November 30, 2004Nov 30, 200411/30/04I’ve seen some confusion over the difference between the GetKeyState function and the GetAsyncKeyState function.
GetKeyState returns the virtual key state. In other words, GetKeyState reports the state of the keyboard based on the messages you have retrieved from your input queue.
November 29, 2004Nov 29, 200411/29/04The RunAs program demands that you type the password manually. Why doesn’t it accept a password on the command line?
This was a conscious decision. If it were possible to pass the password on the command line, people would start embedding passwords into batch files and logon scripts,
November 26, 2004Nov 26, 200411/26/04Here’s a tiny little program:
#include <windows.h>
#include <shellapi.h>
int __cdecl main(int argc, char **argv)
{
if (argc == 3) {
SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei = { sizeof(sei) };
sei.fMask = SEE_MASK_FLAG_DDEWAIT;
sei.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL; // added 27 Nov
sei.lpVerb = argv[1];
sei.lpFile = argv[2];
November 25, 2004Nov 25, 200411/25/04So you can see what they look like.
November 24, 2004Nov 24, 200411/24/04If you drag a object and drop it onto a taskbar button, you get
an error message that says,
You cannot drop an item onto a button on the taskbar.
However, if you drag the item over a button without releasing
the mouse button,
November 23, 2004Nov 23, 200411/23/04Some people are offended by the special folders like “My Pictures” and “My Music” and delete them, only to find them being re-created. What’s going on?
Windows itself is okay with you deleting those folders. Some corporations, for example, remove those folders from their employees’
November 22, 2004Nov 22, 200411/22/04If I had a nickel each time somebody asked for a feature that was a security hole…
I’d have a lot of nickels.
For example, “I want a file that all users can write to. My program will use it as a common database of goodies.”
November 19, 2004Nov 19, 200411/19/04There are several variations on the SendMessage function, but some are special cases of others.
The simplest version is SendMessage itself, which sends a message and waits indefinitely for the response.
The next level up is SendMessageTimeout which sends a message and waits for the response or until a certain amount of time has elapsed.
November 18, 2004Nov 18, 200411/18/04One of the consequences of the New Internet World Order is that it is very easy to set up a web site like www.sorryeverybody.com and equally easy to set up a response like www.notsorryeverybody.com. This state of affairs clearly calls out for some sort of competition between the two.
November 18, 2004Nov 18, 200411/18/04If you have both a folder named, say, C:\Folder and a program named C:\Folder.exe and you type C:\Folder into the Start.Run dialog, you get the program and not the folder.
Why is that?
Because it is common to have
D:\Setup.exe D:\Setup\…
