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Using typedef to Curb Miscreant Code

typedef declaration, or a typedef for short, creates a new name for an existing type. As such, it is often used in writing more aesthetic and readable code. Aesthetics not

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The MB InputBoxEx Control

This ActiveX control is an extended version of the VB’s InputBox function. You can center the input box on your form or open it anywhere you want. It is based

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Application Framework with the ECC pattern

This COM-based framework provides the basis for easily building a fully functional application, by using the Engine-Collection-Class Design Pattern. It can be deployed across a Microsoft Windows 2000 network using

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LED ActiveX control

This LED (Light Emitting Diode) control displays positive long integers, and it is particularly useful for counters. It has a few simple properties that allow you to set the control’s

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Home-grown Data Mining in SQL Server

s a database programmer, when you don’t know where the tables and columns you need to do your job are, you’re dead in the water. You can browse through Enterprise

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Mastering Class Member Initialization

n a previous column I explained the rules of POD initialization. The rules of class member initialization are radically different, due to the fact that, in certain contexts, member initialization

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The WordHelper class

WordHelper is a C# class that helps working with MS Word 2000 documents and simplifies the programmatic construction of a Word document. It has methods to launch a Word instance,