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Virtual Functions and Polymorphism

Question: Say you have three classes, a base (called Base),and two classes derived from it (called Derv1 andDerv2). Base has a pure virtual function (called TypeGet()) that is defined in

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Time formatting

Question: I need to find 2 things. I need a classthat will allow me to take a date and addand subtract days/months/years from it. I also need a class that

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Compressed file types

Question: I recently downloaded some applet source code, but they are all stored in “.tar” type files. What program do I need to expand them or otherwise make them useful?

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Applet caching.

Question: I have been trying to test my applets under IE4.It seems to me that IE4 must keep applets cachedbecaused I think it keeps running my original applet.Is there a

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String to int

Question: I’m a new Java developer and was wondering if there is an easy way to grab information from a String object and place it into an “int”. For example:

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Web Browser using VB 5

Question: I am currently writing software that will act as client and server software for a small ISP. I waswondering if there is any way to view web pagesusing Visual

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Searching Multiple Files

Question: I use VB5 and I’m trying to search through multiple files for a string and open this file in a TextBox. How can I do this? Answer: There really

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Year 2000

Question: Do you have any information on Year 2000 compliance effort for VB4 / VB5 systems? Answer: Visual Basic itself is and has been year 2000 compliant. The built-in Date