Hello, This question may be simple to answer, bu I have searched the MSDN and haven't had any luck. Is there a Win32 API function available to C++ (I'm not using MFC) that will check if a...

Hello all, simple question here. I've implemented a windows service that does little except spawn off another executable via CreateProcess(). This process runs just fine (which I know because...

Sreeram wrote: try #pragma warning(push,3) #include "mmsystem.h" #pragma warning(pop) Damian

I am experiencing very strange deadlocks on a WinCE application. Currently I am suspecting a PostMessage inside a CriticalSection to be the problem. EnterCriticalSection(&cs); PostMessage...

Hi Group, Does anyone know of a Win32 API call that can be used to power down a monitor just as is done within the Windows OS >> Display Properties >> Screen Saver >> Energy Saving features of...

I'm trying to use FSCTL_FIND_FILES_BY_SID to find all the files in a directory whose owner matches a specified SID, but I always get lBytesReturned = 0 (see code below). I should get at least one...

Hello everyone, This is a semi off-topic question, but it's a quick one someone will surely be able to answer here. Is there a problem about using realloc on a block of memory which was allocated...

Hello All, Can you point me to a short example on reading/writing from/to parallel ports on win2k using VC6? 10x. Miki

Don't send a WM_PAINT, the system sends that automatically when it is needed and appropriate. At most you might sometimes update your listbox by using InvalidateRect(hwndListbox, NULL, TRUE) but that...

I don't believe this will work with GetProcAddress, which searches only the import address table of the specified module. Functions inside the exe (that you referred to as intrinsic) are not...

sounds like you didn't change the read/write permission on the CODE (or .TEXT depending on your compiler) sections of your binary. You must read up on PE file formats and how to change the PE...

Hello I have written a program for windows, that prints the context of a RichEdit control. it prints 100 copies of something, then 120 copies of something else, and so on. when the program reaches...

Hi, I've made a little app which works as a clipboard viewer, monitoring url:s. It works fine except for one thing, when I choose "copy shortcut" in internet explorer, a WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD message is...

I am trying to map a folder c:\myfolder\folderx\ as a shorcut to a volume say F:\. The F drive is not actually a physical drive but should appear as a mapped volume. I can add files and...

ok, a bit more reading in docs and it seems fixed. (using dumpbin, lib and some other commands we're usually shielded from to extract the ioinit stuff to separate .obj file) I guess it's more...

Hi Is there an easy way in which I can call a webpage (ideally with 'post' data passed to it), and recieve the page back into a Windows C/C++ program? The page will be a script that reads a database...

Hello, When I debug my application(NON-MFC) in VC++, it prompts the user for the path of .pdb file of a library that the application uses, though I do not try to step into the library call. It...

Hi, I'd like to use the Protected Storage service for storing local data that must be kept secure and unmodified (uner NT/2000 and Win9x). I couldn't find any documentation about this service (the...

"ee" <eric.noooospammmm.hay@bt.com> wrote in message news:bdpmgr$7r3$1@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... Sorry, what is the problem? Are you sure you use the right telnet version? Chang

hi, could anybody tell me is there any documentation available on COFF and LIB file formats for WIN98. rgds, Bansidhar