I'm trying to update a form asynchronously (i.e., from a callback function than from the main thread). However, the form dies when I try to do this. What might the problem be? (I'm using Borland...

patrikmjohansson@yahoo.se (Patrik Johansson) wrote in message news:<8d5c526d.0309072248.19e1789f@posting.google.com>... For windows 2000 BOOL GetVersionEx(POSVERSIONINFO pVersionInformation); This...

Hey, I have a tray icon application that creates a balloon tooltip on the tray icon on certain conditions. I get the NIN_BALLOONUSERCLICK, if a user clicks on the balloon. But I want to get the...

I'd like ALT-F to pop up the File menu even if the focus is in a child dialog. I can assign it to an accelerator, which gets control no matter the focus, but then I can't figure our how to force...

Is there any tool (free or cheap) to optimize the ACLs assigned to files and directories? It seems to be very common on our file servers that even if they are Win2k based and thus support inherited...

Hi, I'm having a problem with PostMessage. To skip to the chase, I post two user-defined messages, WM_A and WM_B, to the same window (WM_A followed immediately by WM_B): PostMessage(hWnd, WM_A, 0,...

Hi everybody! I need to format the flash card to be multipartitioned (two partitions needed) with FAT file system. But the Windows Disk Manager does not permit to format removable disk (flash card)...

Is there any way I can get the thread or process of a handle created (in this case a mutex)? Cheers, Dan.

I have a file that contains the entire memory image from a computer running a proprietary operating system. The memory size is 64MB, so the addressing of it is from 0x00000000 to 0x04000000. A chunk...

PostQuitMessage generally works, even inside WM_DESTROY handling. Maybe there's a problem with your message loop -- you should post that, too. -- Tim Robinson (MVP, Windows...

Hello, I'm very confused! Normally, every button sends a WM_COMMAND message. But winhelp doesn't seem to do that. What I do a Spy+ on a winhelp window (even on the button in the title bar itself)...

Aside from the MSDN article "Unraveling the Mysteries of Writing a Winsock 2 Layered Service Provider", does anyone know if there are any other books or literature on the Internet that explain how to...

I want to detect when my program loses mouse capture (ie. another window is selected). I tried the WM_CAPTURECHANGE message, but it seems to only detect when capture is regained. How do I get the...

"Edward" <bab53c@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1f0226b5.0309041641.352b1856@posting.google.com... Where do you want to add it? You give LoadImage a path, it gives you an HBITMAP (or HICON, or...

Hi folks, I'm developing an application using the Xerces-C++ XML parser. Setting the schema requires a URI, and the location of our schemas is configurable, and really could be on any file server on...

Hi all, Both wWinMain and wmain are functions to be implemented by the application. From the Win32 view point neither wWinMain nor wmain (nor also neither WinMain nor main) really exists: all images...

On 4 Sep 2003 17:41:55 -0700, bab53c@yahoo.com (Edward) wrote: This is so trivial that it's difficult to see where you might have gone wrong, especially since you don't provide any information...

wmain is part of the C and C++ languages. wWinMain is one of Microsoft's extensions to C/C++. They don't show up in the Platform SDK because they're not part of any API; you have to write them...

Hi, How do I find the name of the NT-domain to which a workstation belongs within a program? On MSDN I found the function DsGetDcName() which provides information on the domain controller and the...

Does anyone know of a tool for measuring or illustrating the degree of memory fragmentation in an application's heap? TIA -- Jim Johnson