..for an out-of-process-server, or can I call a dispatch interface without registering a proxy/stub? The interface in question is very high level, so performance is a non-issue, and I could make the whole thing registration-free, which is a big plus ...
I'm writing a Windows console application in C++ and would like to return zero on success and a meaningful error code on failure (i.e., S_OK should return 0, and E_OUTOFMEMORY should return a different return value than E_FAIL and so on). Is the following an okay approach?: int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *argv[]) { HRESULT hr = DoSomet...
While attempting to use the CopyFile() function I have encountered a strange error. It will write neither of the files to my destination. Here is the code. The section when I send files has been commented. Keep in mind this code is a rough draft so ignore the function definitions. /* BrowserFind.c Version 0.2 07/29/09 LogicKills ...
I have a desire for POSIX style condition variables on Win32. I have some code that needs to run on XP, so I can't use Vista/Server 2008's CONDITION_VARIABLE. It makes use a of a pseudo condition variable class currently, which is based on leaving the critical section and signaling an auto reset event for signaling / waking. For waitin...
Hello there, I'm looking for a way to detect the # of running processes that has same process name. In example, I ran notepad three times. notepad.exe notepad.exe notepad.exe So it will return 3. I currently have these code to detect a running process, but not counting its running process quantity. #include <iostream> #include <win...
How can I get the file name of process from a process handle? I'm using Win32 C++ (Visual C++ Express Edition). Thanks. ...
I want to create a program or use a program that will read the memory values out of another application. Does anyone know of an application/library that will do this? The target app is this. I would like to read the exchange rate values from it. I'm an experienced c# programmer, but have never worked with the Win32/user32 api ...
I have made an application already that sends commands to an activated window. I want to be able to use the computer while my process is running because as soon as I switch focus to another window the key strokes being sent via send keys will go to the window I just switched to. Currently I use FindWindow, IsIconic, and ShowWin...
How can I convert an offset in text segment of an Win32 executable into a pointer at runtime? When using a disassembler, I can see the relative addresses. But how can I convert them to an absolute address at runtime? For example: .text:402BE620 Which address is that at runtime? How can I convert that number into a pointer? Some bac...
hello, i am creating a simple windows cmd program, and i am trying to make sure it only runs once (if u double click the exe file, only one instance will show.. so in my code.. i added a named mutex(the name is a GUID) .. if a 2nd instance of the program was started, it would show the message telling you, that you already got an instanc...
Does anyone have any example code that shows how to identify the system boot harddisk, and read/write the mbr from the harddisk in windows xp and vista? I know createfile can be used. But I do not know how to properly identify which device is the boot device. Like how do you find out which ones you are meant to use? \.\Volume{GUID}\...
Hi! I'm searching about gadget development when I found this site. I'd like know if somebody know how get open windows name? I want get a collection of all the open windows. I know in VB.NET, but dont know in DHTML/VBScript for Windows Vista Sidebar. If somebody can help me, I'll to stay grateful! Thanks Erik ...
I have two applications having two different top level windows: App1 -- Window1 App2 -- Window2 Now, I am creating a Dialog Dlg1 in App1 and I want to set window2(App2) as a parent window. ( That is because I want my Dlg1 to come on top of Window2 ). I created the dialog by setting Window2 as parent. It worked. But is it the correct ...
I would like to create a singleton class that is instantiated once in each thread where it is used. I would like to store the instance pointers in TLS slots. I have come up with the following solution but I am not sure whether there are any special considerations with multithreaded access to the singelton factory when thread local storag...
I am trying to draw a transparent (alpha) PNG image using CxImage, but it seems I'm missing some obvious step... The code so far is: CxImage image(m_pImage, m_lSize, CXIMAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN); CRect rcOut = rc; rcOut.left = (rc.Width()/2) - (image.GetWidth()/2); rcOut.right = rcOut.left + image.GetWidth(); rcOut.top = (rc.Height()/2) - (...
Hi, I'm currently working on a serial interfacing project based upon connecting to the rs232 port. However, seeing as a decent number of laptops and/or PC's seem like they might have their rs232 ports disappear within the next 5 years, I was considering using the RJ45 modular port for my project (EIA/TIA 568). However, I'm not quite sur...
Environment: Win32, C/C++ All three (3) can be used for a thread to signal to main() that it has completed an operation for example. But which one is the fastest signal of all? hmm... ...
Is there any tool to send (mimic) a windows message like 'WM_ENDSESSION' to a windows service? OR How can I send a windows message to a process using C#? (I know only C#) EDIT: Purpose: Basically I have to debug a windows service for fixing a bug that occurs only on system shut down. ...
I need a client networking thread to be able to respond both to new messages to be transmitted, and the receipt of new data on the network. I wish to avoid this thread performing a polling loop, but rather to process only as needed. The scenario is as follows: A client application needs to communicate to a server via a protocol that is...
I have a problem with the way my scrollbars are drawn. Because of external limitations (my application being a plugin running in an external window that insists on painting over any regular child window), I have to use SCROLLBAR-class windows (as opposed to using WS_CHILD | WS_VSCROLL) For almost every message received, the scrollbar is...