Not really. It covers ISAPI, and I'm writing a client (in MFC). WHenever I read from the server I only get the data, not the headers. I presume there is a way to also get the headers and I can do cookie management myself, but I would have thought it would be automatic (or at least optionally automatic).

I've written a program that interfaces to a web page (basically a POST followed by reading the response). I would have thought that if the web page sends a cookie, and then requests it back later, this would all be handled automatically. But it doesn't seem to work. Can someone point me in the direction of some code that might do what I want? Neil

I have installed the latest command line C++ compiler from microsoft, and I would like to use it in my Visual Studio 6.0 Does anyone have any pointer on how to do this?

My application captures individual data frames from a measuring device and stores them in an Access database via ODBC. It also has an option to record video (actually web cam) along with the data. My original thought would be to record the video file as as seperate file, and when the capture has finished, copy the whole file into the database as a longbinary field. Another way would be to store each video frame along with the data frame that it corresponds to into one database record. Any suggestions as to which way is better (or other ideas) Neil

What language are you trying to store? Unicode handles every language available on the planet (including Klingon, Vulcan and Welsh) with a lot of room left for new languages. So unless you have invented some new language, UNICODE will work. What are you actually trying to do? Neil

If you are using Win95 or Win98 then you may be able to do it using assembler. If you are using NT/2K or XP then things get more tricky. Basically, you need a driver to allow direct access to the parallel port (which is not normally allowed). I used one ages ago, which you could give a range of I/O addresses, and you could read or write to them via a DLL. I can't remember what it is called, but Try googling for "parallel port access windows driver".

That's how it works. Basically, the initial ReadFile tells windows: here is a buffer, and here is the overlapped event is where I want you to tell me when you've filled the buffer. There should also be a check on the return of ReadFile to check if the data has already arrived (which is possible). Neil

Take a look at SmartTrans. It works well for single exe projects. It will take your .EXE and using a glossary you supply (english to other language), will create a new EXE with all the resources translated. I've written an update to handle multiple dll projects, but not submitted it yet. Basically it will scan all the sub projects and create a single resource DLL with all the translated resources. Then you load this DLL when necessary.

A snapshot document is sort of like a PDF. It's a self contained report document that includes text, formatting, pictures etc, and can be viewed on any Windows PC via the SnapShot Viewer (free download). It's normally created from a report by Microsoft Access, but I thought there may be another way. I could write a PDF file, but I don't really want to pay for a library to do it, and the free examples I've seen don't really cover everthing I need to do.

Does anyone know where I can find an API to create snapshot documents (like Access does), but I want to use MFC/C++. Cheers

Erm, I'm afraid they do. It's against the law to put incorrect information in the census. I seem to remember something about a hefty fine about lying on the return. It seems only the religion question wasn't compulsary, so putting whatever you like there wouldn't of mattered .

This gives exactly the same effect, but without explicit gotos. You'll find my code littered with this. myroutine() { HFILE hFile = NULL; do { if((hFile = CreateFile(...)) == NULL) break; ReadFile(...); if(dwRead == 0) break; WriteFile(...); if(dwWritten == 0) break; ... }while(false); CloseHandle(hFile); }

How about a seperate section for the ever more important internationalisation aspect of programming. I recently found a really good translation tool in the Free Tools section after searching repeatedly for the wrong name:rolleyes:. Neil

I would like to allow my MFC program to execute a VB script. This script would also include command specific to my application. Can someone point me in the right (probably COM) direction? Neil

The original BBC Radio 4 version was MUCH better. I used to lie in the bath on Sunday afternoons cracking up listening to it. Like a good book, having to imagine the visuals worked really well. Of course the games were more vocal than visual (hearing Lenny Henry trying to rap was really funny). Perhaps the BBC web site will re-run some of the original. Neil

How about a new control section that allows submissions with controls that match those in XP. For example the control panel menu (the right side, not the task pane on the left), or letterbox (widescreen) mode (login screen). I have code that duplicates both of these XP only things (I haven't submitted them yet). Neil

That's exactly my point. SUS is not for win98. Is anyone interested in testing a Win98 solution? Neil

We use a mixture of Win98/2K/XP here at work. I'm concerned that the security updates are not being done (most people just ignore the auto update dialog). I would like to download all the patches to my server, and then get the PCs to automatically get the correct one locally. I've downloaded the patch list (mssecure.xml) and I could write a package to do the new updates during login, but I thought there might be something already done. I've seen the package from MS (a sub-contractor actually), but it only supports 2K or XP. Does anyone know of such a package, or perhaps would be willing to help write one? Cheers Neil

Erm, I was after full screen mode for console (text mode) programs, not GUI Neil

Is there any way to programatically set/unset fullscreen console mode? Neil