I've always wondered the best way to automate use of a GUI in windows. When I was about 15, I wrote a little application that used some simple Windows API functions to automatically click on certain locations on the screen based on a script. This could be used to automate GUI applications, but surely it's not the best way. So, my quest...
Looking for a RAM disk API (or equivalent set of software to implement) to store file/s temporarily for read/write operations outside the physical hard disk environment. update Exe files will be written to the RAM disk and executed. ...
I have installed SFTP on a windows servers using copSSH and all is good and it works well however you can go back from the main root. For example when i use C:\copSSH\home{username} as that user i can go back into copSSH and into them directories too. And I have a user setup to actually be C:\inetpub\wwwroot but that user can go into t...
I have a Windows C++ console program, and if I don't call ReleaseDriver() at the end of my program, some pieces of hardware enter a bad state and can't be used again without rebooting. I'd like to make sure ReleaseDriver() gets runs even if the program exits abnormally, for example if I hit Ctrl+C or close the console window. I can use ...
I'm experimenting with multithreading in Windows and was wondering whether I should use Win32 API use POSIX Threads for Windows Learning Pthreads would be useful if I tried to develop such applications on different platforms - but am I losing anything by not learning Win32 API? Or are both similar enough so that learning one allows m...
I need to run the following command from the command line in Windows 7: SumatraPDF.exe -inverse-search "\"C:\Program Files\eclipse\inverse_search.bat\" \"%f\" %l" However I need to modify it a little, since my installation of Eclipse is located in here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Eclipse (C++) How do I escape this line correctly? Do I ne...
I downloaded php_xdebug-2.0.5-5.3-vc9.dll, added at the end of PHP.ini the following line: zend_extension_ts="C:/Program Files/php5/ext/php_xdebug-2.0.5-5.3-vc9.dll" When I use phpinfo(), xdebug is not loaded. When I run command "php.exe -m", it not loaded as well. How can this be resolved? My configuration: PHP 5.3.1, Apache 2.2...
I'm writing a hack that sits in the system tray and corrects tablet pen input under very specific circumstances. I need to intercept only touch and pen input, test some conditions, and then translate the coordinates before the rest of the operating system sees the event. Is this possible? I'm willing to write a simple driver if I need to...
Hi there guys. I have this ASP.NET/SQLServer2005 website running on a production server (Win2003, QuadCore, 4GB). The site runs smoothly normally, but after 2-3 weeks I notice a slow performance on the site (especifically in one particular page). Also I notice that the SQL Server process is using like 2GBs of RAM. So I restart the serv...
I have a Java program that is launched by a batch file with a line like this: javaw -Xms64m -Xmx1024m com.acme.MyProgram However, on some computers the program will not launch and displays the following message: Could not reserve enough space for object heap. Could not create the Java virtual machine. The problem seems to be t...
I'm using Flex in Flash Player 10 on Windows, using FileReference to load a file into memory, as below. My issue is that when a file is locked by Windows, my FileReference is not giving me any feedback that the file is inaccessible--it simply never dispatches any events after my calling load(). Does anyone have insight into how to tell...
Hi all, I have modified a working Windows service that had always been starting beforehand. After adding the System.Management reference it now sometimes will not start automatically. I get the following error: Service cannot be started. System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80010002): Call was canceled by the message...
My program is trying to create an key on the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSCONFIG\startupreg\test\ but instead the key is created on the HKLM\Wow6432node\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSCONFIG\startupreg\test\ and don't work properly... Why? How can I solve it? ...
Hi! I am trying to test out mongoDB and see if it is anything for me. I downloaded the 32bit windows version, but have no idea on how to continue from now on. I normally use the WAMP services for developing on my local computer. Can i run mongoDB on Wamp? However, what's the best (easiest!) way to make it work on windows? Thanks! ...
I am using SQL server 2008 on windows 7 Machine and when i try to logon using local user i get error message login failed cannont login, i am administrator on my machine. Any Ideas? ...
I am trying to build Marble on Windows (XP) and have been extremely unsuccessful. Following the instructions written here. I am wanting to build it as QT only. Configuration of the build tree fails. I am using the cmake-gui since I have never tried to compile using cmake it's possible it could be something in there. I found a similar i...
Is it possible to convert Anim8or to Cinema 4D? Thanks in advance! ...
This is probably batch scripting 101, but I can't find any clear explanation/documentation on why this is happening or if my workaround is actually the solution. So basically any terminology or links to good sources is really appreciated. So I have a program I want to execute via batch script (along with several other programs). It's th...
I'm looking for a way to monitor which processes are using (or attempting to access) a file over a duration of time. What are some good Windows APIs or tools to achieve this? ...
I'm a rails novice and just finished my first rails app(as far as I can tell). Now I'm at the deployment stage and find myself utterly confused--especially because I'm deploying from a windows machine. I bought the pragmatic book on deployment and it seems a little out of date since they're recommending subversion instead of Git. What ...