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CodeGuru Newsletter
January 24, 2006
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TOPICS:

–> Editorial –

–> Recently Published Books

–> New Articles on
CodeGuru: 
       ==>
ADO
             
– [Updated] Data Replication Prototype Using
ADO
       ==>
Algorithms
             
– TIP: Half Size Triangular Matrix
      
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Graphics
             
– Capturing Windows Regardless of Their
Z-Order
       ==>
IDE
             
– Create and Share Your Own Code
Snippets
       ==>
Misc.
             
– Tree Container Library
       ==>
XML
             
– My Feature in VS 2005: Storing Application and User Settings

–> Discussion Groups — HOT
Threads
       – Drawwing a line
dynamically in VC++ MFC…
       – Thre ads
and erratic behaviour…
       – Adding time
to a string…

–> Highlighted new articles on
Developer.com 
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Comments
from the
Editor
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It is 2006 and life continues to improve for most people. Computers are also
improving. In the past I’ve stated that as developers we need to avoid
assumptions about the interface that is being used to access our applications.
I’ve pointed  out new screen sizes as well as various devices that could be
used to access your application.

Recently, new device interfaces have been showing themselves. One such device
interface is the Side Show that Microsoft has announced with Windows Vista. The
Side Show is a small screen on the outside of a notebook computer that can be
used to access some Side Show applications as well as tap into the power of the
notebook computer without the need to open up or turn on the computer.

Side Show is one interface change that is coming. There is another very
cool interface change that Bill Hatfield pointed out to me recently:

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The above page presents a keyboard. This keyboard differs from standard
keyboards because each key is capped with a small LCD screen. This means that
the keys on the keyboard can be used to give feedback to your users. Each key
can have highlights or additional information posted to them. Additionally, a
single keyboard can be remapped to various languages and the correct letters and
symbols can be displayed on the keyboard.

This is just one additional innovation occurring. If this keyboard is widely
adopted, then you can expect that your applications will have to adapt to
presenting information to the keyboard as well.

Until next week…

Brad!
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Recently
Published Books
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For those of you keeping up by reading books. The following are just a few of
the new books that have been recently released. If you’ve read any of these,
feel free to write a review to be posted on CodeGuru. See the submission
guidelines at:

https://www.codeguru.com/review-guidelines.php

–> Professional SQL Server 2005
XML
      By Scott Klein for
WROX
      540 pages for
$49.99
      http://books.internet.com/books/0764597922

–> Pro SQL Server 2005 Assemblies

      By Robin Dewson and Julian Skinner
for Apress
      280 pages for
49.99
      http://books.internet.com/books/1590595661

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New
& Updated Articles on
CodeGuru
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Following are short descriptions of new articles on CodeGuru. If you are
interested in submitting your own article for inclusion on the site, then you
will find guidelines located at

http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,26k1,1,fka1,909i,jorm,i5r0

This week’s posted CodeGuru articles:

==> ADO

– [Updated] Data Replication Prototype Using
ADO
    By Aliaksei Sanko
Learn about a data
replication prototype that uses ADO.

http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,26k1,1,bqs1,haas,jorm,i5r0

==> Algorithms

– TIP: Half Size Triangular Matrix
    By baxelrod
Learn about a technique that allows you
to use half the data storage when you have a symmetric distance matrix or other
similar triangular matrix.