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Re: How to get WHOIS information in my app?

Nathan Blomquist25-Jun-03 2:08

25-Jun-03 2:08

You could follow this rfc and then parse the output from the server:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1834.html[^]

Hope this helps,
Nathan

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Re: How to get WHOIS information in my app?

User 665825-Jun-03 2:10

User 6658

25-Jun-03 2:10

Hi,

did you take a look at this article? Smile | :)

regards

modified 12-Sep-18 21:01pm.

how to position a window in the exact center of screen

Chanda.com24-Jun-03 23:47

Chanda.com

24-Jun-03 23:47

i have developed a application. in which a child window opens on clicking a button
but if user moves parent window to corner of screen ; child window gets opened on the center of parent window not on screen
i wanted to display it in the center of screen irrespective of position of parent window.
thankong you
chan

Re: how to position a window in the exact center of screen

Ryan Binns24-Jun-03 23:56

Ryan Binns

24-Jun-03 23:56

If you're using MFC, use CenterWindow(CWnd::GetDesktopWindow()) in your OnInitDialog() handler.

If you're not using MFC, you'll have to do a MoveWindow() and calculate the position where it should be. Look at the source code for CWnd::CenterWindow() to get an idea on how to do this.

Ryan

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Where is the root directory ?

rohit.dhamija24-Jun-03 23:38

rohit.dhamija

24-Jun-03 23:38

Dear ALL,

I am developing an application for Windows NT/2000/XP. I need to know the path of root directory in my application.

Is there any API to know the root directory path (ie. c:\winnt or c:\windows)

Thanks in advance.

Rohit

Re: Where is the root directory ?

Ryan Binns24-Jun-03 23:58

Ryan Binns

24-Jun-03 23:58

Try GetWindowsDirectory() Smile | :)

Ryan

Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2^nd April 2003, The Lounge)

Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Re: Where is the root directory ?

rohit.dhamija25-Jun-03 1:48

rohit.dhamija

25-Jun-03 1:48

Thanks got it!

How to let user choose a directory?

Raphael Kindt24-Jun-03 23:29

Raphael Kindt

24-Jun-03 23:29

Hi world,

I want a simple dialog box (like CFileDialog) who let the user choose only a directory (not a file)...
Can somebody give me a simple example which does that?

Thanks in advance...

Hello World!!! Smile | :)

from Raphaël

Re: How to let user choose a directory?

Joan M24-Jun-03 23:35

Joan M

24-Jun-03 23:35

There are lots of samples here in CP...

http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/#Windows%20Common%20dialogs[^]

for example...

Hope this helps.

Re: How to let user choose a directory?

Raphael Kindt24-Jun-03 23:47

Raphael Kindt

24-Jun-03 23:47

I would have to look in Code Project first, sorry...

Hello World!!! Smile | :)

from Raphaël

Re: How to let user choose a directory?

Joan M25-Jun-03 0:01

Joan M

25-Jun-03 0:01

Don't worry! Wink | ;)

Re: How to let user choose a directory?

David Crow25-Jun-03 3:05

David Crow

25-Jun-03 3:05

SHBrowseForFolder()

Re: How to let user choose a directory?

basementman25-Jun-03 4:32

basementman

25-Jun-03 4:32

The following sample browses for a directory:

void BrowseForDir()<br />
{<br />
  char caPathName[MAX_PATH];<br />
<br />
  caPathName[0] = 0;<br />
<br />
  GetDlgItemText(IDC_MYCTRL_TO_BACKFILL,caPathName,MAX_PATH);<br />
<br />
  BROWSEINFO sBI;<br />
  memset(&sBI,0,sizeof(BROWSEINFO));<br />
<br />
  sBI.hwndOwner = m_hWnd;<br />
  sBI.pidlRoot = NULL;<br />
  sBI.pszDisplayName = caPathName;<br />
  sBI.lpszTitle = "Select the folder that contains the desired files";<br />
  sBI.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS;<br />
  sBI.lpfn = NULL;<br />
<br />
  LPITEMIDLIST pidl = SHBrowseForFolder(&sBI);<br />
  if (pidl)<br />
    {<br />
      SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl,caPathName);<br />
      SetDlgItemText(IDC_MYCTRL_TO_BACKFILL,caPathName);<br />
      GotoDlgCtrl(GetDlgItem(IDC_MYCTRL_TO_BACKFILL));<br />
    }<br />
}

onwards and upwards...

How to insert a row in FlexGrid?

Radha Nair24-Jun-03 22:57

Radha Nair

24-Jun-03 22:57

My application uses a Flexgrid. Iam using the first row as the header. I need to insert new rows (data rows) after the first row (as the second row). Every new row inserted must become the second row and the remaining rows should get pushed down. Resetting the number of rows works but it appends a row at the end of the grid. Is there any way to achieve this? Where can I get the complete documentation on Flexgrid?

thanks.

Re: How to insert a row in FlexGrid?

Toni7825-Jun-03 0:08

Toni78

25-Jun-03 0:08

void CMSHFlexGrid::AddItem(LPCTSTR Item, const VARIANT& Index) adds a new row. If you want to add a new row after the header then just call:
AddItem( Item, _variant_t((long)1) );
If you want the documentation for FlexGrid, go to Project->Add to project->Components and controls and then find the flexgrid control. Select it and then click More Info.

// Afterall, I realized that even my comment lines have bugs

Using printer device

Ahmed Galal24-Jun-03 22:54

Ahmed Galal

24-Jun-03 22:54

is there anyway or API that helps me printing the contents of an List view control ?? , i mean here with "Printing" is to use the printer device not pronting on the screen.
if anyone can support me with articles or code will be better.
i use MFC.

thanx for advance

stl set bug ?

Brian van der Beek24-Jun-03 21:35

Brian van der Beek

24-Jun-03 21:35

I have a stl set with pointers to objects. When I insert() a reference to one of these objects in the empty set I get an access violation in the while loop of the following code:

<br />
void _Dec()<br />
                        {if (_Color(_Ptr) == _Red<br />
                                && _Parent(_Parent(_Ptr)) == _Ptr)<br />
                                _Ptr = _Right(_Ptr);<br />
                        else if (_Left(_Ptr) != _Nil)<br />
                                _Ptr = _Max(_Left(_Ptr));<br />
                        else<br />
                                {_Nodeptr _P;<br />
                                while (_Ptr == _Left(_P = _Parent(_Ptr)))<br />
                                        _Ptr = _P;<br />
                                _Ptr = _P; }}<br />

When I change the set to a list an push_back() the same object I works fine. Is this an stl bug, or must I be doing something wrong?

Re: stl set bug ?

ankea17-Nov-15 0:16

ankea

17-Nov-15 0:16

hi, I have the same problem. how to solve this ?

vb constants in vc

mooze24-Jun-03 21:15

mooze

24-Jun-03 21:15

Where can I get the actual values of the vb constants defined for an activex control which I include in a vc project (for instance vtChChartType2dXY for mschart) ?
Thanks

Race conditions

Toni7824-Jun-03 20:35

Toni78

24-Jun-03 20:35

Two days ago I had to send out an application. At the very last minute I was asked if I could add a splash screen to it and stupid me said yes. I had never done that before in my life. I tried to add a splash screen through Components and Controls but that works only for MDI or SDI. My application is dialog based. With only 20 minutes left (I couldn't go online and search codeproject) I decided to add my own splash screen. So inside OnInitDialog I have something like this:

CSplashDlg aSplashDlg( this );
aSplashDlg.DoModal()

Not being able to send a close message to CSplashDlg I just added a thread to CSplashDlg (a CDialog based class).

UINT SplashDelayThread( LPVOID pParam )
{
	Sleep( 5000 );
	::PostMessage( (HWND)pParam, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0 );
	return 0;
}

int CSplashWnd::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) 
{
	if (CDialog::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
		return -1;
	
	// TODO: Add your specialized creation code here
	AfxBeginThread( SplashDelayThread, this->m_hWnd,
                        THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL );

	return 0;
}

Now I am afraid that this might cause race conditions. For example what if the thread is activated and then it returns before the Splash dialog is created. 5 seconds is a long time but should I be worried? I mean you never know.

// Afterall, I realized that even my comment lines have bugs

COM DLL registration problem

vikramj24-Jun-03 20:15

vikramj

24-Jun-03 20:15

Hi Friends,

I am facing a problem in registering my COM DLL. We have build an Addin for a CAD application, which is a COM addin.

At some customer site, the addin dll is not getting registered. When we try to register using Regsvr32.exe, the exe returns an error code of 0x000000B6. The error description is "The operating system cannot run %1." when viwed with 'Error Lookup' tool.

I searched on google newsgroups and i found 1 article stating this error occurs when the ATL.dll on the target machine does not match with the ATL.dll with which the addin dll (the DLL being registered) was built. And we have to use the mindependency build to remove the ATL.dll dependency.

Accordingly i found my machine has ATL.dll with version 3.0xxx. where as the client's machine has ATL.dll 2.0xxx. I replaced the ATL.dll with the one that i had and tried to register. Still the problem persists.
Any clues on the above problem ? This is the most urgent and most important issue for us.

Thanks and Regards,
Vikram

Re: COM DLL registration problem

Kannan Kalyanaraman24-Jun-03 20:49

Kannan Kalyanaraman

24-Jun-03 20:49

Did you check whether you have all the dependencies for your COM dll on the client's machine.
Also, if possible try doing the registration through some installer (like installshield). I had a similar problem, when I had previous versions of the same COM Dll on the user's machine, it went fine through a installer.

Cheers,
Kannan

How to check who is currently logged on (Win2K/XP)

Hashim Saleem24-Jun-03 19:52

Hashim Saleem

24-Jun-03 19:52

Hi all,

I need to know is there any windows API call avialable to check who is presently logged in to the Windows 2000/NT/XP.

Thanks in advance.

Re: How to check who is currently logged on (Win2K/XP)

Ryan Binns24-Jun-03 20:04

Ryan Binns

24-Jun-03 20:04

GetUserName()

Ryan

Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2^nd April 2003, The Lounge)

Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

how to free library by dll self

gucy24-Jun-03 17:52

gucy

24-Jun-03 17:52

we use freelibrary() to free library in our client program.
but can we free the library by itself,if yes,how?

gucy

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