[Windows] How to lock your computer using command line

Step 1:
Open a DOS promot for launching a special command line. One simple way you can do it would be by clicking Start/Run, typing cmd.

Step 2:
Enter  the command line for locking your station:
rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation

[Win32] How to get the app owner version?

Example:

    CString strResult;
    TCHAR szModPath[MAX_PATH];
    ZeroMemory(szModPath, sizeof(TCHAR) * MAX_PATH);
    GetModuleFileName(NULL, szModPath, sizeof(szModPath));
    DWORD dwHandle;

    DWORD dwSize = GetFileVersionInfoSize(szModPath, &dwHandle);
    if (dwSize > 0)
    {
        BYTE* pbBuf = static_cast<BYTE*>(alloca(dwSize));
        if (GetFileVersionInfo(szModPath, dwHandle, dwSize, pbBuf))
        {
            UINT uiSize;
            BYTE* lpb;
            if (VerQueryValue(pbBuf, L"\\VarFileInfo\\Translation", (void**)&lpb, &uiSize))
            {
                WORD* lpw = (WORD*)lpb;
                CString strQuery;
                strQuery.Format(L"\\StringFileInfo\\%04x%04x\\ProductVersion", lpw[0], lpw[1]);
                if (VerQueryValue(pbBuf, const_cast<LPTSTR>((LPCTSTR)strQuery), (void**)&lpb, &uiSize ) && uiSize > 0)
                {
                    strResult = (LPCTSTR)lpb;
                }
            }
        }
    }

[Win32] How to get the OS Version?

DWORD WINAPI GetVersion(void);

Examples:

#include <windows.h>

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

{

    DWORD dwVersion = 0; 

    DWORD dwMajorVersion = 0;

    DWORD dwMinorVersion = 0; 

    DWORD dwBuild = 0;

    dwVersion = GetVersion();

    // Get the Windows version.

    dwMajorVersion = (DWORD)(LOBYTE(LOWORD(dwVersion)));

    dwMinorVersion = (DWORD)(HIBYTE(LOWORD(dwVersion)));

    // Get the build number.

    if (dwVersion < 0x80000000)              

        dwBuild = (DWORD)(HIWORD(dwVersion));

    printf("Version is %d.%d (%d)\n", 

                dwMajorVersion,

                dwMinorVersion,

                dwBuild);

}

Reference:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724439(v=vs.85).aspx

[Java, Windows 8] How to transform Java List to Store apps C++/CX?

Java codes:

private static List<String> vv = new ArrayList<String>();

vv.add("area");
vv.add("base");
vv.add("basefont");
vv.add("br");
vv.add("col");
vv.add("frame");
vv.add("hr");
vv.add("img");
vv.add("input");
vv.add("isindex");
vv.add("link");
vv.add("meta");
vv.add("param");

String ss = "hr";
if (vv.contains(ss))
{
/* vv contains ss */
}
else
{
/* vv does not contain xx */
}

==> Store apps C++/CX

Platform::Collections::Vector<Platform::String^>^ vv = ref new Vector<Platform::String^>();

vv->Append("area");

vv->Append("base");

vv->Append("basefont");

vv->Append("br");

vv->Append("col");

vv->Append("frame");

vv->Append("hr");

vv->Append("img");

vv->Append("input");

vv->Append("isindex");

vv->Append("link");

vv->Append("meta");

vv->Append("param");

unsigned int index = 0;

String^ ss = "hr";

if (vv->IndexOf(ss, &index))

{

/* vv contains ss */

} 

else

{

/* vv does not contain xx */

}

[Windows 8] Fixed: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _CLSID_FreeThreadedXMLHTTP60

Add msxml6.lib into Project\Properties\Configuration\Properties\Linker\Input\Additional Dependencies

[Windows 8] Fixed: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _CreateStreamOverRandomAccessStream@12 ...

Add shcore.lib into Project\Properties\Configuration\Properties\Linker\Input\Additional Dependencies

[Windows 8] Fixed: error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'task'

1. #include <ppltasks.h>

2. using namespace Concurrency;