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Link260013-Oct-04 23:04

13-Oct-04 23:04

My friend and I are working on a game that will be put on web as a shareware, much like the original Doom. However, how do we generate a CD-key everytime a customer register? Anyone has done this before?

Thanks

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Re: CD-Key generator for my shareware game?

Antony M Kancidrowski14-Oct-04 0:35

Antony M Kancidrowski

14-Oct-04 0:35

Try looking for "software dongle" in google. There are some free stuffs in there.

Ant.

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DirectSound capturing 8/16 bit wave PCM

erkanina13-Oct-04 22:51

erkanina

13-Oct-04 22:51

Dear programmers,

I am capturing audio PCM with 8-bit and 16-bit from DirectSound.

As you see below zero values are 128 for 8-bit and 0 for 16-bit.

BITS VALUE RANGE ZERO VALUE
---- ----------- ----------
8-bit 0 to 255 128
16-bit -32768 to +32767 0

Recently, I examined captured audio data sream for both 8 and 16 bits and I notify a strange result.

When I capturing 8-bit audio the audio signal is oscilation near the 0x80 (128). It is OK.

But, when I capture 16-bit audio PCM; the data is oscilating periodically from 0 to 0xffff. I copy/paste below 22050 KHZ 16-bit MONO audio PCM which is captured from microphone[ there is no high volume noise or sound source while recording]. The PCM data is consist of only air & EM noise. But there are peaks near the 0xFFFF, it is not normal. What may cause to this high amplitude audio peaks.

I tried this with two different SoundBlaster but nothing has changed.

What may offer you.

Thanks and best regard.

ff f0 (peak)
00 14
00 1e
ff eb (peak)
00 16
00 2c
ff f8 (peak)
00 1a
ff fe (peak)
00 11
00 07
ff e4 (peak)
00 13
00 04
ff ea (peak)
00 0c
00 40
00 2d
00 15
00 15
00 08
00 1b
00 0c
00 0e
00 1d
ff ff (peak)

ODBC - updating bulk rows of data

Yariv13-Oct-04 22:26

Yariv

13-Oct-04 22:26

I need to load a csv file into mdb in my code.
I think the fastest way to do it is using bulk update of records, but although the msdn indicates it is possible to update bulk rows of data using SQLSetPos,I can't find an example of such code.
Can any one help ?

Re: ODBC - updating bulk rows of data

BlackDice14-Oct-04 6:32

BlackDice

14-Oct-04 6:32

try this out. this is a thread that I answered that was posted a little while after yours. I don't know if this will work for your needs, but it might help.

http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=1647&mpp=50&select=947973&df=100#xx947973xx[^]

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help me to find errors! Thanks

Guoguor13-Oct-04 21:53

Guoguor

13-Oct-04 21:53

FALSE;
ddsd.dwBackBufferCount = 1;
ddsd.dwWidth =g_SurfWidth;
ddsd.dwHeight =g_SurfHeight*g_Factor;
ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwFlags = DDPF_FOURCC;
ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwFourCC=mmioFOURCC
('Y','U','Y','V');
Line1:
hRet = g_pDD->CreateSurface(&ddsd, &g_pDDSBack, NULL);
Note :
g_pDD is a created LPDIRECTDRAW4 vairable
Add I have checked the value of g_pDD.
It's not zero!
g_SurfWidth,g_SurfHeight,g_Factor are all initialzed!
but When I excute the program g_pDDSback is zero!
why?
Is there some errors at the setting of ddsd?

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Re: help me to find errors! Thanks

David Crow14-Oct-04 2:46

David Crow

14-Oct-04 2:46

You've not told us what this code snippet is doing. What value does hRet have after calling CreateSurface()?

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Re: help me to find errors! Thanks

Guoguor14-Oct-04 16:14

Guoguor

14-Oct-04 16:14

Sorry!I forget!
After calling CreateSurface()
hRet=DDERR_NOOVERLAYHW;
Is that means display doesn't support overlay surface?
Thanks!

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Re: help me to find errors! Thanks

David Crow15-Oct-04 2:22

David Crow

15-Oct-04 2:22

Guoguor wrote:
Is that means display doesn't support overlay surface?

Correct, no overlay hardware is present or available.

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How to sign an ActiveX?

anderslundsgard13-Oct-04 21:38

anderslundsgard

13-Oct-04 21:38

I’m about to distribute an ActiveX and would like to register it. How do I do in an easy way (easiest possibly).

Is it free to do it?

All tips are welcomed!

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Re: How to sign an ActiveX?

geo_m14-Oct-04 2:11

geo_m

14-Oct-04 2:11

You have to buy some certificate from VeriSign or Thawte or any other public certificate authority (which is included in the list of Trusted Root Certificates in IE) and then use tools from the SDK as described for signing the files.
The certificate is unfortunatelly not free Frown | :(

How To Pass CPoint* to VARIANT FAR

Rajesh_Parameswaran13-Oct-04 21:09

Rajesh_Parameswaran

13-Oct-04 21:09

Hi there,
I'm developing an ActiveX control, for that I need to pass CPoint array to an Automation Member. So Can Anyone say How to Convert from CPoint* to VARIANT FAR.

TIA

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Rajesh Parameswaran

Problem occurred ...please help

pubududilena13-Oct-04 20:40

pubududilena

13-Oct-04 20:40

hi all,
I have a Method like this:-
void CMyprogramDlg::Addcustomers(BSTR bstrParty)
{
CListBox m_lbParties;
_ASSERTE( bstrParty != NULL);
m_lbParties.AddString(bstrParty);
}

But when I compile this,I am getting such a Error:-
"error C2664: 'AddString' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'unsigned short *' to 'const char *'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
"
How do I solve this?
If anyone know this please help me..
Thanks in Advance..

Re: Problem occurred ...please help

geo_m13-Oct-04 21:36

geo_m

13-Oct-04 21:36

Add string requires the char* and you are suplying the BSTR here.
You need to convert it from UNICODE BSTR to the normal string or force the listbox to accept BSTRs

Re: Problem occurred ...please help

Andrzej Markowski13-Oct-04 22:26

Andrzej Markowski

13-Oct-04 22:26

You could use CString to convert from UNICODE to char string like this: m_lbParties.AddString(CString(bstrParty)) or use WideCharToMultiByte function. You must also create list box before you call AddString.

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How to find the Domain name.

Jijo.Raj13-Oct-04 20:04

Jijo.Raj

13-Oct-04 20:04

Dear all,
in VC++ we can find the username by calling GetUserName () API. But how to find the Domain name ? please help me.

Regards,
Jijo. Rose | [Rose]

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Re: How to find the Domain name.

geo_m14-Oct-04 0:18

geo_m

14-Oct-04 0:18

look at IADsADSystemInfo documentation, there's everything you may need.

Re: How to find the Domain name.

Jijo.Raj14-Oct-04 2:28

Jijo.Raj

14-Oct-04 2:28

Dear Geo,

Thanks a lot. Smile | :)

Regards,
Jijo

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Re: How to find the Domain name.

David Crow14-Oct-04 2:50

David Crow

14-Oct-04 2:50

Use NetWkstaGetInfo() to get the name of the domain to which the workstation belongs. Use NetWkstaUserGetInfo() to get the name of the domain in which the user is currently logged on

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Re: How to find the Domain name.

Jijo.Raj18-Oct-04 20:35

Jijo.Raj

18-Oct-04 20:35

Dear David,

Actually i was searching for this type API... Thank you very much... Smile | :)

Regards,
Jijo.

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Changing the look and feel of button

ledallam13-Oct-04 19:57

ledallam

13-Oct-04 19:57

Hello,

I have a button, I want to change the look of the button when the mouse is over and when the button is pressed and released. The look and feel should be similar i.e exact replica when a menu item button is clicked. I know that I have to do this in OnDrawItem. But without using bitmaps for changing the look and feel of button, I want to use some drawing operations. Can anyone please help me to do this?

Thnaks
Madhavi

Re: Changing the look and feel of button

Sujan Christo13-Oct-04 20:41

Sujan Christo

13-Oct-04 20:41

Hi,
Have a look @ this article

http://www.codetools.com/buttonctrl/cbuttonst.asp

Sujan

Re: Changing the look and feel of button

pubududilena13-Oct-04 20:45

pubududilena

13-Oct-04 20:45

hi I think you can do it using Hoover Button..
please read this:
http://www.codeproject.com/buttonctrl/hoverbutton.asp[^]

Re: Changing the look and feel of button

ledallam13-Oct-04 20:53

ledallam

13-Oct-04 20:53

Hi,

I want to do the same, but without loading the bitmap on button. My buuton should only contain text.

I hope u got my point.

Please give me some suggestions...

thnaks
madhavi

Re: Changing the look and feel of button

rabih_kai13-Oct-04 23:34

rabih_kai

13-Oct-04 23:34

OnMouseHover event will simply solve what u r looking for either with Image or test, just drop some code there and u will see the difference

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