Windows Programming - October 2020

I'm trying to colour some text using a gradient fill. Now I can do this using Bitblt with SRCPAINT and SRCAND raster ops and I get my gradient text filled in c...

[1 reply] : You need to paint the background first - probably with FillRect and th... (by Thomas1965)

by MarkP

Intercepting WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED

I'm intercepting WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED for my MainWindow to do some stuff. My problem is now, when I drag the window with the mouse, I'm getting 100s of WM_WINDO...

[3 replies] Last: You may have a look at the WM_EXITSIZEMOVE message. (by Pierrre)

by franki

Getting stuck at the first using the cpp

Hi I am start using this github https://github.com/tyolab/MT4-Manager-API-1/tree/master/Examples/TradeLogin At the monent get stuck , how to pass parameter t...

[1 reply] : The help tells you. > printf("usage: TradeLogin.exe server login pass... (by salem c)

by Tezzy

Graphic programming (1,2,3,4)

Hello all, I’ve been learning c++ and how to use it, I downloaded the visual studio compiler and I wanted to make a game. It’ll just be a dinosaur game like...

[63 replies] Last: Alr this makes much more sense, i’ll try it out (by Tezzy)

by Joshua0101

How to do a calculation between a POINT and vector data?

Hi, I have a POINT and a set of data get from a vector function that contained hwnd and rect . std::vector<VECDATA> vecListData; myVec->emplace_back...

[7 replies] Last: I'm not sure why I need to add (), but now it works fine! Thanks Ce... (by mbozzi)

by WeaselFeatures

Control's speed of response

I have a Dialog box with a radio button on, when I click it it should make a sound using the PlaySound function. There is a short delay between clicking and he...

[4 replies] Last: I have come across XAudio which I believe is Microsoft's replacement f... (by Weasel)

by therealsummoner

[Wlanapi] WLAN_NOTIFICATION_MSM NotificationCode 59

Hi, I'm working on a small Wifi tool using wlanapi in vs2019. I'm outputting the wlan notifications to the output window and constantly witnessing an unknow...

[10 replies] Last: I've got an answer from MSFT: This is by design. The 0n59 notifica... (by alexnone)

by MarkP

Hide a value in parameter of CreateThread()

I'm looking for a direct way to pass a single UINT to a CreateThread() I know I can hide a socket in a CreateThread(), like this: CreateThread(0,0,MyThrea...

[11 replies] Last: At some point, you'll get bored of hit-and-miss cowboy programming te... (by seeplus)

by TypeSafe

DLL and EXE files decompiled

Hi everybody, It is quite easy to decompile .DLL and .EXE files written with C# (dotPeek, ILSpy, or even online: http://www.decompiler.com/ ). Is there a way ...

[2 replies] Last: C# and Java for the most part can be decompiled back into human readab... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by SirEnder125

How to make a keyboard input button?

Hello. Does anyone here know how to make a small little window with a button that gets keyboard input? like in html: <button>Keyboard</button> Something m...

[15 replies] Last: Somewhere in this thread of Alexander's he asked me about my command l... (by freddie1)

by SirEnder125

Windows source I found won't compile (1,2)

Hello. I found this code: #ifndef UNICODE #define UNICODE #endif #include <windows.h> LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPAR...

[34 replies] Last: Maintaining a site like CPP -- other than the forum as long as the dat... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by Cambalinho

how use PlgBlt() function?

i know the PlgBlt() function is good for draw an image by it's shape. BOOL PlgBlt( HDC hdcDest, const POINT *lpPoint, HDC hdcSrc, int ...

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by Ganado

LockFileEx but for a different process

The Win32 function LockFileEx "locks the specified file for exclusive access by the calling process." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileap...

[1 reply] : Try changing the security level of the file. See: https://docs.micros... (by coder777)

by mostakim hamza

Please Help Me !!!

hello everyone How I can calculate this number(-124) from binary format?? Please Please Help Me Note : 132 on binary ( 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ) https://i.postimg....

[10 replies] Last: I can see that there is some confusion on "2's Complement". Let's tak... (by anachronon)

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