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Environment: VC6 ExeCreator is a small utility to enwrap any number of files into a single exe. This new enwrapped exe when executed spits all the files to a desired folder. It consists of two applications: ExeCreator and ExeExtractor. ExeCreator: It is the main application which provides GUI for receiving file names to be added, […]

Environment: Visual C++ V6.0 This is a MFC transparent slider class, as it uses CSliderCtrl as its base class it can be used as a replacement class for any CSliderCtrl object. Tic marks are fully supported as can be seen in the screen shot above. To use, add this class to your project. Add your […]

The reference control for MFC flat buttons with text and icons. Give your CE applications a professional look! . SoftechSoftware homepage SoftechSoftware Email Environment: eMbedded VC++ 3.0, Windows CE 3.0 Abstract CCeButtonST is a class derived from MFC CButton class. With this class your CE applications can have standard buttons or new and modern buttons […]

Environment: VC5, VC6 Introduction Anyone who has ever used advanced security in Windows NT has probably run across SIDs before. SID is an acronym for Security IDentifier. A SID is a structure of variable length that uniquely identifies a user or group on Windows NT. SIDs are often viewed in string form, for example ‘S-1-5-21-1431262831-1455604309-1834353910-1000’. […]

This article was contributed by Raphael Amorim. Environment: VC6 SP5, 2000 SP1,NT4 SP3 Generally it’s very important to obtain the value of session keys. However, the Microsoft Cryptographic Providers (Base and Enhanced) do not support this feature. CryptExportKey() and CryptImportKey() require a valid key handle to encrypt and decrypt the session key, respectively. MSDN shows […]

Environment: VC6 Requires: DirectX 8 SDK Use this appwizard to quickly create a working windowed D3D8 app. No options to set in this version.  Just name a project and ok. Files the AppWizard Creates: projname.cpp projnameApp.cpp projnameApp.h stdafx.h stdafx.cpp Add d3dapp.cpp, dxutil.cpp and d3dutil.cpp to your project after creation. Add stdafx.h include to each file […]

Environment: VC6 Requires: DirectX 8 SDK Use this class to setup and handle input from keyboard, mouse, and one joystick. Instructions(DI only): Derive a class from CDirectInput8 Override the input processing functions for each device used: HRESULT ProcessMouse(); HRESULT ProcessKB(); HRESULT ProcessJoy();(Don’t forget to call base function at the beginning of each function.) Call "InitDI(HWND […]

Using WTL treeview in ATL Browser Helper Object . Environment: VC++ 6.0, IE 5+ The VC++ 6.0 project that comes with this article is an ATL in-process COM server, housing Browser Helper (BHO) and IE Extension objects. When the IE browser downloads HTML page, BHO will pop up a dialog box with a treeview which […]

Environment: VC6 , Windows 2000/NT/ME/9x This article describes how to install a Keyboard hook in Microsoft Windows. There are two types of Hooks – Thread specific hooks and Systemwide hooks. A thread specific hook is associated with particular thread only (Any thread owned by the calling process.). If you want to associate the hook with […]

What difference a year or two can bring. Two and a half years ago I thought I’d be writing a book titled Visual Basic 7 Unleashed for Sams. Completing the final drafts of Sams Visual Basic .NET Unleashed reminds me that a lot has changed in Visual Basic. To help you make the transition as […]

Click here for larger image Environment: VC++ 6.0, MFC, Windows 2000/XP/9x/ME/NT Introduction There are times when one would like to display messages in an non-obtrusive way. Message Balloons are one of the new ways. Message Balloons are taking precedence over message boxes for small display messages as they even prevent the user from clicking an […]

Environment: Win 98/NT/2000/Me/XP Outlook (Office 9.0) Here is a sample that would easily integrate with the outlook application and would respond to some usual events. Even though there is documentation available for Outlook automation objects, the naming convention which is used is very confusing and misleading. Class ‘Inspectors’ can be used as a mail watcher […]