You may know this one, but just in case Bjarke Viksoe Home Page, see the URL: viksoe.dk ATL/WTL section. Bjarke has been very nice publishing his work. Although there is not a lot of documentation, I've learnt a lot from his sources. Best Regards, Ramon

La diada :) Anyway, I don't recall the exact details, but we (catalan people) celebrate a historical defeat, isn't it? Could you please remember me what are we celebrating ? Regards, R.

Hi, Although I think your idea is of great benefit, have you considered helping out existing ones? Most concretely, Bjarke Viksoe has done a lot of things and deserves the "One of the most WTL active guys" mention. Please check his website http://viksoe.dk Regards, Ramon

David Wulff wrote: Side question: Is it true that in Spain they have three hour lunches?! Yes, of course. In fact, we have 4-day weekends, too. Most spanish people wake up at 10, and after half an hour of bull-fighting and eating "tapas", we go to work for a couple of hours. Of course, we just sit around and get drunk with sangria, party like fools, and go to lunch for three hours (as you suspected). Do not forget that after those three hours we sleep (who has not heard of "siesta"?). At 6 P.M. we go to the beach (ey, "spanish sun" remember?) eat a couple of "paellas", and do some more bull fighting and "sevillanas dancing, olé". We get home about 11 PM. Completely drunk. David, Come on... Regards, R. 8-13 (one hour lunch) 14-18 is quite comon. Of course it depends on your activity, etc.

VC NET Use ATL::CString #include <atlstr.h> In VC 6, you can use WTL::CString if you download WTL, but the class in WTL 3.1 was not incredibly good. Regards, R.

Paul Watson wrote: Would anyone be interested in a series of articles covering the development of a website, from start to finish? I would ,thank you. Paul Watson wrote: or whether I should just be writing it for myself and co-workers. What a waste ! :) Paul Watson wrote: Also at what level do you want it pitched? Beginner, intermediate or advanced? And if anyone is interested in helping out with certain sections, just email me. Somewhere beyond the html stuff... "CodeProject-like site-HOWTO-with-file-browsing-forums-and-so-on" would be nice though :) Regards, R.

Hi all, I've been thinking about this for a while, after finding in my hard disk several files named whatever_src.zip... For users' convenience, it could be nice if the files section of an article had something like article_doc.zip, where a copy (something like a printer-friendly "Single File Web Page" .mht or .pdf or .html) of the article itself could also be downloaded (of course, it can be done manually). Printer-friendly copies could be rendered read-only or have sponsor banners as headers) Something like Files coffeetemplates_src.zip coffeetemplates_demo.zip coffeetemplates_doc.zip what do you think? Of course, this means yet more work for article submitters, and there may be valid reasons for not doing this (advertisement, etc) Regards, R.

Paul Watson wrote: People using Windows XP with the stolen key will not be able to apply the service pack or any future updates available from Microsoft's Web site. Paul, Nish, Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. Someone is going to come up with a cracked service pack, according to the speed crackers are able to "release" their products. I imagine something like "click on crack.exe before installing service pack" or similar. May the power of blah, blah Regards, R.

FYI, Even if you don't want to use MFC, the ATL class CUrl (VS .NET Only AFAIK) may come handy Regards, R.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html R.

Hi, You should also consider the use of std::vector To the best of my knowledge, the std requires that elements should be allocated contiguosly (not sure) Consider std::vector buffer; buffer.resize(n); legacy_function(&(buffer.at(0)),buffer.size()); Comments: I am not comparing anything. Just another "tool/way" to do things that is worth be aware of Regards, R.

Hello, Documentation... yes I agree it could be far better. However, with the ATL documentation existing in VS .NET (The CWindow and CWindowImpl CDialog and CDialogImpl among others *are* part of ATL which I do not think that is supported by a programmer working half time), and some simple yet welcome documentation efforts (you may cfr the links section on the WTL group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtl), things are getting better. On the otherhand, the source it's quite self-explanatory... once you get the "feeling"... For most basic usage they are wrappers around the SDK (which *is* well documented) and has a lot of similarities with MFC. You have the choice. The web page says it is unsupported. That does not mean it is worthless (you do not need someone from Microsoft to anwser the phone, or the magical word *yes* on the "supported" column). A small community has formed around WTL, and people (with Nenad at the head of them) have been very responsive with queries exposed on the mailing list. "give it a try, and evaluate it yourself". Finally, WTL has (at least for me) an educational value. It illustrates some points that were not evident to me, as the compile-time binding, or the use of traits classes other that std::char_traits (yes I am still learning). The full source code is included. Executables are generally of smaller size. worthless?? I don't think so, but I respect your opinion. Kind regards, Ramon Casellas

Hello, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtl is a good place to start. There are links to some documents, I do not remember the exact URL (www.clipcode.com o something like that) On the other hand, ATL and WTL are known for the lack of documentation. Do not let this hold you back. Start with simple examples, and you will get into the template CWindowImpl stuff... It pays off Kind regards, R.

> Windows Template Library WTL 7.0 has been released and is now available >at: >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=37728 >The page in MSDN Downloads will follow. >This release brings full support for Visual Studio .NET and ATL 7.0, >support for new features in Windows XP, as well as fixes and >enhancements. >Thanks and enjoy! >Nenad Thanks again, Nenad. R.

You will soon find yourself using WTL (if you don't already do) :) R.

Some hints - See the Fakemenu sample in an older PSDK dsitribution (emulates a menu, capturing mouse) - In WTL, see http://viksoe.dk, for a flat (no shadows, but flat :)) sample. - Generic Set a Hook, once again, the WTL files show you how to set the hook and the magic number to detect the menu window (somewhere in CCommandBarCtrlImpl , don't remember where) Regards, R.

Hi CPians, Well, I have been using some code from several articles, and I am thinking about giving something back. You all know how difficult it may be to write an article which illustrates something interesting, well written, etc, etc... It takes time. While trying to illustrate some key points, I started thinking that I have some code snippets, tips, etc, that are not big enough (complete enough) to be an article. I am not sure if this has been discussed before (or it may even already exist) but I think it would be nice to have a Codeproject section with this kind of stuff : code snippets, etc, that do not have the category of an article. I think that there are some CPians that would contribute some of their "coding habilities" but do not have the time to write a full article. Imagine a new section (rating would be quite inappropriate here) with this kind of stuff. Contributions could be in form of single simple classes (eg: a sample of ATL::CWorkerThread) functions (using ATL::ATlPath), and related things. The bad thing is that it would require that these code snippets were well organized into sections, and it may be plain too much work to set it up. You may also say that even if they are *short*, they can be articles. What do you think? Regards, R.

Oh, great, someone posted an answer to my message !!!! :) ... ein? excuse me? Will it work?? Ah, ok... I see. Regards, R. ps: you replied the wrong question

I think I was lucky enough to install it seamlessly in less than 6 hours... Up to now, it works fine (I am not doing complicated stuff). However, VS NET has the *annoying* habit of putting himself as the active window, bringing itself to front as soon as the mouse passes over the IDE. Does anyone how to deactivate this thing? It may be a stupid checkbox somewhere hidden in the options dialog, but it is quite irritating!! R.

Well_known tactic. If you reply the address DOES correspond to someone actually reading his mail :) Don't reply! :) R.