Questions involving programming on Microsoft Windows technology, including its API.
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WAN Connectivity between multiple MS ACCESS DB
I have a client that asked me to develop his Windows Application and use MS Access instead of SQL database. I did and now he asked me that he deployed the Application through several of his offices.
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Function calls to calls in windows api
I am a beginner programmer who is learning C. I find it hard to grasp the whole programming concept, thus I have questions.
When programming in Windows, how does Windows communicate with the programs ...
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Books about Windows Os Programming [closed]
I'm trying to develop a desktop application which is similar to CCleaner.
But I'm having problems with R&D resources...
I can't find good books about Windows Operating System Programming
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Coding a web browser on Windows using a layout engine?
I've never attempted anything like this before but what I want to do is code a browser for Windows.
I know that I can use the web-browser control that Microsoft has released, but I'm interested in ...
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Switching to Windows Identity Foundation - Should we use the SQL Server role and membership provider?
We have an application which uses SQL Server as the back end. It was client server based, now it will be web based. Our implementation to logon was a user ID and password hash/salt stored in the ...
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Distribution Licensing for Windows XP Junction tool
My application needs to create a directory symbolic link in Windows XP to get around the file path length limitation of ~256 characters. Windows XP does not have this functionality built-in. I had ...
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Changing OS parameters from Java source code
Can I design my program so that it will automatically change OS's hotkeys parameters? I mean, when installing a program, it will set the hotkey of OS so that if you press them, the program itself ...
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benchmarks for quasi real-time software
I'm wondering if there is any benchmarks which can help to understand real-time characteristics (response time) of non-real-time software. For instance C# application on Windows or MSSQL Server.
I ...
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Will Metro-style Apps replace Desktop Apps? [closed]
Microsoft Windows8 supports new Metro-style apps, and Metro apps don't use Win32; they run on WinRT.
I wonder if the Metro-style Apps was invented for only tablets. Does Microsoft hope that ...
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Why exclusively UNIX is taught at universities' operating systems courses? [closed]
I'm not sure this question can be asked here, but nevertheless.
Almost each operating systems or systems programming course is taught using UNIX only. I wonder what are the reasons for this? Why ...
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What programming language was used to develop Windows OS? [closed]
I am very new to programming and I have started to learn programming just last week. I am still having trouble understanding about programming languages, especially what to use in a particular system.
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Computation Program Not Running at 100% CPU Utilization
I have a program which has a GUI and performs some very heavy mathematical computations for a couple of minutes and then outputs a result. When I try to directly interface it through its DLL's, it ...
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Why does every installer on Windows have to be run with elevated privileges?
The current tendency to ship even the smallest applications (like simple games, tools, etc.) as a Windows Installer (.msi) or even with .exe that can do virtually anything is very annoying. After the ...
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Should Android development be done on Windows or OSX? Is there any difference?
I have the option to install the Android SDK on Windows or OSX. Which platform provides a better (easier) development experience?
To keep this constructive, I'm looking for any difference that ...
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Easiest language for simple Windows applications for novice Windows programmer? [closed]
Expertise: 11 years PHP programming
I'd like to get into simple Windows programming for a kiosk project. What language should I choose?
My criteria:
easy to learn, "higher"-level language (e.g. ...
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Building old 32-bit Visual Studio 2003 projects on 64-bit Windows [closed]
I'm working with a legacy product build environment that depends on (among other things) Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003. We're updating our build environment to use 64-bit machines, since our ...
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How Would I Start With Prolog? [closed]
If I wanted to start learning Prolog on Windows, is there any package that would integrate Prolog into Visual Studio 2010? That is, a compiler and templates and so forth for working with Prolog on ...
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Node.js for Windows
I know that node.js can be installed on windows platform, and I also know that nodejs.org is their official website. But the problem is, Windows installation is not native, and their site doesn't have ...
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Why does Windows not trust the administrator [closed]
When working on both Windows and Linux servers, I've noticed one difference between them that seems to keep coming up. 2 examples that come to mind:
Deleting a file: In Linux, if you are root, and ...
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Are there any good python libraries for programming GUI's on MAC and Windows? [closed]
Need a a toolset / framework that I can use to build GUI apps on both Mac and Windows, without too much stuffing around. Any obvious candidates?
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Benefit of C++ to System Administrators
What benefit could C++ bring to system administrators?
I am working on Windows and Ubuntu. If I learn C++, where could I implement it in system administration, Please specify some of its benefits.
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Windows OS design decisions [closed]
I've seen an interview with Richard Stallman some time ago, and he was asked a question about security and Windows OS which he answered saying that there are some relatively bad design decisions that ...
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Porting Software [closed]
I would like to know what would be needed to study and understand in terms of computing platforms and OS (Linux, Mac OS X and Windows) to become a software porting engineer.
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What's better than outputdebugstring for windows debugging?
So, before I came to my current place of employment, the windows OutputDebugString function was completely unheard of, everyone was adding debug messages to string lists and saving them to file or ...
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Mulitple movements with keyboard in C++ [closed]
Im trying to get my movement of a ball to just move in a fluid like motion. How can I have it that when I press the up key, down key, left key, or right key, it doesnt move up one unit, stop, then ...
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Working with windows Functions for Recovering Shift+Delete files
I am making software for recovering Shift+Delete files from Windows. I know when files are deleted only links to them are cut off by Windows but the actual file remains there at the same place, so ...
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Database for Desktop App Development [closed]
i'm currently working on a desktop application for the windows platform, I want to know the best database to use for the application, one that is compact, such that it can be packaged and ...
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Where to publish my commercial applications [closed]
I have developed several applications in my free time and I have an idea to publish them online for sale. One approach in my mind is to create my own web site and publish them. That's of course quite ...
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Design patterns to manage multiple windows/screens?
Supposed there is an application with multiple windows, like:
Logo splashscreen
Connecting... screen
Login-usercontrols screen
Logging in... screen
etc.
Is there a design pattern, which allows to ...
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WINAPI beginner guidance question
I'm learning to develop windows applications using WINAPI and plain C.
Now I got a bit confused with all those handles and would like to ask if you guys could teach me some good practices to structure ...
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Win32 and Win64 programming in C sources?
I'm learning OpenGL with C and that makes me include the windows.h file in my project. I'd like to look at some more specific windows functions and I wonder if you can cite some good sources for ...
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How to ensure correct message ordering in the subscriber using Windows Service Bus for Server?
Scenario:
We set up a single topic and a single subscription with a single subscriber, and send two messages to the topic. The first message is received by the subscriber. For the purpose of this ...
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Repainting a window with a new scene with winapi (beginner question)
I'm following theForger's win32 API tutorial in order to create a GUI for a project.
I've successfully made simple, one window applications, but I can't figure out how to repaint an entire window ...
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Help With Socket Programming In C [closed]
So, today i thought i would try something new, and play with windows sockets. I found a tutorial on the internet http://www.binarytides.com/winsock-socket-programming-tutorial/
Problem is, that ...
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Getting SSE instruction set version supported by CPU using windows batch program [migrated]
How to get which SSE (SSE3/SSE4.1/SSE4.2) is supporting by my CPU on windows using a batch script.
on Ubuntu we can get it using below command and parse it for required string sse4_2 or sse4_1.
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Intranet CMS that uses Exchange/ActiveDirectory accounts [closed]
We use Windows/Novell for all workstations and Linux on our servers. I'd really like to have an intranet used company wide that may or may not be like a wiki, but that uses our Windows logins to let ...
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How to store other file types within a file type using Java (cross-platform)
I'm writing a program that runs/plays songs and videos. I need there to be two options, one where it stores the addresses of the files/media and another where it stores all the dependencies in its ...
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A proper file monitoring tool for Windows with notifications [closed]
Developing in PHP, I'm usually confronted with various log files: apache, web apps, error logs etc.
I'm currently using Notepad++ with the option to notify me when a file has changed. But when I need ...
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Using GDI+ vs HTML page [closed]
I am working on an application which is UI intensive (i.e. we need to customize all the control to look different).
For this is I planned to use GDI+ in win32. But one of the suggestion form our team ...
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Standard when distributing plugins: Installer (with bundled files) or application (that downloads the files) [closed]
I am providing plugins for a third-party application:
Is there a language (and API) I could use that would allow me to create an installer/program quickly and with the least headaches? The languages ...
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Are there Windows virtual images available for development? [closed]
I want to test deployment of a Windows application and a virtual PC seems the easiest method (I could be wrong, feel free to comment, but the question still stands). Courtesy my Windows 7 I have ...
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What role does .ini play?
I am working with a MFC application for the first time and I have lots of doubts the biggest at the moment is What is .ini file and why is it there? What exactly is the role it plays? Can some tell me ...
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What are some books that explain low level stuff like com interfaces, dll injection etc? [closed]
What are some books that explain low level stuff like com interfaces, dll injection etc? Basically low level windows programming. Searching on amazon gives me hacking books/10+ year old books which is ...
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Can two Threads use same Thread Procedure? [migrated]
Is it possible for two threads to use a single function "ThreadProc" as its thread procedure when CreateThread() is used.
HANDLE thread1= CreateThread( NULL, //Choose default security
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Programming Language for RF scanner [closed]
I am a Software Developer mostly on Windows System. I have been tasked to create an App Program for an RF Barcode Scanner. Which I don't have any experience in this kind of software. I am open to ...
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How to do windows programming [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to start programming in Windows?
I am thinking to build a software for Windows that deeply integrates with the OS. Something like teracopy. I usually use Python, C.
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What scripting language to use for large file transfers on windows xp client machines
I'm a java developer that is tasked with creating some scripts that will handle large xml document file transfers by hitting some web service api's from windows xp client machines. There may be other ...
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How to make .exe file from html5 css application? [closed]
I would like to make windows desktop application using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. I am trying
tidesdk
XULRunner
appjs
I read the documentations of these technologies. But I didn't see how to ...
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Why are software download times estimated using dial up? [closed]
Just a curious question here. I am going to use the .NET Framwork 4.0 as an example.
When you download the web installer, it quotes the estimated speed when a user is using dial up. Why is this? ...
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C++ or C#: Which language is Microsoft going to use in development of future Windows versions? [closed]
I heard almost all parts of Windows are written in C and C++ with some assembly. Why did Microsoft skip C#? Is there any scope for C# in the development of future Windows versions?
