This article shows how to write a simple start up executable that could modify the registry for the drive settings.
This is a follow on article to *'Safe File Operations'* where we were first introduced to bitwise operators in retrieving file attributes.
This article showed how to create a shaped window as a splash screen (to mimic a company logo instead of the standard rectangle that applications still use today).
This short 2 page article was a topic spun off from my DateTime Object series and discusses the little known parenthesis operator.
I demonstrate various techniques including displaying a simple message, flashing the title bar, displaying an icon in the system tray and audio cues.
This one page article showed the reader how to use the Windows API to retrieve file version information and use it in their application.
At the time this was probably one of the most advanced articles that I had written. It incorporated the VCL, STL, WinAPI and owner drawn controls
This article demonstrates advanced techniques of multi-threaded applications, callback functions and dealing with thread messages.
In this 4 page article I jump into the VCL and Windows API and show the reader how to manipulate a string control with the Device Context.
A very advanced article that discusses the practical uses of function pointers from VCL events to Windows API callbacks.
C++ is a strongly typed language and in this article I demonstrate the powerful concept of templates
