I am writing an application that upon the user pressing a funciton key the applicaiton is dispalyed. Even if the user is using another program and this key is pressed. I have tried using the following functions but if I have notepad(or other app) maximized and press the button my appication does not come to top. ShowWindow BringWindowToTop SetWindowPos I have confirmed the hot key is being recognized by poping up a dialog box when it is pressed. I have confirmed the correct handle by using SetWindowPos to move the window. Is there another approach/function I should be using Thank you, SAK

Thank you so much for the help..most appreciated.

I am trying to have my app monitor the every key stroke. If F6 is press at any time, it should launch? Can anyone guide where I can find out how to do this? Thank you, SAK

Dean, Good information...Thanks

Kuphryn, This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

Thanks for the help...much appreciated. SAK

I am programming in c and would like to know how I can find the location of my executable programatically. So if the executable is moved to a new location my program will know its current path. Thanks, SAK

Jhaga, Thank you for the reply, I think AfxInitRichEdit is only is used when programming MFC, at least that is what the MSDN documentation seemed to say. Do I need to include a particular library, header? Is there an equivalent in 'c'. I tried search through google...can find much on programming richedit in c. Regards, SAK

Does anyone know of a good reference on using a Rich Edit control 2.0 in a dialog application written in C. Currently if I place a rich edit box in my applicatoin is does not start but if I remove the rich edit control from the dialog form the application starts. Not sure what I am doing wrong? Any help would be most appreciated. If someone has some sample code the use Rich Edit box in c, it will be a great help. Regards, SAK

Anders, Anders Molin wrote: You could also type #pragma comment(lib, "COMCTL32.LIB"); Another good suggestion...Thank you

Got it...thank you Guys, Help was most appreciated. :-) SAK

Thank you ...I think I must have a bad install....I cant seem to find this dialog box with the 'linker' tab. I have tried menu option 'Build > configuration manager' and 'Project > Properties' and dont see no tab. Should I be looking somewhere else for this dialog?

I started with Microsoft's Development Environment 2002. I am trying to use an Extended combo box. I want to specify 'COMCTL32.LIB. is linked into my program. How do I do it. I can not find where I specify the library so it is linked into my program. What configuratio dialog, project setting dialog and how do I get to it. Thanks, SAK

Can someone please tell me how I can read a DWORD value from the registry and display it as a decimal. I registry API function that I have looked at seem only to be able to read a string value. Help with this is most appreciated. - SAK

Does anyone know of a good freeware source code printing program. I use to have a great program, but have recently re-imaged my machine and can't remember the programs name. If anyone can recommend a good utility it would be most appreciated. - SAK

Rick, Thank you for the help, I was pretty sure I needed to use sockets (something I am not familiar with) but was hoping there was an API for this. Anyways, I am going see if I can learn how to use sockets. Thanks again for the response.

Guys, Is there an api that sends a file over the network between two computers using their computer names. Can someone give me guidance on how to do this. Regards, SAK

Guys, Does anybody have an idea how to display stock quote in a C/C++ application. I am thinking of using a free stock quote server such as Yahoo Finance. How do I conect and retrieve this information? Any guidance in the matter is most appreciated. Regards, SAK

Thank you for help!!

Hi I wanted to create a function that takes 3 integer color values, between 0-255. The function uses a variable of the type COLORREF which is a hexadecimal value. How can I can convert the three decimal values into a COLORREF value; How can I make decimal 255, 0, 255 into 0x00ff00ff Thank you, SAK