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How to Print an __int64 Number in VC++

You can use the printf() function as in the following example: #include using namespace std;int main(){ __int64 i64 = 4294967296; printf(“%I64d “, i64); //in decimal printf(“%I64x “, i64); //in hexa

Efficient Storage of and Access to Adjacency Lists

Large graphs are stored as adjacency lists to save space. Traditional mechanisms based on arrays of pointers waste space. The following scheme is based on array of indices, which saves

How To Capture a Mouse Without SetCapture

typedef BOOL ( CALLBACK *REPEATUNTILRELEASECALLBACK )( POINTptScreen, LPARAM lParam );BOOL RepeatUntilRelease( HWND hWnd, REPEATUNTILRELEASECALLBACKfctRepeatUntilRelease, LPARAM lParam, RECT* prtClipping, UINT vk ){ MSG message; ZeroMemory( &message, sizeof(message) ); if ( IsWindow(

Executing a Member Function After main() Terminates

You can execute any member function or any other execution after a termination of main() function by using “#pragma exit.”Here’s the syntax: #pragma exit [priority] //withoutsemicolon Now, here’s an example:

Update SQL Server records via HTTP

Thanks to the SQL Server extensions for the Web and XML, it is now possible to query a SQL Server database (and get the result as XML) as well as

3 Key Coding Tips for BREW Developers

Tip #1: Code for the phone, not the emulator. Handsets are small form factor, constrained devices ? so relative to what you’re used to on the desktop, phones have limited

Create zero-elements arrays

The .NET framework lets you create two types of “empty” arrays: unitialized arrays and arrays that are initialized with zero elements. Uninitialized arrays are actually array variables that are set

A For Each loop that iterates in reverse order

The For Each loop always iterates orderly on all the elements of an array or a collection (more precisely, on all the elements of a class that implements the IEnumerable

A generic benchmark routine

You often need to benchmark a piece of code, which you usually do as follows: Dim start As Date = Now’ insert here the code to benchmarkDim elapsed As TimeSpan

Retrieve file version information

The System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo class lets you easily read file version information without having to call Windows API functions (as you have to do under previous VB versions). This class has a

Reduce context overhead for COM+ components

Instances of configured components, that is, components configured in COM+, get runtime services owing to context objects. When you instantiate a COM+ component, your instance will live in a context

Keep Your Projects Intact

VB has always gone out of its way to take care of mundane housekeeping tasks without bothering you with the details. But sometimes the best intentions can create unintended problems.

Split Strings Cleanly, Redux

What if you want to split an array on more than one delimiter? Adding a few lines of code and using recursion can enhance the function to handle multiple delimiters.When

Add a Picture Preview Property Page

Defining a public property in a user control as Picture (or StdPicture) provides the standard ellipsis next to the property name in VB

Check for Errors While Connecting to a Database

When connecting to a database, you should check for errors and return a descriptive user-friendly error message. This code calls an error handler routine after connecting to the database. If

Pass a Parameter to XSL

In XSL: ‘define parameter name and set default value In ASP: ‘set xsl objectDim xslFile, xslDocxslFile = “MyXsl.xsl”Set xslDoc = Server.CreateObject(“Msxml2.DOMDocument”)xslDoc.async = falsexslDoc.load(Server.MapPath(xslFile))’pass parameterset param=xslDoc.selectSingleNode(“//xsl:param[@name=’loginName’]”)param.setAttribute “select”,”‘Bill'”

Faster string comparison with the Is operator

.NET strings are objects, so what you store in a String variable is actually a reference to a String object allocated in the managed heap. Even though the VB.NET compiler

Faster string comparisons with CompareOrdinal

You can compare strings in many ways under VB.NET: by using the = operator (or another comparison operator), with the Equals method (which the String class inherits from System.Object), or