I was asking me the question... what is that unusefull thing after the Dos Stub of all exes generated with the Microsoft linker... now i'm asking that question to you.... What is it ? it's just...

If I have a hidden/invisible toolbar button, and user "removes" it in the dialog - the button disapears completely from the dialog never to return again (i.e. you can see it disapear.. In the...

I keep thinking what is the difference between "sprintf" and "wsprintf" in terms of usage ? thanks.

Hi all, I have an application that I want to be run only by admin. So first thing I have to do is to find out if the current user is admin. I know that there is a Windows function to find this out,...

Hi, I'm having a problem with SetupDiGetClassDevsEx in VC++ 6.0. The documentation on MSDN says that this function should take 7 arguments. However, when I try to compile, I get the following...

Hi, Here's a simple one for you gurus - I want to close an existing instance of outlook from a separate VB program. I don't want to terminate the process without giving outlook a chance to clear...

Hello, I'm trying to spawn a process from my VC++ application, hide that process' window, and send the output of the process to a file. If I do this via a system call, a console window is displayed...

I handle the TTN_NEEDTEXTA and TTN_NEEDTEXTW messages like: if (pNMHDR->idFrom == ID_RUN_MACRO_B) { ptt->SetTipBkColor(RGB(255,128,255)); // This works perfectly ptt->UpdateTipText("Another Text...

How can I write a dll in win32 API? I know I won't need a .def file just a command like __cspecl(dllexport). But I don't know how to use it in code. Bill -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com,...

Hello, Can a Service process/handle Window Messages? For example, if the Service starts a new process, can the Service send and receive Windows messages from that process? How about if a window is...

Have an exe - MFC 7.1 Win 98 failed to run - "Wrong file format" Depends - ok Try to rebuild Release/Debug, static/shared MFC - nothing Create new project with the same settings - averything...

I am encounter some problem in linking dll and vb. I first create a dll file and and compile success in vc++ but when i link with vb it prompt me some error message.Can anybody please help me?The...

Hello All, I am writing a music recording application using C++ in the Windows environment and I am having some problems and I am wondering what the best practices are concerning sound...

Does anyone know why richedit controls still displays the old 3D border around it, while all other controls do it in the new themed style? Any ideas to make a richedit control (any version) display...

My ExitWindowsEx() works fine if I try to log off, but if I try to shut down or reboot it doesn't. There is no error or anything when I click the button it just doesn't...

Hi, I'm trying to convert an UTF-8 character sequence into wchar_t using MultiByteToWideChar API call with CP_UTF8 in the code page argument. The result wchar_t is not correct. I'm wondering if...

Hi all, I have a tool that after it is finishes it's job the computer needs to be restarted. Is there a Windows function that I can call (for Win2k,xp,2003) that shows the restart dialog? (something...

I have an application that basically does this (very pseudo-code): if( CopyFile( "temp.reg.$$$", "temp.reg") == ERROR_SUCCESS ) { RegOpenKey( h, MainKey ) RegDeleteKey( h, SubKey ) RegCreateKey( h,...

I have an application that receives data from one socket (Server A) and sends it to another server (Server B) through a different connection. In some cases, the direction can be changed. The issue...

Anybody has technical info about Microsoft's indexing service on LongHorn ? Thanks.