wel the program is for my customers. the computers i sell and install, debug & fix for my clients in my friends lilte store. so i have 'admin' acces from first moment on. yes, i wanna intercept any program a user executes and attempts to write to the registry. but much investigation has to be done. because some proceses execute as 'system' and not as user. but in the first place, i only want to protect certains spots in the registry, you know the dangerous spots, run, runonce, etc, etc. the 'hook' is targetted @ people that have no clue and just chat, navigate a litle. Bad = knowing 2 much

You can use the GetCharIndexFromPosition() method of the rich text box to get the index of the character nearest to the specified position and then use this index to create a tooltip for each line. See here for an example on how to use GetCharIndexFromPosition().

this is the entire code to create a listview with a checkbox in the left upper corner of the ListView. NM_CUSTOMDRAW seams to be the message when the mouse hover over the headers. but i fail to keep the checkBox visible / ontop @ all time. if you slightly hoover of the first header, the headers mousehover effect draws over the check. anyone an idea how to prevent this? using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Listview_Colum_header_checkbox { class CCehckBox2 : CheckBox { public CCehckBox2() { Width = 14; Height = 14; } } class CustomChechBox2 : Control { readonly CCehckBox2 \_chb = new CCehckBox2(); public CustomChechBox2() { Size = new Size(16, 16); \_chb.Location = new Point(0, 0); Controls.Add(\_chb); } } class CListview2 : ListView { public delegate void MessageNeedsSendingCallback(string message, Color color); public event MessageNeedsSendingCallback OnMessageNeedsSending; //private readonly CCehckBox \_cCehckBox = new CCehckBox(); private readonly CustomChechBox2 \_cCehckBox = new CustomChechBox2(); private readonly ColumnHeader \_header1, \_header2, \_header3 = new ColumnHeader(); #region PInvoke Declarations \[DllImport("User32", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)\] private static extern uint RealGetWindowClass(IntPtr hwnd, System.Text.StringBuilder pszType, int cchType); \[DllImport("user32")\] private static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWndChild, IntPtr hWndNewParent); \[DllImport("user32.dll")\] private static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam); #endregion public CListview2() { View = View.Details; //this.HeaderStyle = ColumnHeaderStyle.Nonclickable; //\_header1. \_header1 = Columns.Add(""); \_header1.Width = (Location.X + 5) + 12; //\_header1.AutoResize(ColumnHeaderAutoResizeStyle.ColumnContent); \_header1.Name = "CheckBox"; \_header1.DisplayIndex = 0; \_header2 = Columns.Add("bah"); \_header2.Width = 50; \_header3 = Columns.Add("boh"); \_header3.Width = 50; var wijd = \_cCehck

i tried that, but it doesn't look 'ColumnHeader' it provides me the nessesary properties to do this. Bad = knowing 2 much

hi, yes thank you [ToolStripItemDesignerAvailability(ToolStripItemDesignerAvailability.All)] class cToolStripMenuItem : ToolStripMenuItem { } how ever, somehow it failed : ( http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdesigner/thread/bbad3255-17f5-4177-b7cf-cad20c858746[^] http://books.google.nl/books?id=zDi4LIDvd4wC&pg=PA507&lpg=PA507&dq=ToolStripItemDesignerAvailability+attribute&source=bl&ots=hJLpeqQqrM&sig=3BoIynZA4rP-V55447AN8gON9KE&hl=nl&ei=2jO9Ss6TINvOjAfBoME4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=ToolStripItemDesignerAvailability%20attribute&f=false[^] Bad = knowing 2 much

this is the whole class somehow 'SendMessage(...)' blocks it. move the 'MessageBox' 2 lines higher @ 'protected override void OnHandleCreated' and it gets triggered. put it baack below and it doesn't public partial class exTextBox : TextBox { public exTextBox() { SendMessage(this.Handle, EM_SETCUEBANNER, 0, this.WaterMarkText); } protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e) { base.OnHandleCreated(e); //this.Parent.Click +=new EventHandler(Parent_Click); Parent.Click += new EventHandler(Parent_Click); // just for testing MessageBox.Show( "OnHandleCreated", "OnHandleCreated", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information); } void Parent_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show( "click", "click", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information); } #region Attributes //[DefaultValue(typeof(String), "set the default value"), Category("Appearance"), Description("Set the default value.")] private const int EM_SETCUEBANNER = 0x1501; [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)] private static extern Int32 SendMessage (IntPtr hWnd, int msg, int wParam, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lParam); private string _waterMarkText = "Water Mark"; public string WaterMarkText { get { return _waterMarkText; } set { SendMessage(this.Handle, EM_SETCUEBANNER, 0, value); _waterMarkText = value; Invalidate(); } } #endregion public bool notempty() { if ((this.TextLength > 0) && (this.Text != this.WaterMarkText)) { base.BackColor = Color.White; return true; } else { base.BackColor = Color.Red; this.Text = this.WaterMarkText; return false; } } } Bad = knowing 2 much

I suppose your library is native.Follow this link for quick and easy sample how to consume C/C++ code in C#. :) Life is a stage and we are all actors!

indeed, your reply is very usefull to me. i'm making an agenda for a client. (it's my first attemp to sell a program to someone and i want to be as good as possible) i could keep the mainform running and after some time lock the mainform again. to prevent other people from messing the agenda or data. Bad = knowing 2 much

This does not require a delegate. this delgate was there before i asked the question : ) then you need to set your instance of Form2 inside Form1 to null how to set a class to NULL or destroy it? p.s. i also bought a mac, i wanted to know how it's like. after 30 minutes of usage i already saw it was far superior in usage. so many handy gadgets that make profesional users more productive. : ) p.p.s i'm not a proefesional coder, i'm more advanced than a beginner due to the years i have been doing it, but i learned alot last night. Bad = knowing 2 much

Natural_Demon wrote: CString m_Zonename2; CAddzonename* m_Zonename; m_Zonename2 = m_Zonename; Duh. Why do you expect to convert a string from an instance of your class ? Natural_Demon wrote: this will return ... j:\Visual Studio Projects\win32\firstw32mfc2\firstw32mfcDlg.cpp(226) : error C2664: 'CWinApp::WriteProfileStringA' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'CAddzonename *' to 'LPCTSTR' Bloody hell. Follow my advice, or stop asking me. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

faroqtam wrote: use SetwindowHookEx function to capture Keyboard keys You must be kidding. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

You should be able to do all your data sets and retrievals within the DoDataExchange similar to something like this: void Cfirstw32mfcDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX) { CDHtmlDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX); // data TO controls, means LOAD strings with your existing data or default values // you need to do this BEFORE the DDX_DHtml_ElementInnerText calls if( !pDX->m_bSaveAndValidate ){ EDIT1 = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileString("Settings", "email", "your login"); EDIT2 = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileString("Settings", "password", "details here.."); } // these calls presumably set or get the data from the controls into your string variables DDX_DHtml_ElementInnerText(pDX, _T("email"), EDIT1); DDX_DHtml_ElementInnerText(pDX, _T("password"), EDIT2); DDX_DHtml_ElementInnerText(pDX, _T("Temp_Text1"), m_EDIT1); DDX_DHtml_ElementInnerText(pDX, _T("Temp_Text2"), m_EDIT2); // data FROM controls, means SAVE data from the controls to your storage // you need to do this AFTER the DDX_DHtml_ElementInnerText calls if( pDX->m_bSaveAndValidate ){ GetElementText(_T("email")); AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileString("Settings", "email", EDIT1); GetElementText(_T("password")); AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileString("Settings", "password", EDIT2); } } If the DoDataExchange is correctly implemented, you don't even need to have the OnOK handler, since the DoDataExchange will be called for you (I am pretty sure) and you definitely don't need the Cancel, because the UpdatData (and thus DoDataExchange) is not called at all.

no it works wel, but not when i click the button. BOOL Cfirstw32mfcApp::InitInstance() { SetRegistryKey(_T("Natural_Demon")); .. .. } // this part works wel EDIT1 = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileString("Settings", "email", "your login"); EDIT2 = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileString("Settings", "password", "details here.."); UpdateData(FALSE); this part work wel also, i faild the retireve the data from the interface, although i use"UpdateData(FALSE);" i can paste it anywhere in the script, but if i use this "Cfirstw32mfcDlg::OnButtonOK()" HRESULT Cfirstw32mfcDlg::OnButtonOK(IHTMLElement* /*pElement*/) { UpdateData(FALSE); AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileString("Settings", "email", EDIT1); return FALSE; // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control ... .. } it fails to retrieve the fresh data kind regards, marco