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Possibility of Decompiling an EXE File?

Question: How can I get the source code from EXE files? Does it matter if they are read-only? Answer: This question is asked very frequently. However, the answer is always

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General Precedence

Question: I am an engineer at GNB Technologies and have been programming for quite some time. Last week a friend of mine asked me an interesting question that stumped me.

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Languages Used for Windows Programs

Question: I need to know what languages are used in the implementation and programming of Windows 95 et al. (Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000). Any help or referrals

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Class Scoped Constants

Question: Is there a better way to scope constant values within a class other than by using “enum”? class Foo {public: enum { valueOne = 1, valueTwo = 2 }

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Informix ODBC Drivers 3.31

Question: I am currently running Informix Dynamic Server 2000 version 9.20 TC1 on an NT server, Service Pack 6a. I have existing Visual Basic 5 applications that are using ADO

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Informix OLE DB Provider

Question: I have IDS 7.31.UC2A and I want to register Informix OLE DB Provider on this database server. I need the %INFORMIXDIR%etccoledbp.sql script for running it against the sysmaster. Can

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Duplicate Holidays on Outlook Calendar

Question: Because my work and home computers were accidentally set to different time zones when I imported Calendar info from one system to the other, I ended up with multiple

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Segmentation Fault

Question: What is a segmentation fault? I get it when I try to output an integer. (It’s a very basic program: it reads in an integer and spits it back

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Pointers to Class Member Functions

Question: I’m trying to write a program that has a pointer to a private member function of a class. A public member function calls some of the private functions by