Best C++/MFC article of October 2010

DataGridView

Formatted MessageBox/AfxMessageBox

21 Oct 2010Aescleal

printf is so 1980s. If you don't want to dig out your shoulder pads and big hair why not go for a more modern C++ approach?Instead of a function try a stream buffer:class message_box_stream_buf : public std::basic_streambuf{ public: message_box_stream_buf( const...

Using Input Hooks in Windows Mobile

28 Oct 2010Paul Heil

A look at the undocumented message hook functions for Windows Mobile

C++ .NET Command Line Calendar

14 Oct 2010InActive

How to use the .NET DateTime class in C++ to generate a basic calendar via a console program

Part 2: OpenCL™ – Memory Spaces

27 Oct 2010manythreads

In his second tutorial, GPGPU expert Rob Farber discusses OpenCL™ memory spaces and the OpenCL memory hierarchy, and how to start thinking in terms of work items and work groups. This tutorial also provides a general example to facilitate experimentation with a variety of OpenCL kernels.

Extension Methods - A Polished C++ Feature !!!

8 Oct 2010kb-boxer

Extension methods - a polished C++ feature

[C++/MFC] : Use a Thread Delegator for your threads

19 Oct 2010federico.strati

I always use a somewhat different approach, here is a class"consumer" that has embedded the thread call in a member function,the member function runs a virtual call, hence the derived classesmay implement functionality as well as passing arguments asmember data of the class. Maybe you're...

Different Versions of Integrated Web Server in Visual Studio 2010

3 Oct 2010Abhijit Jana

Different Versions of Integrated Web Server in Visual Studio 2010

Radio Control Transmitter - Joystick

11 Oct 2010IanJ1965

Home built joystick type radio control transmitter based on Arduino

Polyline Simplification

25 Jun 2011Elmar de Koning

A generic C++ implementation for n-dimensional Douglas-Peucker approximation

Windows Ribbon Framework in Win32 C Application

24 Oct 2010Stephen Wiria

Adding native Windows Ribbon Framework in Win32 C Application (NO MFC OR ATL)

Win7

Win32

Writing a Platform and GUI Toolkit Independent OpenGL Class

1 Nov 2010Sharjith

Article showing how to write OS and GUI toolkit portable OpenGL view class

Roll Your Own Scroll Bar

26 Oct 2010Snorri Kristjansson

XeScrollBar - Custom scroll bar, a replacement for Windows scroll bar

MFC

Play XM in C++ - From File and Memory

22 Oct 2010Mustafa Chelik

Play XM music files in pure C++ using unpacked BASSMOD.dll from file and memory

QxOrm - C++ ORM (Object Relational Mapping) Library

24 Apr 2019QxOrm

QxOrm C++ library: Persistence (based on QtSql Qt library) - Serialization (based on boost::serialization library) - Reflection (introspection)

3G Modem Internet Dialer

13 Jul 2011Amro Ibrahim

3G Modem Internet Dialer

C++ Properties

18 Oct 2010ccoale427

C#-Style Properties in C++

Hot Patching Made Easy

7 Oct 2010Venkat Varagani

Addresses the problems related to unavailability of service provided by the system or the program

Formatted MessageBox/AfxMessageBox

20 Oct 2010Ajay Vijayvargiya

1 alternative

Need to Format/sprintf a string before displaying a messagebox? Here is solution!

Embedding PowerPoint presentation player into a WPF application

18 Oct 2010Vsevolod Belousov

In this article I explain how to embed presentation player into a WPF application and describe the way this solution was found

Making the CMFCLinkCtrl Class More Developer-Friendly

11 Jan 2011Dennis Dykstra

Enabling font and formatting changes in the MFC hyperlink control

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

19 Oct 2010"Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

C++ Tip: Aware of the confusion between delete with delete[]

1 Oct 2010Sauro Viti

The C++ comes with a rich standard library: the STL (Standard Template Library).So, why we should re-invent the wheel while we already have it done, safe and written to be light-weighed and performant?It's too much better to use the vector Class (Standard C++ Library)[^]:#include...

programming

A Standard Multi-threaded Dynamic Queue

28 Oct 2010federico.strati

This is a standard Windows / C++ implementation of a multi-threaded queue.

Hardware Change Detection

18 Oct 2010Eugene Kordin, Apriorit Inc

How to detect device changes in the user-mode applications for Windows

Embedding a Webserver in your C++ Application

16 Jul 2011JAMcLaughlin

Embedding a webserver in your C++ application using the Lacewing networking library

Interfacing without Inheritence in C++

11 Oct 2010Mukit, Ataul

An alternate way to implement interface through aggregation rather than the usual way we know as inheritence

Determine Information about System, User, Processes, Hardware...

6 Oct 2010Ajay Vijayvargiya

The never ending 'How do I find' article. Will be updated regularly!

MessageBoxes and worker threads

25 Oct 2010Ivan Krivyakov

MessageBoxes and worker threads

MFC

[C++/MFC] : Use a Thread Delegator for your threads

13 Oct 2010Ajay Vijayvargiya

1 alternative

Wouldn't be easier if you just pass a simple function to your favourite thread creation function? Read on!

Building Decorator Chains

22 Oct 2010headmyshoulder

The article explains a method, how flexible and extendible decorator chains can be built in a generic way. Its power is best seen if it is used with boost::factory and boost::bind.

STL

Parameterized View in Oracle

20 Oct 2010Sabarinathan A

The primary purpose of a Parameterized View lets you retrieve PL/SQL record collection structures in a SQL context.

COM

How to get individual process memory usage statistics in Windows Mobile

29 Oct 2010Paul Heil

Mobile

The Diffraction Grating Calculator

30 Oct 2010federico.strati

An MFC Windows program related to Concave Diffraction Gratings using VTK libraries.

Using C++ Templates for Startup Validation

3 Nov 2010AlexanderGorobets

The article describes a technique for using C++ templates for general startup validation purposes.

InstallScript Advanced Pointers

3 Jul 2011Mark Babayev

This article shows how to overcome the InstallScript limitations and to add to it new capabilities inherent in the C/C++ code.

installer

What processor is in my mobile device?

28 Oct 2010Paul Heil

Mobile

EXE Launcher for Java Desktop Application

11 Oct 2010b4rc0ll0

A useful launcher for JAR executable files, with Splash Image function

Avoid Multiple Instances of Windows Application with SingleInstanceGuard

21 Oct 2010bleedingfingers

A simple utility class that helps maintain one instance of your application and allows other instances to transfer the data processing to it before they close

How to Create an "unkillable" Windows Process

12 Oct 2010va_dev

This article explains how to implement a relatively eternal process.

Using C++ Templates for Startup Validation Part 2. Validation of SQL Statements

3 Nov 2010AlexanderGorobets

The article describes a technique for using C++ templates for validation of SQL statements used in C++ code

SQL

Reducing VisualStudio / C++ built times dramatically

25 Oct 2010User 26942

You could use internal and external include guards in your headers. This reduces compile time dramatically.

A simple program to solve quadratic equations with

7 Nov 2010TomSeaton

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