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What is the Matrix? - Part 3, Streaming
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How to use stream opeators to insert data into a Matrix array utility.
What Is the Matrix? -- Part 2
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Expanding on his previous articles, Steve explains how to use the built-in conversions to and from VARIANTs in his Matrix class.
What Is the Matrix?
Published 02/28/2003
Matrix is a templatized utility class available here on CodeGuru. This article digs into showing more regarding the use of this.
Taking the Complexity Out of Creating COM Arrays'�The Matrix Class Utility
Published 01/29/2003
Arrays can be tedious, especially when passing them across COM/DCOM. This utility class aids the creation of arrays, including safe arrays and variants.
Simplifying the Concept of COM
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Trung provides his perspectives on the relationships among COM, C++, and C.
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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.
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