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by ElusiveTau

How to create bare-minimum Windows Application with Console Access?

I'm following this video tutorial and would like to run the code snippet at 1:07. #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN #include <iostream> #include <string> #...

[7 replies] Last: You can call AllocConsole() to get a console in a Windows (GUI) appl... (by kigar64551)

by MiloCharmingMagician

My Shockwave Flash Projector

Thought I would release my flash projector and compiler :D now open source version released on GitHub, along with a release build Build: Visual Studio 2005 Wi...

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by LsDefect

WinForms Resources, Moved Files

I'm working on a WinForms CLR project and I'm using VS 2022. All was well until I created new folders and moved files - everything was in the base project folde...

[8 replies] Last: If you use source control Not everyone uses that, I know for most of... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by JUANDENT

printing C++ source file in VS2022 throws garbage

Hi, I have a C++ source file that when printing from VS2022 prints what seems garbage (actually it seems to be using a strange font which is impossible to u...

[4 replies] Last: any chance one or all of your code snippet settings use the "Cascadia"... (by jonnin)

by LukeProducts

Procedure Entry Point Not Found

Hello, I am currently using OpenCV-4.5.5-x64 with MinGW and encountering issues when trying to execute the compiled binary. The PATH environment variable is co...

[1 reply] : UPDATE: Ive tried an older Build and OpenCV-MinGW-Build-OpenCV-4.1.1-x... (by LukeProducts)

by LukeProducts

image compression ffmpeg

Hey folks, I’m trying to use FFmpeg in C++ to compress image buffers, but I keep running into a fundamental issue. I’m seeing this error: [libx264 @ ...

[1 reply] : Read the manual page and understand how the functions are supposed to ... (by salem c)

by LukeProducts

How to properly link ffmpeg library to clion?

Hey everyone :), I've been trying to use FFmpeg for video compression and other tasks, but I've been stuck for a while. Up until now, I've mostly avoided linki...

[2 replies] Last: Thank you so much. I realized i mixed up .dll with .lib in the executi... (by LukeProducts)

by LsDefect

Compiles with Visual Studio, but not g++

#include <sstream> #include <vector> #include <filesystem> #include <fstream> #include <shlobj.h> #include <locale> #include <codecvt> #include <windo...

[5 replies] Last: The import libraries for the WinAPI are different for each compiler, a... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by JUANDENT

Are internal partition files supported in VC++ 2022?

Can we do this? module name:partition_name; VS 2022 does not compile

[1 reply] : Yes, VS 2022 does support internal partition files, the file's compila... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by JohnOfC

How do i get and set the theme colors?

How can I apply the colors chosen in the theme by the user, so that my colors overlap with the windows colors. I was thinking of this api GetSysColor, GetThe...

[1 reply] : The WinAPI has a header file for getting and setting theme related inf... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by TrouthieCPP

type const char * not compatible with LPCWSTR

Hello everyone, Trying Win API 32 with creating sample Window, handle message using ressources in CPP compiler returns the message const char * type argument no...

[15 replies] Last: Since I have updated .json in v.s. code #include <sal.h> is not nece... (by TrouthieCPP)

by bydrachen

Assigning CMYK values into a pixel

Hi, I'm working on a project that manipulating images pixel by pixel with C# forms. Now the turn is color space convertions. We extracted the values out of an R...

[2 replies] Last: I think implementing the conversion between the RGB and CMYK color mo... (by bydrachen)

by vickoza

How does CFile::Openassigns to pErros->m_cause the value CFileException::none?

I have analyzed an older application and tracing an error to this MFC class function. In some versions of Windows 10 and earlier version of Windows this method ...

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by JUANDENT

How to use a library of C++ 20 modules from another solution file?

Hi, I have a library of C++ 20 modules which I can use from projects in the same solution but not from projects in another solution. I have instructed the l...

[3 replies] Last: that may work, but no, I mean pure windows folder management. You sho... (by jonnin)

by ElusiveTau

How to set up runtime environment for developing and testing Windows apps?

I would like to learn how to write my own credential provider but I don't want to roll out changes on my personal computer, in case I do something dumb and lo...

[2 replies] Last: I also recommend using a Virtual Machine (VM), e.g. via Oracle Virtual... (by kigar64551)

by JUANDENT

where can I find a list of locale names to use with std::locale in the Windows 11 operating system?

Hi, I have looked everywhere for a list of locale names to use in Windows 11 with the std::locale type and no success. Can somebody point me to such a list?...

[6 replies] Last: If you are printing to the console/terminal on Windows, then that is e... (by Duthomhas)

by Adam87

Socket producer consumer design

I have a chat server that responds to requests such as messages, files uploaded from the remote host and so on. This is a TCP server. Design is 1 producer 1 ...

[3 replies] Last: Sorry for the late reply... I hoped to use a blocking notification m... (by coder777)

by JUANDENT

Is it possible to use catch2 testing in a graphics windows application?

Hi, I have a Windows graphics application built with MFC and wanted to write unit tests using the Catch2 framework but when it executes it runs the dialog an...

[3 replies] Last: After much study, I come to the conclusion that although you can start... (by JUANDENT)

by bistelA0005

Talk to MS Word files?

Can C++ be used to talk to MS Word files or even talk to Word VBA? I mean do things like extract text, get data from document properties, etc. If anybody has an...

[7 replies] Last: I am interested in making a commercial plugin that creates a Word fil... (by seeplus)

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