You would use the GetFileVersionInfo API. See Using Version Information on the MSDN site. Sample: DWORD verHandle = 0; UINT size = 0; LPBYTE lpBuffer = NULL; DWORD verSize = GetFileVersionInfoSize( szVersionFile, &verHandle); if (verSize != NULL) { LPSTR verData = new char[verSize]; if (GetFileVersionInfo( szVersionFile, verHandle, verSize, verData)) { if (VerQueryValue(verData,”\\”,(VOID FAR* FAR*)&lpBuffer,&size)) { … Read more
Probably the vast majority of of tk-based applications place all the components in the default root window. This is the most convenient way to do it since it already exists. Choosing to hide the default window and create your own is a perfectly fine thing to do, though it requires just a tiny bit of … Read more
GCC is just being overly paranoid – for no good reason in my opinion, but then it’s certainly true that the GCC maintainers know a lot more about the nuances of C that I do. See this small thread of discussion about the problem on the GCC mailing list: missing initializer warnings 1998-07-01. 1/3. missing … Read more
What is wchar_t? wchar_t is defined such that any locale’s char encoding can be converted to a wchar_t representation where every wchar_t represents exactly one codepoint: Type wchar_t is a distinct type whose values can represent distinct codes for all members of the largest extended character set specified among the supported locales (22.3.1). — C++ … Read more
#WMIC wmic is a very complete tool wmic diskdrive list provide a (too much) detailed list, for instance for less info wmic diskdrive list brief #C Sebastian Godelet mentions in the comments: In C: system(“wmic diskdrive list”); As commented, you can also call the WinAPI, but… as shown in “How to obtain data from WMI … Read more
I recenetly read it somewhere that I can do multithreading on single processor system as well. Is it correct? and if yes then what is the difference between single processor and multiple processor systems? Yes you can do multithreading on a single processor system. In multi-processor system , multiple threads execute , simultaneously on different … Read more
You can use the Windows API functions, such as GetPrivateProfileString() and GetPrivateProfileInt().
If we take ReactOS as an example, the clipping region is at dc->dclevel.prgnClip and the system region is at dc->prgnVis. When you call BeginPaint on a window, it calls NtUserBeginPaint stub which traps to its kernel counterpart through the win32k SSDT, which calls IntBeginPaint, which passes the window’s update region (Window->hrgnUpdate) to UserGetDCEx, which copies … Read more
This article explains in detail how to find the reason for last startup/shutdown. In my case, this was due to windows SCCM pushing updates even though I had it disabled locally. Visit the article for full details with pictures. For reference, here are the steps copy/pasted from the website: Press the Windows + R keys … Read more
Each API is for different uses. Each one also requires that you use the correct deallocation/freeing function when you’re done with the memory. VirtualAlloc A low-level, Windows API that provides lots of options, but is mainly useful for people in fairly specific situations. Can only allocate memory in (edit: not 4KB) larger chunks. There are … Read more