Recent content by dex1123

gosth98, I don't actually think you got me on this one. I am asking you to point out the general idea of your app because there may be a way for the OS to give you the name of the file directly, not by using hand-crafted techniques and tricks. Actually the file name in the copy dialog is a label...

23925, I am not sure what exactly you are into doing... but Windows (and most OSs) work in protected mode which means that a process memory protection scheme is implemented on the CPU level which will not allow you to write wherever you want in memory while being in user level of OS. In order to...

Hi, elimli. Take a look at this: http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/4/lev3/33/pid/713/qid/768526 A well-defined problem is half solved.

Hi, elimli. Take a look at this thread: thread713-768526 A well-defined problem is half solved.

Hello, gosth98. Could you point out what should your app be doing. I suspect there would be an easier way to do what you want than the one you've chosen. Probably you want to do the so-called shell extension. But you should be more specific on the purpose of your app rather than on what you...

Hello, ch0s3n. I am not in Visual Basic programming but probably some hints can be of help to you. I don't know if 'kill' or 'Delete' is the sub that you use in VB to delete files. Since this is a WinAPI forum I can tell you that you can use the DeleteFile api call which probably 'kill' or...

Hey, vitellozzo. You should probably post the part of your code that does the search in order for somebody to pick your algorithm errors if any available. Since you say you are new to MFC, what kind of programming have you been practising before? Someone may point you to algorithms written in a...

Hey, cyberbiker. I didn't mean to make you quit this task. Great regrets. You can always think it over. People learn new things constantly. Beginnings are always tense. regards Ivan

Hi, cyberbiker. Actually writing a driver for any OS is not as simple as having some sample code for such. Windows works with the so called VxDs (VDDs under NT) or virtual device drivers. These are programs which operate in the ring 0 level of the OS which means they are allowed to do anything...

Hi, Griffyn. Windows messages are rather simple to implement. There is a predefined constant in Windows.pas called WM_USER. Choosing a message ID consists of the following: const my_msg_id = WM_USER + 1; Not advanced at all. Any value below WM_USER is reserved by the OS for internal usage so...

Thanks for the reply but my main purpose is to change the background color of the items which leads to brush color change. I tried doing it only in specific cases for specific items but this way it makes all the items in the lbox equivalently styled. What I need here is some kind of...

I would be very grateful if anyone can point out something on the following problem I have met several times. Interbase 6.5 is spontaneously restarting itself in heavy-load conditions and the number of attachments is increasing to numbers like 200-300 having opened only 2-3 real sessions to the...

Hello there. I have the following situation. I have an owner-drawn listbox and I change the color of every item according to some rule. The problem is when I do have even two differently styled items in the list, I get monstrous flickering. Is there a way to prevent this and make the items not...

Can anyone direct me on some resource to soft registers serial port access in Win98. I am trying to make a port of a DOS EEPROM programmer software but I think direct port acccess under Windows is not working the way I expect it to. I'll be very grateful if you can provide an example. Thanks in...

I am creating a web browser and I would like it to take the information for the Dial-up connection and dial the ISP on its own. How should I do that? Thanks in advance