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The const-ness of a member function is an integral part of its type. The following class defines two member functions, f(), g(), which have the same return type and parameter

I created this Hit Counter to keep track of the use of our Company Intranet. On the SQL Server (in our case MSSQL 7), you will need to have a

In applications that cannot be recompiled (e.g., apps that are installed on a customer’s machine as binaries only), values of constants may change occasionally. For example, exchange rates and the

By default, std::cin ignores leading whitespaces when it reads input from the keyboard or file. For example, if you execute the following statement: char name[10];cin>>name; and the user enters the

If you ever wanted to enhance the VB6 IDE without writing your own add-in program, or doing any programming, then this addin is for you. It creates a ToolWindow with

Private Declare Function GetUrlCacheEntryInfo Lib “wininet.dll” Alias _ “GetUrlCacheEntryInfoA” (ByVal sUrlName As String, lpCacheEntryInfo As Any, _ lpdwCacheEntryInfoBufferSize As Long) As Long’ Check whether the file identified by the URL

‘ Get system information using Active Directory” Returns True if successfull” Returns the following information in its parameters’ ComputerName’ DomainName’ PDC Name’ UserName” NOTE: requires a reference to the Active

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‘ Add an URL to the IE’s favorites by sending a client side JavaScript to IE’ sURL is the URL that the link will point to’ sDescr is the description

Private Declare Function InternetGetConnectedState Lib “wininet.dll” (ByRef _ lpSFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As LongConst INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM = 1Const INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN = 2Const INTERNET_CONNECTION_PROXY = 4Const INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM_BUSY = 8′ return

The VB IDE remembers most of the configuration settings that were active when you closed the previous session. However, the maximized status of child MDI windows (the code editor and

Often, while developing a system you want to debug it using System.out.println or System.err.println. When development is over you would like to send all those messages to file. The easiest

If you are writing an application in which you don’t know the class of an object until runtime, then you cannot use the new operator to instantiate the object. This

The assert macro can be used to detect errors as soon as they occur. This macro is defined in the include file , and is used that way: assert (expression)

Use the following code: Public Function IsLeapYear(iYearToCheck As Integer) As BooleanIsLeapYear=IsDate(Format(

Put the control(s) in a frame and disable the frame. This will even eliminate graying out or color changes.

In C++, this can be achieved by throwing an exception from your Constructor. Since Constructors cannot return a value, this is the only way to achieve error handling. Class MyClass{

This User Control is designed to fit the needs of the coder who needs a date entry field without the overhead of having to ship (and install) the Microsoft Windows

If your program uses the WebBrowser control or any Microsoft Internet Control, you must ensure (and clearly specify in your app’s documentation) that the program can only work on systems

A simple way to add some pizazz to your forms is by minimizing them and then closing them, instead of making them disapper istantaneously. Just try this code: Private Sub

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib “user32” Alias “SendMessageA” (ByVal _ hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _ lParam As Any) As LongPrivate Const WM_USER As

In some cases you might want to activate a form given its name, but VB doesn’t let you do it directly. However, it is easy to create a function that

Copying and pasting text and images programmatically isn’t difficult at all, using the methods of the Clipboard object. However, implementing a generic Edit menu that copies and pastes the highlighted

If a form contains a RichTextBox control and other controls that are capable to receive the input focus, when the focus is on the RichTextBox and the user presses the

This was my first time in Stockholm, and was literally fascinated by this Northern capital, by its old town, with its narrow streets crowded with people (and tourists) and its

Download the source code for this article Over the last year or two,quite a few articles and books have been written on COM+, transaction managementand programming stateful & stateless components,

‘ Open a single pane Explorer window’ sRoot is the root folder to open’ bUpwardAllowed specifies whether the user will be allowed to navigate ‘ upward the root” Example:’ OpenSinglePaneExplorer

Private Type PRINTER_INFO_2 pServerName As String pPrinterName As String pShareName As String pPortName As String pDriverName As String pComment As String pLocation As String pDevMode As Long pSepFile As String

Private Declare Function SetFileAttributes Lib “kernel32” Alias _ “SetFileAttributesA” (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwFileAttributes As _ Long) As Long’ Associate an icon to a folder, by creating a desktop.ini











