Hello,

I have released a new version of Seed7: seed7_05_20080217.tgz

In the Seed7 programming language new statements and operators
can be declared easily. Types are first class objects and therefore
templates/generics need no special syntax. Object orientation is
used when it brings advantages and not in places when other
solutions are more obvious.

Seed7 is covered by the GPL (and LGPL for the Seed7 runtime library).

Changelog:
- A new chapter about object orientation was added to the manual
(Many thanks for the feedback to Leonardo Cecchi, Malcolm McLean
and Reinder Verlinde).
- The manual was changed to mention...

I need a complete list of the basic rights or privilages that a
Limited User on Windows XP has. Any leads to intoductory information/
discussions on the subject, or a list of things that can or can not
be done would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I would like to create a graphics library that takes binary 1 or 0 to
crate graphics. I am creating 16x16 bitmap graphic and I would like
the data to look like this:

data int [256] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,
and so on:

I want to blit over this data to make a picture. I need to make the
data like this because I am trying to make a graphics editer where I
can draw the graphics then save the data to a binary file that can
later be used in a program.

Basically I would like a 16x16 grid of blocks that will represent
pixels. As I select blocks I want the pixes in the bitmap to mirror
what I am trying to draw. Once I do that I will save the files.
Eventually, I would like to be able to crate sheets of multiple
graphics. I will also use the same graphics object to load and
display the graphics in programs.

Hello all,

I'm trying to look at resources in any executable/dll (using a
LoadLibraryEx with LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE), and am bumping into a bit of a
problem : At some point I display the icon-resources, and do that by the
(fairly standard) FindResource -> LoadResource combination.

But although the FindResource returns a valid handle, the LoadResource
returns, in XP, a Zero-result (and a GetLastError result of Zero too).

The same happens to SizeofResource (which makes me wonder ... No
data-loading involved there)

I have no idea why this should happen, and could use a bit of help.

Regards,.
Rudy Wieser

I want to try my hand at writing a BHO. I'm using VC++2008 Express.
All tutorials I come across on BHOs use the ATL, but ATL is not
supported by VS2008. Does anyone know of a tutorial that would teach
a method without ATL?

How hard would this be? (If I'm out of luck I'll have to remove VC+
+2008 from my machine and install VS2006, but I'd rather not have to
go through that.)

Hello All,

With a growing demand for Windows System Professionals, we are pleased
to announce a new weekend batch of "Windows Internals and Device
Drivers" for working professionals and Engineers.

Course Highlights:

Windows Internals

- It includes topics related to key components of system like
- Thread scheduling, I/O, memory management,
- Windows Security
- Debugging using Win Dbg to explore windows internals.

Windows Device Driver

It deals with important driver-building and designing mechanisms
- Windows Driver Model and development
- PnP Concepts
- Storage Stack
- Device Driver building, debugging, writing installer.
- Synchronization, Interrupts, PnP Filter drivers.

Labs

For Windows XP, when a user selects LOGOFF and MS Notepad is running
with unsaved data, Notepad posts a messagebox that states "Unsaved
Data." About 10 seconds latter the system posts an END PROGRAM dlg
box stating that the system cannot be shutdown because an application
is waiting for user input.

Any info on what messages to process and what functions to call to
duplicate this behavior would be appreciated.

I have already looked at WM_ENDSESSION and WM_QUERYENDSESSION but do
not understand how these can be used to produce the behavior sought..

Thanks in advance for any information.

Is it possible to register somehow with Windows so that you can
monitor the creation and destruction of window handles?

I have a win32 application (win2k or winxp) where I am logging non-
permanently-persistent data that must be available to multiple
applications -- at most 1 producer to write, several consumers to read
-- & am trying to rethink my implementation of the lower-level
storage, & could use some help understanding some of the gory details
of what Windows does and does not offer.

Basically the producer produces an infinite stream of (raw bytes +
metadata) in a series of chunks, but because of practical storage
concerns, the chunks need to disappear when no one "cares" about them
any more -- e.g. I plan to reference count the chunks with "claims"
from either the producer or the consumers, & when the reference count
reaches 0, they deallocate. Producer typically puts a claim on only
the last 64K or so of data; consumers may hold random individual
chunks for longer.

I need to support both using shared memory and disk, and I need to be
robust against application crashing so that if any of the producer or
consumers die, the shared storage needs to be left in a consistent
state. All producer/consumers are on the same CPU.

I assigned a laptop to do overnight server duty. I don't want the monitor to be
on. When I close the lid the windows 2000 wants to go to standby allthough I have
disabled any standby or hibernate. It is running Windows 2000 pro. I am afraid
teh lcd will burn out. I disabled power management in BIOS but it still want to
go to standby when I close the lid. It displays a message "blah blah modem
device driver is preventing to go to standby". If I leave it that way and lid
closed the processor start feverishly processing standby messages and slows teh
systems 10%%.