There's a Win32 API function called AnimateWindow() which provides this type of effect. n!

Perfect. Thanks Papa. MD Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire

That did the trick. Thanks Ravi! MD Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire

Thanks... I did a search and didn't find anything. The wrong keywords I guess. Thanks. Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire

Hey Gertjan, Yeah. What I did was create another user with Admin privies. I tried to delete the old one, but wouldn't let me. I've disabled Auto-logon so this wouldn't happen again. Anyways, thanks... Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire

:rolleyes: Forget it. I found it. SetSystemTime() Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire

Martin, This is perfect! Thanks a million :-D Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire

Absolutely agree, Jeffrey Richter's book is awesome! Really teaches you an awful lot, I'm quite looking forward to getting my hands of Jeff Prosise's .NET book when its eventually in the shops -- the MFC book had to be the best one I've read particularly when I was first starting with VC++. Anyone got any kind of insider knowledge about how good it is? :-D

I just go it!! Thanks! Yes isn't easy to find as I seach using: "Managed C++" I can't wait to read it! I am like an Star Wars fan waiting for Episode II! :-D Al

Andrew Peace wrote: Hey Mike, have you thought about doing an IE explorer bar for CP? Yes, Erik T, Chris, and I have been kicking around this idea for quite a while. Erik T did a mock-up of an explorer bar (left side, like history) and I implemented a really simple one that just had a few links (home page, lounge, etc.) as a prototype. Chris's idea for a real, useful explorer bar would work best if CP ran web services, which Chris has been working on for a long time now. --Mike-- Actual sign at the laundromat I go to: "No tinting or dying" Like the Google toolbar? Then check out UltraBar, with more features & customizable search engines! My really out-of-date homepage Big fan of Alyson Hannigan and Jamie Salé.

Thanks Mazy. Marcus Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir your blood to action. Make big plans, aim high in work and hope -- Daniel Burnham

Ramon de Klein's Serial library for C++ is very popluar here at CodeProject and meets your requirements. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

figured it out... the line: if( SendInput( 2, inp, sizeof(inp) ) != 2 ) should be... if( SendInput( 2, inp, sizeof(INPUT) ) != 2 ) Marcus Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir your blood to action. Make big plans, aim high in work and hope -- Daniel Burnham

Marcus2001 wrote: where can I find the docs on how to use other tags In the VC forum FAQ :) --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?"  -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.

Check Joseph M. Newcomer's article Avoiding Multiple Instances of an Application. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

Gentlemen, Thank you for the solutions. I went Ernest's so that I can keep it in the source files. Have a good one... Marcus Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir your blood to action. Make big plans, aim high in work and hope -- Daniel Burnham

Richard Jacko & Rickard Andersson & All, First, thanks for the reply. I think I'm headed in the right direction. Secondly, I'm very new to Windows programming so I'd like to apologize for my "Windows ignorance" :rolleyes: . Please bear with me... From reading the docs on SetWindowsHookEx, I assume that I want to set the idHook = WH_KEYBOARD, right? Then, I have to write a DLL with a procedure that will handle the message (which I've never done). Is this all correct? :confused: Thanks. Marcus Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir your blood to action. Make big plans, aim high in work and hope -- Daniel Burnham

hi i think you have sound to clear my problem. i.e i want to disable my sound card. how do i do that? do u have any idea, reply me Thanks in advance regards Halid:confused: