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Hi,
I am looking for some help from a programmer to improve this software. This was developed around 1999. There were some older versions as well but this was the last version available as free ware.
I have a lot of interest in programming and many other technical things but how much you can do without learning any thing. So most of I know is self taught with litle help. I think its an open source as when I used PE Explorer. I was able to see about 12 different folders including MENU DIALOG STRING ACCELERATORS TOOLBAR and few other.
I want to make changes like:
1. To add colour pallet to software as it only has 4 basic colours to give to text or background and you have to generate other colours manually.
2. The spell check does not work and I get a message Unable to initialise dictionary file.
3. Change of skin.
4. It does show how many words are in a document but you have to check manually and a new box comes on screen. I want this to work as you are typing at the status bar.
There will few more things depends how much you can help.
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SOME CODES I WAS ABLE TO SEE WITH PE Explorer to give you idea which language is this.
28 ACCELERATORS
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
"-", 20227, NOINVERT, ALT
VK_0, 20226, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_0, 20097, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_1, 20073, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_1, 20217, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_1, 20098, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_188, 20230, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_190, 20229, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_2, 20074, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_2, 20218, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_2, 20099, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_3, 20075, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_3, 20219, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_3, 20100, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_4, 20076, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_4, 20220, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_5, 20077, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_5, 20221, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_6, 20222, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_7, 20223, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_8, 20224, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_9, 20225, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
"=", 20228, NOINVERT, ALT
VK_A, 20014, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_B, 20089, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_C, 20010, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_C, 20094, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_F, 20212, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F, 20096, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_G, 20034, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_G, 20208, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_H, 20033, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_I, 20090, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_I, 20200, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_J, 20095, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_K, 20036, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_L, 20103, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_L, 20092, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_N, 19013, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_O, 20000, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_O, 20215, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_P, 20005, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_P, 20006, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_R, 20212, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_R, 20093, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_S, 20001, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_S, 20002, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_T, 20039, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_T, 20035, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_U, 20209, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_V, 20011, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_DELETE, 20055, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_DELETE, 20009, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_DOWN, 20047, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_DOWN, 20047, NOINVERT, SHIFT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_END, 20061, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_F10, 20112, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F10, 20086, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F11, 20053, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F11, 20022, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F11, 20052, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_F12, 20205, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F12, 20207, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F12, 20206, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_F2, 20071, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F2, 20078, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F3, 20079, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F4, 20068, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F4, 20007, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_F4, 20080, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F5, 20023, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F5, 20127, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F5, 20081, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F5, 20259, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F6, 20024, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F6, 20128, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F6, 20082, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F6, 20258, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F7, 20025, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F7, 20125, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F7, 20083, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F7, 20261, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F8, 20026, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F8, 20126, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F8, 20084, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_F8, 20260, NOINVERT, SHIFT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F9, 20031, NOINVERT, VIRTKEY
VK_F9, 20111, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_F9, 20085, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_HOME, 20060, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_INSERT, 20010, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_INSERT, 20040, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_INSERT, 20011, NOINVERT, SHIFT, VIRTKEY
VK_LEFT, 20063, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_LEFT, 20063, NOINVERT, SHIFT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_NEXT, 20057, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_PRIOR, 20058, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_RETURN, 20059, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_RIGHT, 20062, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_RIGHT, 20062, NOINVERT, SHIFT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_SPACE, 20102, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_TAB, 20114, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_UP, 20046, NOINVERT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_UP, 20046, NOINVERT, SHIFT, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_X, 20009, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_Y, 20003, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
VK_Y, 20004, NOINVERT, CONTROL, ALT, VIRTKEY
VK_Z, 20008, NOINVERT, CONTROL, VIRTKEY
"^H", 20008, NOINVERT, ALT
}
AND
STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
7138, "Text Color\nText Color"
7142, "Style Sheet\nStyle Sheet"
7143, "Text Style\nText Style"
7144, "Left Tab\nLeft Tab"
7145, "Right Tab\nRight Tab"
7146, "Center Tab\nCenter Tab"
7147, "Deimal Tab\nDecimal Tab"
7148, "Tab Position\nTab Position"
7149, "Tab Leader\nTab Leader"
7150, "Default Tab Stop\nDefault Tab Stop"
7151, "Tabs & Indent Settings (Ctrl+Alt+T)\nTabs & Indent Settings (Ctrl+Alt+T)"
}
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Any help will be really appreciated. Just e mail me so i ca send you this software.
Thanks!
MAG
modified on Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:16 PM
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I dont understand what you're looking for - someone to do your code for you ? well, there's RentAcoder for that, else if you're offering a job/contract, there's a forum here for that - this isnt it....
Else if you have questions about sections of the code, you could post them in the appropriate forum (depending on how much you know it could be a long tedious route to get your software fixed) - it sounds like you really should consider a professional for a short engagement !
'g'
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M A Gulzar wrote: I think its an open source as when I used PE Explorer
No. You're just seeing the resources in the software used for (eg) dialogs. You can do the same thing to USER.DLL in wimdows and look at the dialogs if you like - but that's not open source either.
The release may have been freeware, but unless you can get the source, or they have some plugin architecture (sounds unlikely) you can't change much.
You say about changing colours from 4 to 16. But maybe there are lots of little bits in the code saying if (nColour > 3) DoSomeSpecialAction ().
So, even with a lot of help the answer is:
if (bCanGetSourceCode)
JobIsHard ();
else
JobIsImpossible ();
Have you tried *buying* a later non-freeware version? I value my time, and I hope you value yours.
Iain.
Codeproject MVP for C++, I can't believe it's for my lounge posts...
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Hi Iain,
Thanks for your time and reply. Sound really hard to do it as from your reply. I have creadted an assembly file from this software by using PE Explorer. Will that be any helpful to make any change to this software even to change its skin are anything. Also its a text editor used for URDU Language similar to arabic and some word does not come in when you type while the other do. Althouh I have seen those words availbe in font glyph. Just to mention each glyph is a complete word. And there are about 80+ font files to cover all possible word in URDU. If you can guide how can those words will be availbe who are in the glyphs but does not show when type.
Once again thanks for your time and even a little help will be relly appriciated. I do value your time.
MAG
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Sample code after sample code uses this syntax, but everytime I try to use it, I get two errors:
error C2059: Syntax error '{'
error C2334: unexpected token(s) preceding '{'; skipping apparent function body
What I'm trying to compile at the moment:
static PARAMDATA CT_pd[3] = {
{OLESTR("bsFileName"), VT_BSTR},
{OLESTR("dFileSize"), VT_R8},
{OLESTR("bsID"), VT_PTR}
};
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong ?
Oh, yea, I'm using MS Visual Studio .NET 2003.
Thanks, guys!
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I just created a Win32 project using VS2008 Professional and compiled the following OK.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include "oleauto.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
static PARAMDATA CT_pd[3] = { {OLESTR("bsFileName"), VT_BSTR}, {OLESTR("dFileSize"), VT_R8}, {OLESTR("bsID"), VT_PTR}};
return 0;
}
I pasted in your code and just had to added include oleauto.h and then had to add windows.h.
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Jonathan Davies wrote: I pasted in your code and just had to added include oleauto.h and then had to add windows.h.
Actually all you had to do was include just windows.h since oleauto.h is indirectly included.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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Hi,
I have a quick question. (well, hopefully the answer is as quick as my question as I'm sure I'm doing something dumb.)
I have a direct sound application that runs just fine as a windows console app which makes sense because there is nothing else going on.
I'm working on a software synth and have gotten to the point where I grow weary of punching in values to a text file. It's a subtractor synth built from scratch. I now need to support knobs, sliders, etc.. to modify my sounds.
This is where things go downhill.
Waiting on notifications in my console app works just fine, but in the threaded app it waits forever. I know about MsgWaitForMultipleObjects but it just falls through and I dont' update my streaming buffers correctly.
I'm a complete noob at dialog based windows programming so if someone has some example code of waiting for directsound buffer notifications with dialog based apps I'll be very thankful.
If you want source code I don't mind providing it, I just figured if someone had a main loop that they could share with me it would trigger a spark in my mind.
Thanks in advance.
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calducciano wrote: I know about MsgWaitForMultipleObjects but it just falls through
But with what return code? That's what tells you if you a) have a message to process, or b) one of your handles has been signalled!
For something like audio, I'd have thought you'd want a dedicated thread handling the audio, communicating with the UI thread using PostMessage (audio thread -> UI thread) and events? (UI thread -> audio thread). But I could be completely wrong - I've never really looked at DirectSound 
BTW - does this CP article help[^] any? It's got a dialog with sliders and it talks about DirectSound
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I build an app that scans a computer for active COM ports. I tryed using CreateFile() but it detects only ports from COM1 to COM9.
How can I detect over COM9?
In VC++6 ... if possible
36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free.
...
Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
SUN-TZU - Art of War
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How are you using CreateFile, like this?
HANDLE hPort;
WCHAR wszModName[12] = {0};
wsprintf( wszModName, L"\\\\.\\%s", szPort );
hPort = ::CreateFile(wszModName, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,0,OPEN_EXISTING,0,0);
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Q115831 was the right answer. I used the syntax you mentioned. Thanks.
36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free.
...
Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
SUN-TZU - Art of War
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RomTibi wrote: How can I detect over COM9?
By reading MSDN article Q115831.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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Thanks!
36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free.
...
Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
SUN-TZU - Art of War
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Dammit!
I screwed up the CWinApp class in my copy of "afxwin.h".
(Because I did something dumb.) 
I don't have install media, because company policy doesn't allow it.
I can put in a call to get VS reinstalled, but that will take a long time.
Does anybody have a suggestion on how I can restore that file? It's VS 2005.
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Eurosid wrote: I can put in a call to get VS reinstalled, but that will take a long time.
A long time because the folks in IT are not located in the same building as you? 
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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They aren't even on the same continent any more.
I'm in the US, they're in India. Installs are now
done via Remote Desktop.
It's more efficient that way.
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It's seems identical to AfxWin.h from Visual Studio 6.
Thanks for the link, but it doesn't seem to be the right version for 2005.
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Why can't ask one your colleague to send that file to you?
- ns ami -
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I've been struggling with this for a week and a half. Time to ask for help. I have a VC++6.0 / MFC application which "hung-up" when the laptop it was running on suspended operation because of power management. The thing is, I really don't want to loose the data that was entered into the program but not saved. So, I have duplicated the problem on another laptop - all I get is a blank window frame where my program should be. I'm trying to use the Visual Studio debugger to "attach to process" and stop it (break). The call stack shows it's in NTDLL, but I can see my program's code space. How can I find out where my document's data is in memory? Ideally, I'd like to be able to dump it to disk, or even better serialize it. At the very least I'd like to inspect it as a class and manually view member data. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Wouldn't it be easier to just handle the WM_POWER and/or WM_POWERBROADCAST message(s) and save your data accordingly?
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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True, but right now the immediate need is to not loose the data from this one instance of the running program. I'll worry about fixing the code later.
Thanks
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I've tried two things, first is a process memory dump called cprocess at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cprocess.html[^].
The next is a project here on codeproject at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cprocess.html[^].
With a running process, using Mdump from codeproject in the link above, I could use the "find" feature to locate user inputted ascii text in a running process. I've yet to try it in a hung-up process. There's no native dump to file in Mdump, but on its own is useful for locating where in memory text is.
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As you know, within a pe file, there may be a few icons; but the Windows Explorer shows just one of them in order to show the file to the user. Can you tell me please which ICON within a pe file is shown by the Windows Explorer?
Thank you masters!
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