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    String Builder: Building Strings with Streams on the Stack

    Discover how to build strings using streams, in one line, using only the stack as storage.

    MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)

    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.

    [Updated] Rubix Cube (not yet reviewed)

    This program presents an original way of the famous Rubik's Cube by an assembly of 27 multi-colored cubies isolated in the space. Even during its deformations, it allows a 3D vision of the cube thanks to the basic MFC graphic functions. This simulation can also rapidly calculate a solution to reordering the Cube.

    Programming the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)

    The Transactional File System (TxF) supports a number of advanced features that allow full control over data consistency and transaction commitment. In this C++ tutorial, transacted directory operations will be covered, demonstrating the ease with which directory consistency can be guaranteed using the TxF.

    A Developer Introduction to the Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) and Windows Transactional File System (TxF)

    The use of transactions to ensure data consistency has long been associated with data maintained in relational database systems. With the Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) introduced in Windows Vista, transaction support is available at the operating-system level, and Windows components like the Transactional File System (TxF) and Transactional Registry (TxR) allows developers to interact with these resources in a transactional manner.

    Programming the Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) API

    The Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) provides a simple API for developers to create, query, commit and abort transactions. Various Windows resource managers such as the Transactional File System (TxF) can be managed with KTM transactions. Read on to learn more...

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    Using VC++ .NET

    USING VC++ .NET

    Faster Microsoft C++ Programming With The MFC Class Wizard

    During the glory days of MFC and ATL in the 1990s and early 2000s, The Visual C++ class wizard was a highly-used and useful IDE tool that simplified life for developers. The re-introduction of the class wizard, after the absence of a decade, demonstrates commitment to the 'glory day's' ideal and adds simplicity to class management tasks inside the IDE.

    Nuts & Bolts

    .NET NUTS & BOLTS

    .NET Framework: Use Your Own Cache Wrapper to Help Performance

    See how you can use the .NET framework to create your own wrapper classes in C# programming to help boost your application performance when accessing a bunch of reference or other look-up type data that you frequently use.

    VB Today

    VISUAL BASIC TODAY

    Visual Basic .NET Development 101: Learning and Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

    Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 is a great integrated development environment for turning out top quality .NET framework applications. VB 2010 Express provides the same basic tools without some of the high-end team development pieces. This first of a two-part article will introduce the user to the VB 2010 Express product.

    Insights

    PROGRAMMING INSIGHTS

    .NET Framework Parallel Programming Design Patterns

    There is a buffet of Parallel Programming patterns and conventions documentation. A good approach to digesting all the available information is to ingest a little bit at a time. Developers looking for a Parallel Programming Patterns and Conventions appetizer will find it in this article.