Hello, I'm using Windows SDK for building an applications without Visual Studio I've tried to build boost lib using "bootstrap.bat" from installation folder but got an error: "program can't start because mspdb100.dll is missing..." I see that dll is from VS installation. do you how I can build boost without VS but using WinSDK free commandline compiler tools only?

Hi Is there class or function set for working with INI sections not in file, but in set of strings? I have some database with one text field which contains content of INI file. But I haven't possibility to write this to file on disk and read it after that. Rgds, Ernst

Hello. I have following problem. I add user credentials (on WinCE, but i think on Win32 it's similarly) using function CeCredWrite(...). There are CECREDENTIAL struct as parameter of this function. And I fill all fields of this struct with one exception - I don't know how I can fill CredentialBlob field (this field is for password in my way) because there must password in "NTLM format" as written in MSDN, I think there is hash of plain password string, but how can get this hash? What functions are for getting hash of password in NTLM format? Thanks Ernst Maurer

I have following task: in my custom MS Outlook CommandBar set up icons on buttons, I can't to use PasteFace or PutFaceId methods for this, I must to use Picture property. My code. HICON hi = LoadIcon(_Module.GetModuleInstance(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON1)); if (hi) { PICTDESC pd; pd.cbSizeofstruct = sizeof(pd); pd.picType = PICTYPE_ICON; pd.icon.hicon = hi; IPictureDispPtr spIPicture; hr = OleCreatePictureIndirect(&pd, IID_IPictureDisp, FALSE, (void **)&spIPicture); hr = spCmdButton->put_Picture(spIPicture); } outlook raise exception "Incorrect parameter" in line with put_Picture call. Can anybody help me with it? Thanks Ernst.

How I can define that ADO Connection with MS SQL Server was failed before there are raised exceptions while ADO Command objects will run.

I know this, but I need only valid error report, maybe like this: "This program requiedWin98/2000 only" :) I need to detect OS version BEFORE the program say "...Entry Point for DirectDrawCreateEx was not found..." I think that in DDRAW.dll in DllEntryPoint there is call of DirectDrawCreateEx and i have this error message before Step IN to WinMain

Hi. My application was designed for Win2000 only (I use DirectX 7). And I plan to detect attempt to run this on WinNT4 , because there is error message "The procedure entry point DirectDrawCreateEx could not be located in the dynamic link library DDRAW.dll, but this message show up before WinMain call. Thanks for advise.

Hello I try to run remote WSH script (sample from MSDN): var oController = new ActiveXObject("WSHController"); var oProcess = oController.CreateScript("c:\\wsh5.6\\beenhere.wsf", "remmachine"); but have the error on all comp when i test it. "..can't create activex object.." on second line ( "CreateScript" ) why is it? Thanks Ernst Maurer

Hello I need to get Alert_SID.log file from my client application for parsing. Can I make this (getting this file) via SQL Query (via ADO Connection to Oracle server) or other Oracle 8 services, without any additionaly services (non Oracle) for transfer this log file from Oracle server host to client host. Thanks Ernst Maurer

Hello How can get list of processes on remote NT server? I know it on VBScript: for each Process in GetObject("winmgmts:!//serverhost").InstancesOf ("win32_process") ... processing... next but i need this on C++ Thanks Ernst

Hi Can you recommend me bug tracking system which have interface as plug-in with Visual C++ IDE, and have report tools. Ernst

Hi How can I get mother-board serial number, programmaticaly? Ernst Thanx

Hi can you advise for me library with tree template class, like STL list or vector Ernst Thanx

Hi I will want to know: is latest version of VC correspond ISO C++ Standard? Ernst

Hi How can I get version of MDAC installed on my comp? Ernst

Hello How can I get version of MDAC installed on my comp? Ernst

Hi I have a problem with register ("Regsvr32.exe MyServer.dll") my automation server in Win98 NOT SE(In Win98 SE - succeed) LoadLibrary return Error Code 31 : "A device attached to the system is not functioning" Thanx. Ernst.

Hi Can I use the SetStdHandle(...) function to redirect standard output stream (std::cout) to a windows socket opened by the function socket(...) ? Thanx. Ernst

Hi How can I get a type library name (without registring the type library in system registry) after loading this library by LoadTypeLibEx(szFileName.Copy(), REGKIND_NONE, &hTypeLib); Thanx

Hi How can I get a type library name (without registring the type library in system registry) after loading this library by LoadTypeLibEx(szFileName.Copy(), REGKIND_NONE, &hTypeLib); Thanx