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Const Member Functions

Question: What does the ‘const’ in the following funciton prototype mean? class A{public: void fn (int a ) const;} Answer: The const after a member function’s parameter list indicates that

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Template Function Error

Question: Consider the code: template class TestClass {public: T testFunc(T*);};template TestClass::testFunc(T* p1){ return sadfs; //actually, here I could //write anything I want} The problem is that VC++6 compiler doesn’t track

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Opening an ASP Page Through VB

Question: How can I access an ASP page through VB? Answer: You can use the Internet Transfer control to connect to a web page and retrieve data from Visual Basic.

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Client Says Not to Use Joins in VB App?

Question: I have a client that used to be an Oracle programmer years ago who tells me I’m designing his SQL 7.0 database all wrong because I’m using joins in

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Co-located Exchange with ISP

Question: We have co-located a Windows NT Exchange 5.5 SP3 server with our ISP and we have about 14 Outlook clients running from our office. All of the Outlook clients

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Spell checking

Question: I have a bunch of words in a listbox that I want to spell check(with Microsoft Word 2000 maybe?). I would like the routine to delete any word in

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Backing Up a Macintosh PST File on a PC

Question: I have a lone Macintosh user among an office of Windows users. This user has Outlook 8.2 running, with all mailboxes stored on the server. Understandably this is quite