time, menus and toolbars...

Are there virtual key codes for the punctuation keys?
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I am writing an OpenGL and Direct3d application. I need access the keyboard messages that include the punctuation keys. How do I do this? Cheers, Robin.

textout and italics
Posted on February 19th, 2006 | 4 Comments

What is the state-of-the-art on drawing text with different fonts w.r.t. character overhang? I can only think of drawing a large white rectangle over the line-to-be and then draw the text with...

TimerProc & timeSetEvent
Posted on February 19th, 2006 | 3 Comments

The current online MSDN documentation for 'TimeProc' says; <MSDN> Requirements Windows NT/2000/XP: Included in Windows NT 3.1 and later. Windows 95/98/Me: Included in Windows 95 and later. Header:...

Derived controls in a dialog template
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 11 Comments

Hi everybody, I am developing an app which has to create a modeless dialog using CreateDialogIndirect() with a DLGTEMPLATE from memory. As long as I use only predefined system classes (according to...

[OT] Help!!!..... and what is the right NG ?
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

First off, I want to ask what is the NG for discussing the use of MS Windows. I am not a native English speaker, and not familiar with usenet news group, I only know a few development forum like this...

Resourceful Link for Programming !
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hello, Resourceful Link for Programming and More ! http://get-best.com/IT_Interview_Questions/programming.htm

time performance optimization
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi all, I've got a project with restricted time slice to do things (graph generation). So i'm looking for a tool or advice to get the time per fonction in millisecond under windows XP with VS2005....

Use real timing rather than window message?
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I am not sure if it is the correct newsgroups which I want to discuss Win32 programming. Please refer me to the correct newsgroups. I write Win32 programming using Visual C++ 6.0, but I do not...

shutdown scripts: difference between shutdown & reboot?
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a custom shutdown script running (set up in the group policy). Is there any way to tell the difference between an actual shutdown and a reboot? I need to synchronise shutting down a...

How to Instruct IWebBrowser to Do Not Download Images?
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Hi, I am writing a simple web crawler application that should navigate on a couple of web sites and saves data locally. For that purpose, I am using IWebBrowser2 and Navigate2 method. Everything is...

Is it possible to create more that one application windows?
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hello All, I have just started learning windows programming and most of the time learning it by trial and error and experimenting... I have following doubt.. Is it always a must condition that the...

How to start with Windows Programming
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hi All, I am a newbie to Windows Programming(specifically WIN CE), could any body give me any pointer, for how to start with the same. However I am comfertable with C/C++ stuffs. Any help would be...

Remote Debugging With VC6?
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi Folks: A little multi threading project I've been working with on the side works well on my dual processor Win2K system, where VC6 lives, but fails when run on a single processor XP system. I...

Question about my program
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 14 Comments

I am trying to create a simple maze program on a window. I am trying to create a global var to handle the commands. I declare: #include "space.h" #include "player.h" #include "Command.h" static...

CreateDialogParam Without Relinquishing Focus?
Posted on February 16th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi Again Folks: I'm still trying to get this non-modal dialog thing working. I want to drop down a combobox list and be able to select a dialog to display modelessly with the right mouse button. ...

spawning (ie causing a main program to start another program)
Posted on February 16th, 2006 | 2 Comments

If I use the API WinExec() with the argument - d:\program files\irfanview\i_view32.exe "t:\buffer\001.jpg" then the program irFanView runs and opens the file 001.jpg. However, having opened...

Getting physical Adress of locked memory (VirtualLock) in UserMode?
Posted on February 16th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi group members, Is there a possibility to get the physical adress of locked memory (using virtualLock) in user mode? I want to write a .dll that reserves some locked memory. An external device...

dll version resource issue
Posted on February 16th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Open the good and bad DLLs in Visual Studio and check that the apparent resource ID value in the bad DLL isn't actually a string - that was a problem a colleague of mine experienced recently. Dave

compiling error: `D3DXMATRIXA16' does not name a type
Posted on February 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

hi, when i compile i get this message: `D3DXMATRIXA16' does not name a type this is for this line of code : D3DXMATRIXA16 MatWorld; i have included d3d9.h and d3dx9.h, im using dev-c++