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_chdir() pitfall - error while opening file.

I still remember that bug! Because it grabbed my two days and delayed the delivery. Well, the story goes like this – It was during late summer of 2004. I was working in a DVD writer project. In… more →

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_chdir() pitfall - error while opening file.

Jijo.Raj wrote 9 months ago: I still remember that bug! Because it grabbed my two days and delayed the delivery. Well, the story … more →

Tags: Glorious Bugs, Windows APIs, chdir(), file not found, file open pitfall, GetModuleFileName, MAX_PATH, PathRemoveFileSpec(), SetCurrentDirectory()

How to parse the parent directory from a given path - More easily?

Jijo.Raj wrote 11 months ago: Yesterday one of my friend called me to solve the mystery behind his crash! When i checked the code … more →

Tags: Windows APIs, Shlwapi.h, File Path, PathRemoveFileSpec(), parent path, parent folder path, folder path, get parent folder path

How to check whether a file exists of not? — 2 comments

Jijo.Raj wrote 1 year ago: While reading configuration file, while reading some setting file, every where we’ve to check … more →

Tags: codeproject, Windows APIs, File Path, FindFirstFile(), PathFileExists(), Shlwapi.h

How to generate the hash key of given data?

Jijo.Raj wrote 1 year ago: Hashes are everywhere. Hash is small key generated from a bulk chunk of data. The hashes are useful … more →

Tags: Windows APIs, generate hash, Hash, hash key, hash sum, hash value, HashData(), Shlwapi.h

How to find the application associated with particular file extension.

Jijo.Raj wrote 1 year ago: Did you ever noticed that, While starting up some media player applications, they says that - … more →

Tags: codeproject, Windows APIs, application association, AssocQueryString, ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE, file extension, filetype association, Shlwapi.h

Convert colors in RGB to HLS and vice versa. — 2 comments

Jijo.Raj wrote 1 year ago: RGB doesn’t need and introduction and If you are experienced in adobe photoshop, then you mig … more →

Tags: codeproject, GDI & GDI+, color space, ColorHLSToRGB(), ColorRGBToHLS(), HLS, Hue, Luminance, RGB

Format Size in bytes to more human readable size.

Jijo.Raj wrote 1 year ago: In several situation we’ve to convert bytes into more readable units such as KB’s or MB … more →

Tags: codeproject, Windows APIs, bytes to GB, bytes to KB, bytes to MB, convert bytes, Longlong, Shlwapi.h, StrFormatByteSize()


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