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SNagase12-Oct-01 5:44

12-Oct-01 5:44

I'm trying to capture a screen from the windows media player. It appears that they use a directx overlay for the video (not completely sure). So, if you try to capture it through the normal GDI means, all you get is the black background.

There is at least one program available that can capture it through directx, but I am trying to figure out how it is done. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the directx surface to obtain the data? EnumSurfaces appears to work only inside the same process and inside the same directdraw object. Please help!

Event Logging

SuperGeek12-Oct-01 5:24

SuperGeek

12-Oct-01 5:24

My application(.EXE) drops a buch of events into the event log for the network admin folks and other users.
In my MFC prject, I have an event message file <filename>.MC which is compiled separatedly using "mc" command line utility. After message compilation, <filename>.rc, <filename>.h and MSG00001.bin files are created by "mc". The problem is that I only know how to produce event message resource table for the evnt viewer using command line "rc"(produces <filaname>.res) and "link" step, which finally produces <filename>.dll(it will contain the table). To automate this process, I had to write a batch file, which executes all these utilites. This batch file is automatically executed in the post-build step - pretty cumbersome and boring, isn't it? This is the old Win32 way of doing things for the event viewer, and I don't particularly like it. I know that the message resource table can be easily contained within the same executable that runs my project, which will save the headache of managing two separate files, .EXE - the program, and .DLL - program's event message table.

Tried many things with .rc files and recourse.h - event viewer only recognizes messages from the .dll.

Does anyone know how to properly merge .rc and .res files within the same project to create one common resource table that will contain the prject's resources as well as its event message table.

Will be happy to digest any hints.
Thanks.

Kirill

Re: Event Logging

Anders Molin13-Oct-01 3:35

Anders Molin

13-Oct-01 3:35

Just put this line in the top of the project's .rc file...

1 11 msg00001.bin

- Anders

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CButton/CWnd properties

12-Oct-01 5:13

Help. I want to change the appearence of a check box control so that it looks flat, no background, no border, only the check appears.

The control will serve as a visual indicator and not accept input from user.

How can I do this or where should I look?

Thanks,
John

Re: CButton/CWnd properties

Tomasz Sowinski12-Oct-01 7:41

Tomasz Sowinski

12-Oct-01 7:41

No background? You mean that there will be some other controls below and you want to see them?

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Re: CButton/CWnd properties

12-Oct-01 8:10

I want the Check Box to have the same "grey" background as the Dialog which contains it -- i.e. no white background, no border around the check box.

I hope this won't be impossible or have to resort to display a bitmap.

Thanks.
Johnny

Re: CButton/CWnd properties

Tomasz Sowinski13-Oct-01 1:15

Tomasz Sowinski

13-Oct-01 1:15

Derive your class from CWnd and call DrawFrameControl in OnPaint handler. DrawFrameControl can draw many UI elements, some combination of flags should give you just checkmark on standard background. No bitmap required.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Re: CButton/CWnd properties

Andrew Peace12-Oct-01 8:22

Andrew Peace

12-Oct-01 8:22

Hi,

Just use a picture control with an icon - that way the background will be see-through. Then use ShowWindow(SW_SHOW / SW_HIDE) to show or hide the control.

--
Andrew.

Re: CButton/CWnd properties

12-Oct-01 9:22

Thanks.

I guess I was intimidated by using a graphic.

John

DAO with Access 2000 DB

Chris Klecker12-Oct-01 3:53

Chris Klecker

12-Oct-01 3:53

I have a DB in Access 2000 for which I'm trying to access from a VC++ executable using DAO. When I try to query the DB I get a dialog asking me to select a data source. If I convert the database back to a prior version which I believe is 97 format, it works fine. Might anyone know why I get the data source dialog and how I might be able to get these queries to work with a 2000 version of the DB?

Also, is it possible to convert a 2000 DB to 95? I see that Access says it can convert back to a prior but I'm wondering if this prior version is 97 and not 95.

Thanks!
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Re: DAO with Access 2000 DB

Tomasz Sowinski12-Oct-01 4:16

Tomasz Sowinski

12-Oct-01 4:16

Check KB article Q236991.

Basically, if you're linked to MFC DLL, this should be enough to enable DAO 3.6:

AfxGetModuleState()->m_dwVersion = 0x0601; 
AfxDaoInit();

There's C++ Q&A column in Jan'2000 issue of MSJ that also describes this.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Is there a way to detect if the program I'm about to launch already running?

12-Oct-01 2:53

Hi all,

Is there a way to detect if the program I'm about to launch already running?

In other words, I don't want to have more than one of the same application running. So far, I've tried EnumProcesses() and other
good stuffs but have no luck. I have a function called ProcessExist(),shown below, to detect if the specified app is currently running.

This function works if I call it from another application.
The problem is that if I call ProcessExist() inside my application, that application is ALREADY running, so ProcessExist() doesn't solve the problem.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CString CMyProcess::GetProcessName(DWORD pid)
{
char ProcName[MAX_PATH]=_T("unknown");
CString Name;

HANDLE handle=OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION|PROCESS_VM_READ,FALSE,pid);
if (handle)
{
HMODULE hMod;
DWORD needed;
if (EnumProcessModules(handle,&hMod,sizeof(hMod),&needed))
{
GetModuleBaseName(handle,hMod,ProcName,sizeof(ProcName));
Name = ProcName;
}
CloseHandle(handle);
}
return Name;
}

BOOL CMyProcess::ProcessExist(LPCTSTR lpProcName, CString &fullpathname, DWORD &pid)
{
DWORD pids[1024];
DWORD bytes_needed=0;
DWORD num_procs=0;
BOOL result = FALSE;
CString str;

if (EnumProcesses(pids,sizeof(pids),&bytes_needed))
{
num_procs = bytes_needed / sizeof(DWORD);
for (DWORD i=0; i

Re: Is there a way to detect if the program I'm about to launch already running?

rachna12-Oct-01 4:03

rachna

12-Oct-01 4:03

A small thing which you can do is as follows.At the beginning of the
program call a small function say init() which creates a mutex ,if that
mutex already exists that means you have another instance running.

BOOL init()
{
HANDLE mutex = CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, "mutexname");
if(mutex == NULL)
return FALSE;

if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
{
MessageBox("Another instance is already running.");
return FALSE;
}

return TRUE;

}

Re: Is there a way to detect if the program I'm about to launch already running?

12-Oct-01 4:08

Thanks Rachna. I'll try that.

Re: Is there a way to detect if the program I'm about to launch already running?

Nish Nishant12-Oct-01 22:21

Nish Nishant

12-Oct-01 22:21

Hello

You can use this class [from MSDN]

#ifndef LimitSingleInstance_H
#define LimitSingleInstance_H

#include <windows.h> 

class CLimitSingleInstance
{
protected:
  DWORD  m_dwLastError;
  HANDLE m_hMutex;

public:
  CLimitSingleInstance(TCHAR *strMutexName)
  {
    //be sure to use a name that is unique for this application otherwise
    //two apps may think they are the same if they are using same name for
    //3rd parm to CreateMutex
    m_hMutex = CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, strMutexName); //do early
    m_dwLastError = GetLastError(); //save for use later...
  }
   
  ~CLimitSingleInstance() 
  {
    if (m_hMutex)  //don't forget to close handles...
    {
       CloseHandle(m_hMutex); //do as late as possible
       m_hMutex = NULL; //good habit to be in
    }
  }

  BOOL IsAnotherInstanceRunning() 
  {
    return (ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS == m_dwLastError);
  }
};
#endif

hope this helps

Nish

about CString

Maer72712-Oct-01 2:35

Maer727

12-Oct-01 2:35

How to create a string with the identifier "IDS_STR1"?

I use the following statement to declare IDS_STR1.
#define IDS_STR1 1;

Thanks.
Maer

Re: about CString

Michael P Butler12-Oct-01 2:42

Michael P Butler

12-Oct-01 2:42

Are you talking about the string table in resources?

You can use a string table resource with CString via the LoadString method.

CString sTemp = _T("");

sTemp.LoadString(IDS_STR1)

Michael

Re: about CString

Maer72713-Oct-01 1:24

Maer727

13-Oct-01 1:24

Thanks Michael!

Re: about CString

Jim A. Johnson12-Oct-01 2:44

Jim A. Johnson

12-Oct-01 2:44

CString strWhatever(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDS_STR1));

or

CString strWhatever;
strWhatever.LoadString(IDS_STR1);

Re: Use the string table.

Masaaki Onishi12-Oct-01 4:17

Masaaki Onishi

12-Oct-01 4:17

Hello, the codegurus around the world.;)

We can create the string with IDS_STR1 in the string table of the resource section
in Visual studio. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Have a nice day!

-Masaaki Onishi-

Re: Use the string table.

Maer72713-Oct-01 1:29

Maer727

13-Oct-01 1:29

Thanks pal.
: )
Maer

How to compile a HTML file into one file

inforix11-Oct-01 23:34

inforix

11-Oct-01 23:34

Any idea to compile some HTML files into one file. especially the pictures.;)

Re: How to compile a HTML file into one file

Paolo Messina12-Oct-01 6:18

Paolo Messina

12-Oct-01 6:18

Open the file with IE5+ and save it as a .mht (something like a multipart email message).
As far as I know you can only open such a file with IE5+, however.

Paolo

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How to handle scrollbar?

11-Oct-01 23:25

Hello:
In order to display a bmp Image in a dialog box I created a class named "CImageBox" which was derived from CWnd just like "CStatic". "CImageBox" was created with the style "...|WS_HSCROLL|WS_VSCROLL".
Here comes the problem: How to handle the horizontal and vertical scrollbar?
These are my three unsuccessful experiences:
<1>CWnd::GetScrollBarCtrl() always return NULL;
<2>CView::GetScrollBarCtrl() do not seem to be applicative;
<3>I try to handle WM_VSCROLL in "CImageBox":
void CImageBox::OnVScroll(UINT nSBCode, UINT nPos, CScrollBar* pScrollBar) ;
The parameter "pScrollBar" is always NULL so I can't use the SetScrollPos() member function.
However "CEdit"(MFC) do well in this,but I can't find the source code of CEdit::GetScrollBarCtrl().
Can anybody help me?
Any advice is appreciable.<shawell2000@163.net>

Re: How to handle scrollbar?

Tomasz Sowinski11-Oct-01 23:53

Tomasz Sowinski

11-Oct-01 23:53

You don't need scrollbar controls - any window can display scrollbars which are integral parts of it, just like border or caption.

Use Cwnd methods like Get/SetScrollRange, Get/SetScrollPos, handle WM_VSCROLL/WM_HSCROLL and you'll be OK.

Note that scrollbars will not appear until you set range greater than client area size.

Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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