The ShellExecute API function recognizes email addresses if they are prefixed by the “mailto:” prefix, and correctly run the default program for sending email messages (e.g. Outlook). This lets you
By simulating the pressing of the “Windows” menu – or better yet, of the Ctrl-Escape key combination, which also works on older keyboards – you can programmatically bring up the
The following routine launches the default browser and loads the specified URL in it. The argument doesn’t have to include the HTTP:// prefix. If the operation is successful it returns
The ODBCTOOL.DLL library contains three functions that make it easier to manage DSNs. To run the following code you must add a reference to the “ODBC Driver & Data Source
The ODBCTOOL.DLL library contains three functions that make it easier to manage DSNs. To run the following code you must add a reference to the “ODBC Driver & Data Source
The Windows shell provides a function that lets you add a file to the list of the recent documents, that is the list that you can access from the Start
The ShowInTaskbar property lets you decide whether a form is visible in Windows taskbar or not. However, this property is read-only at runtime, so it seems that you can’t change
You’re probably aware of the overhead that is associated with calling a virtual member function. However, the performance penalty in this case might even be higher than you think because
When you call a virtual member function from a class’s constructor, the actual function that gets called is the one defined in the object whose constructor is executing. Virtual member