Visual C++ 9.0

Vista

Resize columns to avoid horizontal scroll

3 Sep 2013 by Nikolay Ananenko

Avoid horizontal scroll and effectivelly use whole horizontal control width: resize all columns except one to their content and this one to all remaining space.

reading and writing ini files vc++.net

15 Mar 2011 by gtest_vs

See GetPrivateProfileString & WritePrivateProfileString in MSDN. ;)

reading and writing ini files vc++.net

15 Mar 2011 by Nuri Ismail

You already know about GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString from the answer of gtest_vs. You can find examples on this functions in MSDN. Also consider using a helper library or class instead of raw APIs. This can simplify things a lot.For example you can use this INI...

SystemFramework library

24 Nov 2011 by Scanix

SystemFramework defines interfaces, classes, and types to support a native runtime system with its own garbage collector, delegates, etc. The design of SystemFramework classes is similar to those of the .NET Framework.

Print screen issue in a pc without moniter [Windows platform]

8 Jul 2012 by Jochen Arndt

You may connect a 'DVI Dummy' (Google for it) that simulates a monitor to be attached to the graphics card.For a VGA port see this VGA Dummy[^] solution.You may also try ZoneScreen which is designed to extend desktops over network connections. It contains a virtual graphics card with...

Problem with LPVOID C++

28 Dec 2013 by nv3

You are not assigning a value to the location where lpvBuffer points, but to the pointer itself.And why did you use a pointer to void if you want to pass a DWORD as in/out parameter? Use a pointer to DWORD instead. So you code should look like this:void Test (DWORD* pArg){ DWORD code...

Strip'em Add-in for Visual Studio 6.0

7 Mar 2001 by grebulon

This Add-in converts the text format (DOS or UNIX) of a file when it is saved in Visual Studio.

How to use c++ write a HTTPS client.

18 Mar 2010 by HimanshuJoshi

You can use Wininet Please look at this article[^] for further info

Using COM Objects in Scripting Languages -- Part 1 (Tcl/Tk)

18 Apr 2010 by Sharjith

This article shows how to instantiate a COM object in Tcl/Tk and use its methods and properties.

Set String in the List Boxes in the Next Dialog

4 Dec 2010 by pasztorpisti

Instead of DoModal() try to put your initialization to virtual BOOL OnInitDialog() if its not there already. It was long ago I used MFC for the last time but I think that at the time DoModal() is called not all the underlying resources (HWNDs) are created, but when InitDialog() runs, they...

GetLastError() returning 5 on CreateFile

19 Jan 2011 by #realJSOP

That error is "Access denied". http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681381(v=vs.85).aspx[^]

Checking for Internet Connection in VC++

29 Jul 2011 by Sayyed Mostafa Hashemi

Code for checking the avilabiltiy of Internet connection.

Print screen issue in a pc without moniter [Windows platform]

9 Jul 2012 by shankha2010

Hi All, I want to extract some data from a flash website by OCR[Optical Character Recognition] programmatically.By taking Internet explorer handle and navigating to apage and taking screenshot of it.Everything went fine until I scheduled it in a server that have no monitor.Any Idea...

How to Hook Readfile,help me! REPOST

26 Jan 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

This question has been posted once already. Please do not multi-post questions, but wait for an answer.

How to draw round button

11 May 2010 by «_Superman_»

There are some example articles here on CP -http://www.codeproject.com/KB/buttons/roundbuttons.aspx[^]http://www.codeproject.com/KB/buttons/CRoundButton2.aspx[^]

DataGridView VS2008 MFC

28 Oct 2010 by JF2015

The article also says, that you must create the WindowsFormsControlLibrary1.dll as first step. If you can't find the dll then this means you didn't follow the first steps "To create the .NET user control". It is all very good explained - just follow the instructions step by step.

My context menu handler won't work in x64 windows

13 Jan 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Did you register it as administator? Using "Run as Administrator" ?There is also this:Creating Shortcut Menu Handlers[^]RegardsEspen Harlinn

Building project options

21 Jan 2011 by Andrew Brock

This could be quite tricky, as the library will be built with a different version of the CRT (and possibly MFC if it uses that too). The only thing that should really matter is the linking to the CRT in Properties>C/C++>Code Generation>Runtime Library. This should be set to what it was set to...

VC6

GetLastError() returning 5 on CreateFile

19 Jan 2011 by Nish Nishant

Adding to JSOP's answer.The fact that it runs fine in your local machine does not mean it will run remotely via COM. You may need to configure the DCOM server to run as a higher privileged user. Alternatively, try writing to a path where you have permissions.

How to parse a XSD File to view its contents

23 Feb 2011 by Nish Nishant

This is one option (MSXML):http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms759192(v=VS.85).aspx[^]

How to parse a XSD File to view its contents

24 Feb 2011 by Espen Harlinn

You can use the XML Schema Definition Tool[^] to generate c# code based on your xml schema.The generated code can be used to easily read and write your xml files.Updated for C++A good C++ validating xml parser can be found at:Xerces-C++[^]Best regardsEspen Harlinn

How to use C++ object factory with template to determine the return type object at runtime at server side

push_back method crashing.

23 May 2011 by Stefan_Lang

I think Emilio is on the right track. The fact that you crash inside free.c indicates that the operation push_back() tries - and fails - to free some internal pointer inside the struct, DEV_INFO.push_back does two things:1. Ensures that the vector provides sufficient memory (reallocate if...

CenterWindow in WIN32

4 Oct 2011 by Nick Kulikovsky

There is ATL CWindow method CenterWindow:void CenterWnd(HWND hWnd){ CWindow wnd; wnd.Attach(hWnd); wnd.CenterWindow(NULL); wnd.Detach();}

How to remove the edit control 's border dynamically?

30 Nov 2011 by joshua0137

m_wndEdit.Modi...

exe to exe communication

8 Feb 2012 by Ashish Tyagi 40

So you are on windows-Try any of these.ClipboardCOMData CopyDDEFile MappingMailslotsPipesRPCWindows SocketsWell Data Copy^ and Pipe^ would be easy options.

How to change the position of elements in dialog dynamically in mfc?

3 May 2012 by Chandrasekharan P

I guess GetClientRect and MoveWindow Will help you on that. Look at this link. [^]

SolidWidgets Grid

17 Jul 2012 by Jake Franta

SolidWidgets Grid tutorial.

27 Jul 2013 by pasztorpisti

Regardless of the actual implementation/class you instantiate put the result pointer into a base class pointer and all the general implementation independent code should work with base class pointers/references.BaseClassPointer* GetInstance(){ if (globalsettings == "whatever") ...

MFC to C# .net windows application

20 Nov 2009 by Dilip Jaju (DJ)

Hi,I have to shift MFC(MDI Application) project into C# .net windows applications(windows forms).I have used MVC architecture in MFC( Model and Controller part is in DOC itself.).Iam little confused about use of MVC architecture and one more thing Iw

How to use functions embeded Access 2003 such as "POWER(),LN()",while using VC++ to operate Access DataBase?

29 Nov 2009 by AspDotNetDev

Have you tried:UPDATE TableName SET Result = 2 ^ 2

How to use functions embeded Access 2003 such as "POWER(),LN()",while using VC++ to operate Access DataBase?

ADO

29 Nov 2009 by AspDotNetDev

So, what you really want to do is call VBA functions from MS Access queries? This page explains how to do that.

How to use functions embeded Access 2003 such as "POWER(),LN()",while using VC++ to operate Access DataBase?

ADO

29 Nov 2009 by AspDotNetDev

I don't really follow you. If you want to use a VBA function in an Access query, just create your own UDF that wraps that VBA function, then you can use that UDF in your Access query. And if you want to use some Access query function from VC++, you can make database calls to an Access DB from...

ADO

How to GoTo specific line number in CRichEditView / CRichEditCtrl.

15 Dec 2009 by Rajesh R Subramanian

I'm not sure if you could go to specific line number. The selection is based on the criteria of character numbers (for example, select the contents in the control from 34th character to 45th character).Look at the CRichEditCtrl::SetSel()[^] function.

MultiThreading in MFC

19 Jan 2010 by CPallini

What about documentation?Multithreading with C++ and MFC.Multithreading: When to Use the Synchronization Classes.Multithreading How to Use the Synchronization Classes. :)

A trouble with EnumFontFamiliesProc

19 Jan 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

Is this the only place that EnumFontFamExProc is defined? It looks as though the compiler has another definition from somewhere; perhaps you could post some more of the code, including the CFontDlg class definition.ps I also put your code in tags to make it more readable.

A trouble with EnumFontFamiliesProc

19 Jan 2010 by Graham Breach

There's a ready-made MFC class called CFontDialog you can use to get a font selection from the user, but to answer your question...It sounds like the signature of your function definition doesn't match a function prototype, which is why the error says 'overloaded-function'.A simple way...

com nmake error LNK2001,LNK1120,U1077

10 Mar 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

I think Error message 1 is pretty clear. You have a reference to the item basedataobj_ProxyFileInfo in file C:\workspace\cominterfaces\basedataobj_dlldata.obj which is not externally defined anywhere. Check the source to find the reference and see if you can discover where the definition should be.

Is there any utility/lib/code to convert excel data to xml data and vice versa?

15 Mar 2010 by thakurbond

Is there any utility/lib/code to convert excel data to xml data and vice versa?

How to use c++ write a HTTPS client.

18 Mar 2010 by Markus Antonius

I know that we can use CHttpFile, in VC, to write a HTTP client. I want to write a HTTPS client with cpp. Can anyone help me?

Unicode support for control or application

27 Jul 2010 by Sandeep Mewara

I guess, you are missing the Tamil Locale MUI. You need to install the language pack such that the text in that locale can be seen properly. Read all about them here: Multiple User Interface (MUI) Language Packs[^]

How to get a value to a dialog from another dialog ?

31 Jul 2010 by #realJSOP

Why don't you just create a static class and put the variable in there (don't forget to make it public static as well). Then you can get to it from anyplace in the program.

How to get a value to a dialog from another dialog ?

31 Jul 2010 by Aescleal

If you have two dialogues that have to communicate why not do something radical like pass the address of the one data has to be fetched from to the constructor of the one that wants to consume the data?Then you don't have to mess about calling global functions, casting (you might like to use...

Need help to solve a build error

2 Aug 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

I think you probably need to set "Precompiled Header" to "Not Using Precompiled Headers", in your compile options. You should then do a complete rebuild.

Need help to solve a build error

2 Aug 2010 by Niklas L

A rebuild is mostly what is needed. This error is not necessarily related to using precompiled headers or not, even though the error indicates the file is stdafx.obj.

Need help to solve a build error

2 Aug 2010 by Yusuf

There are a number of reasons that can give LNK1104 error. See MSDN documentation for a list and make sure you don't have any one of those cases.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ts7eyw4s(VS.71).aspx[^]

How to get a value to a dialog from another dialog ?

3 Aug 2010 by bleedingfingers

If the application is not supposed to be multithreaded and fairly simple, using good old global static variables will get you by this.For data exchange, use the relevant event handlers.Since you haven't posted anything but just a line of code, out of context, I assume that what you need...

How to get a value to a dialog from another dialog ?

3 Aug 2010 by CPallini

You may have a look at the following oldie-goldie article: "Dialogs Communication"[^]. :)

CDialogBar Create Failed in Release mode

30 Aug 2010 by Uwe Keim

I would recommend to compile in release mode with debug infos so you can debug the release mode, too.Probably you know that variables in debug mode are initialized with zero/null automatically, whereas they have random values in release mode.CheersUwe

[win32 dll]runtime error: 0xC0000005: Access violation

29 Oct 2010 by Nish Nishant

You are not checking for errors. You need to check and see that LoadLibrary succeeded, GetProcAddress succeeded etc.

Win32

TreeControl displaying different controls on each node on a DialogBox

31 Oct 2010 by Nish Nishant

You don't need to write multiple dialogs, most people just extend property sheets/pages to get this done the way you want to. For an example, see the following article:CTreePropSheet - A Netscape/Visual Studio .NET like Preferences Dialog[^]

Application not running on Non Developer systems

10 Nov 2010 by Abhinav S

Check that you have the right .Net framework (+ updates) installed on the non-developer system.

C#3.0

Application not running on Non Developer systems

11 Nov 2010 by Nemanja Trifunovic

Check the linker settings for your MFC dll. If MFC and CRT are not linked statically, than you need to distribute them as well. One way to do it is by installing this: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) [^]

C#3.0

Run a method when an action occurs

5 Dec 2010 by raja_s

Hi All, I have a quetion. Is it possible to run a method when an event occurs. Not by using infinite loops and events are not from any control, ex., event set by communication port like EV_TXEMPTY.ThanksRajasekhar

Guide for windows socket programming

29 Dec 2010 by Henry Minute

Rather than asking such a general question here, you might have been better served by doing an internet search.I found Socket Programming with MFC (Part 1)[^] by doing so and it should at least get you started.

My context menu handler won't work in x64 windows

14 Jan 2011 by Member 546551

I have an MFC application with an context menu handler which works fine on all 32 bit win.I have tried it on (XP, Vista,7, Server 2000/2007...).Then I installed 64 bit 7 and now I can't get it to rear it's head anymore.It's the same on all 64 bit windows versions.First I recompiled...

[Solved] Embedding manifest causes error in VS manifest tool

23 Jan 2011 by Indivara

Does this help?http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948477[^] Replying to comments has become tediousKozlov_Sergey (KS): No, it doesn't (implicit reply)Indivara (I): Try removing the setting that embeds the manifestKS: That fixes error, but absence of manifest causes program...

Building project options 1

22 Jan 2011 by Nish Nishant

Adding to T2102VC++ 2010 is far more standards compliant than VC++ 6 was, so you will probably need to do quite a bit of tweaking of your code. It all depends on how you wrote your code in VC++ 6.

VC6

Calling an HTTPS url using WinInet

21 Jan 2011 by Steve Maier

Here is an article from Microsoft on how to do it.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168151[^]

MSBuild : Build type(Debug / Release)

30 Jan 2011 by Abhinav S

Have a look at the properties section as described here[^].Properties="Configuration=Debug;"

Using C# class in VC++ without using the dll

15 Feb 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

"Without the DLL" sounds ridiculous! You could also say "without C# file". Well, change DLL extension to something else, you will have without DLL :-)Seriously, using .NET assembly by native (unmanaged) code is a problem. Is that what you tried so far? Suggested use is COM, but I this is not...

Writing a XSD Parser in VC++ regd.

20 Feb 2011 by Cedric Moonen

If you have no idea about anything about it, I suggest you first start to learn about xml and xsd, it will help a lot to communicate with others about the subject. There are some good tutorials here[^]: you have to look in the XML section, there is an entry about xml and an entry about schema...

How to add an existing project in VisualStudio2008

21 Feb 2011 by Nish Nishant

Once you add the project, use the Add Reference dialog on the original project to add a project-reference to this newly added project.

How to add an existing project in VisualStudio2008

21 Feb 2011 by Yusuf

First read Nish's answer then here is how to do ithttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wkze6zky(v=vs.80).aspx[^]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ftcwa60a(v=vs.80).aspx[^]

Perform a task each time computer is unlocked

22 Feb 2011 by Andrew Brock

Check out WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE on MSDN[^].wParam == WTS_SESSION_UNLOCKNot sure if this is send on a suspend (sleep), you may need to handle WM_POWERBROADCAST[^] as well.For future reference, I found this by opening up Spy++ from the Visual Studio Tools menu and spying on messages sent...

Unable to Call Function in VC++

23 Feb 2011 by Olivier Levrey

OK I will do your job and ask a proper question (you should do it by yourself if you want a chance to have answers...).Correct me if I am wrong. Your FireMTURL function looks like:CString FireMTURL(CString msisdn, CString mesg, CString MT_URL, CString MT_SHORTCODE){ ...

reading and writing ini files vc++.net

15 Mar 2011 by Kurt Degiorgio

Read: GetPrivateProfileStringCheck the following link for more details on the function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724353(v=vs.85).aspx[^]Write: WritePrivateProfileStringCheck the following link for more details on the function:...

vc++ avoid WM_GETTEXT message to get the text from a TextBox

25 Mar 2011 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

1) sTextInside will be empty in case of (0 == buff) or (0 == buff[0])2) It is a reaction of your form (not of this->tbxPw)3) The coming buffer is here to be filled in, not to be read4) Be sure also you need char and not WCHAR

Windows

vc++ avoid WM_GETTEXT message to get the text from a TextBox

25 Mar 2011 by miqmago

The solution: (also see http://blog.tcx.be/2008/04/making-your-password-textbox-more.html[^])#pragma once#include using namespace System;using namespace System::ComponentModel;using namespace System::Drawing;using namespace System::Windows::Forms;using namespace...

Windows

What tool for window form to create it.

16 Apr 2011 by OriginalGriff

Well the VS designer is a good place to start...From a user POV I don't like it much though. Have you considered using a table based view instead? You can put check boxes inside them and they could be a bit more flexible than that! That is a bit "busy" and difficult to work out what period...

Confusion in AT Command to serial port using WriteFile()

11 May 2011 by Stephen Wiria

I believe you need to add a delay there, the simplest thing you can do is adding a Sleep.Sample code[^]

Confusion in AT Command to serial port using WriteFile()

11 May 2011 by Olivier Levrey

Check the return value of ReadFile. Is it returns FALSE, then call GetLastError to have details about the error. Also check the number of bytes really read 'cp.dwBytesTransferred).Form this code:bResult=ReadFile( hPort, &cp.Byte, 1, ...

WDK Error (Including ndis.h)

11 May 2011 by Albert Holguin

Again, here's a decent article on why the "No target architecture defined" error comes up, there's environment variables missing that are usually set up by other files:http://mcdermottcybersecurity.com/articles/64-bit-device-driver-development[^]

VC10.0

VC9: What does USES_CONVERSION do?

17 May 2011 by barneyman

it would appear to be shorthand for creating a couple of locals on your stack for some bstr/wstr functions ...http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/1870028/Re-USES_CONVERSION.aspx[^]

Setting Dialog Box Background Colour

21 Jun 2011 by Joan M

Take a look here[^], you will find the answer in the topic 4.2.It is easy, you need only to handle the WM_ERASEBACKGROUND message.You can't change the dialog background colour using the resource editor...

Visual-Studio

How to place an icon in the notification tab?

18 Nov 2011 by Gokulnath007

I would like to place the icon in the notification tab.The entire application after executing should place the icon in the notification panel with no more dialog boxes.

Linking VC++ 2008 Dll with C#.Net 2008 Exe

19 Nov 2011 by Philippe Mori

You should create managed object in your mixed-mode C++ assembly.That is, public ref class Test.C# will not be able to call unmanaged code directly. The recommanded way is that any public class are managed one.There is a lot more to learn if you want to mix managed and unmanaged...

C#4.0

list all available usb drives in mfc vc6?

21 Nov 2011 by Andrew Brock

1. Perhaps try http://cboard.cprogramming.com/windows-programming/114294-getting-list-usb-devices-listed-system.html[^]2. No idea, there is probably an API somewhere, or a registry key. At least the Windows Firewall has an API documented on MSDN[^]3. These live in 2 basic locations. The...

stop work if invalide binary file

15 Dec 2011 by CPallini

Coder Block wrote:now when i wrong intput file contain only 5 bytes i got assertionbecause i excepted 15 bytes so what is alternative to come out of this errorThe alternative, of course, is checking the file length before actually parsing the file.

Will the function getenv() works in all windows machine?

19 Feb 2012 by Gokulnath007

Will the function getenv() works in all windows machine?

Will the function getenv() works in all windows machine?

20 Feb 2012 by Johannes Hillert

Hi,getenv(...

File reading in C/C++ common for Linux and Windows

9 Mar 2012 by Jochen Arndt

I did not see anything serious wrong. But you should useint fd = open(sFilePath, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0);to ensure that the file is opened in binary mode, because the default Windows fmode is O_TEXT.With binary mode, read should then return iBytesToRead while not just before the end of file.

How to make a txt file which is in english to be viewed in different way that cannot be understand by viewers but code should be able to read it the way it is written in english ?

Linux

19 Mar 2012 by Resmi Anna

http://msdn.mi...

How to make a txt file which is in english to be viewed in different way that cannot be understand by viewers but code should be able to read it the way it is written in english ?

21 Mar 2012 by Jochen Arndt

A very simple solution:void Encrypt(LPCTSTR lpszFile, const BYTE *pBuf, unsigned nSize){ LPBYTE pEnc = new BYTE[nSize]; memcpy(pEnc, pBuf, nSize); for (unsigned i = 0; i

How to solve (Buffer too Small".0) problem?

1 Apr 2012 by chaiein

CString WriteString;.... WriteString.Format("%s.%d d",WriteString,NI);At above WriteStringthe buffer too small warning is shown when executed any times because CStringtype is not enough to hold string of any size.My goal is to get content ofWriteStringto write in to a file at...

How to solve (Buffer too Small".0) problem?

1 Apr 2012 by chaiein

WriteString.Ap...

How to Comparing the string for the below code?

9 May 2012 by CPallini

change fromif(textmessage=="PLAY")toif( strncmp(textmessage, "PLAY", 4) == 0 )(or use a CString).

static memory allocates at compile time how?

23 May 2012 by Sergey Chepurin

For this answer i have compiled the information from different sources but mainly from Q&A of Stackoverflow.com.A process has 5 different areas of memory allocated1. Code - text segment2. Initialized data – .data segment3. Uninitialized data – .bss segment4. Heap5. Stack...

memory

Unhandled exception when call vc++ dll in vc++ code

19 Jul 2012 by barneyman

The docs for GetProcAddress[^] say it returns NULL if if failsYou're getting a NULL back (i worked that out from the exception) and you've got zero error handling in there