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im creating a simple program, which consists of a single message box which i want to have the always on top feature often seen in programs like msn messenger .etc is this possible with a messagebox?...

I only Program in C, not c++, and I don't use the Visual C++ IDE, I can't find any tutorials on DirectX programming in C, they are all for C++ does anyone know any DirectX tutorials that i could use,...

My program has a settings dialog that has a editbox for the path to hold all the files for the program, but if the person enters a path that does not exist (a valid one) it will prompt to create it....

the winprog tutorial (www.winprog.org) teaches how to use resource scripts though it doesn't tell u how to compile them. I'm using MinGW and you have to use windres (e.g. "windres resource.rc -o...

In my program it has an editbox which holds a 4 digit number and uses the registry to store it. but if i was to write "0123" in the editbox, but when i come back to it, it would be just "123". I...

I figured out how to fix the problem myself (set the sixth param of RegSetValue() to sizeof(DWORD)) but thanx for the Registry Path tip.

I'm using the WIN32 API, not the MFC but I've got a problem my program has a settings dialog and i need to keep a integar saved for the next time the program is used. I'm going to use the Registry to...

I'm being a bit fussy but my programs System tray context menu does'nt work properly, I've set my context menu to WM_RBUTTONUP but all other programs use WM_RBUTTONDOWN I want to use this but when...

thankis made a simple dummy window just gotta embed it into my application.

For my program It works in the systray, and has a dialog as the main window I've got some problems with the menus and i need to know how to make a dummy window(a window that doesn't get displayed but...

Try SetForegroundWindow(). if the window isn't active then it starts flashing in the taskbar, it works on my Win 98.

it's used like this: SetForegroundWindow(hwnd);

cal

This is just for the sake of perfection, but my program runs in the system tray and if you double click it, the main dialog will come up and it should when you right click it (when the mouse button...

does anybody know how to add a button to the taskbar. I've searched msdn and found AddTab() but my compiler (minGW) does'nt have the shobjidl.h header file required to use it. could someone please...

I don't think theres any way to do that in the windows api you ought to try some non standard .h libraries.

dunno if that helps.

cal.

I've tried them all (SW_SHOW/SW_SHOWNORMAL/SW_RESTORE.etc) they all don't work i'm gonna have to take the whole minimize thing out because i dn't think it's actually possible.

cal

that does'nt work either.

cal.

I've tried that it just makes the bar on the start menu flash, it doesn't make the dialog box active thanks anyway.

cal

I suggest you start with C programming it's fairly old ,was created in 1970's. it's used today a lot. and other languages like Java, C++, C# are all derived from C. there are millions of tutorials...

I've docked my program to the system tray. and whenever the icon gets double-clicked a dialog appears. But when I minimize the dialog box (I've set the dialog to close when the minimize button gets...

Thanks Worked Great.

cal.

For my program, when it minimizes I want the dialog to close giving the illusion that it minimized to the system tray. but I don't how. it's probably a WM_SOMETHING if someone could just post a link...

I'm trying to create a simple program that when executed will place an icon in the system tray and whenever I double clicked the icon a dialog would appear. I have no idea how to do it so could...

I'm working on a web server. I've used a dialog box as my main window. added a icon and menu but I don't know how to put a bitmap or picture on a dialog box. Is there a dialog control to do it like...