Recent content by Burtlancaster

Thanks for the replies however I have just found out that you can actually load acrobat within a CppWebBrowser component, doesnt work exactly as I wanted which was to show a PDF with no options/menu however this method is nice and simple so it will be good enough.

Is it possible to show a Acrobat document within a form? I do believe it is but I can't get passed the stage of even getting the component/ocx installed! Ideally I want to be able to dock a version 8 document but a 5,6 or 7 version would also be acceptable if need be. Many thanks.

I'am using DeleteNode(Node) to remove a folder and its contents from a tree, it works perfectly however when the folder is deleted I get a Windows MessageBox asking "are you sure you want to remove the folder..." I wish to avoid this MessageBox from appearing, any ideas???

Does anyone know if it's possible to pull out information (rich text & bitmaps) from a help file so I can display it on my own form?

Well about 5 minutes after putting up this post I found the answer which is really simple but I didnt notice it staring me right in the face for all you people out there also having the same problem (if any at all) here is the answer: Reg->WriteInteger("FileTypes", 16); //"FileType" being the...

Can anyone help me to make a REG_DWORD registry entry. I'am quite cable of creating a REG_SZ and a REG_BINARY using the following methods: TRegistry *Reg = new TRegistry; Reg->RootKey = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT; // Set the root key to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT int Buffer = 65536; Reg->OpenKey(".ggc", true)...

you know its always the simple things that work the best, and your method BuilderSpec works a treat and I dont know why i didnt think of that myself. thanks.

Can someone please put me out of my misery! I cannot for the life work the following problem out. Basically I would like to take an entered value from a TextBox (a string value) and convert it to a float! Simple! I know, but what happens if the user enters a non-digit expression...

Ok i've found the answer to my problem, and its so simple its embarassing, but for any other numpties like myself here is the solution. if (Application->MessageBox("test", "tes",MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_DEFBUTTON2) == IDYES|MB_TOPMOST) { } As you can see above all I have had to add is |MB_TOPMOST

Created a very simple message box as follows. if (Application->MessageBox("test", "tes",MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_DEFBUTTON2) == IDYES) { } code works fine but i need for the message box to be " Always On Top ", now I know i could just create my own form to act as a message box but it would...

I need to find a way of converting a caption in the following format 45.45.45 to its decimal equivalent which is in this case its 45.7625. Now the formula goes: A = degrees B = minutes C = seconds A + (B * 1/60) + (C * 1/60 * 1/60) Any help would be much appreciated!

I have a data currently loaded in to a StringGrid, does anyone know how I can sort this data. For example the Grid has 3 columns (Name, Date, Time) and I need the ability to sort by the 3 columns whilst keep the data appended to its original string. Thanks for looking.