I had similar error message when using GDI+ in a non-unicode app. My filenames were simple char*, yet the load function needed WCHAR*You just need to use MultiByteToWideChar. WCHAR wFilename[MAX_PATH]; string fileName; char *filename; filename =...

VC9.0

VisualC++

C++

MFC

'midiInGetErrorTextW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char [128]' to 'LPWSTR'

7 May 2012 by chaiein

Change the Project properties in character set to Use Multi-Byte Character Set solved my problem

.NET-like Reflection Support for Enums in C++

27 Sep 2010 by ZhaoRuFei

This article provides a macro + template solution to support .NET-like Reflection for enums such as ToString, IsDefined, Parse, GetValues, GetNames.

10+ Powerful Debugging Tricks with Visual Studio

18 Apr 2012 by Ivan Shcherbakov

The article describes 10 time-saving debugging techniques available in Visual Studio.

3D Vector Graphics Class

29 May 2012 by Nitin K. Kawale

3D Vector Graphics class.

45 Day Series: CodeProject VC++ Forum Q&A - V

25 Jul 2010 by ThatsAlok

Collection of Q&A from VC++ forum

45 Day Series: CodeProject VC++ Forum Q&A - VI

15 Jul 2011 by ThatsAlok

Collection of Q&A from VC++ forum

45 Day Series: Codeproject VC++ Forum Q&A - VII

26 Jun 2012 by ThatsAlok

Collection of Q&A from VC++ forum

[Solved] Embedding manifest causes error in VS manifest tool

25 Jan 2011 by Kozlov_Sergey

I had build project BaseClasses. And after i add it to other project i get error.What i build library, i get following error:1>Embedding manifest...1>Project : error PRJ0002 : Error result -1073741819 returned from 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\mt.exe'.My operating...

VC9.0

C++

[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...

VC9.0

C++

[Solved] Embedding manifest causes error in VS manifest tool

24 Jan 2011 by Hans Dietrich

-1073741819 is FFFFFFFFC0000005 so that might indicate some kind of "access denied" problem. Also, I seem to remember having a problem with an old copy of mt.exe being invoked. Check all your hard drives for all copies of mt.exe, and make sure you're using the latest one.

VC9.0

C++

[Solved] Embedding manifest causes error in VS manifest tool

24 Jan 2011 by Kozlov_Sergey

It seems to me, that i have found solution: NET Framework 4.0 is required.I tryed to create using mt.exe from command line. NET Framework 4.0 request message appered.

VC9.0

C++

[Solved] Embedding manifest causes error in VS manifest tool

25 Jan 2011 by Kozlov_Sergey

Removing Windows 7 SDK and NET Framework solved problem.

VC9.0

C++

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

29 Oct 2010 by waertf.chen

all compiled fine but after run, the error occurred 100%in visual studio 2008 but vc6.How can to modify it to pass runtime?What I want is that to run fine only with *.exe and *.dllThank you//test_dll.cpp#include #include typedef int (*PFUN)(int);void...

VC9.0

C++

Win32

[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.

VC9.0

C++

Win32

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

29 Oct 2010 by waertf.chen

//test_dll.c...

VC9.0

C++

Win32

A Beautiful Oscilloscope Based on DirectX

1 Nov 2009 by Ali Tavakol

Fast, real, and easy to connect to your application.

A Bicho Hunting Multiplayer Game

18 Feb 2010 by see1see

A practice of using Windows GDI and Winsock.

A Brief Test on the Code Efficiency of CUDA and Thrust

27 Jun 2010 by Wayne Wood

Verify the execution efficiency of a short CUDA program when using the library thrust

A Brief Tutorial On How To Develop DirectShow Source Filter For Beginners

22 Feb 2010 by Aric Wang

The article will give you an idea on how to design a source filter.The source filter creates samples and outputs it from its output pin.

A C++ Plug-in ThreadPool Design

22 May 2008 by Alex C. Punnen

The Command Pattern and Chain of Responsibility for implementing a plug-in Thread Pool library.

A C++ Websocket server for realtime interaction with Web clients

17 May 2012 by Ahmed Charfeddine

A Websocket protocol implementation atop the ush Framework real time library plus a demo example featuring four types of communication workflows between the HTML5 web client and the server.

A Multiple Substring Search Class: CIVStringSet

25 Apr 2010 by Scot Brennecke

A string array class using MFC or STL that performs very fast multiple string searches

A Powerful Spectrum Analyzer Based on DirectX

7 Nov 2009 by Ali Tavakol

Fast, beautiful, real and easy to connect to your application

A Primer of DirectX Basics and the DirectX3D API

11 Dec 2010 by logicchild

An article that desribes some essentials to help learn the DirectX technology.

A Recording and Playing Thread Class

17 Jan 2010 by Aric Wang

This is a class derived from CWinThread class. It is used to record and play sound in the specific thread.

A simple class for using serial COM ports

13 Oct 2008 by Jason Hamilton

This article introduces and explains the use of the serial_interface class. An easy way to add serial port interfaces to your C++ code.

A simple console audio input device reader

30 Nov 2008 by WajihUllahBaig

How to read audio input devices in DirectX.

A trouble with EnumFontFamiliesProc

19 Jan 2010 by duong2179

Hi every body!I have a trouble, help me please!I am a beginner in MFC programming. I have coded a progam using font system. Through a book, I knew the way to lists font system by using two functions:int CALLBACK EnumFontFamExProc(ENUMLOGFONTEX *lpelfe, NEWTEXTMETRICEX *lpntme, DWORD...

VC9.0

C++

MFC

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...

VC9.0

C++

MFC

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.

VC9.0

C++

MFC

A Very Easy Introduction to Microsoft .NET Speech Synthesis (VB, C#, C++)

21 Aug 2008 by noxia

A sample application with source code in three .NET languages (Basic, C#, C++) on using the new (.NET 3.0+) System.Speech Class.

About executing WMI method parameters

22 Feb 2011 by lfs09.cn

I get a mof file that define like as follow:class SetValuePackage{ [WmiDataId(1), read, write, Description("ID") ] uint32 ID; [WmiDataId(2), read, write, Description("value") ] uint32 Value;};//andclass testacpi{[WmiMethodId(4),...

VC9.0

C++

Windows

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function

19 May 2013 by Amit Deshmukh 1010

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function.

Adding ATL support to ... Repost

7 Nov 2011 by Coder Block

Hi All,I want implement MFC Docking Framework[^]in my existing mfc applicationi have take same trial but it gives me assertion like before execution of my project. in output window a text appears Like, "Performing registration" and after that came below assertion ...

Adding ATL support to ... Repost

7 Nov 2011 by Richard MacCutchan

You already posted this question here[^]. Please use one forum only.

Adding COM Automation Support To Win32 Applications

2 Jul 2014 by Mohammed El-Afifi

Given an existing win32 application, how to provide COM automation capability to it?

Adding Context Sensitive help to existing dialog based application

26 Sep 2011 by Coder Block

Hi, I have created dialog based application in mfc without checking the context sensitive help radio button. Now I'am trying to implement context sensitive help for my dialog based application._______________________________________________________________________ALL RELATED HELP, LINK,...

Adding Context Sensitive help to existing dialog based application

26 Sep 2011 by André Kraak

I was able to find the following:Adding Context-Sensitive Help to an Existing MFC Application[^]Q149343 - HOWTO: Implement Context-Sensitive Help for Dialog Controls[^]Q241218 - HOWTO: Implement HTML Help Text Pop-Ups in an MFC Application[^]TN028: Context-Sensitive Help...

afxControlbar42S what exactly is it?

14 Nov 2012 by myfirm

afxControlbar42S what exactly is it? ive been studying docked windows for a while now, and i use the WinID program to find out the styles of dockwindows and the frames they use to dock, but i have yet to find this afxControlbar in the SDK. now 2/3 of the applications on my computer have this...

An Asynchronous HTTP Request WinINet Wrapper in C++

25 Aug 2011 by crazybit

An asynchronous HTTP download class for C++

An Idiot's Guide to C++ Templates - Part 1

16 Jan 2013 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Covering the nitty-gritties of C++ templates.

An Idiot's Guide to C++ Templates - Part 2

1 Jul 2012 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Let's dwell deeper into C++ templates!

An Introduction to a Model-View-Controller Implementation for MFC

20 Mar 2009 by SBJ

Introduction to an MVC Framework that integrates with the MFC Doc/View architecture

Animated Child Window Movement

8 Oct 2009 by C^hris L^osinger

A simple class to animate the movement of child windows

Another new thunk copy from ATL

29 Jul 2012 by simonchen.net

A useful skill to get rid of ATL, but do similar flexible architectures by yourself.

Another Thread Pool

6 May 2010 by imagiro

A simple thread pool with minimal dependencies

Application not running on Non Developer systems

10 Nov 2010 by Kozlov_Sergey

If you are using COM components, then you should register them.If you are using dynamic link to MFC, then you should intall libraries.

VC9.0

C++

Application not running on Non Developer systems

10 Nov 2010 by pal_hurkadli

Yeah We have copied all dependent libraries in the Non developer machine, still it is not working, and other plug-in applications without C# library reference were working fine on the same(Non developer) machines.

VC9.0

C++

Application not running on Non Developer systems

10 Nov 2010 by pal_hurkadli

Hi,We are implementing an acrobat plug-in using VC++.Net (VS 2008) MFC Dll application.We are referring a C# dll for hosting Infragistics WPF grid on the VC++ dialog(User interface). We created C# dll and plug-in application and added C# dll in acrobat.exe folder.Now the...

C++

VC9.0

C#3.0

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++

VC9.0

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++

VC9.0

C#3.0

Application not running on Non Developer systems

15 Nov 2010 by pal_hurkadli

Yes, We tried by installing that "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) [^] package", but still it is not working on Non developer systems. Please anybody solve this issue - and any other software we need to install for clr to make it work on Non developer systems

C++

VC9.0

C#3.0

Application Verifier [ Application crashing on Close ]

17 Feb 2011 by Debojyoti Majumder

I created my application in VC++ and I have to verify my it using AppVerifier.When I am testing my application with AppVerifier the application crashes when I am closing the application window. I have debugged my application and from the stack trace I came to know it's crashing in the last...

Application Verifier [ Application crashing on Close ]

17 Feb 2011 by Andrew Brock

The C++ compiler will add its own statements to the destructor to destruct any member variables that are a class type.Consider this:class A { public: A() { m_szMessage = new char[10]; } ~A() { delete []m_szMessage; } private: char *m_szMessage;};class B...

Application Verifier [ Application crashing on Close ]

17 Feb 2011 by Stephen Hewitt

Thanks for the stack trace. Also, the exception type generated is often of use. In addition, since you're using the application verifier look at the debugger output window as the verifier will tell you what the problem is (via debug strings). To me it looks like you're freeing an invalid image...

Application Verifier [ Error while in installation]

3 Mar 2011 by Debojyoti Majumder

I am verifying my application installer with AppVerifier( selecting only the Least user privileged i.e LuaPriv ).I am having error "Access restricted to granted users only. Stop code 331B".Our application uses COM.We are storing our ProgID in the HKLM and corresponding CLSID in HKCR...

ask a password before execution of any application.

30 May 2011 by Jayant Narayan Dash

Hi All,i want to create a tool for password protecting any application before execution in windows platform.when an application is going to execute, before that i want to display a dialog box for entering password. if the password is correct then application will start execution, if...

ask a password before execution of any application.

30 May 2011 by Ciumac Sergiu

>>EDIT, the solution is obsolete as I though you are asking for .NET app, sorry.Kind regards

ask a password before execution of any application.

30 May 2011 by Jaadooo

--> right click on your edit control and set property 'Password" as true--> you can use database or .txt file to validate the password ie user entry in the edit controlis matching with the password/passwords given in .txt or databse--> if you dont want user to close window ( using...

Asynchronous (non-blocking) client socket wrapper class without MFC

4 Dec 2010 by h_seldon

A Win32 API non-blocking sockets implementation, client side.

Asynchronous calls in C++ and MFC using boost and tbb

1 Nov 2013 by Gabi Barcan

Call methods of an existing class in MFC asynchronously, while still preserving the thread affinity required by MFC and COM.

ATL Windowless ActiveX Media Container

5 Mar 2009 by Ernest Laurentin

Full-fledged ATL Windowless ActiveX Container. Ideal for hosting Windows Media Player, Transparent Flash and Silverlight Animations.

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 1

11 Feb 2009 by WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio but does not save it.

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 3

10 Feb 2009 by WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio and saves it with simultaneous preview.

Backward Compatability issue

10 Aug 2011 by sks83

Hello Experts, Created a DLL using VC9.0 and trying to make use of that DLL in VC6.0/VC8.0. But it doesn't work as expected. Programmed in such a way that the compiler doesn't do any name decoration for the method names. I verified the DLL function names using "Dependency Walker"...

VC9.0

C++

Backward Compatability issue

11 Aug 2011 by KarstenK

you need to link staticly and use undecorated names.And use GetProcAddress to get a pointer to the function after LoadLibary.Have a lot of fun... ;-)

VC9.0

C++

Backward Compatability issue

15 Aug 2011 by sks83

Hi KarstenK,I am aware of linking a DLL statically and dynamically. But the problem here is it doesn't work in the following scenario,1) Created a DLL using VC9.0 in such a way that it doesn't do any name decoration to function names.2) Tried to make use of that DLL in VC8.0 or VC6.0....

VC9.0

C++

Bag-of-Features Descriptor on SIFT Features with OpenCV (BoF-SIFT)

30 Aug 2017 by Ravimal Bandara

An implementation of Bag-Of-Feature descriptor based on SIFT features using OpenCV and C++ for content based image retrieval applications.

Baloon Tooltip

31 Dec 2009 by S p k 521

Hi Experts,Please tell me that how to change the caption of ballon tooltips that arrive from windows like when we are connecting a device a tooltip will popped up.Regards,Spk

VC9.0

Baloon Tooltip

7 Feb 2010 by Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

If you want to know how to make your own balloon tooltips / status area notifications, then read:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb760252%28VS.85%29.aspx#tooltips_sample_statusbar[^]andhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330740(VS.85).aspx[^]If you want to change other...

VC9.0

C++

Basic Video Capture and VMR9

9 Apr 2009 by WajihUllahBaig

Capturing video from webcam and VMR9 windowless rendering with DirectShow.

Benchmark start-up and system performance for .Net, Mono, Java, C++ and their respective UI

2 Sep 2010 by dmihailescu

What is the start-up and system performance overhead for .Net, Mono, Java versus C++ and Forms, WPF, Swing versus MFC

Bouncing Balls in OSG

29 Aug 2008 by Adrian Savage

Simulation in OSG using discrete events, a Ternary Heap and Interpolation

Building a Programming Language: Part II (Adding Conditions, Loop and Blocks to BrainLess)

11 Oct 2013 by BrainlessLabs.com

In this article, we will discuss implementing conditional statements, loops and blocks.

Building project options

21 Jan 2011 by Kozlov_Sergey

What building options should i use in Visual Studio 9.0 to use builded library in Visual Studio 6.0?

C++

VC9.0

VC6

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...

C++

VC9.0

VC6

Building project options 1

21 Jan 2011 by Kozlov_Sergey

What building options should i use in Visual Studio 6.0 to use builded library in Visual Studio 9.0?

C++

VC9.0

VC6

Building project options 1

22 Jan 2011 by T2102

If you are not using MFC, it usually is not hard to upgrade from VS 6.0 to VS 2010. Just backup first and do incremental version upgrades if you can. That way it is easier to find documentation on the differences between versions. Going from VS2008 to VS2010, note that VS removes your...

C++

VC9.0

VC6

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.

C++

VC9.0

VC6

C# ATLCOM Interop code snipperts - Part 1

21 Dec 2008 by Gopi Krishna Nuti

Code snippets detailing Interop programming in C# and ATLCOM

C# Native Interop: Methods and Performance

19 Feb 2013 by Debdatta Basu

Introduction to C#/C++ interoperability, and a performance evaluation.

C++ Header to Plot vector<float> as 2D Graphs and Arrays as Potential Line Maps to SVG Files

9 Apr 2018 by gintack

C++ header file to plot data in the form of x, y, z arrays and list as potential lines and graphs

C++ Object destruction event

8 Aug 2012 by Antonyxt

vtable modification and destruction event handling

VC9.0

C++

C++ read all lines in text file

28 Jun 2018 by Shahzad Naseer

I am getting all 10 lines (line by line ) in mfc project as CStringArray but recieve error on to getting 4th line string. my text file is: C:\Program Files (x86)\GRETECH\GOMPlayer\GOM.EXE C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe...

C++ read all lines in text file

28 Jun 2018 by KarstenK

You should use the debugger and step into the code. I guess from reading that the the file wasnt found in the directory and so the aLineArray is empty. Good coding means also checking functions like the file.Open and some error handling: if( !file.Open(strExePath+filename, CFile::modeRead) ) { ...

C++: Prefer Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) to Template Pattern

26 Oct 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

C++: Prefer Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) to Template Pattern

Calling an HTTPS url using WinInet

16 Jan 2011 by Satheesh1546

Hi, How to call an https url using Wininet. I dont need it by using shellExecute.Please help me.Thanks,Sachu.

VC9.0

C++

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[^]

VC9.0

C++

Can you apply a new scintilla static vc9 project?

28 Jun 2012 by Sandeep Mewara

It looks like you want to ask this question to an author related to his/her article.I would suggest you to please use the forum present at the end of the article in order to reach author and get quick response. Rarely you will find authors reading this forum.Please post the same at the...

Capture Live Video from various Video Devices

29 Nov 2009 by Krishnaaa

Hi friends, I'm new to VC++.I read a article named Capture Live Video from various Video Devices.I downloaded the sorce code of the article and after compiling it show three errors like fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'dshow.h': No such file or directory.So I installed Microsoft...

VC9.0

Capture Live Video from various Video Devices

29 Nov 2009 by Abhishek Sur

I think all those errors are coming because the program cant include dshow.h. Check the installation. :)

VC9.0

CDialogBar Create Failed in Release mode

30 Aug 2010 by Zheng PF

I am writting a SDI media player in VS2008.In the project,I use a CDialogBar.It works very well in debug mode,but crashs in release mode. Problem happens when creat() function is called: int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) { if...

VC9.0

C++

MFC

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

VC9.0

C++

MFC

CenterWindow in WIN32

2 Oct 2011 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to center window in WIN32

CenterWindow in WIN32

23 Sep 2011 by Charles Kludge

void CenterWnd(HWND wnd){ RECT r,r1; GetWindowRect(wnd,&r); GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&r1); MoveWindow(wnd,((r1.right-r1.left)-(r.right-r.left))/2, ((r1.bottom-r1.top)-(r.bottom-r.top))/2, (r.right-r.left), (r.bottom-r.top),0);}

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();}