I think you need a virus checker on that... your code has the clap. :laugh:

I use WTF functions all the time in debugging... WTF = WriteToFile(...) I get a kick out of it when someone sees it :) but it is a valid acronym

thanks that is exaclty what i was looking for... funny how it was always there but never noticed it.

Long time reader... Think first time poster... I manually adjust my window layout for visual studio, VC2008 & VC2010. I run 4 24" monitors and use all of them for debug, find results, output... however when i have someone remotely connects to my machine, they typically only have 1 monitor so i have to reset my window layout. then afterwards have to go back and move the windows back to where i like them... where are the window locations stored. I tried RegShot to track registry changes, however i get so much other changes I can't seem to find the window position changes, or they are not stored in the registry (unlikely) Anybody have any idea where this is stored? Thanks.

Thank you for your help on this. hopefully my schedule will clear up in the next few days and I will get a chance to implement this.

I'll try that... only difrence is i'll have to create the buffer first, take the previous frame and color convert it to rgb24 then pass it into the CreateDIBSection draw the message I want, then color convert it to YUY2 or what ever output format is beeing used. HBITMAP CreateDIBSection( HDC hdc, // handle to DC CONST BITMAPINFO *pbmi, // bitmap data UINT iUsage, // data type indicator VOID **ppvBits, // bit values HANDLE hSection, // handle to file mapping object DWORD dwOffset // offset to bitmap bit values ); it needs a HDC, I dont' have one... How do i get one, or do i need a valid value? (pass in NULL?) edit: just looked into CreateCompatibleDC. If this handle is NULL, the function creates a memory DC compatible with the application's current screen. would that be dependent if someone is running their display in 16,24, or 32bit? -- modified at 12:35 Thursday 4th October, 2007

I'm trying to do on screen display inside a DirectShow filter. To show buffering messages. I figured it would be easy to just create a bitmap the size of the output image, then just draw buffering messages and send it off to the render.

I need to draw on bitmaps buried deep in a DLL and have no access to HDC or HWND any attempt to GetDC(NULL) returns a valid pointer but all attempts to draw the bitmap fails. I'm not using MFC, straight SDK. Has anyone done this before or know how to implement this? any help would be appreciated.

Speakers have no moving parts either... yet they make noise... I know completly diffrent thing... I have heard my machine in the past make exactly that kind of noise... but I upgrade every 3-4 months so it went away... Wish you luck...

While your in school... you are suppose to be learning how to code... not use some one elses code... by the time you get to working... they assume you know how to code... so then you can use other peoples work...