Take a closer look at the 2 Gb limit that we are plagued with in different languages, and how to get around them.
Getting Past the 2 Gb File Limit
Published 01/22/2007
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Three Powerful Yet Untapped Features of NTFS
Published 06/21/2005
The NTFS windows file system has introduced several features that improve the performance, stability, and reliability of file storage. Of these, three features lend themselves to advanced methods of information storage and collation. Few applications have, however, made extensive use of these features. This article introduces these features and identifies some of the potential uses each one exhibits.
Managed Extensions: Using the .NET OLE DB Classes to Read Text Files
Published 09/28/2004
Tom Archer illustrates how to use the .NET OLE DB classes to read text files.
Open Source File Visual C++ Add-In
Published 09/06/2001
A Visual C++ add-in that opens a file that is stored anywhere in your Visual C++ x86 "Include" path.
CFileChangeEvent Class
Published 05/17/1999
CFileChangeEvent Class
Alerting the user when an open file has been changed by another application
Published 04/24/1999
Alerting the user when an open file has been changed by another application
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
Published 06/08/2011
The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.
WCF, ASP.NET MVC, and the new ASP.NET Web API
Published 04/06/2012
If WCF and ASP.NET MVC had offspring it would be named ASP.NET Web API. Like WCF, Web API is built for Web Service development. Only instead of building on WCF data structures; Web API embraces an MVC style experience. The result makes Web Service development more accessible to ASP.NET developers and gets WCF developers closer to HTTP.
