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Larsson7-Jul-04 23:43

7-Jul-04 23:43

How can I lock the keybord and mouse?
I need to be able to disable the keybord and mouse how do I do this.
Plese help me.

Best technique to Schedule Tasks

Atif Mushtaq7-Jul-04 23:38

Atif Mushtaq

7-Jul-04 23:38

Now a days i am working on a software , which will run specific scheduled tasks at certain time.What should be the technique to develop this software.
One obviouse way is using Timers , but is there some built in notifications by windows.which could infrom my application at certain time.

My schedule may be like this

Task1 12:30:30 PM 7July 2004
Task2 2:30:30 PM 7July 2004
Task3 1:30:30 AM 8July 2004
Task4 12:30:30 PM 8July 2004

etc.

Unmanaged in a .NET world

Re: Best technique to Schedule Tasks

Blake Miller8-Jul-04 14:13

Blake Miller

8-Jul-04 14:13

If you want your process to do the work, use CreateWaitableTimer. This will allow you to put your process into an efficient sleep, to be awoken at the appropriate time (or other circumstances, like a Windows Shutdown...).

Otherwise, submit the tasks to the internal Windows Task Scheduler, which is capable of performing various types of 'jobs'.

change desktop backgroun color

repekcan7-Jul-04 23:24

repekcan

7-Jul-04 23:24

Hi,

I am trying change desktop bkcolor without restart,logoff-logon or using control panel.

I opened the spy to get handle desktop listview,after that i write this code:

(HWND)0x00030074-->this is what desktop listview handle

...
ListView_SetBkColor((HWND)0x00030074,RGB(255,0,0));
...
it is work until desktop get WM_PAINT,(you can see it by spy++)
after desktop got WM_PAINT,desktop bkcolor getting old value which is defined in
'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors\Background' key value.

i changed 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors\Background' key value what i want
and added this code because i wanted to take effect registry without logoff-restart

::SendMessage((HWND)0x00030074/*HWND_BROADCAST*/,WM_SETTINGCHANGE,0,0);

it is not work.

ı thing control panel settings can not be changed WM_SETTINGCHANGE message...

i want to change desktop bkcolor like control panel display settings.

How can i do that ??

Thanks,

repekcan

Re: change desktop backgroun color

Mike Dimmick8-Jul-04 0:54

Mike Dimmick

8-Jul-04 0:54

I think you want to call SetSysColors:

const int aElements[] = { COLOR_DESKTOP };
const COLORREF aColors[] = { RGB( 255, 0, 255 ) };
 
SetSysColors( 1, aElements, aColors );

Not tested, no warranty Wink | ;-)

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

thanks your help

repekcan8-Jul-04 1:03

repekcan

8-Jul-04 1:03

yes,it is change desktop bkcolor Smile | :)

VC++ Automation Word 2000 Error : Unable to Disable "Cntrl+C"

vishalmore7-Jul-04 23:16

vishalmore

7-Jul-04 23:16

Hi,

I am automating Word 2000 and I want to disable the "Ctrl C" keyboard functionality. (Using VBA I am successful in disabling the "Ctrl+C" by doing this - "Application.FindKey(BuildKeyCode(wdKeyControl, wdKeyC)).Disable")

I am using the following C++ automation code which gives me the DISP_E_EXCEPTION error code on IDispatch::Invoke for "Disable" method ("AutoWrap" function below is a wrapper around IDispatch::Invoke). Here is my C++ code:

parm1.vt = VT_I4;
parm1.lVal = wdKeyControl;
parm2.vt = VT_I4;
parm2.lVal = wdKeyC;
VariantClear(&result);
AutoWrap(DISPATCH_METHOD, &result, pWdApp, L"BuildKeyCode",2,parm2,parm1);

parm1.vt = VT_I4;
parm1.lVal = result.lVal;
VariantClear(&result);
AutoWrap(DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET , &result, pWdApp, L"FindKey", 1,parm1);

pWdKey = result.pdispVal;
AutoWrap(DISPATCH_METHOD, NULL,pWdKey , L"Disable", 0);

Error :
"This method or property is not available because this document is in another application"

I will appreciate any help on this.

Thanks.
Vishal
----------------------

Vishal More

ODBC API

Yulianto.7-Jul-04 23:11

Yulianto.

7-Jul-04 23:11

Is there any good article about this? Thank you

Smile | :)

Re: ODBC API

Johan Rosengren8-Jul-04 0:24

Johan Rosengren

8-Jul-04 0:24

You should be able to get the basics by reading the source code for http://www.codeproject.com/database/simple_odbc.asp[^] and http://www.codeproject.com/database/caaodbcclass.asp[^]

OnMouseMove value problem

d0153030y7-Jul-04 21:48

d0153030y

7-Jul-04 21:48

Hi

Problem is like this on my Mousemove event i am checking whether some text is under the mouse or not. If text is under then i will mark the flag to true.

Based on this i am shoing my popup menu say if m_textunder == true then Show pop up menu item Edit TEXT , else show ADD TEXT menu item.

Problem what i am facing is if i mouse move over the text my flag get set to true and EDIT TEXT items get show, now if i right click over other portion of the view where test is not under then still it is showing the EDIT TEXT OPTION. Only in case that if i left click over the area then it will refresh i.e. again start to show the ADD TEXT if text is not under.

My code portion is as per follows:

Function onMouseMove:

// GetCurrentTextLabel finds out whether there is text beneath the mouse or not if it is then will <br />
// return text else return NULL<br />
CTextLabel *pTxt = pDoc->GetCurrentTextLabel (point,m_Scale,1);<br />
if(pTxt != NULL)<br />
{<br />
m_TextUnder     = true;<br />
m_TextToEdit     = pTxt->GetText ();<br />
}<br />
else<br />
{<br />
if(m_TextUnder)<br />
   AfxMessageBox("not under");<br />
m_TextUnder          = false;<br />
}<br />
}<br />
<br />
Function -->OnRButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point) <br />
 <br />
CNewMenu menu;<br />
menu.CreatePopupMenu();<br />
menu.InsertMenu(0, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_VIEW_ZOOMIN,"Zoom In");<br />
menu.InsertMenu(1, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_VIEW_ZOOMOUT,"Zoom Out");<br />
menu.InsertMenu(2, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_VIEW_SPECIFYZOOM,"Specify Zoom");<br />
     <br />
if(m_TextUnder)<br />
{<br />
menu.InsertMenu(3, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_SEPARATOR, "");<br />
menu.InsertMenu(4, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_EDITTEXTLABEL, "Edit Text Label");<br />
}<br />
else<br />
{<br />
menu.InsertMenu(3, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_SEPARATOR, "");<br />
menu.InsertMenu(4, MF_BYPOSITION, ID_OPT_TEXT_LABEL, "Add Text Label");<br />
}<br />
ClientDC.LPtoDP(&point);<br />
ClientToScreen(&point);<br />
menu.TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_LEFTBUTTON | TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, point.x, point.y, this);

What can be the wrong ?

Re: onmousemove value problem

Mike Dimmick8-Jul-04 1:17

Mike Dimmick

8-Jul-04 1:17

What are you trying to do? Change context menu items dependent on where the mouse pointer is?

While TrackPopupMenu is running, it has mouse capture. That is, all mouse messages go to the menu, even if the mouse isn't over it. You can't change the contents of a popup when it's displayed, anyway, because TrackPopupMenu runs a modal loop (i.e. it doesn't return until the user either chooses a menu item or clicks away from it).

The user also won't expect this to change while they have a popup menu item. Normally the contents of a context menu reflect the currently selected item in the document at the time the menu was selected.

I suggest working out which menu items to show in the button click handler. Also, for consistency with Microsoft applications and the Windows shell, the context menu should be shown on button UP, not button down (try it on Explorer).

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

fread() with excel and powerpoint files

Member 3600827-Jul-04 20:27

Member 360082

7-Jul-04 20:27

In a non-MFC application I used the fread() function in order to read documents (WORD) EXCEL files and PowerPoint files.
The problem is that I get not only the content of those files but also information about the file (like file owner etc.).
Is there a way to read only the content of those files?

Re: fread() with excel and powerpoint files

vmaltsev8-Jul-04 2:03

vmaltsev

8-Jul-04 2:03

I didn't quite understand your question. Could you please rephrase it?
Though by look of it you're expecting from fread to understand format of excel and word files. If so, your expectations are wrong. It's low level i/o function and knows nothing about file format, it simply read/write bytes.

Re: fread() with excel and powerpoint files

Member 3600828-Jul-04 2:08

Member 360082

8-Jul-04 2:08

didn't expect fread to do nothing but reading Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

my question is how can i analyze the file format so i can draw from it the content of the file.

thanx

Re: fread() with excel and powerpoint files

vmaltsev8-Jul-04 2:50

vmaltsev

8-Jul-04 2:50

Well, you obviously have to know file format for that. Smile | :)

I can give you a small hint. Read 2 bytes on offset 0x200. If you have 0x0009, 0x0209, 0x0409, 0x0809 it's Excel file. I don't have much data on PowerPoint format therefore my assumption can be wrong. Nevertheless, if you have 0xA046 there, it's PowerPoint XP(and 2003?). If you have 0xFDFF there, you have to read extra 2 bytes from 0x204 and if you have 0x5eca there, it's PP95 and if the value is 0x5dca, it's PP97(-2002?).

Hope it'll help.

Re: fread() with excel and powerpoint files

David Crow8-Jul-04 3:17

David Crow

8-Jul-04 3:17

Are you against using Excel Automation? Trying to use fread() to weed through a .xls file would be no small undertaking.

"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen

About fatal error,when using customized template class in MFC proj.

bg2sc7-Jul-04 20:06

bg2sc

7-Jul-04 20:06

I derived a template class from a treelist control class,and placed it in a MFC project.In a dialog, using it as : "CTreeCtrl<cif> m_ctrlTree;".But have a lot of fatal error:fatal error C1001: inner compile error.Refering place is executing the member function of template class.What is wrong with that.Pls help me.

Re: About fatal error,when using customized template class in MFC proj.

Mike Dimmick8-Jul-04 1:57

Mike Dimmick

8-Jul-04 1:57

Internal Compiler Error means you've found a bug in the compiler. Typically this means that it doesn't understand your syntax, or you've exceeded a limit. I suggest starting by commenting out the line on which it fails, repeating until you get it to compile. Then uncomment lines until it stops compiling. By repeating, you should be able to narrow down the location of the fault.

You'll also find the KB article C1001 Compiler Error Message - Suggestions for Troubleshooting[^] helpful.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

Tiff to raw

rita12027-Jul-04 19:52

rita1202

7-Jul-04 19:52

Hai....how can i use C++ to save tiff image to raw data>?

Re: Tiff to raw

ThatsAlok7-Jul-04 22:32

ThatsAlok

7-Jul-04 22:32

Look at cxImage library in Codeproject

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Why can't U Update dynamic in sort mode

inlandchris7-Jul-04 18:34

inlandchris

7-Jul-04 18:34

Maybe a simple question but when you open a database (SQL2000) in MFC CRecordset in mode dymanic and then sort the database by any column(s), why does the database (recordset) become "READ ONLY". It's open for read/write but as soon as you start sorting the database, you can't write/update anymore.
I am trying a workaround with stored procedures but if that fails, I will have to give the sorts.
Anybody out there can help me?
Thanks,

craig christensen

How can i manipulate Registry

Zeeshan Bilal7-Jul-04 18:29

Zeeshan Bilal

7-Jul-04 18:29

HI,

How can i manipulate Registry.

Any sample by Example.

thanx

Re: How can i manipulate Registry

Yogesh Kshatriya7-Jul-04 19:21

Yogesh Kshatriya

7-Jul-04 19:21

Check the following sample function for creating & setting a registry key.
You can use APIs RegOpenKeyEx, RegQueryMultipleValues, RegQueryValue defined in winreg.h to read the values from registry keys

BOOL CFTPDlg::RegisterFTPProfile(FTPProfile LocalCopyFTPProfile)
{
BOOL bRetVal;
HKEY hkResult;
CString strTmp;
unsigned char *lpBuf;
int n;

//Preapre the complete Path Name for selected profile.
strTmp = g_strProfileRegPath + CString("\\");
strTmp += (LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strProfileName ;

bRetVal=RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
(LPCTSTR)strTmp,
NULL,
NULL,
REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
KEY_ALL_ACCESS,
NULL,
&hkResult,
NULL);

if (bRetVal==ERROR_SUCCESS)
{

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strHostAdd.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf,(LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strHostAdd);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"HOST_ADD",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);

free((void *)lpBuf);

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strLoginID.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf,(LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strLoginID);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"LOGINID",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);
free(lpBuf);

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strPassword.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf, (LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strPassword);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"PASSWORD",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);
free(lpBuf);

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strHostPath.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf,(LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strHostPath);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"HOST_PATH",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);
free(lpBuf);

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strLocalPath.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf , (LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strLocalPath);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"LOCAL_PATH",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);
free(lpBuf);

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strSleepTime.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf , (LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strSleepTime);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"SLEEP_TIME",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);
free(lpBuf);

n=LocalCopyFTPProfile.strDescription.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (unsigned char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf , (LPCTSTR)LocalCopyFTPProfile.strDescription);
bRetVal=RegSetValueEx(hkResult,
"DESCRIPTION",
NULL,
REG_SZ,
lpBuf,
n);
free(lpBuf);

RegCloseKey(hkResult);
return TRUE;

}

return FALSE;
}

Error in Open key and Query

Zeeshan Bilal7-Jul-04 20:31

Zeeshan Bilal

7-Jul-04 20:31

THe following Code giving the Error
that is failing to Open the Key .. n givign mine message box written in else portion..
Keys e created in registry using ur above reply example code
plz help abut open n Query the keys

BOOL bRetVal;
HKEY hkResult;
CString strTmp = "Software\\NDT";
char *lpBuf;
int n;

bRetVal=RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ,
(LPCTSTR)strTmp,0,0,&hkResult);

if (bRetVal==ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
CString id = "UserName";
n=id.GetLength()+1;
lpBuf = (char *)calloc(n, sizeof(char));
strcpy((char *)lpBuf,(LPCTSTR)id);

LPSTR str;
long j;
bRetVal= RegQueryValue(hkResult, lpBuf, str , &j);

if (bRetVal==ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
AfxMessageBox (" Success");
}
else
{
AfxMessageBox (" Not read the key");
}

}
else
{
AfxMessageBox (" Not open the key");
}

Re: Error in Open key and Query

Yogesh Kshatriya7-Jul-04 22:05

Yogesh Kshatriya

7-Jul-04 22:05

Check the help documentation for API RegOpenKeyEx. You need to specify the access level you desire while opening a registry key. You haven't given that. (Check the help documentaion for 4 the para of the API RegOpenKeyEx)

That will solve your problem;)

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