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Subrat Patnaik21-Jul-09 23:30

21-Jul-09 23:30

hi experts,
can i get some help on how to disable and enable cd/dvd drive in windows XP-64 bit. the application needs to isolate the user from using the cd/dvd drives. how can i go ahead writing a
i am developing the application in VC++ 9.

some code examples will be of great help and much of appreciation.

thankyou.

Re: disabling devices

Adam Roderick J22-Jul-09 2:41

Adam Roderick J

22-Jul-09 2:41

Please readthe simple rules from chris before posting a question
Well to disable cd/dvd, can be achieved easily by changing registry programingly.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555324[^]

Re: disabling devices

Subrat Patnaik22-Jul-09 19:07

Subrat Patnaik

22-Jul-09 19:07

i am through all the things mentioned in that posts.
my issue is my application has to run for windows XP-64 bit.
and the registry stuff is not working. i have tried all the stuffs mentioned.
any other feasible ideas???

thankyou.

Re: disabling devices

Adam Roderick J22-Jul-09 22:40

Adam Roderick J

22-Jul-09 22:40

if u want to run ur stuff in 64, there few things that should be taken care.
if u want to make 64 bit application run on 64 bit environment, firstly compile it as 64 bit. And build it, and some API in 32 bit wont work. Definitely you can use registry APIs in 64 application, using which you can modify registry.
If want to port your 32 bit application to 64 bit then
1. Build using vs 2008(64 bit support enabled) is must.

Re: disabling devices

Subrat Patnaik23-Jul-09 23:56

Subrat Patnaik

23-Jul-09 23:56

yes.it's been done the same way in which u are saying.
do u have any ideas or any means to disable the cd/dvd rom in windows xp proffessional 64 bit??
i am following all the pre-requisites for 64 bit development.

hope to get a feasible solution this time..

thankyou.

How to make report

Max++21-Jul-09 23:26

Max++

21-Jul-09 23:26

I'm working with the project that using VC++ connect to SQL Server 2005.
I have a problem about making report from the data that get from database for print out to printer.
Please advise me the solution How can I use MFC to work with this issue.

Re: How to make report

_AnsHUMAN_ 21-Jul-09 23:42

_AnsHUMAN_

21-Jul-09 23:42

See here[^]

You need to google first, if you have "It's urgent please" mentioned in your question.
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Howto check xp was shutdown correctly

tetzschner21-Jul-09 22:59

tetzschner

21-Jul-09 22:59

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to determine that XP (or XP embedded) was shutdown correctly. Is there a way to see that in registry or is there som Windows API-calls that can tell me that?.

With Kind regards, Ole

Re: Howto check xp was shutdown correctly [modified]

Adam Roderick J22-Jul-09 2:32

Adam Roderick J

22-Jul-09 2:32

Hope it will help u Smile | :)

Taking Advantage of the Winlogon Notification Package[^]

Smile | :)

modified on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:43 AM

Re: Howto check xp was shutdown correctly

tetzschner23-Jul-09 2:51

tetzschner

23-Jul-09 2:51

excellent

thanks. Any idea about this in windows7 Confused | :confused:

Send scsi command to usb device using DeviceIoControl method

Nekkantidivya21-Jul-09 22:45

Nekkantidivya

21-Jul-09 22:45

HI
i want to make the usb device read only
i already opened the handle for the usb device
now i need to send scsi command to usb device to make it read only
aftert that i will appy dacl to that

now i need to know which scsi command i need to pass to the usb device
and how can i pass that command to usb device using DeviceIoControl

i am using VC++ and visual studio 2005

when ever you are free post the above topic in forums

Layered window causing redraw anomalies under itself

Code-o-mat21-Jul-09 22:22

Code-o-mat

21-Jul-09 22:22

Hey people!

In our program a dialog box is displayed with an edit field and some buttons and above the dialog a layered notification window is brought up, stays up for a while (the user has to wait at that point) and then is faded out (using UpdateLayeredWindow). The problem is that all the controls on the dialog (which was under the layered window) remain undrawn and the dialog looks like it has holes on it where the edit field and buttons are (you can then make the controls be drawn for example by dragging another window over the dialog and then removing it). Any idea why we get this and how we could resolve it? I tried playing with the clipchildren style and also tried using RedrawWindow to trigger a redraw but it did not work, also using a RedrawWindow-like solution is very ugly and problematic because the dialog and the layered window both are brought up by different message handlers from different parts of the code and they generally do not know of each other (and i would really like to keep it that way).

Thanks in advance for any usefull hints, fellas.

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_stat function and files before 1970

vikramlinux21-Jul-09 22:22

vikramlinux

21-Jul-09 22:22

Hi All,
I am trying to use _stat C runtime method for a file with time stamp before 1970. It simply crashes.Anybody knows the reason?

Note: My time zone is GMT-5.00 (Eastern time [us+Canada]).

- Vikram S

Re: _stat function and files before 1970

Michael Schubert21-Jul-09 22:41

Michael Schubert

21-Jul-09 22:41

_stat uses time which states in the documentation:
The time function returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970

Re: _stat function and files before 1970

Stuart Dootson21-Jul-09 22:42

Stuart Dootson

21-Jul-09 22:42

As far as C is concerned, time (== time_t) started on 1st January 1970[^] - your file with an earlier timestamp is obviously blowing the C runtime's mind. It's like saying to a physicist "here's a file from 10 minutes before the universe existed" - does not compute!

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Re: _stat function and files before 1970

vikramlinux22-Jul-09 1:38

vikramlinux

22-Jul-09 1:38

So what method I should use for stat?

- Vikram S

Re: _stat function and files before 1970

Stuart Dootson22-Jul-09 2:03

Stuart Dootson

22-Jul-09 2:03

I have to ask one question - are file date-times before 1970 actually meaningful? They obviously aren't proper create/modification dates, so why do you need to manipulate them?

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Re: _stat function and files before 1970

vikramlinux22-Jul-09 3:07

vikramlinux

22-Jul-09 3:07

My customer has this kind of data files!

Re: _stat function and files before 1970

Stuart Dootson22-Jul-09 3:41

Stuart Dootson

22-Jul-09 3:41

With creation and/or modification dates prior to 1970? Really.

OK - what do you need from the _stat function? You should be able to use Win32 functions to determine the values of file attributes that _stat gives you.

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How to add control from userdefined class to dialog window.

Murugan k21-Jul-09 20:44

Murugan k

21-Jul-09 20:44

Hi,

I write dialog box application using MFC.

my questions is after run the application we are able to view the dialog box there is no problem.

when user click the ok button in the dialog box then i have call userdefind class call MYclass.

From the MYclass I need to create one ProgressBar control and placed to dialog box.

Please clarify me how to create progressBar control from Myclass.

Thanks.

Re: How to add control from userdefined class to dialog window.

Cedric Moonen21-Jul-09 21:06

Cedric Moonen

21-Jul-09 21:06

By reading your description, it seems your design is a bit wrong. In general, you shouldn't let other classses manipulate the controls on your dialog.
What are you trying to achieve at a higher level ? Why does your class need to add a progress bar on your dialog directly ?

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

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Updating Resource Strings

Benjamin Bruno21-Jul-09 19:38

Benjamin Bruno

21-Jul-09 19:38

Hi
In my application ,I loaded a dll and tried to update a string in that dll using UpdateResource function,but it is not changing the string in that dll.Please Help !

 CString strDll = "C:\\MyRES.dll";
 CString strTest = "END";
 WORD wLang = MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_DEFAULT);

 UpdateMyResource(strDll, _T("108"), wLang, strTest.GetBuffer (strTest.GetLength ()), strTest.GetLength ());

////////////////////////////////////////

//Function  Start

BOOL CBTNDlg::UpdateMyResource(const CString &strFilePath, LPCTSTR lpszResourceId, WORD wLangId, LPVOID lpData, DWORD dwDataLength)
{
 HANDLE hUpdate = ::BeginUpdateResource(strFilePath, FALSE);
 
 if (hUpdate == NULL)
  return FALSE;
 
 BOOL bUpdateResult = FALSE;
 
 bUpdateResult = UpdateResource(hUpdate, RT_STRING, lpszResourceId, wLangId, lpData, dwDataLength);
 
 return EndUpdateResource(hUpdate, FALSE) && bUpdateResult;
}

//Function End

Re: Updating Resource Strings

«_Superman_»21-Jul-09 22:19

«_Superman_»

21-Jul-09 22:19

Where has the error occurred?
Has BeginUpdateResource succeeded?
What does UpdateResource return?

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Richedit2 in Visual Studio 2008 cause the MFC dialog not to display

sharp_k21-Jul-09 14:12

sharp_k

21-Jul-09 14:12

I am getting back to VC++ after a long time. I am using VS 2008 SP1. It is a simple application a button, an editbox (plain) and a richedit box. When i added a control variable (CString) to richeditbox2, a message pops up that i must call this function. The messagebox now does not show again. when i run the program, i get no errors but the dialog fails to load.

I get the following in output window.

<br />
Binary was not built with debug information.<br />

Any info will be appreciated.

Re: Richedit2 in Visual Studio 2008 cause the MFC dialog not to display

Stuart Dootson21-Jul-09 16:30

Stuart Dootson

21-Jul-09 16:30

Are you calling AfxInitRichEdit2[^] in your application? Not calling that can have the effect you're seeing...

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