Hi ALL, I am trying to create application which will show the .doc,.xls file from my application( using mfc/win32 ).How should i go about it,any sort of guidence will be helpful. Thanks in...

I'm trying to create a dialog that specifies a directory which contains multiple files that I'm going to process. I want to have an edit control in which the user can type the path, but I also want...

Some of this recent discussion about dlls has led me to wonder if I know exactly their purpose. I know dlls are in process and out of process though I don't know the difference. And there are .exe...

Hi all, I am a C++ developer under Linux/Unix platform and recently need to port the library as a Windows DLL. I had look into the __declspec(dllimport) and __declspec (dllexport) directives and...

I would be grateful for any help on this one. Trying to -: 1 Hide my Dialog Box 2 Take a screenshot (without my dialog box in it) 3 Show Dialog again All i keep getting is a screen shot...

Hi folks, I've been asked whether it is possible to have our own file type that can contain an image, and have thumbnails of the images appear in Windows Explorer and other file lists when files of...

Many programs have message boxes that include a little "Don't show this next time" checkbox as well as the main OK or whatever. This doesn't appear to be a standard MessageBox type. Anyone know a...

Hello, I'm trying to write an DLL which can receive wm_copydata messages. In order to do that the dll needs to create a (hidden) window with an window procedure which will handle the received...

"Przemo Drochomirecki" <pedrosch@gazeta.pl> wrote in message news:bu5do7$ioo$1@atlantis.news.tpi.pl... It should do. At the end of the function pt should equal point. -- Tim Robinson (MVP, Windows...

Hi, I have to write an application which hast a TFTP server and a TFTP client. Is there some C/C++ code out there which I could use as a TFTP API ? thanks Ernst

Is it possible to suppress the standard "PROG.EXE has encountered a problem and needs to close." dialog? I am running an in-house C program (let's call it PROG.EXE) from a scripting language (Python...

I register physical Certificate store (as part of My). When I use Certificate Import Wizard and select store manually, indeed, under Personal I see two stores: store provided by me and Registry...

Hi Can someone explain me what is the difference between .PFX and .P12 files. They are supposed to be the same (i.e. PKCS#12 format). And they are handled by the same functions in crypt32.dll. Still,...

It is my understanding that if the header of an image file (.JPG, .TIF, and possibly .PDF files) is manipulated, the file is unusable (ie. the respective program won't be able to open it because it...

(if there's a better place for this question, I would warmly welcome a redirect) How can you give a specific user permission to access the service control manager, i.e. with OpenSCManager()? And...

Hi group I have developed a DLL which contains two dialog boxes. These are very common that's why they are developed in a DLL. Tab Order is properly setup in the DLL dialog box but when it is called...

Dennis Macdonald wrote: Try sending the WM_CLOSE message to the main frame window. Jussi Jumppanen Author of: Zeus for Windows (All new version 3.92 out now) "The C/C++, Cobol, Java, HTML, Python,...

Hi, I do a "save as" file dialog which returns a file name by using the function "GetSaveFileName". However, the returned file name don't include the extension set in the file filter combo box. I...

Hi, I have a function that returns a BSTR. This function created a BSTR by passing a wchar_t array to ::SysAllocString(). Is is safe to then delete the array? Does ::SysAllocString() make a...

I am using SendMessage to send a button click to a window from another application (I have no control over). The SendMessage works BUT only while in the VB6 debugger. If I make an ..EXE then it...