In the WindowsXP Control panel, you can see a nice collapsible panel control on the left: These are not just collapsible, but animated too. I wondered if these are any kind of control accessible to a developer, specifically in MFC? Or are they custom/bespoke functionality? ...
Hi, ive been working on c++ on linux for the past 2 years,and switched to windows c++ programming recently. can anyone tell me what that L is there in the argument of the function: SHLoadImageFile(L"\\Program Files\\TrainingApp\\background.png"); and on viewing certain sample code in MSVS C++ i came across hundereds of typedefs like...
Hi all, I am writing an app, which needs to take the screen shots automatically (just like pressing PrintScreen button). So please suggest me how to get this done. A raw 24 bit BMP image would suffice. PLEASE NOTE: My app is in C, so any win32 APIs that can be called from my code is what I am looking for. (Sometimes back I had got an e...
Hi, how can I get a list of windows shown on the taskbar on Windows 7? I have tried EnumWindows, but I'm getting way more windows than those shown on the taskbar (800 vs 15). ...
I want to change my window design rapidly. I have OnPaint function which I am calling when WM_PAINT message received. The design change only when the event occure. I want that design should automatically update doesn't depend on event kindly guide me how can I make it possible. ...
I have a process in c++ in which I am using window API. I want to get the HWND of own process. Kindly guide me how can I make it possible. ...
I am programming a process monitoring tool which is written in C++, windows application. Is there anyway to send out alert email when the tool find the process go down? Any library support this? or any solution is fine. Thanks. ...
Hi *, I am using "RegSetKeyValue" API in my application. I am referring to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724921(VS.85).aspx. As told in the article, I have defined _WIN32_WINNT_ as 0x0600 and have included Advapi32.lib in my linker options. But still I am getting linker error, "unresolved external symbol _RegSetKeyValue"...
How to hide the mouse pointer on the window screen of GDI, kindly give me some hints. ...
How to get the UTC time in milliseconds under windows platform. I am using Standard library which give me UTC time in seconds, I want to get time in miliseconds, kindly give me the reference of any other library which give me the accurate UTC time in miliseconds. ...
I have a file of data Dump, in with different timestamped data available, I get the time from timestamp and sleep my c thread for that time. But the problem is that The actual time difference is 10 second and the data which I receive at the receiving end is almost 14, 15 second delay. I am using window OS. Kindly guide me. Sorry for my...
I there any method to sleep the thread upto 100.8564 millisecond under window OS. I am using multimedia timer but its resolution is minimum 1 second. Kindly guide me so that I can handle the fractional part of the milisecond. ...
I have a TimerProc which calls MessageBox. I want the MessageBox to stay on top of other windows. So for example, the parent window sets the timer, then I move another window on top of that. When the timer fires, I want to MessageBox to appear on top of the window that is covering the app. Is this possible, and how should I go about doin...
I am writing the log file in my c application, the method for writing the file is fopen_s(&fMainFile, "c:\\LOG\\Filter.txt", "a"); fprintf(fMainFile, "SomeText"); fclose(fMainFile); I open the handle, after writing I closed it, but this writing crash my application after a while, can any one sort out this problem, that how much dange...
I have UTC time which is coming from UDP, I have a program to calculate Day and Time of UTC, how can I set my system clock at that day and time, kindly give me some direction so that I can make it possible. I am using window OS. ...
I have the following program, int iIndex=0; char cPort[5]={"\0"}; char cFileChar; fopen_s(&fFile,"c:\\Config\\FileName.txt","r"); if(fFile !=0) { cFileChar = getc(fFile); while (cFileChar!= EOF) { cPort[iIndex]=cFileChar; iIndex++; cFileChar = getc(fFile); } iDIPort=atoi(cPort); } in the file I have 32000, but when...
I have the following code which initiate the thread. int iNMHandleThread = 1; HANDLE hNMHandle = 0; hNMHandle = CreateThread( NULL, 0, NMHandle, &iNMHandleThread, 0, NULL); if ( hNMHandle == NULL) ExitProcess(iNMHandleThread); My question is What will happened if I run this code while the thread already in the running state. I want ...
Is it possible to set focus on a console app in Windows? SetFocus looks promising, but it needs an HWND and I don't know if console apps even have one. ...
Hi, Is it possible to write a Windows app that can capture packets on the PC such that this application can be installed/run as non-admin? If yes, what would be the approach, e.g. which language, which API/Library to use etc (e.g. would it be with the Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock) library?) I've looked at Network Monitor API's however t...
I want to get the source IP of UDP packet kindly guide me so that I can make it possible. I am working in c under windows platform. ...