What was the most ridiculous, dumb or funny question you were asked during your interview for a programming job?

Just like the software "PC security" .

Hi,I was wondering how to use breakpoints in Visual Studio .NET 2003. Currently, I know how to place "red circles" next to lines of code to break at that line, but sometimes I want to break when a variable reaches a specific value. This variable may or may not have global scope and may not exist in...

Dear members,As part of a research degree, I am conducting an online survey on the useof software design patterns within software design projects, especiallywhen used within the scope of integrating applications (e.g. web services,EAI etc). The aim is to investigate how use of software design patter...

Hi, everyone!I am conducting a research about copy protection, license management and anti-piracy protection, and would like to learn about your preferences in anti-piracy software, the features this software needs to have and other possible properties of such a software. The result of this survey w...

Hello all, I am new to the programming world. I have taken a few basic courses and I have decided to go out on my own and learn more. I have been creating a blackjack program to hone my skills (like I said...basic) I am at a stand still, and I was hoping that one or all of you could help.I am hav...

Hi,I am trying to write client side webservice code in C++ , the actual webserive is written in java using AXIS framework. I was trying to generate the c++ code from WSDL using Axis c++ and it did generate some code but its failing when i try to ivoke the webservice ...the webservice method which i...

Hello. I need your guidance here, and sorry if this question is in the wrong section.I would like to get furthered into programming system start up code, i.e. writing the assembly segment for startup vector address area, for no particular system in general. My education pushes me towards embedded sy...

We wonder how to be a Microsoft X-box licensed developer if we are outside US and in China.<br/>Besides, who shall we buy the X-box development kit (XDK) from, from Microsoft or from licensed Publisher?<br/>Thanks very much and any clue will be appreciated.<br/>Looking forward to your early reply.

Just made life easier for virus writers... whey-to-go...<br/> http://www.wired.com/news/rants/0,2350,69467,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5

I have a simple app that I would like to have coded. I know this is more of a developer based site, but right now I just dont have the time to wait and learn a language (I have no previous experience with coding) before (hopefully) I will be in a position to utilize the app.So what I would like to...

Who does the unit testing: QA or the individual developer?I'm working on an article for Software Test & Performance magazine (stpmag.com), and I'm interested in getting your input. Some stages of quality testing definitely belong in the QA Department's hands: the professional testers...

We are considering migrating our MFC application to .NET using C++/CLI. Does it make sense to migrate to Winforms given that Avalon and XAML is in the near future?I know Winforms does not have the Document/View concept, but we have an app which mainly uses forms for data display and editing and we...

Pls provide solutions for the following:1)What is the fastest way to compute factorial of 142857?2)Decrypt the following text.XJZSHYHHJTXRXRNNTXSRXTJWSJXFJKYZMSFHSYNNYTNSXTTKHLTJSSXNNZXXY(Use simple pattern matching techniques)3)You are given an array of n integers from 1 to n.There is one integer w...

I am using a tool Insure++ by parasoft. The problem I am facing is that I am getting stack addresses instead of function names in my logs. This is some setup problem, But I am unable to figure out. Please help me regarding this.

hello everybody,can you tell me where I can find a set of API to identify the language a text is written in? I'd need a freeware SDK, but I have found none so far.What I found so far is some tool to identify the language, but not an SDK.Thank you for your suggestions.Annalisa...

Hi Gurus,hope this is in the right section.. so here is my story :I need to develop Linux executables (C++) for a special (embedded) distribution of Linux and now my Problem is: how to do that from Windows XP ? (dont ask why ;) ) ...So I intalled the "Eclipse" IDE with the "CDT" plugin and "cygwin"...

Hi all,<br/>I was studying a while back to become MCSD.NET certified. I'm wondering what's going to happen now that .NET 2.0 has come out. Is there going to be new certifications? Will the tests change? Should I wait a bit if there's going to be changes?<br/>Thx

How can i Change project options programmatically ?<br/>I want to add /d "_AFXDLL" project option prorammatically to my project option,and how can i do that?

Where can I get a program that makes an installer for your program.I have a program that consists of a few .dlls and a few images and a main .exe file. I would liek to have the user install it (creating a folder in the program files folder, and put all the files in there and a shortcut in teh All P...

Hi, Been searching this site and googling for a while now to find information regarding plugin based framework without limited luck. Was hoping someone on here could give me a link to any articles/tutorial etc. In general I'm interesting the advantages, disadvantages of this architecture, it�...

Hi,I created an html help file for an application that I did. The .chm file was created using FastHelp. After compiling to .chm, it works from the computer that I am working on. But if I copy the file to a network, when I dbl click the .chm file, it is not displayed. The content can be seen, but the...

Hi all. I hope I've come to the right place. What I'm really looking for here are "If I were you..." answers.I'm not a programer and have never had any part in software development before. My situation is that I have been approached by a software company about helping them develop...

Hi. Can someone please tell me what MFC and SDK are all about, what is their place in the world of programming and where are they used.<br/>Thanks. Regards.

Hi,I am an newbie to programming, though i know a bit of C. i would like to make a career in Software Development. From my previous posts and some research on the net and after making some enquiries at some institutes, it now seems to me that there are basically two streams to choose from - either b...

does anyone know from where i can download NEdit and a good compiler for C code??

I'm curious how to make actual BB code tags appear in the text instead of them being read as a script. For example, I want the [.b] [./b] to appear, without the periods in them.<br/>Thanks.

I'm currently developing a piece of software and have come to a point that I need to split part of the code into several threads\processes. The problem is that I'm unsure whether to add two extra threads or two extra processes. I'm sure there is not a right or wrong answer for such a...

My GOD I cannot believe Microsoft's website is so fricking hard to navigate. It hacks me off sometimes. Screw it, I gave up. I want to see if I can find the answer here.I'm curious if Visual Studio 2005 automatically applies Windows XP themes to dialogs created in a dialog editor. So far m...

Okay, first I have no idea if anyone can even help more or if this is a good place to start. I don't know anything about this stuff, so I am completely dumb to all of this.I need to either create my own program, buy one or find someone to make me one. This may sound stupid, but I just took over...

Hello, <br/> photoshop has many amazing features, like graphic layer, and save current edit photo onto a PSD file.<br/> i want to know where i can find a good opensource project for reference?<br/> any tip would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all,Below are my questions about slightly low-level computing questions.1) It is quite easy to convert a hex-decimal number like 2FA to it's decimal equivalent. But if we're given a decimal number like 750, how do we convert it to it's hex-equivalent? Is there any formulas etc.?2)...

I hope Mods do not teach this thread to be "chit/chat" and should remain here, since this is "our" topic. Today, November 20, 2005, Microsoft Windows has completed its Twenty years. Yet there are many issues with this OS (all versions). Be it the major issue of Security or stability or general UI is...

Dear all VC++ champs,I am a fresher and recently joined vc++ developers community.1.I want know how better is a career in VC++? What path should i choose in order that i make my career successful.Its so much vast in here ..2.how better is VC++? compared to VB ?3.what importance a vc++ programmer has...

Hi all<br/>Can anybody explain me what does antispoofing mean? I need the explanation in emails context, but I have googled out only some references to cisco and ip addresses.<br/>Thanks

I've been thinking and looking into starting my own business.<br/>Anybody have any stories they'd like to share?

Hello,We have been developing our POS solutions in Delphi/MS SQL for several years. But now we want to make totally new version of our flag product and there is an opportunity to switch to another technology. Due to fact that our product is form (desktop) based - our choice is practicaly limited to...

Hi, Can someone help me with this question: Define a general function heunstep(f,tcurr,tnext,xcurr,par) that will take one step of Heun's method to solve a system of first order initial value problems. f is the handle to a function for evaluating the first derivatives. tcurr is the current...

I know i not in the right forum but i just want to ask some suggestion or maybe any advise from u all...Recently , my lacturer give me a task to build a Web Application in any language. Then problem is my Lacturer want the web application is the MOST wanted and MOST popular among the web user.....:&...

I just wanna ask about the basic topic of image processing that i have to know to be able to design a biometric fingerprint detection and recognition softwarewhat books do you suggest me to read on image processingand if someone have develope a simmilar application , can you give me a link to a good...

Oh, dear. Here we go again.I assume that this question comes as a result of some sort of assignment, and that the OP is currently on the "recursion" module. (I can't think of another reason for the ban on loops.)Teacher: "How can I teach about recursion? I know! I'll use possibly the wors...

Hi all,I was having a thought a few days ago and I'm so annoyed of the current state of programming frameworks. I justed wanted to see what do you think about the this. Say you want to write some app which will be useful for you and maybe you can sell it to others. So generally, you have to dec...

Iam a computer tech at my local bestbuy and need help "customizing" virus and spyware scanners so that lets say when i click on the spybot installation file it installs and doesnt ask for the language, installation path. etc. I hope this forum is correct couldnt really find one closer.Thanks for any...

Hi,I am looking at developing a little tool that I can install on a PC that would have an interface and will store data. The problem is that I don't want to used any licenced software. So what type of free tools are out there for me to use. The pc that I will be installing on won't be co...

A SHARP ARM 7 based MCU has a certain address space. The startup reset vector ofr the ARM 7 is at 0x0. In the memory remap options the datasheet for this MCU, none of them have a boot flash located at 0x0 address. How then would the MCU start up? All the remaps do not have a boot flash setup at 0x0,...

Hello, i search web site when i can found some presentation in english, it's for school and i 'll do some presentation about informatique (example: wifi, make a LAN, ....)<br/>thks for your help

How do i change the compiled exe file icon ?<br/>Thanx

When I installed Visual Studio 2005, I noticed there were huge improvements to the CRT library. There were more secure functions listed with a _s at the end (or was it a prefix?).In any case, I want to use these updated libraries with Visual Studio .NET 2003, if possible.Where can I find the latest...

Can someone help me with this question: How can I track a file once it hits the internet? I was reading an article about this and would like to know how it is done.I'm interested in tracking a funny video file.I'd like to keep track of how many times the file is viewed after I publish it....

Hello,<br/> Regarding VS.Net 2005, will there be any academic editions of VStudio or academic prices avaliable for students?<br/> There are both academic editions and prices for Version 2003