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The Robots of Java

Version 1.3 of Java 2 platform, currently in Beta, has a new java.awt.Robot class that lets you generate mouse and key events at system level. You can use this to

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The Memory of an Exception Object

The memory for the temporary copy of an exception that is being thrown is allocated in a platform-defined way. Note, however, that it may not be allocated on the free

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Accessing the Addresses of Class’s Member Functions

You can take the addresses of a class’s static and non-static member functions. However, the class’s constructor(s) and destructor are an exception to the rule. You cannot take their addresses

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Zero Sized Arrays?

In standard C++, declaring arrays with zero elements is illegal: int n[0]; //illegal However, certain compilers do support arrays of zero size as non-standard extension. In contrast, dynamic allocation of

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Avoid Returning Containers by Value

While the overhead of returning an ordinary object by value may be acceptable in most cases, returning a container by value is much more expensive in terms of performance. For

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Emulating Infinite Precision of Floating Point Numbers

The representation of floating point numbers is just an approximation. Truncation and rounding occur frequently because the hardware cannot offer infinite precision when using a fixed number of bits. For

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inline vs. __forceinline

MS Visual C++, as well as several other compilers, now offer non-standard keywords that control the inline expansion of a function, in addition to the standard inline keyword. What are

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Declaring References to Functions

You can declare a reference to a function, just like you can declare a pointer to a function. For example: void f(int n){ ++n;}int main(){ void (&rf) (int) = f;

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More on Default Arguments

The order of evaluation of function arguments is unspecified. Consequently, parameters of a function may not be used in default argument expressions. For example, the following declaration is illegal: int

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The Underlying Type of bool and wchar_t

It is guaranteed that sizeof(char), sizeof(signed char) and sizeof(unsigned char) all equal 1. Applying sizeof to any other fundamental type returns an implementation-defined value. In particular, sizeof(bool) and sizeof(wchar_t) need

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Text Box and an Array

Question: I opened a ASCII text file into an array. Now I want to print the data into a text box. I tried something like this: txtResult.text = flight(i) The

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MDI Forms and DLL

Question: Is there a way to host an MDI form from an ActiveX DLL in a Main application’s MDI Parent Form? Answer: Although I’ve never tried it, I don’t think

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Using the random_shuffle Algorithm

STL includes the random_shuffle() algorithm. As the name suggests, this algorithm randomly shuffles the elements of a sequence. It takes two arguments, the first of which is an iterator that

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Image Won’t Display in ASP Page

Question: I am building a Web site that is hosted on Microsoft’s Personal Web Server. I have an Active Server Page (ASP) with some graphics on it. Everything works fine