Hello everyone I am having some trouble compiling a programm with gcc on windows which was initially developed with Visual Studio. So far I was able to resolve almost all problems like missing header files and such, but now I am stuck at one last thing: gcc fails to link to one of the third party libs my program uses (FlyCapture2.lib). ...
Hi, I am looking for the data directory of mysql server (5.1.42) I installed on my machine which runs win7. There is no 'data' direcotory in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1 and also in C:\Users\MyAccount\AppData\Local||LocalLow||Roaming ...
I have added a setup project to my .net windows application (VS 2008), and when I install my application I get a menu item in the start menu for my application at the top level of the start menu. I would like the user to be able to select a folder for the application during installation like I've seen with most applications, but I can't...
I have a static library to access a Database. It has a function readMaximum(). readMaximum() reads a maximum value from DB. This function is thread safe (using mutex). But problem is : There are two processes A.exe and B.exe; both are compiled with the static library. Is there any way where I can implement mutual exclusion between p...
Hi all me again, anybody know how to minimize the command prompt when running a batch script in Windows 3.11? in Windows XP, there have a command start /min start.bat to minimize the cmd prompt, is it have similiar command in MSDos 6.22? ...
I want to change a drive letter. For example, I can use diskpart to assign a new letter to a drive (a USB disk or a new hard disk). How can I implement it in C/C++? ...
Which open-source projects do you feel C/C++ Windows developers should be aware of? Boost Libraries: generic library (smart pointers, command line parsing, threads, formatting, etc) Postgresql: full-feature SQL database. MediaInfo: provides information about audio/video files. ...
hi For comparing strings in UNICODE versions is it advisable to use strcmp or _tcscmp? Thanks in advance ...
I want to get whether current user is Admin or guest of a machine ...
Hello, I'm writing a Windows program using C++ and the Windows API, and, am trying to queue MIDI messages in a MIDI stream, but am receiving a strange error when I try to do so. If I use midiOutShortMsg to send a non-queued MIDI message to the stream, it works correctly. However, midiStreamOut always returns error code 68, which is #def...
Hie i am kind of stuck here see, i am designing a service app that searches files and checks their lastaccesstime to determine which files(mp3 or such) have been played recently. While testing the behavior of windows on this i noticed the update only happens when openning a folder containing the file and never again. ...
Hai guys, Can we implement default pagination like asp:gridview for a datagridview in a c# windows application? Any samples to get started? ...
Hi, could you tell me plz - is it possible (and how if yes) to capture following information in AIR application: Operation System Laptop model and vendor (if laptop) Installed applications with versions thanks a lot!! ...
How does one interface a joypad under Windows? Is there a WinAPI method, or must DirectX be used? Can anyone provide some pointers as to how to get started? Thanks! ...
On Unix one can have single socket used for both IPv6 and IPv4 ( dual mode ). On windows this is not supported. Does anybody has solution for implementing the same using same socket for Windows. ...
Hi, Using WinXP. What I need to do (pref in VB or c#) is to detect when another (closed source) program displays a notification balloon in the tray - and grab the details. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ...
Hi, I have a very strange problem indeed! I wonder if the problem is in the framework, OS or maybe it's just me, misunderstanding things... I have a file, which might be created a long time ago, I use the file, and then I want to archive it, by changing it's name. Then I want to create a new file, with the same name as the old file had...
I’m writing file browsing software and I want it to work correctly with all portable devices, such as cameras, smart phones and so on. My program shows thumbnails, so I need to read the content of each file. Now I’m facing some problems: With both my photo cameras I can open only one ISteam from device. For every additional stream I g...
I've made a wxPerl application which presents just a simple frame which only contains a wxMenuBar, wxPanel, wxTextCtrl and a wxStaticBitmap. The development and deployment platform is Windows XP and beyond. The image is added to the form like this: my $logoData = Wx::Bitmap->new(App::Resource::Images::getLogoPath(), wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP);...
I am doing a query for all the users on the machine and when it executes it grabs 100% CPU and locks up the system. I have waited up to 5 minutes and nothing happens. In the Task Manager wmiprvse.exe is using all the CPU. When I kill that process everything returns to normal. Here is my code: SelectQuery query = new SelectQue...