Message Only Window
Rating: none einaros - 10/10/2006 Learn how to build an efficient library to provide support for Message Only Windows. The article also shows how to use the Thunk32 library provided in an earlier article, as well as some general pointers on good practices and patterns.
The Principle of the Procrustean Bed in Programming
Rating: Marius Bancila - 06/29/2005 Learn why programmers should not try to alter the features of a programming language to their own preferences, but instead adapt to them.
"Indigo" CTP Released Today
Rating: none Bradley Jones - 03/16/2005 Microsoft released the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of their next-generation Web-Services technology, "Indigo," today.
Drive Explorer
Rating: none Barretto VN - 06/28/2002 Basic code for creating a "Windows Explorer"-like program
Toolbar and Statusbar on Dialog
Rating: none Barretto VN - 06/27/2002 Basic code for adding a toolbar and status bar to a dialog.
Code Highlighting Coloring Your Code in vBulletin Posts
Rating: Yves Maurer - 10/08/2003 A utility to colorize code for posting in vBulletin. (The demo project and source code were updated.)
Games [Updated] Template Metaprogramming and Puzzle 15 Optimal Solution
Rating: Aliaksei Sanko - 09/02/2008 Read about a sample demonstrating how to accelerate finding an optimal Puzzle 15 solution using C++ Template Metaprogramming. It presents an implementation of the IDA* search algorithm.
[Updated] Creating the "Marriage" Card Game
Rating: miteshpandey - 01/10/2006 A collection of card games. (The article and downloadable project and source code were updated.)
A CDXMenu Class for the CDX Library
Rating: Hamid Reza Gharahzadeh - 09/15/2005 The CDXMenu class delivers a fast and easy way to create a menu using CDX classes and the CDXBitmapFont class for computer games.
Cross-Platform Game Development for C++ Developers, Part V: OGRE 3D
Rating: Victor Volkman - 09/12/2005 The Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine (OGRE) enables you to quickly and easily produce applications with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics by abstracting all the details of using the underlying system libraries. See for yourself.
Cross-Platform Game Development for C++ Developers, Part IV: ClanLib SDK
Rating: Victor Volkman - 09/07/2005 Although the cross-platform C++ framework ClanLib is focused primarily on the game developer, you could easily use it to develop a scientific 3D visualization tool or multimedia application as well. Take a look under the hood of this versatile API.
Cross-Platform Game Development for C++ Devs
Rating: Victor Volkman - 08/05/2005 Are you an aspiring game developer who's not sure how to get started? Get a close-up look at an open source, cross-platform gaming engine that can have you on your way to creating a hit game title in no time.
Samples PasswordSpy - Retrieving lost passwords using Windows hooks
Rating: Brian Friesen - 02/03/2004 Retrieve lost passwords using Windows hooks. PasswordSpy is not intended for mischievous purposes. (The source code was revised and an addendum to the article was added.)
Window Handle Picker Sample
Rating: none Mike Marquet - 08/18/2000 "Spy"-like tool that displays a window's styles when you drag the mouse over any window
System Information SMBIOS Demystified
Rating: kirants - 08/01/2006 Discover a basic SMBIOS parser that demonstrates querying for SMBIOS info using WMI and then parsing the data to extract necessary information.
Bulletproof Windows XP
Rating: ZOverLord - 02/27/2006 Currently, this is the best way to protect XP systems from malware and accidental changes.
Drive Browsing Treeview
Rating: none Barretto VN - 06/27/2002 Tree view for browsing drive information.
In Praise of the Lowly Comment
Rating: Mike Gunderloy - 11/09/2006 See how to make comments in your code more useful & effective for you and your fellow developers.
Unit Testing with CPPUnit
Rating: none JM - 01/07/2004 Learn to unit test C/C++ applications using the CPPUnit unit testing framework.
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