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Handling Pointers Safely

There are various problems regarding pointers that can be handled with the help of macros. Some of these problems are: deleting dangling pointers, deleting pointers other than NULL, and checking

Making a Frame Non-Resizable

Sometimes, you may need to make a Frame or JFrame non resizable. This happens especially when you are using the setBounds method or if you have less components in your

Let ASP determine whether cookies are enabled

Most web sites heavily rely on client-side cookies. For example, ASP Sessions can work correctly only if the browser allows temporary cookies (that are not stored on disk). ASP doesn’t

.NET and the Revenge of VB

Few programmers have ever consideredVisual Basic as a real object-oriented programming language, for example becauseof its lack of constructors and inheritance. VB6 code can’t access some Win32 and COM’s features

DeleteFileAssociation – Unregister a file extension

Private Declare Sub SHChangeNotify Lib “shell32.dll” (ByVal wEventId As Long, _ ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwItem1 As Long, ByVal dwItem2 As Long)Const SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED = &H8000000Const SHCNF_IDLIST = 0′ Destroy

SetVBASetting – Modify one of the VBA code editor settings

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002′ modify the value of a setting for the VBA editor from the Registry” Possible values for SettingName are:’ AutoQuickTips2 (0/1)’ AutoStatement2 (0/1)’ AutoValueTips2 (0/1)’ BackGroundCompile (0/1)’

The Top 20 C++ Tips of All Time

he following tips are a collection of general hands-on techniques and recondite pieces of knowledge not associated with a specific platform, programming domain, or compiler. As such, they can be

Understanding IIS Isolation Levels

Internet Information Server introduced the notion “Isolation Level”, which is also present in IIS4 under a different name. IIS5 supports three isolation levels, that you can set from the Home

Using Precompiled Headers

Many compilers have a special switch for precompiled headers. A precompiled header is a binary file containing intermediate code that is the result of preprocessing and compiling an ordinary header

Comma Separated Expressions in Function Calls

Can you tell the difference between the following function calls? f(a,b);g((a,b)); // how many arguments are being passed to g? In the first example, the function f() is called with

What is a NaN?

Due to hardware limitations and the finite nature of computer arithmetic, certain numeric values cannot be represented properly. These values include infinity, negative infinity, and so on. The limits of

Retrieving Drive Names

To retrieve drive names from a system, use the static method listRoots in java.io.File package. It will return the all-available drive present in the system. This method will be useful

Using Addbatch and Executebatch

If you insert/update/delete multiple times to the database, you canimprove performance by using the addbatch and executebatch methods of statement objects. One drawback about using this method is that it

How to Compact Databases Using ADO

To compact MDB databases using ADO, just include a reference to the ‘Microsoft Jet and Replication Objects 2.6 Library’ (distributed with the MDAC 2.6 package) in your VB project. The

JTextfield For Digits Only

Subclass PlainDocument, then set the document of the JTextfield to the subclass as shown below: JTextField myJTextfield;myJTextfield.setDocument(new DigitsDocument());class DigitsDocument extends PlainDocument { public void insertString(int offs, String str, AttributeSet a)throws

A Fast Recordset Loop

Opening recordsets as ForwardOnly or ReadOnly makes them move faster between records. In addition, storing fields to variables before begining the loop speeds up field access. Example: * Create a

Confining Your Mouse to a Form

With Modal forms there is a need to restrict the movement of the mouse to the form until user closes the form. This can be achieved by using the ClipCursor

Problems With Using Duplicate Variables

Most beginners accidentally declare duplicate variables of different data types or of the same data types. The following illustrates this: class Duplicate{ String data; private void fun() { String data=