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Windows Explorer - Toolbar Modifications
Posted on December 29th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hey! I would like to do some modifications to Windows Explorer Menu (e.g. Add another menuitem after Help,...). I guess this must work for any visible window. I am using Visual C++ 6.0. So far I...

Linker Errors in VC
Posted on December 29th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hello I am new to Visual C++ (have programmed in Turbo C though). I was studying a program to get IP addresses from DNS (program available...

wxwindows tutorials
Posted on December 29th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Are there any comprehensive tutorials on wxwindows api? -- beerbrain.

EnumDisplaySettings()
Posted on December 29th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hey guys, I am having a problem with EnumDisplaySettings(). I am passing it NULL as the device to query. It claims it is using 8 bit color in the DEVMODE structure returned. Funny thing is, I am in...

CALLBACK ?
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I write my own controls. I make my project full object oriented. When the mouse down event is catched by my control, i handle it to draw something on control. But i want user of my control to give...

validating propsheet
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 1 Comments

How can I make sure that certain fields are filled in in a property sheet when a user clicks next? So the application shows an error and then refuses to go to the next page.

How to create a VB-like Collection class
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi, Where can I find information (and/or sample code) on how to create a VB-like Collection class? O:-) Thanks

Cannot access data for the desired file since it is in a zombie state. Huh?
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I recently converted a Visual Studio 6 project to .NET 2003 format, activated the Intel C++ compiler, and built the project. All was well. Today I tried to open the project and I got the error...

advice on book GUI programming
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi Can someone give me an advice about a good and compact book on Windows GUI programming. I dont plan to do very advanced things, mostly config dialogs, tabs, checkboxes .... I am an expierenced...

Erasing a Rectanglular Area.
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi Experts: I want to erase an area of text in a function called by the WM_PAINT trap. InvalidateRect(,,TRUE) isn't cool, because that just puts another WM_PAINT message in the queue while...

Matching Custom Control's Font to Dialog Box's.
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 7 Comments

Hi Experts: I'm using the resource editor to create a dialog box with some custom controls. The dialog box has a nice font by default, the resource editor identifies this as "MS Sans Serif". It...

Edit control and caret question.
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 1 Comments

An edit control with text in it, what function retrieves the caret position from the edit control? I'm trying to split the text at that point into a left string and a right string. thanks in advance.

get Windows codepage (or language)
Posted on December 28th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi, Is there a win32 function which can tell the language of Windows (ie. English, French or Chinese...etc)? or which returns simply the used codepage of Windows? Thanx in advance. -- Don HO

The proper way to create rebar and toolbar child windows?
Posted on December 27th, 2003 | 5 Comments

I've been using rebar control and the toolbar control in my own program (no MFC or other framework is used) according to the Internet Explorer way. That is, Program Window -> WorkerW (Normal Child...

Window Positioning Problem
Posted on December 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I am writing a program that its main window should display on top of another full-screen DirectDraw application window. My program used API function below: SetWindowPos(MyHwnd, HWND_TOPMOST, x, y, 0,...

read string from input file
Posted on December 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

hi i am very much new to VC++.i have a input text file with the foll contents IP community interval i1 j1 k1 i2 j2 k2 .......... where each of i1,i2,j1,j2,k1,k2 is a...

Hexadecimal anomaly
Posted on December 27th, 2003 | 6 Comments

I have the following, rather weird problem: I have a variable videoWidth declared as long, and at certain point equal to 80. I divide it by 10, and then dispay the result using MessageBox. it...

proxy dll does not load
Posted on December 26th, 2003 | 7 Comments

Hello! I have done a proxy dll called user32.dll. When you load it, it loads the system version of user32.dll, and every call to functions in that dll will be transferred to calls in the system dll,...

Cross-Platform GUI Development
Posted on December 26th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Thought this might be of interest to some out there... For those who've never encountered it, it's a free, open-source, cross-platform GUI library (Windows/Mac/Linux). Forte's Agent 2.0 will be...

SOFTWARE / SCREENSAVERS
Posted on December 26th, 2003 | 0 Comments

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