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[URL="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153%28VS.85%29.aspx"]ShellExecute[/URL] is a Windows kernal api for doing what you are asking. Each OS will have a different way of doing things so expect to use #ifdef/#endif pairs if cross-platform support is ever needed.

Without knowing anything about Dark GDK, isn't there something that would need to be copied to VCWizards directory in your Visual Studio install? On my system its in the folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\VCWizards

Looks as if you may not have updated "vectorSize" after loading the file, so you are reporting the size of the vector before populating it.

You can probably poke in the registry for Yahoo and MSN. I found this key for msn messenger: [icode]HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService\InstallationDirectory[/icode] I am sure there must be something similar for Yahoo. As for the keyboard trapping, I don't know how you would do that without dropping out of managed code and surfing …

I was commenting some VB.NET 2003 code when on a whim I tried this: [code=vb] ' Note the variable is "theta" or keypad alt+233 Dim Θ As Double = 3.14159 / 4.0 MsgBox(Θ) [/code] It compiled and ran fine. Without going into ethical debates, is this sort of thing really …

VB.NET supports dynamically loading dll files at runtime and using class and procedures from them. The trick is to create an "interface" and use that: [code=vb] Public Interface IPlugin Sub Run() End Interface Public Sub RunPlugin(byval vPlugin as IPlugin) vPlugin.Run End Sub Public Class MyPlugin Implements IPlugin Public Sub Run() …