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hahaha yeaa!! Wink | ;)

"But your mind is very complex, very tricky. It makes simple things complicated. -- that's its work. And for centuries it has been trained for only one thing: to make things so complicated that your life becomes impossible."- Osho

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VivekuniQ wrote:
and also for C++.

I would suggest you these two.

C++ Unleashed - Jesse Liberty

Thinking C++ , Practical Programming - Bruce Eckel

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - W.Churchill

hmm.. thanks, i'll search for them in the stall.

"But your mind is very complex, very tricky. It makes simple things complicated. -- that's its work. And for centuries it has been trained for only one thing: to make things so complicated that your life becomes impossible."- Osho

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VivekuniQ wrote:
.. thanks, i'll search for them in the stall.

Mr Bruce have published free copy of his book on web:-
here is link
http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?ContentID=6634[^]

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cheers,
Alok Gupta
VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV

I am going to download it just now.Thanx Alok

never say die

i think you cant stop helping me and i cant stop prasing u Wink | ;)

, thanks yaar. Smile | :)

"But your mind is very complex, very tricky. It makes simple things complicated. -- that's its work. And for centuries it has been trained for only one thing: to make things so complicated that your life becomes impossible."- Osho

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I agree with Giorgi: Thinking C++ by Eckel is really good! Also, every programmer, no matter what language, should read two books by Steve McConnell: "Code Complete", and "Rapid Development" (IMHO).

Peace!

I dunno if this is the right palce for this but i'm new to this forum so bear with me.

So i finnaly got Visual studio.net 2003 and it's great i cannot believe how stupid i was to be sticking with visual studio instead of this. There's so many new things i can do with it, includinga form based application.

But here's the problem: I want to have some sort of a connection between different forms, have one form start another but when i try to run another form and launch it from a form by calling Application::Run(new newForm); i get the following message: "starting a second message que on a thread is illegal".
i can start a new form without getting this message, or any other error by calling either Application::Exit or Form::dispose, these both kill the old form's message que instanly and allow me to run a new form. the problem here is that the new form runs and closes imediately.
I really need my program to start new forms from another, lets say when a button is pressed so any ideas guys?

i have some of my own but i dunno how to implement them:

-having the form return a value to the winmain function and let the form creation be handled there, unfortunately i dunno how to have a form return a value
and writing a return 1 in the button's code won't help as the button is declared as a void function. besided since the form is a deiiferent application from the winmain the mesage won't know where to go.

-making an invisible window and letting that run and receive messages from forms an handle the creation. i think that SendMessage or similar funtions would work but the problem here is that since the form is an external app i dunno how to get the invisible's window handle

-starting a new thread whenever a new form is to be created, this might work ut it's too complicated and due to the architecture of my app i ould rather not use it.

-calling Form::StartDialog(new newForm); won't do the trick for me although it's recomended by the error message.

One other thing, whatever method you (hopefully) propose i would like it to include some sort of external function or callback that handles the form creation as in version 2 of the app i plan to have it receive it's messages through directplay rathr than them being sent by a form running on that putter (have forms creation messages sent by a remote putter and have a sort of clien-server app).
A method that just links forms together would also be fine, actually anything would be fine.

m$: It is normal for your screen to go blank and for your computer to restart itself several times

hi all

i want to know the exact and clear distinction between VS 2005 & VS.NET 2005??

1)since v can develop pure VS applications(i.e MFC & win32 which are unmanaged) in VS.NET 2005 ,what is the need for VS 2005???

2)can the applications developed in VS 2005 run in VS.NET 2005 ?
Confused | :confused:

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I'm make a bitmap transparency use StretchDIBits() function. I must use ROP4 in StretchDIBits() function following sequence: SRCINVERT -> SRCAND -> SRCINVERT.
Can you help me a way to do this. Confused | :confused:

I am confused what part are u seeking help. Do u need complete executable code or is some arguments of StretchDIBits has befuddled you.

Best Regards,

I am loading icons from shell32.dll.

These icons are displayed as node icons. But inspite of using ILC_MASK the black around the icons are still there. I know it is done for displaying icons transparently but it doesn't go. It is just around the edges of the icon.

LOL it's irritating... Mad | :mad:

if(m_treeImageList.Create(GetSystemMetrics (SM_CXSMICON), 
		GetSystemMetrics (SM_CYSMICON), 
		(ILC_COLOR32|ILC_MASK), 3, 1) == FALSE)
		AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to create image list"));

Am I missing something. If so What Sniff | :^)

Jesus Loves You and Me Smile | :)

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--Owner Drawn
--Nothing special
--Defeat is temporary but surrender is permanent
--Never say quits
--Jesus is Lord

if you are working on windows XP then you need to load the manifest file.

-Prakash

I have it listed in the solution explorer. But still it is not working.

Mr.Prakash wrote:
load the manifest file.

Can you tell me how if it is not in the above manner. D'Oh! | :doh:

Jesus Loves You and Me Smile | :)

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--Owner Drawn
--Nothing special
--Defeat is temporary but surrender is permanent
--Never say quits
--Jesus is Lord

I did not have this problem and didnt solve it but the other guy in my office had this problem but he was able to rectify the problem.

So i am sorry, i wont be able to give you the exact settings required. Apologies Blush | :O

-Prakash

Some body help. Sniff | :^)

Jesus Loves You and Me Smile | :)

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--Owner Drawn
--Nothing special
--Defeat is temporary but surrender is permanent
--Never say quits
--Jesus is Lord

Download the project and It might help u.
http://www.codeproject.com/shell/systemtray.asp

It it helps, do mention what was the reason so others might get benefit.

Best Regards,

Buddy this is about SystemTray. Do please read my problem. D'Oh! | :doh:

Jesus Loves You and Me Smile | :)

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--Owner Drawn
--Nothing special
--Defeat is temporary but surrender is permanent
--Never say quits
--Jesus is Lord

Yeah I know its about SysTray thats I why requested u for downloading the project. It uses CImageList and loading the Icons from Shell32.dll Icons, the same way u r doing I guess. I hope u get a clear picture now Big Grin | :-D

Ibraheem Khan wrote:
loading the Icons from Shell32.dll Icons

I didn't see a word called Shell32.dll in the whole project. WTF | :WTF:

Ibraheem Khan wrote:
I hope u get a clear picture now

It got bleak Frown | :(

Jesus Loves You and Me Smile | :)

<marquee direction="up" height="50" scrolldelay="1" step="1" scrollamount="1" style="background-color:'#44ccff'">
--Owner Drawn
--Nothing special
--Defeat is temporary but surrender is permanent
--Never say quits
--Jesus is Lord

m_imglist.Create ( 16, 16, ILC_COLOR4 | ILC_MASK, 4, 1 );

m_imglist.Add ( ::LoadIcon ( NULL, IDI_INFORMATION ));
m_imglist.Add ( ::LoadIcon ( NULL, IDI_WARNING ));
m_imglist.Add ( ::LoadIcon ( NULL, IDI_ERROR ));

I hope this helps u a little.

You can see icons in Demo->Show Balloon->Icon(this is a combo box).

What are the icons u r using ?. in which header file they are declared.

See if this is helpfull AddXpStyle.asp[^]

-Prakash

I am new in vc++ world. I want to give a bit map on a button . I'm using CBitmapButton::LoadBitmap(); but it is not loaded.Giving error is:"Failed to load bitmap for normal image."
Can any one help by giving proper method to do that.
Thank to all THE CODE PROJECT users.

CBitmapButton myButton;

// Create the bitmap button (must include the BS_OWNERDRAW style).
myButton.Create(NULL, WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|BS_OWNERDRAW, 
   CRect(10,10,100,100), pParentWnd, 1);

// Load the bitmaps for this button.
myButton.LoadBitmaps(IDB_UP, IDB_DOWN, IDB_FOCUS, IDB_DISABLE);

You must replace IDB_UP, IDB_DOWN, IDB_FOCUS, IDB_DISABLE with your own bitmap id's that you have imported or added to the project.

Jesus Loves You and Me Smile | :)

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--Owner Drawn
--Nothing special
--Defeat is temporary but surrender is permanent
--Never say quits
--Jesus is Lord

But if I replace the parameter
"pParentWnd" by "this" the button is not showing. To Show that what I have to do?
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CBitmapButton myButton;
myButton.Create(NULL, WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|BS_OWNERDRAW, CRect(10,10,100,100), this, 1);
// Load the bitmaps for this button.
myButton.LoadBitmaps(IDB_UPU, IDB_DOWND, IDB_FOCUSF, IDB_DISABLEX);
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plz help.
Thank u.

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