1. Win32 and Program Manager
- Posted by Mike Hurley <mikehurley2 at YAHOO.COM>
Mar 12, 1999
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Last edited Mar 13, 1999
I was looking at the Win32.hlp file from Inprise (Borland), and I
found out (sort of) how to create groups in Program Manager. I assume
under Win95/98 that these will automatically be put under the Start
menu, I'm not sure. Anyway, my question is, what exactly is the
correct sequence of commands with what CFunc(s) to make the group.
The help file said something about WM_DDE_INITIALIZE and
WM_DDE_EXECUTE, but other than that and PostMessage(), I'm lost!
PLEASE HELP ME!!! I want to know this because I am planning on making
a Win32 *Install program* in Euphoria, and anybody who helps and it
works would be the first to receive a copy, and registered one at that!
Second, if you are Patrick Quist, read on...
Patrick, I dl'd your Progress bar routines from your webpage, and
checked it out. I got confused (until after studying the code in
depth). Then, I wrote a more "user friendly" version, EMail *me* back
if you are interested in seeing it.
**END OF PATRICK QUIST SECTION!**
Thanks All in advance,
Mike Hurley
mikehurley2 at yahoo.com
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2. Re: Win32 and Program Manager
>I was looking at the Win32.hlp file from Inprise (Borland), and I
>found out (sort of) how to create groups in Program Manager. I assume
>under Win95/98 that these will automatically be put under the Start
>menu, I'm not sure. Anyway, my question is, what exactly is the
>correct sequence of commands with what CFunc(s) to make the group.
>The help file said something about WM_DDE_INITIALIZE and
>WM_DDE_EXECUTE, but other than that and PostMessage(), I'm lost!
These messages/routines are used in many instances, not only for creating a
groups. Perhaps you saw a sample source that made use of those things.
I assume the information you saw was aimed to create a DDE conversation
with Program Manager (obsolete by now). DDE ain't particulary easy to
implement, and do requiere some working knowledge of the Windows API. I
strongly suggest you buy a Win32 API book.
Your project sound facinating, wish you luck. More than once I've been
tempted to start such a project, but the 145K+ overhead of exw.exe makes me
step back. There are also so many excellent freeware tools that make little
sense for me to spend my time on that. I currently use Inno Setup, it's
free, full Delphi source code provided, and works great!
http://www.jordanr.ml.org/isinfo.htm
Regards,
Daniel Berstein
[daber at pair.com]
