Changes are inevitable in large projects. This article introduces some useful techniques to minimize compilation time during development.
Learn about the structure for LFN entries in the root directory and how to read LFN from the root directory of the FAT file system.
Learn the FAT root directory structure on a floppy and how to retrieve information about the file (not file content) from it by using VC++.
Learn how to read a floppy disk's geometry witout using DeviceIoControl on Windows XP.
Learn about the structure of the MS Outlook .msg file format and how a VC++ application can extract data from this file.
Learn to use Unicode to perform file-based operations.
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.
Recently one way that developers have been looking to address the cookie abuse problem is via a method known as fingerprinting. Peter Shaw shows you how to generate a fingerprint in C# for use in your own projects.
Hannes du Preez demonstrates how easy it is to work with threads in your VB.NET applications.
This article introduces you to Big Data, Apache Hadoop and MapReduce jobs. We will also learn how to create MapReduce jobs using C#.
