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#71

General discussion / Re: Testing code with other C ...

Last post by TimoVJL - November 01, 2026, 12:38:24 PM

Those headers makes things easier.

clang-cl.exe don't accept WINSDK annotations and also problems with standard headers.

VCForPython27.msi is still available too.

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clang.exe hello.c -Wl,-nodefaultlib:libcmt -D_DLL -lmsvcrt -o hello_clang64.exe

#72

General discussion / Re: Testing code with other C ...

Last post by Vortex - November 01, 2026, 11:43:53 AM

Hi Timo,

I think you can use only clang.exe to compile code without depending on the other Clang binaries :

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C:\clang>clang -c -m32 -Wall Hello.c -o Hello32.o


C:\clang>set INCLUDE=D:\VCForPython27\VC\include;D:\VCForPython27\WinSDK\Include


C:\clang>clang -c -m32 -Wall Hello.c -o Hello32.o

#73

Tips & tricks / Re: markdown_parser

Last post by John Z - November 01, 2026, 10:14:35 AM

Nice find Timo!

I've used the free Pandoc in the past.
https://pandoc.org/ to do the conversions, very versatile but much bigger of course.
There is also a md2html.exe included in the helpfile utilities in the FAR downloads,
which unfortunately are removed, but I have available.

John Z

#74

Tips & tricks / markdown_parser

Last post by TimoVJL - November 01, 2026, 09:11:39 AM

A smaller markdown parser found from
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/q/297742

https://gist.github.com/etscrivner/c069f589f8d04d58211b8c2b4331d8ca

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/win32/blob/docs/desktop-src/Controls/about-buttons.md

A those simple versions don't handle tables at all.

#75

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by TimoVJL - October 31, 2026, 03:51:10 PM

A markdown (.md) conversion to RTF could be useful for md-files,
as RichEdit component could show them visually.

Currently win32-docs are not good consistent material, but a testbed for them.

Sadly also a MSDN help file material is just a huge trashcan with too many kind of formattings, no coherent material.

A md-format was a good idea, from it could format many kind of other formats, like bloated xhtml.

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign exploiting Microsoft Help Index Files (.mshi) to deliver the notorious PipeMagic backdoor, marking a significant evolution in the threat actors' tactics since the malware's first detection in 2022.

#76

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by TimoVJL - October 30, 2026, 02:45:44 PM

If MS don't give full keyword list, they don't even try to be helpful.

A that MessageBox keyword mystery is odd.

Microsoft should make a keyword list for every function and from where it found from their help sites and local versions.

A code for finding functions from a one folder

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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
//#include <stdio.h> // clang needs different stdio.h
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "kernel32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")

void CheckFile(char *szFile);
int __cdecl puts(const char *string); // clang needs different stdio.h

TCHAR szBuffer[4096];

int ScanDir(char *szDir)
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA fdFile;
HANDLE hFile;
//int i = 0;

int nLen = lstrlen(szDir);
lstrcpy(szDir+nLen, "*-flat.md");
// OutputDebugString(szDir);
hFile = FindFirstFile(szDir, &fdFile);
if (hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
do {
if ((fdFile.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
!= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
lstrcpy(szDir+nLen, fdFile.cFileName);
//puts(szDir);
//OutputDebugString(szDir);
CheckFile(szDir);
//i++;
}
} while (FindNextFile(hFile, &fdFile));
FindClose(hFile);
return 0;
}

void ParseField1(char *pStart, char *pEnd)
{
char *pPtr1 = pStart+2;
char *pPtr2 = szBuffer;
while (*pPtr1 != '|') { // until a new field separator
if (*pPtr1 != '\\')  // avoid '\'
*pPtr2++ = *pPtr1;
if (*pPtr1 == ')') break; // end of function
pPtr1++;
}
*pPtr2++ = ';';
*pPtr2 = 0;
puts(szBuffer);
}

void CheckFile(char *szFile)
{
HANDLE hFile;
BYTE *pRows;
DWORD nMax, nRead;

hFile = CreateFile(szFile, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
if (hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
nMax = GetFileSize(hFile, NULL);
pRows = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, nMax + 1);
//if (nMax > sizeof(szBuffer)) nMax = sizeof(szBuffer); // read only header
if (ReadFile(hFile, pRows, nMax, &nRead, NULL)) {
TCHAR *pPtr1, *pPtr2; //, *pPtr3;
CloseHandle(hFile);
*(pRows + nMax) = 0; // ensure 0
pPtr1 = (char*)pRows;
while (*pPtr1 != '|') pPtr1++; // find first '|'
if (pPtr1) {
while (*pPtr1 != 10) {
pPtr2 = pPtr1;
while (*pPtr2 != 10) pPtr2++; // find end of line
*pPtr2 = 0; // cut line
if (*pPtr1 != 10 && *(pPtr1+1) != '-' && *(pPtr1+2) != 'F')
ParseField1(pPtr1, pPtr2);
pPtr1 = pPtr2+1;
if (!*pPtr1 || *pPtr1 == 10) break;
}
}
} else CloseHandle(hFile);
HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pRows);
}
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char szDir[MAX_PATH];

lstrcpy(szDir, "gdiplus/");
ScanDir(szDir);
return 0;
}


#77

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by John Z - October 30, 2026, 10:38:29 AM

I'm sure you are right based on prior findings. In the last 15 months it has only grown about 7Meg.

Not sure I want to reprocess it to update the MD_Files_3.db3 and MDFiles.exe I created for easily accessing the data...

Documentation access utilities like Hint, Hint_SA, MDFiles, don't see much interest by forum members.  I might post Hint_SA on SourceForge with links back to Pelles Forum if someone wants the GPL'ed source code that is required to be provided.

John Z

P.S. There is not a 'bot'/'AI' excluded Open Source License yet either . . . theoretically a 'bot'/'AI' could request the source code from any GPL'ed project and the developer would be obligated to provide it.
 
I guess anything on GitHub/GitLab has already been absorbed

#78

General discussion / Re: Bots and code

Last post by Vortex - October 29, 2026, 07:59:10 PM

Hi Timo,

Zip examples only for registered users is a good idea. We need to discuss sometimes code samples posted to the forum too.

#79

General discussion / Bots and code

Last post by TimoVJL - October 29, 2026, 04:21:01 PM

We should avoid publish any code for bots, so just zip examples for a registered users only.
We can also publish a totally bad code listings for bots, but not a good idea.

#80

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by TimoVJL - October 29, 2026, 03:33:22 PM

Sadly win32-docs have still a some problems and updates sometimes make more of them.

MS should make a checking code with or without AI.
MSDN xhtml isn't perfect for offline usage, as every documentations groups do things in their own way, so it is very messy for parsing.

Something went very wrong near year 2012.