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Determine Current User

In Windows, the computer can be set up so that many different users can log into the computer. The current user

Use Mid$ to Compose a Big String

The following code is a fast way to compose a big string by using Mid$ function instead of using the concatenating operator. The strings concatenated in a loop are often

CString – IPAddress(DWORD) Conversion for CIPAddressCtrl

The following method returns a (DWORD)IPAddress from a(CString)IPAddress. It is quite useful when using the CIPAddressControl. DWORD CMyClass::GetDWORDIPAddress(CString strIPAddress){ strIPAddress.MakeReverse();// Start from behind char DOT = ‘.’; DWORD dwReturnValue =

How to Force a C++ Class to Be a Singleton

The following example demonstrates how to have only one instance of a class at a time. class MySingleTon{public: static MySingleTon * GetObject() { static MySingleTon obj; return &obj; } …