Hello, I have a batch script that takes arguments from the command line. One of the arguments has a * in it. In spite of putting the argument in quotes, the * gets expanded before the argument gets used in the batch script. I am using the following code to parse the arguments: set CMDLINE_ARGS=%~1 shift :get_args if "%~1" == "" goto ...
In Python under Windows: I want to run some code in a separate process. And I don't want the parent waiting for it to end. Tried this: from multiprocessing import Process from time import sleep def count_sheeps(number): """Count all them sheeps.""" for sheep in range(number): sleep(1) if __name__ == "__main__": p =...
I have this assignment due that requires the usage of FLTK. The code is given to us and it should compile straight off of the bat, but I am having linking errors and do not know which other libraries I need to include. I currently have "opengl32", "fltk_gl", "glu32", and "fltk" included (-l), each of which seem to reduce the number of e...
At work, we have short login names, e.g. hastingsg, but Outlook and I believe other parts of the Windows system also have access to a longer name, e.g. Jeff Hastings. In cpython (not IronPython), if I have the shorter login name, how can I get the longer full name? I have pywin32 and ExchangeCDO installed. ...
Hello All, I am using popen in PHP to execute a TCL file . $cmd='C:/wamp/www/Tcl/bin/tclsh84.exe'; //windows $ph = popen($cmd,'w') But if someone restarts the machine or the tclsh84.exe process is killed . How do I know this error condition has occured ? $ph is not returning 0 in these conditions. Regards, Mithun ...
As I get it there're three ways to implement marshalling in COM: typelib marshalling proxy/stub marshalling implementing IMarshal by the object now how does the component consumer (user) choose which one will be used? Does it decide on its own and use the preferred way or does it call some built-in function and it solves the problem ...
I want to register my own project extension in window registry. I searched on google, at least i found this code, this works well, but I don't understand one line. What is meaning of "%L". The C# code is string ext = ".ext"; RegistryKey key = Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey(ext); MessageBox.Show(exePath); key....
Is it possible to put a new line character in an echo line in a batch file? Basically I want to be able to do the equivalent of: echo Hello\nWorld You can do this easily enough in linux but I can't work out how to do it in windows. ...
I have part of a build process that creates a hideously long path in Windows. It's not my fault. It's several directories deep, and none of the directory names are abnormally long; they're just long and numerous enough to make it over MAX_PATH (260 chars). I'm not using anything other than ASCII in these names. The big problem is that t...
When I run the MinGW bash shell, I can no longer open the right-mouse menu. when I exit the shell, and return to the cmd.exe shell, the right mouse button works again. Is the MinGW bash version disabling the mouse button somehow? and how can I prevent this? ...
I want to add a method accepting IStream* to my COM interface. Here's the idl excerpt: import "oaidl.idl"; import "ocidl.idl"; import "objidl.idl";//IStream is declared in this .idl file [ uuid(uuidhere), version(1.0) ] library MyLibrary { importlib("stdole32.tlb"); importlib("stdole2.tlb"); [ object, uuid(...
I would like to let my JFrame under Windows not act upon an ALT key press. To clarify, when you execute the following snippet of code: import javax.swing.*; public class FrameTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setSize(400, 400); frame.setDefaul...
I was wondering if there is a way to embed a windows application like photoshop inside a java application? More specifically I would like to set the parent container of the windows application to a JPanel or JFrame. Is this possible? ...
I'm looking into the exact implications of using QueryPerformanceCounter in our system and am trying to understand it's impact on the application. I can see from running it on my 4-core single cpu machine that it takes around 230ns to run. When I run it on a 24-core 4 cpu xeon it takes around 1.4ms to run. More interestingly on my machin...
I have installed MonoDevelop 2.2 Beta 2 on Windows XP and seem to be missing the option which allows me to create an ASP.NET MVC project. This was missing in MonoDevelop 2.1 Beta 1 but the release notes for Beta 2 state that it was included in the installer for Beta 2. Any thoughts on why I still can't see it? Have I missed a step or ...
Our application displays tons of valuable information to our users in a table. We have a filtering capablity that is based on boolean/logic searches. Even after coaching, users still tend to not understand how to use filters because AND OR > >= etc are foreign to them. This filter is easy for programmers since it is easily translated int...
I copy set of folders from server 1 to server 2. Amongst files I also have junction: folder with set of config files: on server 1 this junction points to... let's say c:\Config (that contains config1.cfg, config2.cfg) On server 2 I also have c:\Config with the same set of files, but of course they contains their own settings that I do n...
I can run my project through netbeans but after I make a jar file and double click it I get the error cannot find Java runtime environment? I am on Windows. ...
Over the past week I've been working on a roguelike game in C++ along with a friend. Mostly too learn the language. I'm using: pdcurses Windows 7 Visual studio C++ To output wchar_t's wherever I want to in the console. I have succeeded in otuputting some unicode characters such as \u263B (☻), but others such as \u2638 (☸) will just ...
Background: A long time I remember reading about a Java library that was created specifically to handle routine operations on Windows operating systems. It had, for example, native routines for handling things like "shortcut" creation, and all those cute little quirks of windows filepaths. It was touted as being the "missing library" f...