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Environment: Visual C++ A very COOL color pick dialog with a color dropper like Photoshop and Frontpage 2000 Introduction File reference: Prebuild version: ColorPicker16_exe.zip 120 KB (A dialog for choosing colors) Class Ref: ColorPickerClass.chm 119KB (Build by UCanCode DocVizor) Source Code:ColorPicker16_src.zip 65KB (Build with MS Visual C++ 6.0) First three are in demo project file […]

Environment: VC6 SP4 (with newest platform SDK for GDI+) There are three controls included with the demo project, which are CLumChooser, CHusSatChooser and CColorBox. To make use of these controls, you can simply add a custom control to your dialog template and specific the correct Windows class name (which is declared inside CtrlSetting.h) You are […]

Environment: Win2000 SP2, VS6 SP 5, VS.Net Professional Introduction Up until couple month ago, I was a convinced spectator to the whole .NET Revolution. I thought to myself that like any other new technology it would take some time until it becomes mature enough to use. But as I was learning more about .NET it […]

Environment: VC6, NT4, Win9x, WinXP Dialog sizer Share any modifications you make with me so I can share them with others…help make this a better tool and let’s help everyone else so they don’t need to write the same thing again! About the author I’m a C++ developer with more years than I can remember. […]

Environment: VC6 /Win 2K/Win XP  Index Preface Screenshot Basis Diagram & explanations How to test this program (click here if you want to play with it right away) Features Known bugs Suggestions for update Acknowledgements Disclaimer Download Statement History   I believe the diagram would speak for itself. Still, I have to point out that […]

Regular expressions have their own grammar. This makes regular expressions a language. In fact, regular expressions represent a very terse language supported by the System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace. If you haven’t heard about regular expressions then you have been at a disadvantage. Still not sure what regular expressions are? Regular expressions support simple or very complex string […]

Environment: VC6 SP5, Win2K SP2 In my company I am developing and maintaining various software applications that are mutually independant, but interrelated. In some situations I need to check the version of some exe or dll, either to see if a certain functionality would be available or for simply displaying the version info. Also it […]

A simple routine to allow CString formatted strings to be used wherever a regular LPCSTR would be used, without needing to define a CString (ie, dynamically created and formatted LPCSTR strings) . Environment: VC6 SP4 Well, I’ve seen other people asking for a class like this, and I sure wanted one, so I finally wrote […]

The wide spread range of the technologies that Microsoft .NET delivers is astonishing and astounding as it provides a way to knock down the barriers that have traditionally divided developers into separate but unequal language worlds. The combination of all these technologies, which is interesting on its own, is even more compelling with the advent […]

Click here for larger image Environment: VC6 MFC and needs MDAC if not already available [eg VC6 SP4, NT4 SP3, winCE 2.0] This is a simple utility that helps in copying data from one data source to another. I wrote this because I could not find any other utility for this surprisingly mundane operation. It […]

Khalid Shaikh explains the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) 7 Layer Model and shows you how to get your PC’s MAC address using a command line utility. Figure 1 Environment:Compiled on: Visual Studio .NET & Windows XP Pro. Tested on Win2K Server & WinXP Pro I recently wrote two articles on how to get your IP […]

–> Environment: VC++ Introduction In Digital Video Recording (DVR) System, one most important feature is the Video Motion Detection. Most DVR is consisted by multi video capture cards. The card number sometime will be up to 16. In order to make the system working more effectively and quickly, the best way is using Multi Thread […]