Is it true that the Interlocked functions only have use on 16 bit windows because a 32 bit increment would take more than one instruction?

I'm building a checkers demo currently under MSVS 6 (console app) with openGL doing the graphics. I have been using the windows MessageBox exclusively for outputting various information such as...

Hi! I need Your help. I implement a Python NT service and I need to determine (on WinXP/2k/XP) a cluster size of the particular partition (to find out how much space a file will occupy on that...

I'm having trouble implementing DirectInput into a MFC project. I coded a simple app without MFC, only using the Win API and it worked fine. The app only registers a DirectInput mouse device and...

Hi, I'm trying to implement a hook message procedure as a member of a class. The program is written in C++/Platform SDK. MessageProc(nCode,wParam,lParam); is supposed to be declared as a static...

How do you get text to blink in a console app? In my old 16-bit DOS code, you just added 128 to the color value before calling textattr(). I've tried that when I call SetConsoleTextAttribute() and...

Hello, in my dialog I want to have two independent groups of radio buttons (meaning each group of radio buttons should have its own selection). I created two group controls in the resource editor and...

Hi all, Is there a way to shut off the LNK4001 warning? --- LINK : warning LNK4001: no object files specified; libraries used --- TIA,

To All, I've found a very complete answer to this question. A Handle is actually just a numeric value representing uniquely an Object in Windows. So, I would say it's just like an object related...

Why should SetThreadPriority() be called to raise the priority of the current thread before calling QueryPerformanceCounter()? Thanks!

Hi Up and down arrow keys are useful in the window console to execute again previous commands. Is it possible to put something in this 'cache' programmatically ? I mean that after my command, if user...

Subject title says it all, but I'll explain to make it clear. If I have a service that is started when NT starts (or when you logon, whichever), is there a way to determine if the service was...

How do you create a window (via CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx) with a close button but without a system menu? WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW almost gives me what I want. However, this style makes the window...

Hey all. I'm trying to automatically setup a windows printer queue using the information returned in Zeroconf (Rendezvous) enabled printers. Basically, a zeroconf enabled printer can tell me if...

Hello, in my program written in C++ using pure Win32 I have a dialog box with two groups of radio buttons. Under WM_INITDIALOG I check a button in each group like...

I am a c++ beginner and have the following problem: I wrote a simple internet application using Dev-C++ (on Win XP) and three ininet.dll functions, something like this: #include <wininet.h> #include...

If I use AfxMessageBox("Thats the text",MB_OK); it always appears automatically in position centered to the window below. Thats what user normaly wants, but in this case, some relevant information...

Am I right in believing thusly: I am a financial analyst who's looking for the current foreign exchange rate for various currencies every second moment. For this I always telephone Phil de Lucre,...

I'm using a separator button to group buttons on a toolbar (TBSTYLE_SEP). How can you change the width of this button when a WM_SIZE message arrives? I want to keep the button layout...

Hi, after studying the documentation in MS Visual C++ I still do not understand how to pull up the TxD line (i.e. pin3 in a 9 pin RS232) in the serial Com-port. In old times this has been done by...