Results for "Category: Files/ File Controls/ Input/ Output"

Simple program to show how the change the text color of a static/label window. Also how to use the Font common dialog to change the font. Written with only Win32/Platform SDK (ie. no MFC or VCL)

Simple Win32 program to demonstrate the shell 'Select Directory' browse dialog. This is useful when you want the user to select a directory, rather than a specific file. It is not as well documented as the 'Open File' common dialog in the win32 help. It took me a while to find it.

Demonstrates how to make a hyperlink, no subclassing or mouse capturing, and the result is a proper looking hyperlink...really easy! Also includes a statusbar if anyone's interested. (win32 API code, heaps of comments)

How to use 'Regions' to create different shaped windows.

This code shows how to easily and quickly create a menu on a non-mfc window using winapi. I this code is versatile, and extremely useful as I for one hate resources. This example deals with making a "file --> exit" menu. The methods used in making this apply to all menus.

Shows how to implement menus in your Win32 application

An example of how to use the WM_NOTIFY message to give tooltips when the mouse hovers over a button in a toolbar. (Also shows toolbar creation).

A shell that allows for an easy start MDI application. Shows how to create and fill the client and mdi structures. Also functions to sort the mdi child windows.

A small app that demonstrates the use of accelerators. (Win32 api code, no MFC or VCL)

This example is built from the example I wrote to add color to your controls, it nows lets you change the font also. Code that is new is marked off by comments, this also shows you how to use the ChooseFont common dialog. As always this is pure win32 API, no MFC here.

Super fast ATL COM component for searching for files with multiple search filters. Also shows how to fire events in a COM DLL from another thread without getting a GPF and how to search for files recursively. Includes a VB project showing how to use the component.

A very COOL color pick dialog with a color dropper like Photoshop and Frontpage XP

Want to waste less time looking for your programs in the star menu then use this program just select the program and click execute, no more looking in all your star menu you can also add . exe .lnk and alot more extensions even mp3s so you can have your favorite song with just the touch of a button. there is only one requierement that you vote for me.Thank you more to come but please vote.

It is a Win32 Dialog without a resource script. The Dialog is made by scratch, and it was made so you can see a fullscreen 'black background' dialog on monitor. I Hope you like it.

The MsgBox class creates, displays, and operates a message box similar to the API "MessageBox" but with some extended features like different button styles, placements and images, timeout ... full documentation included ... v.1.1 now with input box

This sample shows how to make a window using pure API. There are already many more but one this site but this one has loads of comments; possibly too many. Well anyway I wrote the sample for my own web site so decided to post it here as well. My screen shot does show a windows 98 and windows xp looking window side by side but don't get confused by that. All this is is a simple window but I was just trying to show how it works on Windows XP as well as older versions of windows.

This code shows and explains how to make controls on a window using pure API, using CreateWindow and CreateWindowEx. This example shows how to make list boxes, edit controls, and buttons. Not only does it tell you how to make them but also how to use the. Unlike other examples I’ve seen this example also shows you how to enable TAB, Shift+Tab and other normal windows navigation things like Alt+ to use a button. This example also shows how to use malloc and pointers the text of a edit control or selected item in a list box. It allows you to add items and remove items to the list box control at run and design time aswell. I hope this code helps you, please give me some feedback! (the zip includes VC++6 and DevC++ project/workspace files)

This example shows how to make windows, list boxes, buttons and edit controls. Not only does it show how to make them but it shows how to use them as well. This example enables XP Themes and keyboard navigation. I'd like feedback, good or bad, so please give some! This sample works on all Win32 computers and only enables themes if they are supported by the current user operating system.

This is a demo program I wrote for myself in order to use a menu item without having to click on it. This allows the usage of menus in other programs without having to switch to them and using the menu. This is going to be used in the future as a part of my Autosave program, a program designed to automatically save whatever documents you are working on so that in case of a crash your work would be saved, even if you forgot to do so manually. Originally written in Visual Basic, I switched over to C++ (starting with Version 2.00), and therefore had to rewrite the entire program. In Visual Basic, I had used the SendKeys command to use the menus of other programs to activate the Save menu item. As this function is not considered a safe way of sending to different programs, as other programs can accidentally intercept the send, I needed to find a better way to do it. By directly using the menus of the other programs, this problem is overcome. This program is completely documented and commented. Please check the readme for more information.

Creating of Simple WordPad like application can be achived using the methods in this example