Recent content by Zoplax

Hmm based on the discussion so far it sounds like it'll be best for me to put off using inheritance in this app I'm creating, it sounds like it's probably too simplistic to benefit greatly from inheritance. If I were creating some full-fledged data entry or help desk system it might be a...

I'm building an application which will be part data entry, part data viewing. Normally I might create separate form classes, one for editing, the other for viewing. However, I'd like to explore using inheritance and interfaces to have a more or less generic "form" class, and from that derive...

I have a PCI USB 2.0 card which purports to have drivers for Windows 2000 and XP. Is there a chance that it might also work under Windows 2003 Server? I've tried other hardware successfully in this manner but as yet not a USB 2.0 adapter, I was hoping to see if anyone else has had success.

I currently have a server running Backup Exec 9.1, and it's giving me fits. I'd hope that Backup Exec 10 will be more consistent and reliable. First off, is 10 much better than 9.1? Secondly, does anyone know whether the open file and other add-ins I've obtained for 9.1 will be transferrable...

I'm creating an app which will monitor a chat program's main chat window (a RichEdit control). I've successfully coded to grab the handle to the RichEdit control, and do stuff like grab the last line of text (using SendMessage along with EM_GETLINE, for example). However, I'm stumped on how to...

Thanks!! This looks perfect.

I'm trying to provide someone with a detailed inventory of the largest files contained in the user directory of a Windows 2003 Standard server. I know I can use Windows' own search utility to find and list files which meet certain criteria, but there doesn't seem to be a way to export the list...

Hello, I currently maintain a Windows 2003 Standard server running Backup Exec 9.1. I have the option of upgrading the system to Backup Exec 10, but is it worth it? Does 10 offer significant improvements over 9.1? Thanks in advance for any info.

Good question; I've been reading up on the Win32 API and .NET recently and it seems like .NET has evolved quite a bit for purposes of event and message handling between two .NET apps, injecting messages and such into foreign apps like I'm trying to do seems still the realm of Win32 API calls in...

I have a couple of VB.NET functions as follows: Private Function EnumParentProc(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As Boolean Dim sb As New StringBuilder(256) GetWindowText(hWnd, sb, sb.Capacity) Dim windowText As String = sb.ToString() 'If...

I have a couple of VB.NET functions as follows: Private Function EnumParentProc(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As Boolean Dim sb As New StringBuilder(256) GetWindowText(hWnd, sb, sb.Capacity) Dim windowText As String = sb.ToString() 'If...

The subject may not exactly reflect this idea but please bear with me. Say you have a user in a campus dorm, with a single (crappy) internet connection, and a single computer with a single NIC. Is it possible to somehow split the connection up so that the connection is handled by multiple...

I took down the server and ran ESEUTIL against the private information store. It started out as a 12 GB database, and took about an hour to defragment (I chose the option to build a new database as well) on a Dell PowerEdge 2600 with dual Xeon 3 GHz CPUs, 1 GB RAM, and SCSI hard drives in RAID...

I'm having a similar issue. You could ask the user to go through their mail and delete the offending message from their Inbox. Or, alternatively, you could also deselect it from the backup (the selection list will let you select down to the message level so that you can pick and choose...

Ok, I tried running a backup with NTBACKUP but it failed. I got an error at first saying "Backup is still active", and found an article where it suggested first backing up the System State so that it would clear whatever flags first, and then try the Microsoft Information Store separately in a...