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Using Command Line Arguments

You can directly pass arguments to a program. For this purpose, you have to declare these arguments in the parameter list of main(): int main (int argc, char ** argv){}

Use Explicit Access Specifiers

C++ provides default access specifiers when you don’t use spell them out explicitly, as in the following examples: struct Employee{ /*..*/};class Manager : Employee //implicit public inheritance{ int rank; //implicitly

Guidelines for Overloading the + Operator

The built-in + operator is a binary operator that takes two arguments of the same type and returns the sum of its arguments without changing their values. In addition, +

Distinguishing Between Copy Ctor And Assignment Operator

Although the copy constructor and assignment operator perform similar operations, they are used in different contexts.The copy constructor is invoked when you initialize an object with another object: string first

The offsetof Macro

The macro offsetof (defined in or in C) calculates the offset in bytes of a struct’s data member. The following example uses this macro to calculate the offset of two

The Boost Web Site

The Boost web site offers various free C++ libraries and classes. These supplementary libraries and classes include a random number generator, four smart pointer classes, file system tools, timer classes,

Avoid the Cost of Repeatedly Copying a Temporary Object

Consider the following code sample: class Foo{/*..*/};std::vector v;// Related Posts Build Composable UI Components for Large Scale ApplicationsOverview of the New Features in .NET Framework 4.6DataWalk: Data Analysis Beyond Traditional

Designing Custom Components Using Scriptlets

Question: Can I design custom components using scriptlets? Answer: Yep, that’s what they’re for, actually. Scriptlets encompass a number of technologies. With Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, for example, scriptlets were

Working With Large Files and Data Sets

Question: I am working on a program that uses XML for data archival. This data archive creates XML files in the multi-megabyte range (5 MB – 500 MB and greater).

CSS With Multimedia Elements on Page

Question: Is there a way to layer page elements through Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) over an embedded element such as a Shockwave movie? My present page has a sliding graphic

File.createTempFile()

Question: I am attempting to use createTempFile and it works fine with JDK 1.2.2,but IE 4 and 5, and Netscape give me the following error: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java/io/File: methodcreateTempFile(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/io/File; notfound. Why

ProgressMonitor

Question: How do I use the ProgressMonitor class? Answer: The ProgressMonitor class is a convenience class that saves you fromthe hassle of creating your own dialog with a JProgressBar. It

Problems with VB6, Access 2000 and ADO

Question: I am doing a project where VB6 talks to Access 2000 thru ADO. I am using a login dialog to obtain the username, password & DSN (ODBC Data source

The new Operator

Question: Is it necessary to check return value after a “new” statement?Does it return null when it cannot allocate any more memory? Answer: You do not have to check the

DataGrid

Question: I want to extract data from a specific column in a grid control. When the user selects a record in the grid, I want to take the data from

Guidelines for Handheld Computer Developers

The proliferation of handheld devices and embedded systems revives old programming and design considerations that existed in the olden days, when every byte of memory and every CPU cycle counted.

Improve Performance by Putting Loop in a Query

Most applications contain a loop that contains a parameterized query, which is executed many times depending on some logic. This requires a network round trip between the computer running the

Avoid Using Refresh() Method

Refresh method of Parameters collection is used to populate the Parameter objects in the collection. This method queries the data provider to populate the collection with Parameter objects containing specific

Use Stored Procedures with Output Parameters

If you already know that the execution of your SQL statement will return a single row of data, then you should always prefer stored procedures with output parameters in place

Useful Thread Terminology

Java makes working with threads relatively straight forward. However, there are situations, or anomalies that can arise due to improper design of a thread-based code. The following provides you with

Display Various Date Information in your ASP Pages

There are certain scenarios where you need to display the create date or the last modified date of your document. There is a “LastModified” method in the “document” object which

What is a JAR File?

Java Archive (JAR) files are compressed files into which you can store many files. If you place the many classes that your application, or applet needin a JAR file, you

Beware of Null Values in ASP Database Programs

The Active Server Pages HTMLEncode function is great for handling strings that come from a database, especially if the string includes foreign characters. However, you can get into trouble if

Record Retrieveal Using fscanf

Question: If three records have been written to a text file(each record having 3 int fields) and each integer field is seperated by a comma, how do you retrieve only

Returning a Pointer to a Member Function

Question: Let’s say I have a class foo, with a lot of functions that take no arguments and return SomeType: SomeType foo::bar()SomeType foo::quux()SomeType foo::quuux()SomeType foo::quuuux() Now I have a pointer