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Can a Windows Service recieve Windows Messages?

I created an application to receive a broadcasted windows message which works fine. When I turn it into a service, install it, and start the service, the service doesn't receive the message. ...

C#: How to programmatically compile a DLL with certain XML content in the resources of the DLL?

More specifically, I'm wanting to compile the XML required by Microsoft to create a GDF.dll file, in order to add a game to the Games Explorer in Windows 7. I found this KB article that explains how to programmatically compile source into a DLL or EXE, but I'm unsure how to properly compile a DLL that contains XML. ...

multiple FileSystemWatchers to monitor files on local system?

We're writing a text editor like tool for our internal accounting package system that has actions that can be done by our own Xml language specs. These macro commands are specified in Xml files and we need the ability to monitor if files openned have bean modified externally. The only problem is that there maybe 20-30 files with differe...

Did I implement clock drift properly?

I couldn't find any clock drift RNG code for Windows anywhere so I attempted to implement it myself. I haven't run the numbers through ent or DIEHARD yet, and I'm just wondering if this is even remotely correct... void QueryRDTSC(__int64* tick) { __asm { xor eax, eax cpuid rdtsc mov edi, dword ptr tick mov dword ptr [edi], ea...

tryin' to enumerate all available Wifi network with J2SE

Hi, I'd like to find out a way to enumerate all available wifi networks using Java 6.0 and any third-party API. Unfortunately, I'm not able to find a solution to this problem, all I got is a library that I can't use because I don't have any example. I'll be very pleased if someone could help me. The target platform is Win XP/7. Edit...

Why do i get E_ACCESSDENIED when reading public shortcuts through Shell32?

I'm trying to read the targets of all desktop shortcuts in a C# 4 application. The shortcuts on a windows desktop can come from more that one location, depending on whether the shortcut is created for all users or just the current user. In this specific case I'm trying to read a shortcut from the public desktop, e.g. from C:\Users\Public...

CopyLZFileName/CreateLZFileName.. what does LZ means?

I am gathering small information regarding kernel dll functions.. and I found this function called CopyLZFileName/CreateLZFileName and some other functions related to this LZ.. I googled for it.. I cant find a proper source for it. From the name I guess it copies/creates file but am not sure what kind of file.. does LZ mean something to ...

How to Test Windows Device Drivers

Any standarda tools and Techniques that are available for window driver testing? ...

How to remove one folder from C:\Windows\winsxs?

Hello, I've installed: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) and got the following folders: x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_none_bcb86ed6ac711f91 x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4926_none_508ed732bcbc0e5a I allready uninstalled the redistribute package but they continue overt...

Pros & Cons of using windows Active Setup

What are the known Pros/Cons of using windows active setup for deployment? Does Microsoft recommend/support using active set up? If your are interested, here is the context: I'm working on outlook 2003 VSTO addin.The installer for this addin creates few registry entries either in HKCU or HKLM depending on "Single User" Or "All User" ins...

Data validation in cell of datagridview control

I am using datagridview control and in this grid user can edit the value of a fixed column. i want user only can write numaric values (e.g. 1, 2, 443 etc) I am not sure at which event of datagridview i have to write this code and what is the code to trap values ...

how to get vendor id and product id of a plugged usb device on windows

Hello all, I am using Qt on windows platform. i want to get and display vendor id and product id of a plugged usb device from my local system. Below is my full source code to get the vendor id and product id from the usb device. when i run the my qt application it does not throw me any errors . so i plug the usb device into the sys...

Java library/API to help run windows commands

Is there a Java library/API available to interact with Windows OS, like executing commands on the command prompt and returning the output back to the program? ...

Draw OpenGL on the windows desktop without a window

I've seen things like this and I was wondering if this was possible, say I run my application and it will show the render on whatever is below it. So basically, rendering on the screen without a window. Possible or a lie? Note: Want to do this on windows and in c++. ...

Get title opening windows and close with specific title ?

How can i close window with specific title in windows XP base using VBscrip ? or maby there is another way to solve this problem? ...

Java api to get Microsoft Windows Special folders

I once found a nifty little library that used JNI to allow java applications on Windows to get the locations of various "special" directories on windows. I can't for the life of me find it again... In particular, I need to get the location of the "All Users" (shared) "Application Data" directory. So, anyone have a bullet proof way in ...

How can I write System preferences with Java? Can I invoke UAC?

How can I write system preferences with Java, using Preferences.systemRoot()? I tried with: Preferences preferences = Preferences.systemRoot(); preferences.put("/myapplication/databasepath", pathToDatabase); But I got this error message: 2010-maj-29 19:02:50 java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferences openKey VARNING: Could not open windows ...

.Net Windows application

I am trying to Insert a record in MS Access DB using OLEDB in windows application. I am getting an error "missing semicolon at end of sql statement" there is no syntax error in sql insert statment. My code Insert statement = INSERT INTO Student VALUES ('SRI-10-101','001','guru','30/05/2010 12:00:00 AM','','','...

No-overflow cast on x64

I have an existing C codebase that works on x86. I'm now compiling it for x64. What I'd like to do is cast a size_t to a DWORD, and throw an exception if there's a loss of data. Q: Is there an idiom for this? Here's why I'm doing this: A bunch of Windows APIs accept DWORDs as arguments, and the code currently assumes sizeof(...

COCOA: Programatically creating new windows and accessing window objects

I'm having an issue with creating new windows in Cocoa. Hypothetically speaking, lets say I have "WindowA" and has a button called "myButton". When you click on "myButton", it runs this code in the following class file: -(void)openFile2:(id)sender { myNextWindow = [[TestWindowController alloc] initWithWindowNibName:@"MainMenu"]; ...