Learn how one person tried to come up with the perfect singleton. The article explores real-time experience and explains in the common developer's perspective.
In Search of a Perfect Singleton
Published 09/26/2006
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Static Parameter Class
Published 02/13/2001
Technique for providing a global set of parameters to multiple threads such as to avoid the inefficient instantiation of an object for each client
Leak-Free Singleton Class using auto_ptr
Published 03/21/1999
Leak-Free Singleton Class using auto_ptr
Proper initialization of static objects (singletons) with splash screen support
Published 03/02/1999
Proper initialization of static objects (singletons) with splash screen support
A Leak-Free Singleton Class
Published 02/18/1999
A Leak-Free Singleton Class
Creating Singleton Objects using Visual C++
Published 11/12/1998
Creating Singleton Objects using Visual C++
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
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.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
How to Determine Which Office Version is Installed with VB.NET and C#
Published 01/04/2013
Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
Cool Data Binding Enhancements in ASP.NET 4.5
Published 01/28/2013
