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Rating your Compiler’s ANSI/ISO Conformance

The following link ranks several popular C++ compilers according to their ANSI/ISO compliance level. The comparison chart contains various features such as exported templates, Runtime Type Information, Koenig lookup, explicit

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Get a Free C++ Compiler for Windows

Dev-C++ is a free graphical C++ compiler for Windows 95, 98 and NT. You can download it for free from: http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.htmlThe Dev-C++ package also includes a debugger and source file

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The GNU C/C++ Compiler 2.95 is Here

The GNU project focuses on the development and distribution of open source software, including free compilers. The newly-released GCC 2.95 is a free C/C++ compiler. GCC 2.95 includes nearly a

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Display Taskbar Icons for Borderless Forms

When you create a borderless form in VB (BorderStyle = 0) and make it visible to the taskbar (ShowInTaskbar = True), only the form’s caption shows and the form’s icon

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Enhance Development with Registry Edits

Here are a couple useful Registry edits to enhance your day-to-day Visual Basic development. Save these Registry lines to a text file with a REG extension, and then double-click on

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Catch Every TabStrip Click Event

You might have noticed that if you click on a TabStrip tab, then move the mouse pointer until it’s no longer over the TabStrip without releasing the mouse button, the

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Convert File Size Into Proper Strings

Use this small API from the shlwapi (Shell Windowing API) DLL that ships with Internet Explorer (IE) to help you convert file size in bytes into proper strings such as

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Sharing Files Between VB and VBA

You can easily share files such as standard code, form, and class modules (BAS, FRM, and CLS files, respectively) between VB and VBA by using the appropriate menu commands. Within