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First, a note to all those in Australia affected by the cyclones, floods, heatwaves, fires and locusts. I hate to say it, but I think brimstone is next. Hang in there.
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We're also looking for Mobile development authors to help those tasked with porting their company's legacy apps, that no doubt ran on a dozen or so servers - onto something that fits in your pocket.
iPhone, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, WebOS, Android, you name it. If you have a mobile development article then You could win a Code Project T-Shirt, a Code Project Mug, and a whole lot of recognition.
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Weekly Poll Results
What do you (mostly) use to read email?
Survey period: 31 Jan 2011 to 7 Feb 2011
We did this survey years ago but the time has come to ask not just what client you use, but also what device.
| Option | Votes | % | |
| Android phone | 73 | 6.72 |  |
| Blackberry | 24 | 2.21 | |
| iPhone | 61 | 5.62 | |
| Windows Phone 7 / Windows Mobile device | 29 | 2.67 | |
| iPad | 17 | 1.57 | |
| Tablet device (non-iPad) | 2 | 0.18 | |
| Web Browser for web-based email | 325 | 29.93 | |
| Windows based mail client | 503 | 46.32 | |
| MacOS mail client | 6 | 0.55 | |
| Unix / Linux (et al.) mail client | 20 | 1.84 | |
| Other | 22 | 2.03 | |
| Total | 1082 | 100% | |
View optional text answers (35 answers)
Most popular new articles
31 Jan 2011 - 7 Feb 2011
- Task Parallel Library : 1 of n - Sacha Barber
- Google Maps for Windows Phone 7 using Bing Map Control - Naveed tejani
- Sprite Editor 2.0 - Christ Kennedy
- Amble Avalona - Meshack Musundi
- A Simulator for Knuth's MIX Computer - George Tryfonas
Latest Additions
128 articles overall 90 new, 66 updated, 0 moved. 21 were edited, 107 unedited
Article topics listed: C++
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New articles added
DirectX
- DirectShow Filters Development Part 1: Video Rendering with Direct2D - Roman Ginzburg
This article is about DirectShow development in general and filters development in detail.
C++, .NET, Win7, DirectX, VS2010, Dev
OpenGL
- Interactive water effect multitouch - zebulon75018
Interactive water effect multitouch with tuio library (Unedited)
C++, OpenGL
C / C++ Language
- How to make UI from definition of Ini setting in Qt - zebulon75018
How to generate a complete UI by typing key of value of key in Ini setting in QT. (Unedited)
C++
Algorithms & Recipes
- Intercepting calls to COM interfaces - Volodymyr Shamray, Apriorit Inc
In this article I'm going to describe how to implement COM interface hooks. (Unedited)
C++, Windows, COM, Dev
DLLs & Assemblies
- Interface-based programming, Runtime class discovery, Dynamic class loading from DLL - steveb
Interface-based programming, Runtime class discovery, Dynamic class loading from DLL (Unedited)
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0, VC10.0), C++/CLI, MFC, COM, COM+
Articles updated
Office Development
- ExcelFormat Library - Martin Fuchs
ExcelFormat allows reading, writing, and editing of XLS (BIFF8 format) files using C++.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0, Windows, Dev
OpenGL
- PicZoom: A Photo Viewer created in OpenGL. - santhosh4gCode
PicZoom: A Photo Viewer created in OpenGL. (Unedited)
VC8.0, Windows, MFC, GDI+, OpenGL, tools, software
Win32/64 SDK & OS
- Windows 7 Heap Performance Analysis - Daiqian Huang
WIN32 Heap performance (Unedited)
C++, C, Windows (Win7), Dev - Extensible Storage Engine - Artour Bakiev
A short overview of the Extensible Storage Engine technology.
C++, Windows, Win32, Win64, Architect, DBA, Dev
Internet / Network
- Event based Socket Streams: SocketLib - Cem Kalyoncu
C++ TCP Socket Stream Library (Unedited)
C++, Windows, Linux, Networking
Installation
- InstallScript Advanced Pointers - Mark Eisenstein
This article shows how to overcome the InstallScript limitations and to add to it new capabilities inherent in the C/C++ code.
C++, C, Windows, installer
Work Issues
- Consequences of using the Copy-Paste method in C++ programming and how to deal with it - Karpov Andrey
But let's try to investigate this problem closely instead of limiting ourselves to just saying "do not copy the code". (Unedited)
C++, C++/CLI, C, Dev, Design, error, copy-paste
Tips and Tricks added
Win32/64 SDK & OS
- How to avoid multiple instances of your Windows application - Menuki
This solution works in Windows environment under Visual Studio.I don't know if there is a Linux equivalent.I use a counter common for all processes.#pragma data_seg("counter") // counter common for all processesLONG gs_nCtApp = -1; #pragma data_seg()#pragma comment(linker,... (Unedited)
C++, Win32
Programming Tips
- The goto-less goto! - jsc42
It is much easier (and cleaner) to test for success than to test for failure.Viz:if ( condition1 // Note: Test for success, not for fail && condition2 // Will be short-circuited if condition1 fails && condition3 // Will be short-circuited if condition1 or condition 2... (Unedited)
C++, C# - The goto-less goto! - rxantos
For Cbool bFailed = true;// foreverfor(;;) { // do something here. if(condition1) { // exit the loop (goto) break; } // do something here. // .... // In case you want to goto to the top instead of exit. if(condition2) { // jump to top of the... (Unedited)
C++, C# - Debugging technique - LaRoy Tymes
Here is a fun program that not only shows how to get precise timings by using the time stamp counter, it also shows how to call main recursively. This is a C program. C++ will not allow calls to main.#include "stdio.h"#include "Windows.h" // Required for Sleep#define CPUID __asm __emit... (Unedited)
VC6, VC9.0 - The goto-less goto! - abridges
Alternate 8, why not just do this:bool bFailed = true;// In case of an exception.try{ // while bFailed while (bFailed) { // do something here. if (condition1) { // exit the loop (goto) bFalse = false; ... (Unedited)
C++, C# - Load a 256 color bitmap properly into an imagelist - Mukit, Ataul
This tip shows the technique of loading a 256 color bitmap into an image list (Unedited)
C++, Win32, MFC - The goto-less goto! - guilherme heringer
In C#, you can always use try..finally to add some finalization code.Just write:bool bFailed = true; try{ if(condition1_fails) return; ... if(condition2_fails) return; ... ... if(conditionN_fails) ... (Unedited)
C++, C# - How do I make GSOAP support Unicode? - Shilpi Boosar
How do I make GSOAP support Unicode? (Unedited)
C++
Technical blogs added
HTML / CSS
- Image Sprites and CSS Classes creator - AlexCode
Image Sprites and CSS Classes creator (Unedited)
C++, Windows, MFC
Other .NET Languages
- Overview of ADO.NET - JasonShort
NOTE: This article was originally part of the VistaDB.Net blog and has been moved here.ADO.NET is a set of libraries included in the .Net framework to facilitate the communication of applications with various data storage mechanisms. These libraries form the basis for all third parties to provide d (Unedited)
LINQ
- LINQPad helps you learn LINQ - JasonShort
Have you tried to use LINQ to query a database using Visual Studio? It can be a frustrating experience of things that compile fail at runtime, and that edit / compile / test cycle can quickly lead to hours of lost time trying to get a single complex query to work correctly.LINQPad is an editor for (Unedited)
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