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The simplest way to achieve this is to use the RegisterHotKey function. By calling this function from within your process you take precedence over the O/S. The WM_HOTKEY message that is generated by the specified key combination will be re-directed to the your processes message queue. To block the hotkey, dont process the WM_HOTKEY message […]

Copyright ) 1998-1999, Kenneth M. Reed, All rights reserved. Description CFolderDialog is an MFC based class that encapsulates the Windows Shell function for browsing folders, ::ShBrowseForFolder. To use it, you create an instance of CFolderDialog and call the DoModal method. Upon return, the method GetPathName can be used to retrieve the path to the user […]

About Wizards Creating Wizards Implementing Wizards Advanced Wizards About Wizards A wizard is a very useful user interface concept. It allows an application to easily guide a user through a complete task. The purpose of a wizard is to collect information on a task in a structured way, while being an organised user interface, and […]

As a starting point, I used Luis Ortega’s code from A Color Picker. This customizable color picker was designed because I needed a color picker that could calculate itself when passed an array of colors. I didn’t want to use a resource file, so the entire color dialog is created dynamically from memory. This makes […]

I will describe CUniButton class, which is an advanced button.  Many button classes have been coded but there is always place for more… Why is the CUniButton useful?  Look at the snap-shot of demo application above.  It shows several buttons on the dialog.  All these GUI elements have been created from a single CUniButton class.  […]

Changes in Revision 2 Changes in Revision 3 Changes in Revision 4 Changes in Revision 5 Usage Download Often one can read in the newsgroups, that someone is looking for an MFC class that encapsulates the registry. In fact, MFC does not provide such a class. As long as one has no need to work […]

Building a Service Changes to revision 2 NT Service Using MFC Download Ever tried to write an NT service ? :-> One of my very latest projects was to develop a CORBA server running as an NT service. Since one of my next projects will be an NT service too, I let my brain work […]

We use Visual SourceSafe’s keyword expansion. Each of our project’s source files has (or should if we remember) the following header when we add it to source control. // TEST.CPP : implementation file // /* $Log: /TEST/TEST.CPP $ */ This macro inserts the template into .H and .CPP files. Sub AddSSHeader() ‘DESCRIPTION: Insert the source […]

At the company where I work (www.schlaps-automation.de), we are still using the Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 for programming 16 Bit Windows applications (oh yes, there are customers who want programs for Windows 3.x). We are also using the Micosoft Programmers Workbench (PWB) as the IDE for this compiler. Since you can enhance the PWB’s functionality with […]

Tired of documenting C++ functions? Me too. Just scroll, select, copy, scroll, paste, delete parts, type text… This little VB Script macro does half of the work for you. I don’t have much to explain so — here’s the sample: Initial state of C++ code: BOOL CMainFrame::OnCmdMsg(UINT nID, int nCode, void* pExtra, AFX_CMDHANDLERINFO* pHandlerInfo) { […]

. Recently I’ve downloaded the CodeTmpl Add-In contributed by Darren Richards. In my opinion it is very useful utility, very simple in customizing and encourages good coding habits. Personally i am using it exhaustively. However sometimes I’ve found it frustrating to find and edit the CodeTmpl.txt file. Here are the steps you have to perform […]

This article was contributed by Troels Knakkergaard. Why not use the familiar init/run/exit "code-sandwich" in Win32 console applications too? And why not use good old CWinApp for this? It is perfectly possible, only it doesn’t seem to ever get mentioned. All it takes is a call to MFC’s AfxWinMain in main(). The DECLARE_CONSOLEAPP in the […]