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Environment: Wrap-around array is implemented in the form of a class template (Warr class) and thus allows elements of any type. The idea of such an array is to have it in the form of a loop. If S – size of the wa-array, then indices 0,1,2…,S-1 point to all elements of that array. But […]

Sometimes applications use dynamically created toolbars. Why do I need to create toolbar resources for menus with bitmaps? (See Iuri Apollonio article) I propose to use standard image lists for storing menu bitmaps. The advantage of my class is that bitmap and toolbar images can be differentiated by size, view, etc. This Class supports SDI […]

The reference control for MFC flat buttons with text, icons and bitmaps . // Call the base-class method CDialog::OnInitDialog(); // Create the IDOK button m_btnOk.SubclassDlgItem(IDOK, this); Or in your DoDataExchange: // Call the base method CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX); // Create the IDOK button DDX_Control(pDX, IDOK, m_btnOk); Create a CButtonST object dynamically In your application, create a member […]

From Kate Gregory’s Codeguru column, “Using Visual C++ .NET“. Web Services are a really exciting part of the .NET initiative – but they are bigger than .NET itself. The concept behind them is simple. Almost any web server you can name has some mechanism for executing server-side code: you type a URL into your browser, […]

Environment: Java 2 + Java 3D Editor’s note: This article is about fractals. As such, it should be of interest to anyone regardless of programming langauges. The examples use Java instead of C++; however, I believe you’ll find the article of interest. A. Introduction Computers, as we know it, are bit-crunching machines, and everything that […]

Environment: VC6 SP4, NT4 SP3 Creating an ActiveX control is very simple if you use MFC wizard. Here I explain how to create a simple ActiveX button control in VC++ that looks like a Windows XP buttons. Create a new project by selecting the MFC ActiveX control wizard. Give it the name “XpButtonEx.” There are […]

Environment: Platform Independent, Reference Implementation: Java2 Editor’s Note: This article uses Java; however, I believe you’ll find it interesting even if you are using C++ or some other languages. Also note that views and opinions in this article are the author’s. Of all fractals, God is the greatest, for while being All, He is in […]

. Environment: Dunno Introduction A few weeks ago I saw a MSN messenger popup class on Codeproject written by Prateek Kaul. Because I needed a taskbar popup with skin support, I decided to write my own new class derived from CWnd. Compatibility This class needs MFC to be either statically or dynamically linked in your […]

Environment: Embedded VC++ 3.0 Introduction Many doubts exist regarding how to perform a wireless communication procedure between a wireless handheld client and a server (possibly a desktop) within a network. This article serves to remove any difficulties present in understanding the concept. Also, it aims to eliminate all sorts of confusion in establishing a communication […]

Environment: VC6.0 SP5, Windows 2000, STL For my project, I need a static control with hyperlink and scroll functions. I found the “CHotStatic – hyperlink CStatic” article. However, the static control can only have one hyperlink, and it does not have the scroll function. So, I expanded it. This class (CScrollHotStatic) is derived from CStatic […]

Most of the time I write about things I think you will want to know about now or in the near future. Some times though I write about what I get asked about. The reasoning is that if several people are asking about a specific topic then there are probably many more wondering that didn’t […]

From Kate Gregory’s Codeguru column, “Using Visual C++ .NET“. Sometimes things that should be really simple don’t feel simple at all when you try to do them. Take, for example, writing the value of a variable to the screen. You know how to do it in “classic” C++, say for example in Visual C++ 6: […]