Learn how to construct a simple and lean string class wrapper that allows you to send formatted output to a string directly.
Tip: String Wrapper for Formatted String Output in C++
Published 08/07/2008
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URI Encoding and Decoding
Published 11/02/2006
Learn about fast and portable URI encoding and decoding functions that use std::string as the argument and return type, and do the buffer conversion, including '\0'.
Flex Your Lexical Analysis Muscles
Published 10/09/2006
The Flex lexical analyzer generator enables you to accurately act on and react to incoming character data streams in a way that is both predictable and debuggable.
Managed Extensions: Parsing CSV Files with Regular Expressions
Published 09/10/2004
Tom Archer illustrates how to parse comma-delimited text—when the data contains quotes, commas, and blanks—and return the data in a managed array.
Receiving & Converting Numeric and String Data via Sockets
Published 03/26/2004
Many times a remote system will send a numeric value indicating the length of the data to be received in subsequent receive commands. However, when you start sending and receiving numeric data via sockets, you have to be aware of conversion issues in terms of what type of machine is on the other end of the connection.
Algorithm for Detecting Duplicate/Previously Encountered Strings
Published 10/01/2002
Algorithm for Detecting Duplicate/Previously Encountered Strings
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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.
Securing Azure Service Bus and Azure Queuing Messages in .NET
Published 01/23/2013
While .NET includes encryption classes there are no instructions for bringing encryption to bear on Azure Messaging services like Service Bus and Azure Queuing. A Pipeline and Envelope architecture is one approach that leads to more reusable code across all Azure Messaging infrastructures.
