I think a really usefull series of articles would deal with the basics. Like basic algorithms such as CRC, Sorting, soundex, encryption, string finding, formatting currency strings yourself, you know, the classics. Many people would benefit from them.Many newer programmers look upon programming t...

It is very difficult to get information about how to internationalize an existing application.<br/>I would like to read an article about experiences doing this, about the problems with MBCS, Unicode, strlen, ...<br/>Martin

I would like an article about how to show/print barcodes. Like EAN.

In order to take advantage of the extra viewing space available with a second monitor, I would like my program to create a separate window to display all the "documents" that are opened. Will MFC allow viewing of documents outside the mainframe's client viewing area, or can this viewing area s...

Hi All!How about a FAQ for the Forum. I'm regulary answering questions there - and many of them are repeated.I'd even go into a starting FAQ for those I'm aware of - and I can handle:Arrays VB<-->VC, SAFEARRAY's, Tree w/ checkboxesPassing strings around in COMCString <--...

I would like to know how I can convert a RTF file to HTML one with out losing any formatting. Is there any converters (OCX/DLL) available.

How to blend/warp/distort images, how to create natural brushes and things like that.<br/>Chris<br/>Chris Bateman<br/>Granada Learning<br/>**********************************<br/>God is dead. - Nietzsche<br/>Nietzsche is dead. - God

There is a huge penalty for not selecting the correct choices in the app wizard. For example: adding automatically generated context-sensitive-help to your app if you have not selected help in appwizard. Or changing a CView to a CFormView or changing a CRecordSetView to something else, or making a o...

I would like to see a good article about, how to connect(DNS & DNSless), to a DataBase on the Internet(Insert,Delete & Update), from a VB application.<br/>=EDGARDO=<br/>Univ. Of Puerto Rico

Many programmers ask about loading *.JPEG ,*.GIF files with ao witout ActiveX<br/>I will be very happy to see a full article on reading those files include reading GIF/JPEG custom resource...<br/>bye,

Hello,I would like to known the way of handling events of DYNAMICALLY created ActiveX of many kind (not all the same).It seems that this topic is not really known... I don't found any article describing this thing.So I am very interested in this topic. If someone has an idea, please tell me !Fr...

Hello! I couldn't find any code relating to the connection to socks Proxy. There should be something shared like wrapper class that simply connects to Internet through socks proxy and with information given about Socks Server like port, SOcks/4 or 5 etc.With thanks!Aamir...

If the following has been discussed in previous posts, please forgive me.It would be neat to be able to download previous “Online Tutorials” and then be able to do these projects offline. Is there such an option and I’ve missed it?RegardsRodersIf replying via e-mail Zulu = Nothing...

How to dynamicaly add scripting (ActiveScript) to app without register the interface.

Game programming

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Hello,<br/>I have an application that users BitBlt to transfer image. I want to trap this call and get the parameters for the call. <br/>How can this be achieved<br/>Thanks,<br/>Abhay

Its a goos idea to developed a (NAT Protocol)IP-masq (linux) in Windows-NT to replace proxy servers.<br/>Bye<br/>Ibrar

One extremely frequent question is on the very basic topic of converting CString to char and char to CString and such. One of us should write a summary of the replies that we can simply refer to when the question is asked.

It would be a good idea to have a ready list available for all the forum quesions asked .This would help people trying to search for a particular problem and also avoid repetitions to a great extent. <br/>vikas bansal

I would like to see tutorials on Windows WMI provider, which is microsoft implementation of CIM (common information model). The W2k platform SDK comes with some samples. But they are all dealing with simple cases. I would like to know if there are some websites where I can find the information.

It may be some of the very basics of COM, but I've had some trouble with it. How about an article covering the technical stuff, along with some consideration about the use of that string?

It'll be nice if someone can post an article regarding conversion of bstrs (basic strings) to various other formats, like CString, and vice versa.<br/>Thanks!

I've heard about a new technology that Yahoo! is using called Beatnik...it allows developers to make their sites very interactive by using a new type of sound technology...it's supposed to be really easy to use, especially with Flash and/or JavaScript...I would really love to read some mor...

Electronic mailing is one of the most important markets of the computer world. But this site doesn't contain neither articles on MAPI nor CDO except some few in internet section.. It would be very good if you improve it.<br/>Aykut KILIC <br/>ITU(istanbul)

Hi,I'm looking for some code to resize jpeg images from an rgb buffer. Using the IJG6 source code I can read anfd write jpeg's, and scale them by a factor of 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8. What I want to be able to do is have my application provide methods of resizing a jpeg by percentage or by preferr...

An Overview with simple examples explaining how to create Doc/View SDI/MDI/Splitter applications for all those of us who've only ever done Dialog Based Apps.Pleeeeeease!All Opulent, wonderful and beauteous creation springs from but a spark of my splendour.some religious text or other... ;)...

Big project ideas for students<br/>abrar

Simple examples of CGI with Form Variable/Values would be nice. Most of the C (C++) samples I See are Unix and/or use a library that I cant find or dont understand. Maybe there are good samples somewhere and if so, I would appreciate a heads ups to them. Database in a CGI would be nice too. I work i...

I posted that I have a class that does this (badly) and I thought that someone might have a better implementation and put that up.

I would like to capture an I frame of Mpeg2 file so that a thumbnail of it can be displayed on PC monitor

I would like to get some help on how to locate an I frame from an MPEG2 file.<br/>I have a hardware decoder and am able to play the Mpeg2 files and see the output on a TV connected to the decoder output. Now I want a thumbnail view of the MPEG2 file on the PC monitor.<br/>Thanks in advance

Asynchronous sockets

How can i display a background bitmap in a scrollbar. It dosen't have a SBS_OWNERDRAWN style, so no DrawItem() availble??<br/>any idea??

Hi everybody,<br/>I need to write a SMTP server for WIN32 (NT or Win2K). I tried to compile sendmail, but no way... Has anybody an idea or codes for that purpose?<br/>Joachim Hasler

for a time in this forum we are in the front of question like "how to get hdd s/n?" or "how to get mb s/n"many people have arguments that this kind of security solution in bad ("if the hdd broke" or "if the user need to move the application on new hdd" etc)we need a serious abordation of this proble...

Hi, XML is now making a huge buzz in e-commerce application development, I would like to see another forum specifically for XML or general web development/e-commerce discussion forum.

where can i down load installable components ie., Page Counter Component,Permission Checker Component, Myinfo component etc.,

Does anyone know how to make Two CHeaders in a CListCtrl? One header at the top with the names of the columnsOne header at the bottom to contain totals or average of the data in the list or just what lines are selected. I could not even move the header to the bottom. CCS_BOTTOM does not seam to be...

Hello,I have recently joined www.gamesourcecode.com andsince I am new to this world of programming I would like tofind more pleople who also joined this great site, whereyou can download the complete sourcecode to a graphic adventurekind of Lucas-Arts games.You have been in the bussiness probably lo...

What is the relationship between applications, windowstations and desktops.<br/>Dave McLelland<br/>D. McLelland (Software) Limited

I have searched everywhere (including this site) for suggestions on how to build, use and edit a configuration file in an application. But with no luck. Strange, because almost any program do use a configuration file to store paths or other settings.I beleive it would a great idea to make an article...

A game programmming tutorial with the basics of<br/>game development in Visual C++ would be a good <br/>contribution

Would love to see more stuff on direct draw, AI, etc.

I'm looking for information on search engines algorithms, specially on optimization algorithms for minimizing waiting time for the search results.

I am a recruit of web programming and would like to know any specific guide to ICQ alike software programming.<br/>Thanks

ParsingTutorials and information on Parsing methods seems to be a very under documented technique. There may be good books out there, but there seems to be little in parsing algorithms published on the web, at least in a begginers point of view. I am a C++ programmer, and want to avoid the generat...

I would like to offer a suggestion that might improve forum use. I suggest a Resolved/Unresolved indicator on each thread. Here is how I propose it might work: When a programmer posts a question on a forum, it is marked Unresolved. When somebody offers a possible solution, it automatically switche...

I've searched and found no code on software update by Internet. Some gurus out there may be interested in writing a class CURLFileUpdate (MFC-MDI framework):(a) to read a list of {FileName, nVersion } from a given "Versions.ini" file.(b) to acess a file at a given URL to check for info (e.g. {F...

I would like to see a BEGINNERS tutorial or at least an article on where to go to get started if you have never used the rich text format before.