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Hi I tried creating sftp server using OpenSSH and I get some errors. First I tried on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, R2, SP1 and then on Windows XP Professional, SP2 and the error is same. Installation went smoothly on both the OS (after a few complications, see note at bottom), …

Small part of my code: `GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, &dwID);` `hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, dwID);` `string value =" [_this] exec \"\\newfolder\\scripts\\start.sqf\"";` `WriteProcessMemory(hProcess, (LPVOID) 0x09BA3F95, (LPVOID) &value, sizeof(&value), NULL);` I am 100 % sure it has to do with my `value` being a `string` but I haven't found anything helpful elsewhere, even though I've …

Is it possible to develop Win32 C++ applications under a Linux distribution? If it is then how do I do this? I know about Virtual machines, but I'm looking for something that wouldn't require to emulate a whole OS.

Hey guys, Recently I started learning win32 api using C but I am pretty scared of the Long and confusing Variables used in it. It appears alot difficult for me to learn those as I am learning myself. Will such kinds of variables will appear in future or not. Thanks. …

Hello. I'm trying to create a software in VB.Net to disable the following from a Windows 7 pc. - Cut, copy, paste, rename, delete, open, print, share, create shortcut, open with, send to, properties. I want to give users the option of disabling them selectively/individually via checkboxes so those options …

hi. im programming a 2d game and on the university computers it runs nice and slow but on my i7 laptop the ball travels at a million miles per hour. how can i restrict the speed/fps.

hi all i am trying to make a pause in a 2d game on C++ im going to use a message box with answers yes and no..yes to continue and no for main menue. how do i make unsighned short w = the answer to textbox? ps i tried using …

Hello, I have what seems to be a very common problem but after doing much research and trying to fix myself, I am unable to resolve the issue. I receive the following error when compiling my win32, directx 9 program: e:\...\game.cpp(228) : fatal error C1004: unexpected end-of-file found I receive …

I have a Win32 Application in C++. At runtime, It loads a Matrix stored as TXT file in the working directory with I/O functions. I have problems to distribute my program (EXE and DLL) because people normally forget to move the text files together with the Application. How can I …

I'm beginning game development, and I started by reading Michael Morrison's [I]Beginning Game Programming[/I], which teaches how to develop a game in C++ using the Win32 API. I've had a lot of trouble with things I don't have any experience in (when I shut down my program, the process still …

So I'm making a text editor with syntax highlighting. I'm subclassing richedit and using drawtext to overwrite(Exactly like in Iczelion's tutorials). I was trying to solve the highlighting part, and up till now, I've managed to paint over all of the text(no syntax discrimination). But I've run into a strange …

Dear Friends I have a mfc application which I already converted to a dll. now I want to launch that application from another win32 client application. So how I can achieve this. Any h elp would be highly appreciated. check my code snippet. [CODE]//in App.h header extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void …

I'm using the Win32 API to create a game, and I want to give the player as big of a field of view as possible. The problem is, with the game engine I've developed (from Michael Morrison's [I]Beginning Game Programming[/I]), I can minimize and close the program, but I can't …

How do I create a message box that lets me display a variable? I also need to know how to display variables with text. Here is the code in the switch(message) statement that I have at the moment that doesn't work. [CODE] case WM_CREATE: CreateWindow( TEXT("button"), TEXT("Click"), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD …

Hi guys, I am trying to create a edit control, with pure win32. When the return key is pressed I would like it to run a section of code. I have tried getting it to handle the return key message through the main windows message handler. Unfortunately that causes it …

Hello DaniWeb :) For very long I've wanted to develop and venture into the Win32 API and make programs like I find on the internet. Show the world my creativity. I made a simple calculator with a GUI and Menu bar from scratch. I was proud but I was shattered …

Hi, As I want in my program to enable dynamic vertical scroll bar, i would like to use WM_VSCROLL inside WM_PAINT. Let me explain my situation. As soon as the user hits any key. On output window i am displaying as "key pressed <key>" and then i m moving to …

Ok, first of all, I'm not sure if this belongs to C section. Since WinAPI is written in C, I'll post here. I'm using OpenGL with Win32 windows (not sure how to call that). I can't switch to fullscreen mode after creating the window. I'm using Windows 7 (64-bits) and …

Hi guys, What i need is a way to [B]check the available USB ports in windows[/B] using python. The purpose: I'm trying to run on startUp a script that wait to plug in my Token, and after that the script will log me in automatically into the system that I'm …

Hi, I know how to do it in the console, but when it comes to Win32, I can't I've tried all those #includes(with Windows.h), and it doesn't let me. Anyways, if you guys know how, please share, I'd like to know.

I am trying to get to the "Wireless Network Connection" which we can normally get to by right clicking on that pc icon in the system tray & selecting the "View Available Wireless Networks" option. Is it possible to bring up that window through code using Windows SDK? I tried …

Hello there, I recently decide to learn and code Windows Services, After I learned the bare basic I thought I would make a program that logs the users program usage every 60 seconds I have coded the same thing without putting it in a service but apparently Services work differently …

[CODE]#ifdef _WIN32 #include <windows.h> #endif #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <string> #include <SDL/SDL.h> #include <GL/gl.h> #include <GL/glu.h> using std::vector; void error(const std::string& s) { #ifdef _WIN32 MessageBox(NULL, s.c_str(), "An error occurred", MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_OK); #else std::cerr << s << std::endl; #endif } [/CODE] That's my problem... [CODE]1>------ Build started: Project: …

Hi, I am starting to make programs with GUI, so with buttons, frames etc, and some of them will work via internet, like multyplayer card game or something like that. So during my search, I ran onto few choices, Qt, Win32 api, wxWidget and by most forums the Qt is …

hello everyone. i am making a program which has multiple windows. how do I program that when one window pops-up, the other closes? i am using Microsoft visual studio 2010, in a Win32 application. i am not using a windows form.

hello every one i am making a program what requires that the user types in some text in a textbox. the problem is, how do i get that text from the textbox into the std::string (or a other kind of string)? i don't know how to do that in Win32, …

I have created a C++ Win32 Dll. I have created a .def File which contains the names of the functions in Win32.Dll As: 1Win32.cpp includes a class library file named gs.tlb It has functions named sum, strupper 1win32.def as LIBRARY "1WIN32" EXPORTS sum strupper When i try to register the …

I have a managed class library developed in C#. Now i need to create a win 32 dll wrapper around it. So in my Win 32 DLL i need to import that class library and call the starting point functions from it. I am new on this. I was able …

Hi, I'm trying to add a drop down combo box for user selection in the main window of my application. The program reads USERS.txt, loads each line into a const char*[] and (hopefully) adds them to the combo box. The problem is my program displays Chinese characters instead of the …

Hi, I'm trying to use an input device like a joystick as a mouse, and I've got some good behavior for desktop use by polling the state of the device in a loop and doing some work with the values, then using SendInput with some INPUT structures to make the …