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#71

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.

#72

Assembly discussions / Re: Easily write lines to a te...

Last post by Vortex - October 28, 2026, 11:40:40 AM

Here is the example rewritten with Pelles C :

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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

extern HANDLE __stdcall OpenFileToWrite(char *file);
extern int __stdcall WriteLine(HANDLE h,char *TextLine);

int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
    HANDLE hFile;
    char *line1="This is a test.\r\n";
    char *line2="Another test.";

    hFile=OpenFileToWrite("Test.txt");
    WriteLine(hFile,line1);
    WriteLine(hFile,line2);

    CloseHandle(hFile);
    return 0;
}


#73

Work in progress / Re: A support library to simpl...

Last post by Michele - October 27, 2026, 01:43:59 PM

Hello all,
This version, V. 00.71.00 (alpha), solved all crash problems (or at least I hope so) with database/structure update.
Reviewed all synchronizations and added stronger interlocks and more robust data check.
Please review it and let me know if there are other problems.
I hope we can switch to beta version and start to talk about feature requests. 

#74

User contributions / Re: Hint_SA (Standalone)

Last post by John Z - October 26, 2026, 10:52:03 PM

PowerBasic users have a GDIPLUS.chm

Interesting, I am licensed for PowerBasic, Version 10.03 was the last one I think, no GDIPLUS.chm.
Thanks for the file though, should be helpful.

Yes I have the mdfiles.exe program I wrote using the Win32_MD_Files.db3 I created, I was going to look there too.  As time permits...

John Z

#75

User contributions / Re: Hint_SA (Standalone)

Last post by TimoVJL - October 26, 2026, 01:52:39 PM

I just forgot a win32-docs md files.
So just process a gdiplus folder and only *-flat.md files.

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/win32/blob/docs/desktop-src/gdiplus/-gdiplus-graphics-flat.md

#76

User contributions / Re: Hint_SA (Standalone)

Last post by TimoVJL - October 26, 2026, 12:34:08 PM

PowerBasic users have a GDIPLUS.chm

#77

User contributions / Re: Hint_SA (Standalone)

Last post by John Z - October 26, 2026, 11:48:04 AM

Yes, starting at about line 2378 there are the functions, with parameters.
However Hint also needs the function purpose, and parameter meanings.
the fGdiPlusFlat.h only contains the function part . . .
ex: GdipCreatePath(GpFillMode brushMode, GpPath **path);
Nothing to describe what is expected for brushMode or **path for example,

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MessageBox
function creates, displays, and operates a message box
int MessageBox( HWND hWnd ,LPCTSTR lpText ,LPCTSTR lpCaption ,UINT uType );
//( Handle of owner window ,Address of text in message box ,Address of title of message box ,Style of message box )
Just adding the functions is perhaps some help but incomplete for less experienced users.
So it is important to maintain the details.  Frankie has a great pdf but it assumes a lot of prior knowledge.

I'm going  to check the GitHub documentation to see if there is more information when I get some free time..

John Z

#78

Assembly discussions / Re: Easily write lines to a te...

Last post by Vortex - October 25, 2026, 08:52:42 PM

Hi Timo,

Attached is the 64-bit version of the functions.

#79

Work in progress / Re: A support library to simpl...

Last post by Michele - October 25, 2026, 08:06:51 PM

Thanks TimoVJL.
I can't reproduce the bug.
There are some thing to correct, but I can't see where it could hang.
Could you compile the debug version to locate where happen the crash?

It could work in XP also I imagine if the common controls are version 5.80 or 6.00.

#80

Work in progress / Re: A support library to simpl...

Last post by TimoVJL - October 25, 2026, 07:52:12 PM

Many dialogs open without errors in Windows 7 x64.
Actually a good idea to support SQLite3 database by dialogs for main application.