Also, there is GetNativeSystemInfo() available since Windows XP. #include "Windows.bi" Dim SysInfo AS SYSTEM_INFO GetNativeSystemInfo(@SysInfo) 'Available since Windows XP. MessageBox(HWND_DESKTOP, "Windows is " & _ IIf(SysInfo.wProcessorArchitecture = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_...

On my Seven machine, if the MultiKey console window have focus, the LeftMenu(Alt) pushed key down is detected, the going up key release is not always detected, probably because it occur while the ctrl-alt-del screen is active and it's a barrier to MultiKey. If the focus is on another window, the Lef...

jj2007 >> Good idea but Paul had it a bit earlier Yep, I missed it, maybe my subconscious did not? Useless redundancy. No copyright for me. marcov>> it is only certain if there is a BOM Even there I woudn't say "certain". I'd say mostly certain. It's easy to imagine a text search engine th...

Just for the fun of it... What if we use MultiByteToWideChar in a way that it will return an error when thanslating an invalid UTF-8 string to unicode. The unicode result is not of importance but if the function fail then the UTF-8 string was invalid. #define JumpCompiler "<D:\Free\64\fbc.exe>&...

>> " that function only indicates that a string is unicode " Hey Paul, Yep, in fact, "try to indicates" would be even more appropriate. I posted it because several ideas may be extracted from it to help testing a string for the unicode side. And sometime doing some eliminations a...

- About the old BBCode ... BBCode guide https://freebasic.net/forum/styles/elegance_steelblue/theme/images/logo.png MonitorFromPoint https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd145062(v=vs.85).aspx https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1Mu3b?ve...

Nice job... :-)

Pierre

Salut Spartacus, You may try the following... Just set the LoadImage() function to reflect what is in your resource... Pierre http://codesite.host22.com/image/Toolbar01.png #Define JumpCompiler "<D:\Free\64\fbc.exe>" #Define JumpCompilerCmd "<-s gui -w pedantic "D:\Free\bas\~~Def...

Hi MrSwiss, Yes, I use UltraEdit and those two lines are for my own pre-compiler tool. I find it more logic to have the compiler selection and options embedded in the source code. So when I got ten or fifteen files in the editor, there is no need to change any options in the editor. I just hit "...

Hey,

No need to be sorry. ;-)
Easy does it...

Pierre

The SMB version used will be determined by the lowest Windows OS Client versus Server version. One way to find it could be by using NetWkstaGetInfo() to retreive those both Client and Server version and then deduct the SMB version that will be used. SMB version by Jose Barreto Yours to try :-) Pierr...

A simple service to play with... Pierre http://somesite.host-ed.me/freeBASIC/image/Service01.png '*************************************************************************************** '* Windows service (32 bit or 64 bit) * '* * '* Asuming you named this compiled code "MyService.exe" * '...

Hey, This code will show how to use the Windows TaskBar application button as a ProgressBar. Available colors are red, green, yellow, and a green marquee. Usefull to show a long process progression. Pierre 'Windows TaskBar application button as ProgressBar #Lang "fb" #Define unicode #Inclu...

To expand a little on St_W saying... #Include Once "Windows.bi" DECLARE FUNCTION SetWindowTheme LIB "UxTheme.dll" ALIAS "SetWindowTheme" _ (BYVAL hWndb as HANDLE, BYVAL pszSubAppName AS LPCWSTR, BYVAL pszSubIdList AS LPCWSTR) AS LONG SetWindowTheme(hButton, " "...