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FAQ1355D.txt Preventing multiple application instances
Category :Windows API
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
How can I guarantee that only one instance of my program
executes? Is it possible to restore the previous instance
and shut down if I start more than one instance?
Answer:
Under Win16, you can check the value…
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FAQ498C.txt Playing a WAV from a resource.
Category :Windows API
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 1.x
Question:
How do I play a sound from a resource?
Answer:
We haven't been able to get the SND_RESOURCE…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Technical Information Database
TI2459C.txt Displaying an error string from GetLastError.
Category :General
Platform :All
Product :Borland C++ All
Description:
Displaying an Error Message with GetLastError
GetLastError is a WIN32…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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TI2407C.txt Linking to Functions in Third-Party DLLs
Category :General
Platform :All
Product :Borland C++ All
Description:
Linking to Functions in Third-Party Dynamic Link Libraries
======= == ========= == =========== ======= ==== =========
The use of dynamic link libraries, or DLLs, is fundamental to
Windows…
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FAQ1360C.txt Converting an AnsiString to Char*
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 1.x
Question:
I am trying to convert a String to char* but keep receiving
the error:
"Cannot cast…
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FAQ971C.txt How do I make a ComboBox Read-Only?
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 1.x
Question:
How do I make a ComboBox Read-Only?
Answer:
The same effect can be achieved by…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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FAQ563C.txt Bad object file record in...
Category :Linker
Platform :All
Product :BC++ 5.x
Question:
What's a possible cause for the linker error
Fatal: Bad object file record in file xxx near module offset
0x00000000
Answer:
There are more legitimate means of getting this error, of course,
but often when it is at offset zero it…
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FAQ533C.txt Showing a splash screen at startup
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 1.x
Question:
Where is the best place to open a splash screen on program
start up?
Answer:
The best place to…
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FAQ1750C.txt Catching an access violation exception
Category :C/C++ Language Issues
Platform :All
Product :BC++ 5.x
Question:
Why does my attempt at catching an access violation fail?
main()
{
char…
Author: quinn
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TI265B.txt Sharing Violation Error with Paradox Tables
Category :General Programming
Platform :All
Product :BDE All
Description:
This error is most commonly caused by a "Lock File
Contention". A lock file contention occurs in this
situation:
One user, User "A", is accessing one or more Paradox
tables in a directory. "A" is closing…
