Recent content by davidmelvin

I've succesfully created a preloader that loads an external swf movie. After the preloader finishes the movie begins to play properly, but I have additional buttons and a slider that sometimes don't download completely, or at least they are not drawn on the page. Sometimes everything loads...

Thanks Rick, I think you've sent me on the right path. Best regards, David

Thanks for your reply Rick. I'm not sure how to get the path from the registry. I think the code looks somthing like key.GetValue(... But I'm not sure what the code should look like. Can you give me an example?

I'm writing a DLL that will automatically run an executable file that's already installed on the computer. The installed ap has a shortcut icon on the desktop and a long KEY name in the HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Installer/UserData/S-1-5-21.../Components/...

I found it! I used TSubType to set the type of file to html. Regards, David

Thanks onrdbandit. The only problem is when I test it the html code is displayed when I receive the e-mail. I tryed sending the html file via NMSMTP1->PostMessage->Body->LoadFromFile("C:\\temp\\test.htm"); Then I received it in Outlook to assure that I'm using an e-mail program that can read...

Hello, I’ve successfully completed an e-mail application that sends and receives text format e-mails. I would like to be able to send html format e-mails. It’s not necessary for the application to allow the user to create html files, the application can read an existing html file and send the...

Thank you Michael. Problem solved. I'd also like to thank IonFilipski and Tottle. Thanks for the quick response. Regards, David

I've tried several configurations and get about the same error. The code looks like this. CopyFile("C:\\temp\\AcPro8.exe", ComboBox1->Text, false); And I get the following errors. [C++ Error] AcP8SPU1.cpp(170): E2034 Cannot convert 'AnsiString' to 'const char *' [C++ Error]...

Hello, I'm trying to use CopyFile to copy some foles from one location on a drive to another location on another drive. The CopyTo folder is defined by information the user places in a ComboBox. When I try to use ComboBox1->Text for the lpszNewFile, I get an error "can't convert AnsiString to...

Thank you brisko, Which header file should I use for fopen? David

I would like to execute an executable file (exe) that is located in the same directory as my application. I don't want the cmd.exe window to pop up when it happens. So I don't want to use system(), or do I? It would be fine to use system() if the window would quickly disappear when it...

I need to open a text file, read it, modify it, then save and close it. All of this will work in the backgound. That is, no user interface. The user will click on a button and start a sequence of operations including the above mentioned. How do I open, read, write, save, close this file...