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create internet mail account in Outlook programmatically
Posted on July 31st, 2003 | 0 Comments

Please, how to create internet mail account in MS Outlook programmatically? any tip? Note: profile configuration file (.prf) and newprof.exe is not working (and is not an option) Thanks!

Disabling the start menu at run time
Posted on July 31st, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi all! The title says it all! We have a C++ program doing many things and looking forward to being able to disable/enable the start menu at run time. How do I do this? Any idea? Cheers

exe resources
Posted on July 31st, 2003 | 3 Comments

Does anyone know if there is a program available that will allow you to extract resources from an exe file like the old borland C was able to do? Like getting icons and bitmaps from any exe file?

convert char * string to wchar_t * string
Posted on July 31st, 2003 | 4 Comments

Hi, I have an application that takes an ansi char *string, but one of the windows api I used in the application requires wchar_t * string. Does anyone know how to convert an ansi char * string to...

Custom Access reports via Visual C++?
Posted on July 31st, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hello all. I have been assigned the task of creating a custom Access report writer with Visual C++. The user will create an Access query through a GUI, and I'll need to return a report based on...

GetMonitorInfo Fails
Posted on July 31st, 2003 | 0 Comments

I am writing an win32 application for a multiple monitor system, its a very basic application and does the following: 1.checks for all the modes supported on the first display device 2.checks for...

Re: How to catch screen view and save as .bmp file?
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 3 Comments

Darek Adamkiewicz wrote: GetDC(NULL) to get the desktop DC, then Blit it to a bitmap and save it.

how can i intercept messages
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I've read about Browser Helper Objects and how they load in a dll with IE and can intercept messages and change things. I've got a neat idea for a change to the icq interface, but I don't want to...

Re: CComboBox Cursor Pos
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 5 Comments

"mik0" <m.wuertinger.donald@t-online.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:bg3j5r$1mn$02$1@news.t-online.com... Hi, first, the 'cursor' is called carret. Cursor is what you move with the mouse....

GetSaveFileName function error
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

i am trying to set the lpstrFile on the OPENFILENAME structure. i'd like to display a filename to the user that they may change if they'd like or keep it. the problem is that if i set the lpstrFile...

A dialog in a DLL?
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi, I've created a resource in a DLL (not a MFC one...). How do I call it from that DLL? I'm calling a function in the DL then I want the DLL to do some stuff and show the appropriate...

Re: Creating a Windows Popup Disclaimer
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Saving from that directory from your own application, or _any_ application? Assuming it is the latter (as the former is trivial), you could use ReadDirectoryChanges (NT only?). IIRC there was an...

DoDragDrop()
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi! I need to determine results of DoDragDrop(), so I use GetData w/ CFSTR_LOGICALPERFORMEDDROPEFFECT. This works fine in all but when one moves a file by Drag and drop and the file does already...

Re: System wide key combinations!?
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Gernot Frisch wrote: I reckon you have to set a system-wide hook with SetWindowsHookEx. Set idHook to WH_KEYBOARD for keyboard messages and dwThreadId to 0 to capture all messages for all...

changing DEFID to child dialog
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Hi, My application uses tabsheets which are shown and hidden according to the tabs being selected. The sheets themselves are defined through dialog templates. One of them contains comboboxes. I...

DoDragDrop()
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Hi! I need to determine results of DoDragDrop(), so I use GetData w/ CFSTR_LOGICALPERFORMEDDROPEFFECT. This works fine in all but...

Getting an hInstance to use LoadString within a dll
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 7 Comments

From within my DLL, I want to load its string table. I'm trying to use LoadString, but to do so I need a HINSTANCE. I tried using GetModuleHandle(NULL), but of course this returns a handle to...

Determine if left mouse button is down
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi I am looking for an API to see if the left mouse button is pressed down. Any help appreciated... Thanks Mark

Automatic logon prevent automatic service to start
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi, guys! I encountered the following problem: If I set automatic logon on Win NT OS the automatic service Task Scheduler doesn't start. There are also two automatic services of Oracle that don't...

Re: Shell in Windows XP
Posted on July 30th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi Zvika, this is a pretty dull task because there are a number of places from which Windows can load software at startup. remove startup folder references If you're trying to remove a program and...