In order to detect user absence GetLastInputInfo() can be used. I want to make GetLastInputInfo() return that I've just used keyboard/mouse all the time - as I've been actively using the computer so that whoever relies on GetLastInputInfo() thinks I'm actively using the computer. Can I use any Windows API functions to achieve that? ...
Hi I'm studying this book (Addison Wesley Windows System Programming 4th Edition) and I think its useless Im working on a searching code that support the recursive so it can go in deepth in files and directories the code is working ( I guess ) no syntax error but the output is not what I want the out put of the search is like: not f...
Can anyone identify the control that is being used to create the accordion-style tab layout in this Windows dialog? http://code-industry.net/images/imageprinter_pro.png ...
Hi guys, Ive got an annoying problem, I cant append any text to the text file. Every time I open it for writing, I overwrite the data. I tried to move the file pointer to the end of the file, but no result (no writing to the file at all). Here is the code: INVOKE CreateFile, offset filePath, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0, OPEN_AL...
I'm making a Notepad clone. Right now my text loads fine but where their are newline characters, they do not make newlines in the text field. I load it like this: void LoadText(HWND ctrl,HWND parent) { int leng; char buf[330000]; char FileBuffer[500]; memset(FileBuffer,0,500); FileBuffer[0] = '*'; FileBuffer[...
I want to make a combo box with all of the computer's installed fonts enumerated in it. I'm not sure how this is done. Do I need to access the registry to get this? Thanks ...
I want to implement basic spell checking in a Notepad clone project I'm doing. I want to underline misspelled words with a squiggly like like Word does. I think I need to use GDI and draw on the text field, but I'm not sure how to draw on controls. Thanks ...
After I use setcontrolfont, the text of the text field does not update. The onnly way I fixed this is by removing then readding all text but this seems hackish. How can I do it properly? Thanks *its a function I made: void SetControlFont(HWND hand, int size, char* name) { HGDIOBJ hfDefault; hfDefault = (HGDIOBJ)CreateFontA(siz...
I would like, if for no other reason that an academic exercise, to be able to read text written to a form on a Windows Application. The program appears to be written in non-.NET, but in .NET terms, I think you would describe the program as having a Form with a Label and I would like to read the text from that label. I believe I can see...
So I have a FAT drive, lets say H: and a directory 'work' (full path 'H:\work'). I need to get the NUMBER of the first cluster of that directory. The number of the first cluster is 2-bytes value, that is stored in the 26th and 27th bytes of the folder enty (wich is 32 bytes). Lets say I am doing it with file, NOT a directory. I can use...
How do I set up gdb on window so that it does not allow a program with assertion failure to terminate? I intend to check the stack trace and variables in the program. For example, running this test.cpp program compiled with MinGW 'g++ -g test.cpp -o test' in gdb: #include <cassert> int main(int argc, char ** argv) { assert(1==2); retu...
Hi, I have a pointer (void *) to a function and I want to know which process this function belongs to. I have no idea which way to go about it, but I think it's possible by using some form of VirtualQuery trickery. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, CLARIFICATION: By "belong to process" I mean what process the function ...
I would like to have the ability to process Win32 messages in a console app and/or inside a standalone DLL. I have been able to do it in .NET with the following article and it works great in C# inside a console app and standalone DLL http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163417.aspx Is there a way to do the equivalent with C/C++ W...
I'd like to figure out how to schedule a real ISR on normal win32 architecture (not Windows CE!) Is it possible? ...
I cannot find how I'm supposed to handle file opening in my program. For example if the user does Open With ... myprogram.exe then how do I handle that and do something with it. which WM_Message is sent? Thanks *no I mean if you have sometext.txt and openwith Notepad.exe, it magically displays the text, so how can I know if someone used...
How do I execute another program from within a C program in Windows 32 - in a similar way as Perl's system() function or Python's sub-process module - such as DEL, REG, or other cmd.exe programs? ...
When using TextRenderer.DrawText(), what does setting the TextFormatFlags.Internal flag actually do? Equivalently, what does setting the DT_INTERNAL flag to Win32's DrawTextEx() function do? More to the point, when should I set that flag and when should I not set it? The documentation says: "Uses the system font to calculate text metr...
Hello, i often work on private projects using the WinApi, and as you might know, it has thousands of named and typedefed structs like MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION. I will stick to this one in my question, what still is preferred, or better when you want to name a variable of this type. Is there some kind of style guide for this case? For ...
I'v created a Notepad-like application and if I load a 1MB file into the textbox, it takes about 1 minute. The Visual Studio Binary editor displays lines, Hex, and ascii versions in a fraction of a second. How do they get the data into the textbox so quickly? Thanks ...
I'm trying to get my application to do something when CTRL+S is pressed. I'm just not sure how the W and L params work for WM_KEYDOWN. MSDN has something about bit fields which i'm not sure about. How can I detect CTRL and S? Thanks What do I do if another control aside from hWnd has focus? ...