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Usability and Design
The Usability and design space brings together the latest information, research, tools, podcasts, and conference information related to usability and design. Content is pulled from IBM and non-IBM sites.
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Ajax Resource Center
This space is your one-stop shop for information on the Ajax programming model, including articles and tutorials, discussion forums, blogs, wikis, events, and news. If it's happening, it's covered here.
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Linux Security
The Linux security space gives an overview of security issues related to Linux and covers all aspects of securing a Linux distribution. It also links to Linux security-related news and articles.
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Ruby Programming
Take a closer look at Ruby, a dynamic programming language that is growing rapidly in popularity. Explore its intriguing features and learn what programmers are doing with it.
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Wiki: WebSphere, SOA, J2EE in Practice
This wiki discusses how to use J2EE and related technologies to develop business applications, including how to make best use of IBM J2EE products like WebSphere Application Server and Rational Application Developer, and IBM SOA products like WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer. While it occasionally delves into tangential topics and future trends, the primary focus is on how to make use of the products and technologies that we have today.
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Puzzle, a Game with the MFC Doc/View Architecture (SDI/MDI)
Rating: Georges Dumond - 06/02/2005 Learn how to display a menu with thumbnails and several other windows, move and manage the pieces of a puzzle with a linked list, and then show them without flicker.
YABFFW'—Yet Another BrowseForFolder Wrapper
Rating: none Michael Herstine - 08/18/2003 This is a CWnd subclass wrapping the Shell API SHBrowseForFolder in an MFC-friendly way. The approach attempts to integrate more cleanly into MFC apps, making it easier to customize the appearance and behavior of the dialog box.
GetFolder : Shell Extension Folder Browser Function
Rating: Vishal D. Khapre - 02/13/2001 Function that uses the shell extensions to display a folder browser dialog and retrieve the resulting user-selected folder name
Controls & Dialogs
File and Directory Picker Control
Rating: Lee Hamel - 03/04/2003 The FilePickCtrl class is very similar to what Explorer uses for views, but with some slight differences including the use of file masks, small and large icon sizes, directory-only display, and more. (The article and source code were updated.)
[Updated] Spying a File System
Rating: Vitali Halershtein - 04/29/2004 How to create the basis for a file system spy application.
Work Around the Bug of "Deprecated DOS Wildcards"
Rating: Max A. Shonichev - 01/15/2003 Fix the bug of accidentally matching "long" filenames to "short" filenames when using wild cards. For example, the FindFile API wrongly matches "MyApplicationForm.resx" to "*.res" because its shortened name is "MyAppl~1.res".
How to Format a (Floppy) Disk
Rating: none Remy Böhmer - 11/19/2002 Learn how to format a floppy on all Microsoft Windows versions released since Windows 95. (Uses the SHFormatDrive method of the Shell32.dll.)
GetLongPathName API Function Emulation
Rating: none Randall Garacci - 11/12/2002 Emulates the functionality of the GetLongPathName API call on Windows 95 and NT (GetLongPathName is only available on Windows 98/ME and Windows 2000/XP).
Recursive Directory Copying
Rating: Lenworth Henry - 11/06/2002 A new routine using CopyFile and FindFirstFile win32 base API to recursively copy a directory in code.
CFileInfoArray
Rating: none Antonio Tejada Lacaci - 10/01/2002 Class for gathering file information recursively through directories
CFileWatch
Rating: none Herbert Griebel - 06/06/2001 This class helps you to monitor files. You are notified if a file is modified outside the program.
Deleting Locked Files
Rating: Zoltan Csizmadia - 11/14/2000 Command line utility (with source code) for closing and deleting locked files
CStringFile Class
Rating: Frank Driesens - 04/02/2000 Efficient means of reading large text files
File Information
Getting Past the 2 Gb File Limit
Rating: Richard Newcombe - 01/22/2007 Take a closer look at the 2 Gb limit that we are plagued with in different languages, and how to get around them.
Extension Reports in VC++
Rating: Vinoj Kumar - 06/17/2002 Obtain a report on how much space in the files in a specified folder or drive is being used.
Three Powerful Yet Untapped Features of NTFS
Rating: Pinky98 - 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.
Enumerate WFP Files
Rating: Ajay Vijayvargiya - 02/02/2005 Windows systems launched after Windows2000 include a WFP feature (Windows File Protection). This article glimpses over it and shows how to enumerate the list of all protected files.
Make Sure Path Exists
Rating: Arlen Albert - 03/15/2002 Sure, you can use the API version of MakeSureDirectoryPathExists function to satisfy your needs, but here is an alternative way.
Delete Routine
Rating: none Pramodh.G.N. - 09/19/2001 This piece of code will delete a folder that isn't empty in Windows NT or Windows 2000.
Creating Mulitple Levels of Directories
Rating: Josh Carlson - 02/16/2001 Function that takes a full path and walks that string creating each folder until all are created
Empty Directory Utility Under NT
Rating: none Michel Yossef David - 08/04/2000 Useful Win32 API-based function that deletes all folders and files within a specified folder
How to Read and Write an INI File
Rating: Aisha Ikram - 01/09/2003 Read and write to and from an INI file. List sections and section data (key-value pairs) as well as displays a key value and creates and modifies a key-value pair.
Installers
A Simple Installer
Rating: none Conor McQuaid - 11/13/2002 How to embed arbitrary files as RCDATA within an executable and turn them into filesystem entities during runtime.
Shell API Functions
A File Checksum Shell Menu Extension
Rating: Jeffrey Walton - 12/27/2006 Learn about two Explorer Shell Extensions: One creates File Checksums; the other verifies File Checksums.
Utility to Create a Link (Shortcut)
Rating: Dillip Kumar Kara - 05/19/2004 "Shortcut" is a utility to create a link of an existing file on the Start Menu or Start->Program Menu or Desktop.
SHFILEOPSTRUCT and the SHFileOperation
Rating: John Z. Czopowik VC++ MVP - 05/03/2000 Discusses some of the (poorly documented) issues regarding the use of the SHFileOperation function
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