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Window keeps redrawing it self, i think :S
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 2 Comments

hi all, i hope some one can help me. iv crated a window, and with in that window i have a child window. when ever i resize the parent window the child window flickers as. if i just move the parent...

AnimateWindow to slide and blend
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Is there anyway to use the AnimateWindow function to both slide and blend? I'm trying to mimic the effect that occurs when you use Window Explorer and you hit the >> (facing downward/upward) button...

Need: Hit Test function for ListView in report mode
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I'm working with the disgusting ListView API that Microsoft created. Not to be too rude, but what the hell goes on there at Microsoft? It certainly doesn't have anything to do with source code...

Controlling applications from another application (?)
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, For a project I'll be working on, I need to be able to control an application running on Windows (xp) from another application. I know this is very vague, let me try to explain: Say I have a...

Is ATL free to use?
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi, Sorry this may sound lame, I'd like to know whether I can use any free compiler + ATL + WTL to distribute my programs. Is ATL free? Do I need a license? Thanks a lot Mirco

SetEvent of auto and manual
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 2 Comments

When creating an event object of either auto or manual, if SetEvent() is called 100 times before WaitForSingleObject() is hit, will the following 100 WaitForSingleObject() calls return immediately?...

gina and win2k vs. xp
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hi! I tried my own gina implementation on windows xp and it says that "The Logon User Interface DLL gina.dll failed to load. Contact your system admin to replace the DLL, or restore the original...

problem with a ListView
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi! I have a problem with a ListView. I'd like to set an image into a column, so I did like this: HIMAGELIST hImg = ImageList_Create(13,13, ILC_COLOR24 | ILC_MASK, 0, 2); HBITMAP hBmp =...

USB programming
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, I have programmed Serial Ports. Now we have a requirement to use the USB ports. How to use the USB ports with win2000 ? Can you give me any good reference points from where I can start? How...

where do the windows class gets registered?
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Hello all! I am learing windows programming and mfc. and getting confused terribly. Here is my latest confusion.:) We make our own class with the help of wndclass structure. and then register it...

amd64 compiler for xp64
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Does anyone know where I can download or request a copy of the AMD64 on XP64 compiler? Im sure I found a link on the microsoft website which said it was removed from the platformsdk but you could...

Q: gnooki for SonyEricsson?
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, does anybody know of a library that provides access to SonyEricsson cell phones over an infra red connection? I know there is one for Nokia, called gnooki (I think that's how they spell...

UNC Name in RegisterEventSource
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Hello I'm trying to pass a UNC computer name (\\eastwood) as the first parameter of RegisterEventSource, but I always get an error number back of 1722 - The RPC server is unavailable. I'm using an...

Domain name of Print Job originator?
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, Does anybody know a way I can determine the domain name of the user who submitted a print job to a queue? I am using the JOB_INFO_2 structure to get all the other information I want, including...

Shell_NotifyIcon and ampersand
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 1 Comments

My product name has an ampersand in it. No matter what I try, I cannot seem to get an ampersand in the tooltip associated with the tray icon. I have tried 2 ampersands (&&) and it never displays the...

CD media change notification
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi @all (again), I have found a lot of threads handling this problem: Receiving a notification if cd media changed! Well, I figured out two ways: 1. Using...

MCI and mounted cd drives
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi @all, I know that MCI is a very old structure, but what else can I use for playing CDs? I know, that you can construct MdeiaPlayer interfaces, but this is very complex. If there is a good...

FtpFileFind
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Is there an way to do something like CFtpFileFind (MFC class, FtpFileFind WinAPI) with a http protocol? I mean I want to search a http adress with given pattern (wildcard maks), is it possible to do?

DLL modifications and EXE rebuild
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hello all. I have some doubts about the steps required to take after modifying a DLL, whether i need or i don't need to rebuild my EXE. I faced the following sutiation: i added (added and exported)...

Getting handle of Console app
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 3 Comments

How do you get the handle of a console app? I have a couple of library functions that I'd like to use the HWND in, but I'm not sure of how to get it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks