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You may well be right, I do not recall all the details, but several years ago (actually
on Win98( we had some trouble getting both a good response time to incoming messages and a
low overhead when nothing much was coming in.
The solution then consisted of a separate thread performing two calls, one reading a single
character (the first character of a message, with a long timeout), and one reading the
remainder of the message with timeouts set so it would return very soon when no more data
seemed to come in.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: You may well be right
Oh, I'm right for sure. 
Luc Pattyn wrote: but several years ago (actually
on Win98( we had some trouble getting both a good response time to incoming messages and a
low overhead when nothing much was coming in.
The solution then consisted of a separate thread performing two calls, one reading a single
character (the first character of a message, with a long timeout), and one reading the
remainder of the message with timeouts set so it would return very soon when no more data
seemed to come in.
OMG, what a workaround! 
Documentation on COMMTIMEOUTS clearly states what structure members are supposed to do, but, I know, serial communication is tricky (and on Win98, was possibly even more tricker) and when one finds obstacles on communication his imagination may reach the apex (i.e. I can remember very weird workarounds of mine).
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Hi guys
I'm guessing this is a faq so I apologise in advance.
I was going to install a splash screen into an MFC application I've written using VS2005. However, I can't find the component gallery. Is there any way I can get the splash screen or the other components?
Thanks in advance
G
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Thanks Dave but have MS taken the component gallery away? If so, why?
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I have no idea what that is. The link I provided is a gallery of components. Just look through there to find one that will suit you.
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Not from the component gallery, but have you seen this?
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Hello guys,
I have a TLB file and it's interface description in Delphi.
But I want to create a C++ project that uses the interfaces exported by that Program.
I extracted the TLB file from the executable and now I want to ask if there is a way to convert this TLB file to an IDL file.
Any ideas?
Don't try it, just do it!
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Alexander wrote: But I want to create a C++ project that uses the interfaces exported by that Program.
You can use the #import directive to generate ATL wrapper classes for the tlb file.
led mike
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Yes, run the MS OLEViewer app (Start>>Run>>oleview.exe). From there, use File>>View Typelib. In the type library view, just use File>>Save As to save it as IDL.
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Thank you guys, both of you
Don't try it, just do it!
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By default there are 8x6 colors for choosing. How to make it more?
This is the need of the customers, they would like the program be easy
to use.
If it is not easy, I'd like to make one myself, but I can't decide how to choose and put colors so that it can look a little good.
modified on Friday, February 01, 2008 12:21:50 PM
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followait wrote: By default there are 8x6 colors for choosing.
No
followait wrote: they would like the program be easy
to use.
And using more than 48 colors makes the program easy to use? Wow, are they brain dead?
led mike
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Especially since it lets the user pick one of 2^24 colors
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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led mike wrote: No
I mean 'basic color' in the title.
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Pretty vague question
Are you referring to the "color dialog box" common dialog?
If so, then like any other dialog, if you need additional
functionality you can write your own.
Mark
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Mark Salsbery wrote: Are you referring to the "color dialog box" common dialog?
Yes.
The number of basic colors seems not changable.
I think I should implement one.
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followait wrote: By default there are 8x6 colors...
There are 48 basic colors, but there are 2563 total colors.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Sure.
The key is when the customer is choosing a color for background,
a set of well-selected colors may be better than all here.
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Heh yeah, but if you put 1000 basic colors, I bet you still won't
have my favorite blue.
How do you decide how many is enough?
Mark
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Mark Salsbery wrote: Heh yeah
"Yeah"? You understood that? Can you translate it for me?
followait wrote: The key is when the customer is choosing a color for background,
a set of well-selected colors may be better than all here.
and what about this one?
followait wrote: but I can't decide how to choose and put colors so that it can look a little good.
led mike
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That should have been...
"*snicker* [sarcasm]yeah[/sarcasm]"
Damn you text, and your lack of emotion...
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Hi,
I am trying to read a webpage, but to view the webpage PostData must be sent to the server. How do you do that? The PostData is long (ASP.Net, so includes the __VIEWSTATE). I just dont know how to send a post back to the server. I am sure its simple, but I have searched and cant find anthing. Please help me, I have been stuck on this for weeks.
Thanks, Mike
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