Hi and thank you for chyecking my post. I have added a new method to the interface of an existing COM+ component. The component (dll) runs as a library (runs in the creator's process). The trouble is that the the new method is not being picked up and added to the interface. Here is what I do :- - I build the dll - stop the IIS Out of Process on the server - copy over the dll and fire up an ASP page - I then check Component Services to see if the new method has been added to the interface. It has NOT. I know I am missing something but what is it? I'm relatively new to COM. Thanks for any help. Mike

Hi, I am currently using Visual Studio version 6.0 for C++/MFC development and I want to move to the new IDE Visual Studio .NET and continue learning COM and ATL C++ developlment. QUESTION Can I develop regular COM/ATL C++ code using the new VS.NET? I should say that I am new to COM programming so I don't want to make things more difficult. So my question is really - I would like to continue the same C++/MFC/COM/ATL coding but using the new compiler and IDE. Is that possible, without too much grief? Thanks Mike

Excellent resource. Thank you so much! I think this will do it. Thanks again. You are a star! Michael

Hi David, Thank you for responding. I have never produced a dll so I am completely ignorant of the terms, which I know is going to make this coding difficult. I guess I will have to go away and get familiar with how dlls are coded and generally fiddle around with them, since at this point I don't even know what 'exported' means. At least you have given me a starting point and thanks for that. Thanks Michael

Hi, Thank you for stopping by. I have a number of dlls written for VC++ 6 and I have been asked to make them available to a VB app (perhaps in the form of a .def file). I would be very grateful to know what or how to go about doing this. Any pointers would be much appreciated - the possibility of PAID work after so long is certainly a good incentive - I am sure you understand. Please note that I am a VC++ programmer on version 6. I have yet to transition to .NET. Thanks Michael

That worked just fine. Now I feel a little humble (i.e stupid) as to how easy the solution was. Thanks for your help. I think I need to take a break :) Michael

Hi, I am working with the common CFileDialog and I want to set the initial "File name:" editbox to something like "myfile.txt". I know I can do this with the lpszFileName of the CFileDialog class when constructing, but I would like to set it using the OPENFILENAME structure instead. To be honest, this LPTSTR thing is really bugging me now and I am determined to get it to work...but I do need some help :) I have tried to set lpstrFile, but the app crashes. This is how I have tried to set it so far :- //it crashed when I did this CString theString( "This is a test" ); LPTSTR lpsz = new TCHAR[theString.GetLength()+1]; _tcscpy(lpsz, theString); my_file_dlg.m_ofn.lpstrFile = lpsz; //so I tried this and again it crashes CString str("myfile.txt"); LPSTR ptr = str.GetBuffer(11); my_file_dlg.m_ofn.lpstrFile = ptr; Thank you for any pointers or guidance. Michael

Hi, I was seraching the codeproject site and came across your post. I am sorry that no one has seemed to reply to your post. I was wondering if you managed to change the look of any of your property sheet buttons? I am trying to do the same...I want to simply change the color of the OK and other buttons. Thank you for any help you are able to give. Michael mikethomas@veryfast.biz

Thanks for the help. Michael

Thanks Ryan.

Hi, I'm about to spontaneously combust if I can't manage to set the color of one single little button in a dialog. It seems that with OnCtlColor() I can set the color of EVERYTHING EXCEPT my button's foreground. Please help me before I blow! :confused: I know I am missing something probably very simple. Do I need to use OnDrawItem()? Thank you for any suggestions. I am relatively new (1 year) to MFC so be kind and if possible detailed in your suggestions. Thank you so much. Here's one of several bits of code I have tried :- //CBrush is set within OnInitDialog() m_brush.CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0,0,255)); // Blue brush .... HBRUSH CTry_button_colorsDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor) { HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor); //this works ok - my editbox ends up a nice blue color if (nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_EDIT || nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_MSGBOX ) { pDC->SelectObject(m_brush); hbr = this->m_brush; } //THIS DOES NOT WORK if (nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_BTN) { hbr = this->m_brush; pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(0,0,255)); } //THIS DOESN'T WORK EITHER if( pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID() == IDC_MYBUTTON) { pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(0,0,255)); pDC->SelectStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH); } return hbr; } Michael

Thanks Mike

Hi Mike, Thank you so much for replying. I seem to recognize your name...I think you have kindly helped me in the past. Anyway, I did try GetDlgItem(ID_OK) before I posted my question and I couldn't get it to work. It must be the way I did it. It would compile ok but crash on running when doing the check "ASSERT(::IsWindow(m_hWnd));". Here's the code I used within my CPropertySheet class's constructor :- CMyPropertySheet::CMyPropertySheet(LPCTSTR pszCaption, CWnd* pParentWnd, UINT iSelectPage) :CPropertySheet(pszCaption, pParentWnd, iSelectPage) { //add each page to the propert sheet this->AddPage(&this->m_prop_page1); //get pointer to OK button so I can alter it CButton * pbutton = (CButton *)this->GetDlgItem(IDOK); } Actually, as I write this I realize that maybe the propertySheet is not a window (and that includes the OK button) until I run "property_sheet_obj.DoModal()", so that might be the problem right there. Do I have to alter the OK button after the DoModal().....I will try that. Thanks Mike and thank you all for any suggestions or confirmation. Michael

Hi, Thank you for checking out my post. I am writing a simple CPropertySheet (with property pages of course) VC++ 6 Doc/View application, and I want to change the look of the OK or CANCEL buttons. Trouble is that I don't seem to be able to create a control variable of either buttons. The buttons are provided by the framework I am thinking, but does anyone know how to access them? The only interaction I have with the Cancel or OK buttons is to check the return value when dlg.DoModal() returns and that is it. Thanks for any suggestions. Michael

Hi, Thank you for dropping by. I want to display a dialog box to the user so that they can choose a font. Now CFontDialog does this very nicely. However, all my programs options are in "tabbed Property sheets" so that the user can find all the config stuff in one place. What I would like to do is to add the CFontDialog as a Property Page to the Property Sheet along with all the other config dialogs. Is this possible? Thank you. P.S. I am using VC++ v6 Michael Thomas

Hi all, Thanks for reading my post. I am writing the client end of a custom terminal emulator and I want to add vt100 terminal emulation support to the application. It's written in VC++ 6. I was hoping I could do this by finding an activeX control that would provide some kind of virtual terminal support on the client end. Typically, the client will talk to a linux/unix server via TCP/IP. The trouble is that the linux/unix server sends back a whole bunch of strange characters and I don't know how to deal with them. Of course I could strip out the bad characters and yes that would work - but I would have to do this for every unix command and each one would be different. Thank you for any help or advice you can offer. Michael