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From Kate Gregory’s Codeguru column, “Using Visual C++ .NET“. –> My plans for a column on image manipulation in Managed C++ have been temporarily nudged aside by the end of the non-disclosure limits for beta testers (like me) of the next version of Visual Studio, formerly known as Everett and now officially called Visual Studio.NET […]

Environment: Visual Studio.NET This small project isn’t completely finish yet because I cannot load the image from the database table into a picture box and save it back to the database, but it can show you how to work with winform controls and the Data Adapter. If you do not understand any part of it, […]

Environment: Windows XP, VC++ Copyright © 2002 by Ewan Ward 1. Abstract With the advent of Windows XP, Microsoft has attempted to ensure that a lot of the responsibility for rendering the user interface now lies with the operating system rather than the programmer. That’s fine in most cases, but there are still some situations […]

Environment: VC++ 6.0, XP Introduction I needed to create an HTML logger that would be portable across Win32 and VXWorks OSs. This code was written in a weekend, so don’t judge it severely. What the Code Does This code will help you create colored, clear-to-read HTML logs from any C++ applications. The HTML log generated […]

About three years ago this September my good friend and editor Sharon Cox asked me to prepare an outline for a book on the upcoming version of Visual Basic 7. In anticipation I began preparing an outline based on what I knew about VB6 while I waited for the beta for VB7. Basically, the outline […]

Environment: .NET 1.0.3705, IIS 5.0 Introduction Visual Studio .NET makes .NET programming simple and accelerates the development process. It hides a lot of repetitive and configuration details from the user and improves productivity. However, sometimes you would like to program for .NET without using VS .NET; for example, you want to learn .NET framework programming […]

Obtaining the position of icons on your (WinNT-based) desktop . Environment: Windows XP Pro, Visual C++.NET 2002 I have a huge monitor at home, 22″. And I also have an ADSL-connection. So, when I’m at work, I’d like to connect to my home PC using Remote Desktop and do some stuff remotely. However, for some […]

Click here for a larger image. Environment: ISAPI Introduction This article presents a way to build HTML pages in ISAPI, using OLE DB database access. The sample database is an Access database. Functionality When you open the page in a client browser (WriteLayout.dll in the URL), the default page is opened: Here are two links, […]

Environment: VC6 SP4, NT4 SP4, Windows 2000, Windows 9x/Me Introduction Intercepting Win32 API calls has always been a challenging subject among most of the Windows developers and I have to admit, it’s been one of my favorite topics. The term Hooking represents a fundamental technique of getting control over a particular piece of code execution. […]

Click here for a larger image. Environment: VC++ .NET, Windows 2000/XP, Windows Platform SDK 1. Introduction Note: THIS CODE WILL WORK ONLY UNDER WINDOWS 2000/XP AND ABOVE The System Tray is a familiar place for every reasonably experienced Windows OS user. Many applications use this area to place small icons here, which give information about […]

Environment: A few weeks ago I worked on a project in which Java is involved. It was a nice experience to integrate VC++, Java, and Assembly together to do something. So, I decided to rewrite my C# article in which I call the Assembly language from C# with the help of VC and now do […]

Environment: Win32, VC6 (recommended, but not required), IE 4.0 or better (or some browser that supports OLE in-place automation). Introduction There are numerous examples that demonstrate how to embed Internet Explorer in your own window. But these examples typically use Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), .NET, C#, or at least the Windows Template Library (WTL) because […]