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How to do large scalar math

Question: How can one do 64-bit or larger math calculations in C++? Do you know of a free class or class library that supports large scalar math? Answer: There are

Screen resolution detection

Question: I need to know how to detect the screen resolution of the client machine. Then I need to tell it to go to specific pages based on what it

Hyperlinks opening a new browser

Question: I’m working on a Web site in Microsoft Front Page, and when I browse the home page in either Netscape of Internet Explorer, all the hyperlinks on the page

How to view an image

Question: An old high school friend said he put a picture of himself on the Web, and to view it I should go to JPEG … WHAT DO I DO???

Finding the Top n Within a Group

Question: [Joe Celko’s Best Salesmen by Territory Puzzle]Martin Tillinger posted this problem on the MSAccess forum of CompuServe. How do you get the top three salesmen in each territory, given