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Merge files using API
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 1 Comments

"larisa" <larisa@roseman.co.il> : news:40051b7d@news.barak.net.il... You could open first file, open second one, read first file contents and write it to the second file. The whole program will fit...

TreeView and font/color
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hello, How can I change the font/color of a specific Item in a TreeView ? Thanks :-)

fopen problem
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hello, In my win32 MSVC++ application I open and read my files with fopen("MyFile","rb") and fread(...). Although I am absolutely sure that I close the file in the end (with fclose(FileHandle) )...

Linking a DLL from another DLL in VC++6.0
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I am getting linker errors (LNK2001) when trying to build a MFC DLL I am generating. It seems that this happens because I am using from my DLL some classes that are located in separate DLLs. Can...

Any helper API to examine calls stack
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Hello, I would like to examine the calls stack. In other words, I would like to know whether in the chain of functions that come to my function, there was function X from DLL Y. My function is also...

IDE, compiler and licenses question
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Hi, I'm looking for an ide to build commercial software for windows (I want to sell this software). I looked at various solutions, for example Eclipse or DevC++, but I don't understand what licenses...

SetLayeredWindowsAttributes works, but how to make text opaque?
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I want a transparent window with opaque text. SetLayeredWindowAttribute works fine, but has the unfortunate effect of making all child windows (including text) transparent as well... how can that be...

TreeView and Unicode
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hello, I have to switch my TreeView to unicode. I tried the following code but it doest work, someone can help me ? thanks :-) TreeView_SetUnicodeFormat(hwnd,true); // I found this...

CodeWarrior and Resource Files (.rc)
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm trying to develop a plugin, which seems to apparently work with VS.NET. However, I have Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8, and whilst the plugin compiles and links properly, when the app that uses...

Problem with RasGetEntryProperties() in some PCs with win2000. Please, urgently help!
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 5 Comments

I have 2 PC with win2000. On first it's working, on the second - NO. What's wrong? #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <ras.h> void main() { LPRASENTRY pRasEntry;

Whether the programm runs after terminal server or not?
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hello, Everybody Does anybody know how to resolve whether the user has started my application via the terminal server or not? I consider there should be the way to figure out that the user running...

Explorer view in dialog
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 3 Comments

What's the preferred method to create an Explorer tree view in a dialogbox. In using Visual C++, no classes, no MFC. Thanks in advance ..Gus

question about IShellFolder
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Is the IShellFolder interface strictly MFC ? I'm coding in 'C' using win32.

8 bit to 32 bit color
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Working with an 8 bit format bitmap, I need to convert each 8 bit pixel value to 32 bit color. While experimenting I've changed the screen to each of the 256 colors--all of which represent only...

looking for GINA.dll or Windows logon replacement for Windows 95, 98 and Me
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 2 Comments

I am working on a GINA.dll replacement. Then I will make a WIN logon replacement for Win 95, W 98 and Win ME, does someone know were to look or probably some source code? Thank's -- Eng. David...

Windows Installer Problem
Posted on January 14th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, Not sure if there's a newsgroup dedicated to windows installer related issues. At least can't seem to find one in my ISP's news server. So posting it here. When I uninstall an MSI package (that...

STL Deque Access violation
Posted on January 13th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I am writing an application in VC++6, and have found an error that I cannot fix. A cut down version of the code is below: #include <deque> using namespace std; typedef deque<unsigned...

Getting hinstance without WinMain
Posted on January 13th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Is it possible to get the hinstance of a program without having a WinMain function? To put it another way, is it possible from a regular "C" main function to get the hinstance? Regards Chris...

MIDI in/out question
Posted on January 13th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I've decided to port an old MS-DOS MIDI application to Windows and I'm looking at the MIDI API to see what the effort would be. The application is a glorified MIDI thru engine. Incoming MIDI...

Is file busy?
Posted on January 13th, 2004 | 2 Comments

How can I check whether a file is "busy," i.e. in a state where DeleteFile or MoveFile would fail? -- Christopher Benson-Manica | I *should* know what I'm talking about - if...