Learn a way to elegantly add support for pausing your console application right before exiting.
Pause Before Exiting a Console Application
Published 02/18/2009
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A First Look at Batch Files
Published 07/11/2007
Flashback to the 80s—Batch files ruled! Even though the 80s are gone, you still can play around with and use batch files!
Template Metaprogramming and Puzzle 15 Optimal Solution
Published 05/10/2007
Read about a sample demonstrating how to accelerate finding an optimal Puzzle 15 solution using C++ Template Metaprogramming. It presents an implementation of the IDA* search algorithm.
Cygwin: Free C++ for Windows
Published 09/07/2004
Windows users who want to learn C++ often ask if there is a free C++ compiler. Linux users don't have this problem because they have the GNU tools. But, in fact, the exact same tools are available free from Cygwin, and if you learn to use them, your skills will be extremely portable. Learn to install and use the tools, compile a simple program, and write a simple makefile.
Text Output Screen
Published 09/11/2000
Functions to output text to a console window
Console app using MFC
Published 02/03/1999
Console app using MFC
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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...
A Quick Way to Add AutoComplete to a VB.NET 2012 TextBox
Published 03/20/2013
The question has been asked whether or not it was possible to have a textbox that can be automatically filled in with the previous URL history, similar to what can be found in any decent web browser. And the answer is...
ALM Tools for Developers in Visual Studio 2012
Published 03/18/2013
Although coding is the primary responsibility of a developer, there are many other application lifecycle management activities that need to be performed with the code. V. N. S. Arun takes a look at the list of features offered by Visual Studio 2012 for the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
