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Constructor for a Protected Class

Question: How do I create a constructor for a protected member of a class? I have declared the function in the header file but not defined the definition.The error message

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Outer Joins in Where Clause

Question: What’s the syntax for outer joins in the where clause in Informix? Answer: The syntax is: SELECT c.customer_num, c.lname, c.company,c.phone, u.call_dtime, u.call_descrFROM customer c, OUTER cust_calls uWHERE c.customer_num =

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GetCpuInfo – Retrieve information about the CPU

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002′ Information about the CPU’ you can pass a number 1 to the last argument to retrieve’ information on all the processors in a multi-CPU system” Returns

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NumberOfCPUs – The number of processors

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002′ Return the number of processors” Requires the CheckRegistryKey routineFunction GetNumberOfCPUs() As Integer Dim keyName As String ‘ loop on the subkeys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHardwareDescriptionSystem ‘ CentralProcessor ‘