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Windows system call issue in W2K8

I am having a problem with windows system function “EnumProcessModules()” that is defined in psapi.dll. In our component we use this function to retrieve modules in a specified process. This function is working well as long as we run the program on a 32-bit OS. However, this function fails when we run the program on a 64-bit OS (e.g. W2K...

For how long can a file be locked in windows after program is closed?

In a couple of scripts that I use I have problem that is intermittent. Sometimes the script fails when trying to delete a file. According to the error log due to the file being accessed by an other process. I'm guessing that windows not had time to release the file after the previous operation performed on the file ended. What amount ...

How do I call Matlab in a script on Windows?

I'm working on a project that uses several languages: SQL for querying a database Perl/Ruby for quick-and-dirty processing of the data from the database and some other bookkeeping Matlab for matrix-oriented computations Various statistics languages (SAS/R/SPSS) for processing the Matlab output Each language fits its niche well and we...

Program to create window transparency in XP

I'm looking for a program to create window transparency within Windows XP; somewhat like Glass2K. I've used Glass2K and found it extremely processor intensive and would like to try something else. The application needs to act upon the current Windows Theme rather than be a theme itself like Aero Glass. ...

How to restrict file system when logged into terminal services: single login name

What I need to accomplish: With one login, when they are in the building I need them to see everything. When they are using terminal services with same login they should not be able to see the network. I can lock down the PC running terminal services as that is its only use. Details: Windows/2003 Server with terminal services. One l...

Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4) Delay

I'm working with the the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2010 using Wf4 to write a new workflow for approving resource requests. In my workflow, I would like for a request to expire after a few days if no approval has been made for the request. We did this in WF 3.5 (Visual Studio 2008) by adding a Delay timer into an EventDrivenAct...

C: Running Unix configure file in Windows

I would like to port a few applications that I use on Linux to Windows. In particular I have been working on wdiff. A program that compares the differences word by word of two files. Currently I have been able to successfully compile the program on windows through Cygwin. However, I would like to run the program natively on Windows simi...

MinGW GCJ libiconv path problem

I'm having a problem with the MinGW implementation of GCJ. I read that you have to install libiconv before you can use it. However, the documentation wasn't very specific, and it did not say where to extract the binaries and developer files (libiconv-bin and libiconv-lib). I have tried the following paths: $p = c:\mingw $p\libiconv-1.9.2...

Pair programming tools that are not remote

I am currently in a job where we practice serious pair programming on windows machines. We both have a set of keyboards, mice, and we have two monitors, which works well for switching who's the driver really easy, but there are some points in the session that I would like to start writing tests at the same time that my pair is writing im...

Script to download file and rename according to date on Windows Vista machine?

Hi, I need to daily run a script that will download a file from a fixed location and save it on my computer with an appropriate filename-YYYYMMDD-HHSS.ext timestamp. I need a historical record of what that file was at that particular time. I can manually check and see what the changes were, so compairson not needed. (I was looking for ...

Windows/C++: Is it possible to find the line of code where exception was thrown having "Exception Offset"

One of our users having an Exception on our product startup. She has sent us the following error message from Windows: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: program.exe Application Version: 1.0.0.1 Application Timestamp: 4ba62004 ...

MS Access 2003 - Is there a way to run access (mde) without the access shell around the forms/reports

So I am not sure if I am asking this correctly; let me explain: IS there a way I can run my MDE without the access shell around the forms/reports? The part that provides the menu, and the little application title. I think it is the overall presentation layer form that all my access stuff sits on, but I am not sure. I am just wondering i...

Setting classpath and installing database via batch file

Hi, I want my classpath to be set via a batch file. I'm working on Windows XP. I have two questions: My first question: I made a batch file in which I typed "set classpath = C:\WINDOWS\system32\;.;C:\jdk1.5.0\lib\tools.jar;C:\poi-3.6\poi-3.6-20091214.jar;C:\poi-3.6\poi-contrib-3.6-20091214.jar;C:\poi-3.6\poi-ooxml-3.6-20091214.jar;C:\...

Disable Window Menu

In my C OpenGL app the window style requires WS_SYSMENU to show the close and minimize buttons, but it also brings up a stupid menu everytime I press alt. How can I disable this? ...

How do I bring an already existing open window to the front on top of other windows from another windows code?

The question was fairly descriptive but I'll describe it further. Basically, I have window1. Clicking a button link opens window2. Clicking a button in window2 opens window3, clicking a button in window3 should bring window2 back to the front of the screen on top of window2. I'm not sure how this is exactly done, however I have used an...

Draw window with just borders

How can I create a application window that is showing just the borders of the window, but i don't want to show the contents of the window itself. I mean i want to see the rest of the desktop or the others windows through the entire region of my window. No using transparences. Just draw the borders. I suppose it's like detecting the mess...

How do I get the trackbar value?

I feel a little silly asking this, seems pretty simple but I can't find the solution anywhere. I have a trackbar made in visual studio 2008 and I want to use it to adjust an image threshold but I can't find the code to retrieve the sliders/markers position. Any help would be much appreciated and I am using C++ ...

"Low level" project using Java

I'm wondering if it would make sense to do some low level or OS stuff(a project) using Java. Reason why I ask is because I would like to expand my knowledge in Java and I'm into doing stuff like file compressor, bulk file renamer, etc. Are there any examples out there that I can look at or play with? Or should I just be using C or C++ in...

Good IDE for Mono on Windows

I would like to develop Mono application for Win/Linux/Mac in C# on Windows. Is there any really good (Visual Studio comparable) IDE for that? The best would be if I could manage Visual C# Express to compile solutions using the Mono compiler. I've found a #develop IDE, which looks very cool and has many features that Express edition of ...

C/C++ Allegro program causes Windows 7 to switch to Aero Basic

Hi SO, I'm just trying out the allegro library, and here is the code which I've got so far: #include <allegro.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { allegro_init(); // initialize the allegro libraries install_keyboard(); // initialize keyboard functions set_color_depth(16); // set the color depth set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTO...