Archive for the 'Windows' Category

29 Sep

Get Process Memory Info

If you want to know how many bytes of memory is using your process, here is simple example.

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29 Jul

Change font, size and style of hint

Hints are everywhere. Almost every GUI element in Windows can be “hinted”. When user hover mouse over element, small yellow bubble with help text pops up. Is it possible to change hint “window” behavior? Of course…

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27 May

Get a unique name for temporary file

Using GetTempFileName, we can create a unique name for temporary file. It’s useful when your application is using temporary files and you want to save them into default TEMP folder and use a “random” filename.

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25 May

How to detect application associated with file

To get full path to application associated with any file type, we need standard ShellAPI unit and the rest will do the FindExecutable function.

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07 May

How to minimize application with modal window

When you minimize modal window, this window is “hidden” behind (or below) application main form. Using this simple trick, we can minimize also the main application window together with modal “child” window.

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25 Apr

Detecting Windows boot-up state using GetSystemMetrics function

Using GetSystemMetrics function, we can detect how the system is started.

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