The Old New Thing

How do I obtain the computer manufacturer's name via C++?

January 6, 2014 Jan 6, 2014 01/6/14

Raymond Chen

The way to get the computer manufacturer and other information is to ask WMI. WMI is much easier to use via scripting, but maybe you want to do it from C++. Fortunately, MSDN takes you through it step by step and even puts it together into a sample program. But I'm going to write the code myself anyway. Today's Little Program extracts ...

If the cursor clip rectangle is a global resource, how come I can't change it with ClipCursor?

January 2, 2014 Jan 2, 2014 01/2/14

Raymond Chen

A customer reported that the function was not working. "The cursor clip rectangle is a shared global resource, so I should be able to change it any time I like. My app installs a global mouse hook and sets the clip cursor inside the hook function, but the change doesn't have any effect. Why can't I change the clip cursor inside a mouse hook...