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Static initialization and free store

Question: Is it valid to attempt to allocate (via ‘new()’) dynamic memory prior to ‘main()’? I am working on software that has static *’s to class objects, and through some

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int and class defination

Question: Why is int 2 bytes with real mode compilers, but 4 bytes with protected mode compilers? And why is the class defination ended with ;-mark, since other definations aren’t?

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Terminate and Stay Resident Programs

Question: Can you supply me with boilerplate code for a simple console tsr program? I’m using VC++ 4.0, and I want to create a console program to check a directory

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C/C++ Linking

Question: If I make a C++ library and supply it to a clientwho does not have a C++ compiler, can theycall my C++ functions from their C routines?That is, is

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Determining if a ToElement Exists

Question: In a VBScript function I assign the window.event.ToElement to an object for some functionality. The problem is that if the mouse is moved outside of the browser window, the

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Dynamically Change Another Opened Window

Question: I am having trouble creating a site where customers can click something in a parent window and have a picture appear in another child window. I then want customers

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Selecting and Moving Parts of a String

Question: I have two TField400s. The first TField400 contains the value “12345678” and other TField400 contains the value “11111111”. I want to move the “5678” from the first TField400 and