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March 23, 2000

Tile With Lightweight Image Control Arrays

I write apps for companies where computer know-how is at an all-time low. Most applications scare people to death. However, Web-style forms and graphic buttons present soothing enough interfaces that

Enter Data on an MSFlexGrid

You can use MSFlexGrid for data entry without using additional ActiveX controls. For this, use the KeyPress and KeyUp events. To use the MSFlexGrid for data entry, add the grid?named

The reverse() Algorithm

Another useful STL algorithm is reverse(). This algorithm reverses the order of elements in a specified sequence. reverse() takes two iterators that mark the sequence’s beginning and end, respectively. Here

Convert a Decimal Number to Base N

Here’s a function that converts a decimal number (base 10) to another base number system. Each digit position corresponds to a power of N, where N is a number between

A C++ Virtual Machine?

It was a question of time until a C++ virtual machine would appear. Implementing a Java-style virtual machine for C++ is a trivial task. The problem is that such a

Implement a Context Stack

Isolating the source of an error in a method containing many nested method calls can be difficult. If you haven’t written comprehensive error-handling code in every method and property you

Wrap Date Functions in a Class

I’ve been working on a class module called clsDateInfo that returns various properties of a given date, and using it in some monthly trend graphs. I had to come up