// Oprogramowanie Roman Ryltsov
Since ATL version 3, and actually it probably existed even since even earlier time, I have seen Microsoft Visual Studio (and its predecessor Visual C++) generating .RGS registration script with hardcoded CLSID value, ProgID values and other strings entered through IDE wizard. While it seems to work nice at the moment of generation, it still…
Although I personally have no experience with tricky DirectShow filters that decide on possibility of connection not only looking at media type and other capabilities, there has been a number of cases mentioned that certain video decoders will only connect to renderers or video renderers in order to avoid interception of decoded data. It was…
WinHttpCrackUrl and WinHttpCreateUrl API functions are breaking URL string into components and recompose back to string. There was a mess with passwords and security issues since when putting password into URL is no more acceptable. Experienced users might remember the times when URL could embed password, e.g. ftp://john:mysecretpassword@host.com/path. Password is lo longer accepted by major…
Longman Dictionary Online updated their website and changed HTTP request syntax, so search plugin for Firefox requires update. Here is the updated Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Search Plugin for FireFox.
A simple question being asked all over again. Given IBasicVideo, IBasicVideo2, IVMRWindowlessControl or IVMRWindowlessControl9, how to save image to file? It is easy. It is a bit easier with IBasicVideo because it is possible to query this interface directly from graph’s interface, such as IGraphBuilder, and the call will be forwarded to video renderer. This…
ATL regular expression code adds dump/debug capabilities with ATL_REGEXP_DUMP preprocessor definition defined (undocumented). Dump output is directed to stdout, so if the application is not console, it has to be redirected in advance, e.g. into a $(BinaryPath)$(BinaryName)-atlrx.h file. CAtlRegExp<> Expression; LPCTSTR pszPattern; BOOL bCaseSensitive; #if defined(ATL_REGEXP_DUMP) REParseError Error = Expression.Parse(pszPattern, bCaseSensitive); if(Error != REPARSE_ERROR_OK) {…
Can there be any justification for a completely custom GUI replacing standard caption, buttons etc. and imitating Vista look on Windows XP? Vista look, but with unusual custom controls and still with a jerky Windows 3.11 style font (see prompt for installation path below). I was about to write that unlike previous versions of Nokia…