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Environment:VC5, VC6 FriendlyTalk is a simple chat program offering the standard features of a chat client. FriendlyTalk allows its users to send instant invitations to chat; chat with any number of people, in real-time; set away messages; and more. FriendlyTalk also boasts an unique combination of mIRC- and ICQ-style chats; not only can you see […]

Environment: This code has been successfully tested under Windows 9x and Windows NT CRasAbsLay CRasAbsLay is a simple class that encapsulates the functionality that you need from RAS to be able to create dialup connections in your Dialup connection folder. You cannot assume that all the machines have the RAS services available and you cannot […]

Environment: VC5, NT4 SP5 Since a started programming, I have used CodeGuru4s articles to learm how to write more efficient code. Now, it’s my turn to make a contribution. Please keep in mind that I am beginner so if I have done something wrong or you know a better way to do this, please feel […]

Here are two very easy-to-use functions for setting (FillVariant) and retrieving (GetVariant) values from a variant safe array. All of the instructions that you’ll need to use these functions can be found in the comments below. Simply copy and paste the code from this article into your files and follow these instructions. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Kishore:- […]

Environment: VC++ v 5.0, MFC v 4.21, NT 4.0/95 Stored Procedure Class Wizard (SPCW) is a development tool that can be used exclusively to generate class files (.cpp and .h) derived from MFCs CRecordset for stored procedures. Currently SPCW supports Microsoft SQL Server v 6.5, 7.0 Beta 3, and Sybase SQL Anywhere v 5.5 and […]

The Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Q193018 in MSDN lists the problem that Visual C++ programs cannot access hidden Visual Basic interfaces that are defined with an underscore ( _ ) as the first letter in the name, such as the Visual Basic Collection interface declared in MSVBVM60.DLL. This article will depict the simple solution for this […]

System requirements Windows NT 4.0 [Workstation, Build 1381: Service Pack 4] Windows Sockets 1.1 Network Support [wsock32.dll, ws2_32.dll] Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, ATL 3.0 [ole32.dll, oleaut32.dll], MFC 4.2 [mfc42.dll] Install and Configure Unzip ping.zip retaining directory structure to any location with approx 40Mb of free space. You’ll get a folder ./pingcomp Build Ping component Open […]

(Fabi Pantera) Environment: Windows NT 4 SP5, Visual C++ 6 SP2 This source code demonstrates how you can add buttons to dialog caption bar and also how you can paint the caption. A lot of peoples asked me to show how they can add buttons to the caption. Of course, first the question is: Is […]

This utility is for developers that need to obtain statistics concerning their source code. It will scan a directory structure and obtain all available statistics information from the source code such as total code lines, comments lines, headers lines, code and resources lines. Scanning can be recursive and countable files extensions can de defined. // […]

Environment: VC6.0, Win95/98, NT4.0 Keywords: Greeting Card/Screen Saver, OpenGL, Texture Map, MCI(MultiMedia), MIDI To All developers: I contribute this special gift to all developers around the world to the new millenium. I send all of you my best wishes for a sucessful and wonderful new century I thank you for your willing to share my […]

This article describes a class (CDibStatic) that implements a static control used to display dibs. The control has a CDib member, which displays itself with the parameters passed by the CDibStatic class. The CDib class encapsulates the functionality provided in dibapi.h (DIBLOOK sample) and is described in an article in the images & palettes section. […]

Environment: Visual C++ 6 SP3 MFC Tool tip control(CToolTipCtrl) is easy to use with a window, such as a child window, or an application-defined rectangular area within a window’s client area. However, in some situations you may not know in advance for which controls or rectangle area you will be displaying the tool tip. In […]