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]
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