I need to echo a string containing angle brackets (< and >) to a file on a Windows machine. Basically what I want to do is the following: echo some string < with angle > brackets >>myfile.txt This doesn't work since the command interpreter gets confused with the angle brackets. I could quote the whole string like this: echo "some stri...
How do you rename a file to include the datetime using the windows command line? ...
Anyone know where to find a reference that describes how to output color on the Windows CLI interfaces using API and/or stdout? ...
The MSDN documentation is (somewhat) clear about the following two facts about GDI Pens: A Cosmetic pen (create via CreatePen or ExtCreatePen w/ PS_COSMETIC) must be 1 unit wide (well, <= 1, but let's not go there). A Geometric (ExtCreatePen w/ PS_GEOMETRIC) pen must solid (PS_SOLID only, no PS_DASH, etc). They can, however, draw fatt...
We had a bad day yesterday. One of our Domain Admins deleted an OU containing 700+ users and the same amount of computers as well as assorted other useful things like groups etc. We restored from a backup, but it wasn't pretty. I know that ADUC asks you if you're sure etc... but I'd like it if it was not possible to delete this partic...
I have an exe file that I should like to sign so that Windows will not warn the end user about an app from an "unknown publisher". I am not a Windows developer, the app in question is a screensaver app generated from an app that generates screensaver apps. As such I have no influence on how the file is generated. I've already found out ...
For example, suppose I have a batch file called 'test.cmd' and it simply contains: echo %1 I can call this directly from the command prompt with 'test.cmd some¬arg' and the result is that the string 'some¬arg' is printed. However if I place that same call in a second batch file, called 'tester.cmd' for the sake of argument, and I cal...
I'm having a bit of a problem. I have a datatable in the parent form. I open a dialogbox form that gets the datatable property and creates a checkboxlist. This will be used to export those columns. But when I run the application the parentform property is null. I've tried setting it in the parent and dialogbox form (I assumed this would ...
I'm experiencing a strange issue where my Visual Studio 2005 C++ program crashes the first time it runs after a new build. I'm having a difficult time debugging this intermittent issue and I suspect it's somehow related to a file somewhere on my hard drive that is being changed. If I can find the file(s), that might provide some more i...
I have the following Macro I want to call from within an AutoHotkey script in order to set certain dates in my MonthCal object to be bold. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb774722(VS.85).aspx How would I go about that? Note that it's possible the easiest way to do it is to write a simple VB script which uses the macro and cal...
As a follow-up to this question I am hoping someone can help with the CredEnumerate API. As I understand from the documentation the PCREDENTIALS out parameter is a "pointer to an array of pointers to credentials". I am able to successfully call the CredEnumerate API using C# but I am not sure of how to convert the PCREDENTIALS into so...
Hi, I used the command line "arp -s IP MAC" command to set a static ARP entry on Windows Server 2003. When I ran "arp -a" it was there as a "static" entry. When I restart, it is gone. Is there some file somewhere like lmhosts where I can make this absolutely permanent? Thanks! ...
The MSI stores the installation directory for the future uninstall tasks. Using the INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION property (that is "InstallLocation") works only the installer has set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION property during the installation. But this property is optional and almost nobody uses it. How could I retrieve the installation...
The SciTE editor comes with the Ruby installer, and it's just a generic code editor. I installed FreeRIDE but it seems a little buggy; it actually just crashed on me for no reason. :( So my question is... What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows? What are the best editors out there? ...
In most versions of windows, you can get to the menu by pressing the F10 key, thus avoiding having to use the mouse. This behaviour does not appear to be present in Windows Mobile 5.0, but is desirable as the device I am using will be more keyboard than touch screen driven. Is there a way of programmatically activating and using the ...
I'm looking for the .NET/C# way of performing Change Journal Operations (without importing unmanaged code). Any hints or RTFM-links? ...
I'm working on writing a kernel, and I have a few friends working with me on the project. We've been using DJGPP to compile the project for a while, but we're having some cross-platform compatibility issues with compiling this way that have left my main Partnet on the project unable to compile on Windows XP. (DJGPP's GCC is having issues...
I have a program that uses save files. It needs to load the newest save file, but fall back on the next newest if that one is unavailable or corrupted. Can I use the windows file creation timestamp to tell the order of when they were created, or is this unreliable? I am asking because the "changed" timestamps seem unreliable. I can embed...
I'm having a hard time understanding some git/DCVS concepts. Here's what happened: I created a git project, and imported it from an SVN repo I made some commits I wanted to experiment something, so I created a branch called constants-update I switched to constants-updatebranch, moved some files, deleted others and added many more I com...
Previously, I asked the question. The problem is the demands of our file structure are very high. For instance, we're trying to create a container with up to 4500 files and 500mb data. The file structure of this container consists of SQLite DB (under 1mb) Text based xml-like file Images inside a dynamic folder structure that make ...