[CodeProject] Newsletter (18 Oct 2010)

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Weekly Poll Results

Do you decorate your workspace?

Survey period: 11 Oct 2010 to 18 Oct 2010

We usually spend around 40 hrs at our desk, give or take, so do you personalise your space or just leave it as you found it?

OptionVotes% 
I decorate extensively344.4234 votes, 4.42%
I add minor decorations such as pictures, a plant, or "stuff"21227.57212 votes, 27.57%
I'll add only the smallest personal touches16821.85168 votes, 21.85%
I don't decorate because we're not allowed212.7321 votes, 2.73%
I don't decorate because I can't (nothing to decorate)182.3418 votes, 2.34%
I don't decorate because I don't bother28537.06285 votes, 37.06%
Other273.5127 votes, 3.51%
Total765  100%769 votes

View optional text answers (36 answers)

This week's survey: Do you code using SOLID principles?

Most popular new articles 11 Oct 2010 - 18 Oct 2010

Latest Additions

200 articles overall 160 new, 95 updated, 3 moved. 18 were edited, 182 unedited
Article topics listed: C++

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New articles added

Files and Folders

Shell and IE programming

  • Windows 7 file-properties "Version" tab Shell Extension - "Fish" (David B. Trout)
    Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab (Unedited)
    C++ (VC8.0, VC9.0, VC10.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win7, Win2008-R2), Win32, Win64, Visual-Studio (VS2005, VS2008, VS2010), ATL, COM, COM+, Dev, SysAdmin, Shell, plugin, UI, dialog, DLL, string, tabs, 64-bit, Windows7, ListBox, Algorithms, Unicode, Extension, AddIn

C / C++ Language

MFC

Threads, Processes & IPC

Articles updated added

C / C++ Language

Libraries

  • Professional System Library: Introduction - Vitaly Tomilov
    A simplified and unified way for accessing most frequently used information about Process, System, and Environment.
    VB6, C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), C++/CLI, C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), VB (VB7.x, VB8.0, VB9.0), VBScript, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Office, Win32, Win64, ATL, COM, Dev, QA, SysAdmin

Threads, Processes & IPC

  • ProSysLib: Dissecting the Process - Vitaly Tomilov
    Access detailed information about the current process the easiest way.
    C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), C++/CLI, C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), VBScript, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Office, Win32, Win64, ATL, STL, COM, Dev, QA, SysAdmin

Tips and Tricks added

Programming Tips

  • 32-Bit or 64-bit OS ?? - Reinhard Ostermeier
    In .NET 4.0, you can also use the new System.Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem and System.Environment.Is64BitProcess (Unedited)
    C++, C#, .NET

  • [C++/MFC] : Use a Thread Delegator for your threads - Ajay Vijayvargiya
    Wouldn't be easier if you just pass a simple function to your favourite thread creation function? Read on! (Unedited)
    C++

  • 32-Bit or 64-bit OS ?? - michael@merlot.com
    I use some silly method which, until now, seems to work at all deployed machines. I just check to see if the registry is redirected. This is typical for 64Bit OS.I have two functions, one checks if the OS itself is 64Bit. The other checks if my (or a) application is running in 64Bit.For OS... (Unedited)
    C++, C#, .NET

  • C++ .NET Command Line Calendar - InActive
    How to use the .NET DateTime class in C++ to generate a basic calendar via a console program (Unedited)
    C++ (VC10.0), C++/CLI, Windows, .NET (.NET4.0), Dev, DateTime

Technical blogs added

Win32/64 SDK & OS

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Chris Maunder
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