On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > meski – the Notepad was cited as an example, I think. If you follow the > StackOverflow discussion, one person just would not back down on the general > statement that it is necessary for the called application to accept / not > update its title text. The other person pointed this out, and gave the > example of CMD.EXE that can accept and retain the WM_SETTXT. > > I need to either compile a new version of the application I am using (with > the free MinGW or the not-free WinGDB), or convince the OS folks that > release the Windows version (it’s for Linuxes, Mac, “etc” and comes out of > the *ix fraternity) to do so, for everyone’s benefit. > > More sophisticated code injection is feasible – but I want a simple, quick > (and not dirty) remedy. > > Perhaps you know (from your C experience) why Microsoft won’t support the > particular C99 extensions that prevent me from porting / converting this to > something .NET (in-process DLL, for example)?
You're wanting to recompile a version of cmd.exe, or want MS to? -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
