C / C++ / MFC

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

HWND _hWnd = NULL;
 
BOOL CALLBACK EnumProc( HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam )
{
    DWORD dwProcessId;
 
    GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, &dwProcessId);
 
    if ((DWORD) lParam == dwProcessId)
    {
        char szText[256];
        if (::GetWindowText(hWnd, szText, sizeof(szText)) > 0) // this check may not be necessary
        {
            char szClass[256];
            GetClassName(hWnd, szClass, sizeof(szClass));
            if (lstrcmp(szClass, "CabinetWClass") == 0)
            {
                _hWnd = hWnd;
                return FALSE;
            }
        }
    }
 
    return TRUE;
}
...
DWORD dwError;
BOOL bResult;
STARTUPINFO si = {0};
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};
 
si.cb = sizeof(si);
 
bResult = CreateProcess(NULL,
                            "c:\\windows\\explorer.exe \"C:\\Documents and Settings\\<user>\\My Documents\\My Pictures\\<folder>\"",
                            NULL,
                            NULL,
                            TRUE,
                            NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                            NULL,
                            NULL,
                            &si,
                            &pi);
 
if (! bResult)
    dwError = GetLastError();
 
WaitForInputIdle(pi.hProcess, 3000);
 
EnumWindows(EnumProc, pi.dwProcessId);
 
HWND hWnd = FindWindowEx(_hWnd, NULL, "SHELLDLL_DefView", "");
if (hWnd != NULL)
    ::SendMessage(hWnd, WM_COMMAND, 0x702f, 0);

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

YaronNir wrote:

and then set a registry key that customize this folder to 'filmstrip'

YaronNir wrote:

i've been shown by DavidCrow where the windows store this customization, all i have to look for now is how the system find the folder according to the number in the registy...

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

CComPtr<IFolderView> pfv(psv);

YaronNir wrote:

I've used a similar code taken from a page here at code project....

YaronNir wrote:

this code doesn't work...

YaronNir wrote:

any thoughts?

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

DavidCrow wrote:

Which article are you referring to?

DavidCrow wrote:

That's too bad as it worked fine for me.

DavidCrow wrote:

Are you giving the new window enough time to be created before calling EnumWindows()?

YaronNir wrote:

which system? xp? with sp? 1 ? 2?

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

    CString szFilesDir(_T("c:\\windows\\system32\\MyDir"));
CComVariant vaURL( ( LPCTSTR) szFilesDir);
CComVariant vtEmpty;

IWebBrowser2Ptr spWB                    = NULL;

HRESULT hr = spWB.CreateInstance(CLSID_InternetExplorer);
hr = spWB->put_StatusBar(VARIANT_TRUE);
hr = spWB->put_ToolBar(VARIANT_TRUE);
hr = spWB->put_MenuBar(VARIANT_TRUE);
hr = spWB->put_Visible(VARIANT_TRUE);
hr = spWB->Navigate2(&vaURL,&vtEmpty,&vtEmpty,&vtEmpty,&vtEmpty);

bispenho wrote:

This program keep a thread running all the time. When the screensaver start the program show a error message. If I ignory the error the program keep running without problem.

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