Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my post,I have this code: case WM_COMMAND: { switch(LOWORD(wParam)) { case hwndCombo: { switch(HIWORD(wParam)) {...

Hi Friends I need an application like that: Overlap One Window's client area to another Window's client area, means I have title bar, menu bar of backgraund's Window and only Cliet area of foreground's Window using Win32 API. As user's point of view they have only...

I did a short paint project like mspaint.exe.I have a problem about drawline with stretch-out line,some function like as folling:WM_LBUTTON DOWN: drawline, confirm a start pointWM_MOUSEMOVE: a single line is drawn where end point is Cursor's positionWM_LBUTTONUP: drawline completeI have problem...

Can anybody give me a working version of portuser.cpp of Gary Nebbet, <br/>i mean i must compile it properly with DDK2000/XP and PlatformSDK.<br/>Thank you very much.

I write a programe to list the opened file handles. There is source code.It can be compiled by vc6.0 as console project.#include <windows.h>#define NTAPI __stdcalltypedef LONG NTSTATUS;#define IN#define OUT#define OPTIONAL#define SystemHandleInformation 16typedef struct _HANDLE_E...

How come, whenever I use a resource, I have to define it as an integral and call the integer's value to use it?For example, I have this:CONTROL "",IDC_COMBOBOX,"ComboBox",0x50010003,8,90,62,111Then I define it like this:#define IDC_COMBOBOX 30000I can use this in my main.cpp like this:MAKEINTRE...

Hi. I'm making a 2D map editor and trying to update the window that shows the map. Anyway, the way I have it now works good, but there is a lot of flicker because I clear the screen to a white color and then update it. This is how I do it now.Pseudocodebegin Create Device Context Create Memor...

I'm planning to develop my special Input Method by VC++ based on Windows+PC. Is there any SDK or DDK support to make thing easier, or Just use Visual Studio?<br/>Please be specific, sorry, I'm old programmer and not expert of VC++ and Windows.

I got a bunch of buttons in a dialog box (my main window) and when one is entered I want to change the DEFPUSHBUTTON to a different one.I tried to do this: SendMessage(log,BM_SETSTYLE,BS_PUSHBUTTON|BS_TEXT|WS_CHILD|WS_TABSTOP,TRUE);SendMessage(play,BM_SETSTYLE,BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON|BS_TEXT|WS_CH...

I try to use RegLoadKey with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive, but it returns ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED ,the code below works for HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive , i couldnt figure out why it didnt for also HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEalthough i am setting privilige defined as msdn ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms7248...

How can i get list of installed softwares on system via Registry ( in my project i mustnt use MSI)<br/>Thank you very much

In my main scope i declare my pointer variables :...PSID ownerSid = NULL ;PACL pDACL = NULL ; ownerSid = GetOwnerSIDFromFile (path);pDACL = GetDACLFromFile (path);if(ownerSid) FreeSid(ownerSid);if(pDACL) LocalFree(pDACL);...PSID and PACL still cause leakages altgough i try to release them. How can i...

I have Windows XP with Dev-C++. I created a Windows Application and added #include <gdiplus.h> to the top of the file. I made sure I had gdiplus.h and all the files it required in my include folder. However, when I try to run the application. I get these errors: http://rafb.net/p/wD4DPa78.html...

All week now I have been searching for a good way to load and display PNG files. Every solution I try never works.So now I am posting on the forums. I am not looking for a huge library. In fact, I'm not looking for a library at all. All I want to do is do easily be able to load and display PNG...

I am using VMR9 Filter for video rendering. But i must do some arrangements on this filter like :<br/>"YUV mixing mode", "dynamic decimation", and "dynamic switch to BOB"<br/>How can i set them on VMR9 Filter via directshow code ?<br/>BEST REGARDS

Hi everyone: I'm trying to isolate all <SCRIPT></SCRIPT> tags inside an HTML document. I can easily find the beginning of the SCRIPT tag (by simply using a text search function on HTML text) but to find its end one needs to parse the contents of the script itself. In light of this,...

Hello,I do image processing on bitmaps. I have a question about edge conditions.For example I use diffrent masks:1,1,11,1,11,1,1or 0,1,00,1,00,1,0or1,1,1,1,11,1,1,1,11,1,1,1,11,1,1,1,11,1,1,1,1and I have a problem with defining edge conditions of filtration. And I would like to ask: what edge condit...

I'm fooling around with pipes and I've got a basic duplex working. The server opens a child(cmd.exe) and then pings a server with 1 count. I take this information and output it on the parent, notifying if the server that i just pinged is still available.My intention is to get this server m...

I am writing a program that is still in its very early stages, and I have already encountered some errors where I wouldn't have expected them.One of the main things that the program needs to be able to do is recognize pixel colors from the screen. So the first thing i did was to find someone el...

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms786690.aspxIt says : Include Qedit.h. This header file is not compatible with Microsoft Direct3D headers later than version 7.My application must do both VMR9 rendering and sample grabbing. But there are many problems when i include d3d9.h+vmr9.h with qedit...

Hi fellowsI'm programming C++ approximately 1 1/2 year, and I programming for windows too. But some keywords I don't know exactly what they are and when I use them. That's my question:What the meaning of terms and when I use them:__stdcall__pascal__fastcall__thiscallinlineIt seems tha...

Hi All,I have following scenario.Application name : test.exeuser1 has logged into the system and executed the application.Now, without closing the application he simply locks the system (CTRL+ALT+DEL).Now, user2 logs into the same system and tries to execute the test.exe application. At this point,...

I am doing everything for allocating and freeing sid structure but it always gives leakages please check the code :BOOL GetAll (char* sFileOrFolderName ){ DWORD dwRtnCode = 0; PSID ownerSid = NULL; HANDLE hFile; hFile = CreateFile( sFileOrFolderName, GENERIC_READ,...

I cant get SACL structure of a file , however i call a function : Privilege(SE_SECURITY_NAME,TRUE);How can i get sacl ??BOOL Privilege(LPTSTR pszPrivilege, BOOL bEnable){ HANDLE hToken; TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tp; // // obtain the token, first check the thread and then the process...

Hi,Can anybody tell me any API or sample code snippet to find out the Directory access permissions, to find out whether or not a directory have write protection.I found "GetNamedSecurityInfo" API, but don't know how to use it.I want this in both Window and linux.Any help will be appreciated.Tha...

Hello,<br/>I use FindWindow to find one of the displayed windows. Then I try to get its title by calling GetWindoText but I'm getting empty string. However if I use spy++ then it displays title of the window. What's the problem?

Hello everyone,i'm programing an MCF process viewer. By now, everything works fine except that the ICONS of the processes don't show up (just an empty room). I am using the ExtractIconEx API call for getting the ICON's.This is a screenshot on which you can see what i mean: http://www.i...

Hi for allI've created a program that triggers some threads.I don't get to use the syncronization. Some threads are triggered before others.I created a class called ResourceObject. This is a simple class with a boolean value and a CRITICAL_SECTION value:ResourceObject::ResourceObject(){...

Hello ~I am trying to set the text in my multi-lined Edit control using Send Message (WM_SETTEXT). I am trying to get my Edit control to fill up with JavaScript code, with each parameter a variable that has just been set via a dialog. Obviously, I do not want all this code appearing on one line.A...

Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my postI am running Visual C++ 2005 and I'm having some trouble with GDI+.I have two bitmaps:Bitmap* pngFrame;Bitmap* pngEmblem;I initialized them in a function I use, and I can display them no problem like this:PAINTSTRUCT ps; BeginPaint...

Hi,I am using C++ on Vista.Can anyone suggest me the steps to write to the Windows event log.What will be the value in 1st parameter of EventRegister(). Where from I will get the GUID. My one is not COM based application. 100% Windows application w/o any use of MFC also.Can anyone direct me to any s...

Okay I narrowed this down.I got a dialogbox as my main window. Inside that box I have a Web Browser embedded. When I open a page with a interactive Java applet inside the browser, and then give focus to some other program or window, my program will freeze and crash.If I don't lose focus my prog...

Hi,<br/>EM_CHARFROMPOS api don't seem to work with double byte characterset. whenever I call these functions I get wrong int values returned... <br/>any idea why?

i want to know how to minimize any program to the taskbar just by dragging and dropping the title bar to the taskbar. this would have to work on any open window, so im thinking it would have to be a shell add-on. im not sure this is my first attempt to create a non-program specific method.

I've spent a good while trying to figure out if there is a way to determine what applications has opened a handle to a serial port that is unavailable (owing to already being in use). CreateFile can tell if a COM port exists, even if in use, and I've looked at QueryDosDevice to see if ther...

I subclassed my combobox edit and my edit controls so when you hit TAB or RETURN it acts does what I want.But when you use the keys, it makes that sound every time. All I do is use SetFocus and SendMessage to move focus to different controls or click buttons. Any ideas to remove this sound? I'm...

i am writing a global hook that is a hook in a dll... do i have to use the pragma datasegment statement to use a global variable... like i want to send an window handle to the dll or the hook handle... is pragma the only way to do that?

i started doing windows programs using Dev-C++ IDE. I am creating a global keyboard hook for testing purpose... it is not working properly... so i got a doubt like dev-c++ may not be completely support writing global hooks in it... i dont want to use visual c++ because i want the code to be in Win32...

Hi all,i need to develop a COM dll from a static lib. can anyone please tell me what are the steps required. i know a how to make dll but don't know much about static lib. please explain the concepts of .lib file and .dll file. is it possible that .lib can be used alone to write an application...

How can i change video resolution using sample grabber ?<br/>Does VMR9 renderer supply a ready method for this operation ?<br/>Thank you very much

Hello ~I am trying to store the value returned from an Edit Box using GetDlgItemText. I retrieve the data from the Edit Box and store it to a character array. However, this does not seem to be returning anything! I also think that there must be a more efficient way of doing this, especially as I...

I'm trying to ping a computer on the network, but I'm receiving a 11001 error(no such host is known). Any help si extremely appreciated:below are 2 outputs and the code:Output:CreatePipe: The operation completed successfully. File created.ip: 16777343IcmpSendEcho: No such host is kn...

Hi, I am working in a project which needs to do different sorts of things with bitmaps.I have to zoom in and zoom out and also I have to scroll a bitmap if it is larger than window dimensions .My problem is with scrolling.I am not able to find the max value and it is scrolling past the bitmap whi...

Hi,I'm having trouble finding a windows executable string from the HWND.It seems to work ok if i try and get the string of the process but is i try this on another window (for example on internet explorer window). it returns nonsense.this is how i'm doing itchar path[500];HINSTANCE__* foun...

In order to use IcmpSendEcho, you need to take a dotted ip address "127.0.0.1" and run it through inet_addr() so it is of the IPAddr format. I want to convert this IPAddr format back to the dotted form.I've searched the forums and googled multiple times but to no avail. These are some of the th...

I wont minimize my appliciotion to try icons bar (near windows clock) when I close it (when I click nice red button [ x ] :)) but the point is that I wont just minimize application not to exit from it.Also I have another problem I am trying minimize application to try icons bar when it starts, but...

Hi all, I program as a hobby and learning on my way. Ive been learning c++, winAPI & simple to moderate GDI. Ive made several clockfaces as bmp's, which are selectable and used TransparectBlt to draw them. After re-learning some maths, I used Lineto with sin / cos to draw the hands. Also I h...

I cant get SACL of an existing file on my system with this code. GetNamedSecurityInfo returns 0 (ERROR_SUCCESS) , which meansthere is no error in execution of it but pSACL still becomes 0x00000000and IsValidAcl(pSACL) returns FALSE .#include <windows.h>#include <aclapi.h>unsigned long...

Hi!.I know how to change the control back and fore color of a window class, but only when inside the parent window procedure by cachting the message WM_CTLCOLOR{SHORT NAME OF CONTROL}: and establishing SetTextColor((HDC)wParam,A COLOREF to the fore color (text color));SetBkColor((HDC)wParam,A COLORE...

Hey.<br/>I was lookg at some source and and the filename fro the CreateFileW was specified as:<br/>"pathfilea:filebnopath".<br/>ie.<br/>"c:\...\filea:fileb"<br/>What exactly does the ":" do in between the file names?<br/>Thx