I am writing an application that should write to its own Event Log. For this, it creates a new Registry key based on the application name, and very shortly after that, a message should be logged to...

Hello I want to create an alarm clock application. The user will set the alarm to go off at say 6am. What is the most resource efficient method of setting up the alarm call/event? Waitable...

Is MSDN available for download somewhere ?

Greetings, Does anyone know what APIs I can use to access the directory path accessed by a user or an application? Specifically I am looking for APIs that can get me the ff information. Basically I...

I have a problem with the declaration of virtual function. What do I do wrong? Why the compiler says nothing? (MS VC++ 6) It is very simple (see my comment below): class A { public : A(){;} };

Ekim wrote: | hy, | I tried to subclass my editbox to be able to handle WM_CHAR-messages. | Unforunately, I think somewhere I made a big mistake, because now I cannot | maku use of commands like...

Hi All I am aware that Desktop Operating System Kernels can be developed using 2 computers, via serial or ethernet connection or on a single machine using an emulator like Bochs. Is this how a...

As long as I know, subclassing is the only and simplest way :) Cheers! "Ekim" <the.newsletter@gmx.net> wrote in message news:2pip1tFlcaidU1@uni-berlin.de...

I want to have menus that contain both text and images. I've found sample code at CodeGuru and The Code Project that implement menus with text and icons a la WinXP's start menu, but I need something...

Hi all, for a Win32 application (no MFC) I tried to use a exe.manifest file to enable in Windows XP the visualization with the new common controls of the new comctl32.dll but I obtain a strange...

Is there any way to make this function return accurate numbers ? I have tried a lot of StringFormat flags etc and it always returns unaccurate numbers

I know it is possible to disable or completely remove context menu option's from the right click context menu of a disk drive(created by the shell). For e.g: I have deleted the "Format" menu option...

Is there a particular C book you would recommend?

I am trying to learn VC++ 6 and keep coming across references to the Win32 SDK. Where can I get a copy of this? Is it free from MS or do I have to purchase it? I have a copy of MSDN and Visual studio...

Service pack 2 for Windows XP adds another dialog box to Internet Explorer 6: When the user downloads an EXE from the Internet, in addition to the usual "this file may harm your computer" message,...

hi how can i program my own filter for internet sites for windows that filters all html-sites that are browsed by all browsers: internet explorer, netscape... nobody but administrator should be able...

Hi ! I have problem related to the windows global hooks. I am setting a globla hook for my program. My DLL is mapped into the address space of current process(since it's global hook). With most...

Hi All, I have a system wide servce that has only one instance running. on WinxP there can be multiple users logged on simultaneously. The problem is that who ever logs on first on the system gets...

Hi, I'm trying to send the 4 word buffer to my COM1 port. I keep getting an error that my Handle isn't valid, but I have been studying it for a long time now and I can't see why it would be a...

My laptop came with WinXP Pro installed, and I immediately put Win2K Pro on it (because, 2 years ago, XP wasn't as stable as it is now). I'm thinking of moving to XP Pro, but wonder if it's worth...