Hot on the heels of the significant MFC updates that were delivered with the release of Visual Studio 2008, the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack significantly boosts the ability of MFC to deliver modern-looking user interfaces that will be familiar to Windows and Office users. Look at these new controls and see how MFC developers can significantly improve their application's look and feel.
There are a number of changes in Visual C++ 2005 that can break your existing programs. The Visual C++ product team has identified some of the changes most likely to impact you.
Learn how to develop and use multi platform plugins easily using the Simple Plugin Layer (SPL) Library.
Even when you are coding to standards, portability isn't a guarantee for C++ programs. Discover how to avoid an issue with vectors and strings.
Even when you are coding to standards, portability isn't a guarantee for C++ programs. Discover how to avoid an issue with variable scope.
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.
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...
Join Hannes du Preez as he tackles the popular topic of how to create an application similar to Windows Explorer.
OAuth is an open standard where a user can get access to an application by authenticating through a OAuth provider, for example Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. V.N.S. Arun shows you how to implement OAuth in an Asp.Net MVC 4 application.
