Hi Fredrick, sorry, but this does not make much sense. Overflow is when a number becomes so large the data type can no longer represent it; it would happen e.g. when you start with one, and keep multiplying by 10. 1.1520230e-007 is not the same as 1.1520230; it is actually 10 million times smaller. also a number such as 1.1520230e-007 is far away from overflowing either the float or double type. I suggest you rethink your problem, and/or reformulate what it is you want. :) Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] This month's tips: - before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google; - the quality and detail of your question reflects on the effectiveness of the help you are likely to get; - use PRE tags to preserve formatting when showing multi-line code snippets.

Thanks, that made it work :)

Perfect, just what i needed. Thanks!

FredrickNorge wrote: however i am using tabing so all dialogs are visible at the same time. I don't understand the significance of that. FredrickNorge wrote: such as.... VERIFY(m_dlg1.Create(Main::IDD, this)); Well that's an example but even an edit control is a window that must be created. Are you creating controls dynamically? Another reason MFC m_hWnd doesn't work is when you try to use them from worker threads. led mike

FredrickNorge wrote: I am only familiar with shellexecute, but i have problems launching anything with arguments, is there anything built in mfc or a c++ function i could use to launch with arguments? See here. "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15 "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb

thanks, that solves it ;)

yes, makes sence. thanks

Hi Robert How do i focus it to the correct idc? i get an assert: { ASSERT(::IsWindow(m_hWnd)); ::SendMessage(m_hWnd, EM_SETSEL, nStartChar, nEndChar); if (!bNoScroll) this is the code i have: void CAutoUpdaterDlg::OnUpdateScreen() { char LocalBuffer[10]; itter++; sprintf(LocalBuffer, "%d", itter); CEdit * p = static_cast(GetDlgItem(IDC_Window)); // static message for now if(!FilesInProgress) { strcat(WindowBuffer, LocalBuffer); strcat(WindowBuffer, ": "); } else strcat(WindowBuffer, ""); strcat(WindowBuffer, DynamicBuffer); int Size = strlen(WindowBuffer); p->SetMargins(5,5); p->SetWindowText(Convert_A_To_DA(WindowBuffer)); CProgressCtrl * progress = static_cast(GetDlgItem(IDC_PROGRESS)); progress->SetRange(0,MaxRange);Progress++; progress->SetPos(Progress); int MemSize = strlen(DynamicBuffer); for(int i = 0; i<= MemSize+1; i++) { DynamicBuffer[i] = 0x00; } CEdit myEdit; CString csContent = _T(Convert_A_To_DA(WindowBuffer)); myEdit.GetWindowText( csContent ); myEdit.SetSel( csContent.GetLength(), csContent.GetLength(), TRUE /* scroll to the selected text */ ); UpdateWindow(); FilesInProgress = false; }

UpdateWindow(); this function worked perfect, thanks.

FredrickNorge wrote: My idea is that this function either returns true if the file is present, or false if its not, any sugestions? try PathFileExists "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV Support CRY- Child Relief and you

FredrickNorge wrote: If i set the readonly parameter, it is exactly the way i want it, except its color background is greyed, i want the white. Hanle OnCtlColr message and repaint the ctrl with white color "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV Support CRY- Child Relief and you

worked like a charm , thanks

thanks!, exactly what i needed. Fred

...and also see MoveFile(...) _** **_ WhiteSky

Ah yes, my mistake, you are dealing with strings so you would need to allow for the null terminator. That snippet comes from a binary file reader where the extra character would corrupt my data stream.

thanks , perfect!

will do, thanks for all the inputt Maxwell Chen ;)