Does anyone have a good scheme for building and distributing a 30-day trial application ?I appreciate the fact that any good scheme is likely to be proprietary, but perhaps some of you might wish to make some general comments on the subject.IMHO, any workable scheme would need to leave a permanent d...

I am working on a Library made in C#. Unfortuantely I have no way to beta test it. I am also working on a large scale application in C# .Net 2.0 but, again, have no way to beta test it.What's the best way for me to get beta testers for my software? Is there a place dedicated to this sort of thi...

Hello, I have a SAO Singleton remote object hosted in IIS that I am trying to tune a little. The problem is the initial load time for the object to re-compile after being dormant for a short amount of time. This causes a 4-5 second delay in the response, and in my mind is really unacceptable. Aft...

I want to know the process of CDR collection from the telecom switches for real time telecom billing systems, like<br/>1. how ftp tools used for the purpose<br/>2. is polling method used, how<br/>etc<br/>or<br/>where could i find such details

Hi,Here are two ways to design classes:Case 1:Class TreeNode{ private int id; private int parentId; public int getId(){return id;} public void setId(int id){this.id = id;} public TreeNode getParent() { //get parent node from db or som...

Hello all. I would your opinion, and if possible engage in a discussion on this article- http://www.itarchitect.com/shared/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=175001539&pgno=1<br/>Thanks for your time.

Hello,I'm creating ASX with PHP code. I'm sending from PHP the header:header("Content-type: application/asx");before dumping the ASX code.That way, when you copy the ASX file URL into IE's address bar, the Windows Media Player is being opened automatically and start playing the movie....

Here's a stumper: My boss has charged me with creating an excel program that acts like a dll. It is "called" from another excel (vba) program using the Shell() command. I got all that working fine but then found another wrinkle. What happens when two people are using the .xls at the same ti...

Hi,I have a Tecra S2 PM 730 1600 512MB 40GB DVD-CDRW 15,0"TFT WXPP Nvidia Chipset GO 6600PN PTS20E-01J00LBT TOSHIBA PORT REPLICATOR 3 PN PA3314E-1PRP - s/n 34032428Tecra S2: Centrino PM730/XP Pro/15.0Agreement: FE065C7FS/N: 55891330G1) is there any possibility to check if the laptop is in the dockin...

GreetingsI would like to design a head tracker.This piece of software will allow the head to be tracked as the user observes the screen and determine what part of the screen the user is focused at.Has anyone come across any articles, research paper or sample code on this topic.Thank you so much...

I have a small contract project that a competent C++ programmer should be able to perform in a few hours. I am doing scientific research that involves reading hdf data files. I have the .cpp source required to read the files, but have not been able to compile it. I have limited experience with c+...

I would like to write a .NET/C++ 'agent' application which will log on to a single, specific website, begin communicating with that website via bidirectional ascii strings, and when the appropriate information appears, email the user.The problem is that I haven't clue 1, as to how to...

I have several a directory of text files that contain the same data but for different months.E.G.JANHOURS.txtFEBHOURS.txtMARHOURS.txtAPRHOURS.txtTOTALHOURS.txtI want to combine all the files ending with "hours" into totalhours.txt so it can be loaded into a pivot table. However I need this to be aut...

Can anyone plzz help <br/>In providing me DataStructures Objective type questions in C language<br/>.Thanks a lot

Where can I find a good article on software defect analysis within different industries.

Hello Guru's :)We are currently having a problem with a web-portal system.In addidtion to beeing redicoulus slow the web-pages also have som nasty "bugs".. but I am not sure if it's bugs or "by design" of winword.The page displayed contains a word document embedded in an iFrame.When a user...

Hi,I am looking my first laptop. I am a web developer and would need it to be quite fast.As I have never used laptops before I have no idea of their efficiency and how to judge them. Can any deveopers with thier experince help me.Also I wouldnt want to pay more then $2000 - 2200. Can it be possible...

Hello,I am preparing some freewares for web hosting industry. Since my web hosting account has limited bandwidth, I would like to save the softwares in some reliable and free servers for the visitors to download. I am looking for download.com but it seems that it is not free.Could you please advise...

Hi. I am trying to load .mat files using Matlab command "load". The files have been saved (using save command) in Matlab 7, and I try to load them in Matlab 6.5. The problem is that Matlab6.5 cannot load those files (it says they may be corrupt). It is probably a matter of compatibility. Any ideas?

Hi,I need information that I cannot find anywhere on biztalk server 2002. I will ask it here, but if I need to post elsewhere perhaps someone can direct me.We will be sending 837 HIPAA claim files to a trading partner. In return, we expect to receive a 997 acknowledgment file. I need to know...

i would like to ask your help on calculating the md5 hash of a certain given string. i'm making a program that encrypts strings, and i decided to use md5 encryption. i could use built in functions, but i though that it'll be better if i make a program from sratch. i would just like to s...

Hey everyone,I want to announce a pretty cool program of mine named "Color Coded". This program is absolutely free to everyone.The program is based off of the syntax highlighter created by Yves Maurer. His syntax highlighter was very good, so I thought I would take the idea one step further and make...

Hello,Let's say we want to create a program with several files: main.lisp, calculate.lisp, data.lisp, and main.lisp needs to load the other two files.Does anyone know a way to do that load without having to do(load "drive:folder\folder\file.lisp)Something that gets the path of dir the current f...

Iam using MSHFLXGD.OCX in my ASP which works fine in the workstation if VB6 Activex Controls is installed completly. when i try registering only MSHFLXGD.OCX and its dependency files COMCAT.DLL, MSSTDFMT.DLL, MSBIND.DLL and load the page it just appears as a big box with a image in the left top c...

HI all,<br/>I am looking for a software that will generate a list of all the win32 apis used in a .cpp file. <br/>Or maybe a trick/technique to help me list out all the apis without much effort.<br/>Thanks

Hi!Sorry for this question. it is not related with the programming!I found a bar for internet explorer that has a dictionary.This dictionary can be launch from bar and still as App.exe in system.When i close internet explorer , App.exe is still running. I want to run App.exe independently.But i go...

Im posting this here because this forum has the most posts and Im not having any luck on any of my normal forums (first time user). I dont even know C++! I know au3 which isnt much just the basics. I want a joypad program that runs in the system tray or as a process (with a hotkey...read below). If...

As programming languages grow sometimes I wonder how out of touch am I.I'm wondering if I should learn these languages: XML, ASP, Java, and C#I know javascript, html, (dhtml), perl, phpSo should I learn XML as well? What type of tools will it give me?I know PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PerlSo shoul...

I made this thing on visual basic and turned it into an exe, where can i upload it for everyone to see?

Hi,This is probably the wrong place for this post (and i'll probably get my knuckles wrapped)...But, does anyone know of any case studies / tech docs / examples whereby Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 has been integrated with Oracle 10G, 9, 8.* (as opposed to its default SQL 2000)?Anyone with an...

GremYou mentioned you had a server, not really any place to post this on the forum. Do you recon you could answer some questions about servers for me? Not the sort of stuff you can find on the internet.I want to set up a server but im not sure what can actually be achieved (benifits) and where to pu...

I m final year student of I.T. engg. Can someone suggest me any project in .net or any web application or java project ?? I need it as early as possible.Pls help with some feasible n good ideas. Please........

Hi:I tried to construct a simple pascal compiler by using bison. I created a grammar file pascal.y. When I used bison to generate code, I got the following warning message:pascal.y: conflicts: 22 reduce/reducepascal.y:219.2: warning: rule never reduced because of conflicts: OptionalListOfSelector: /...

hello all, i m doing a project on event detection in video.in this an 'event' may be any occurance specified by the user.i have to write a program in matlab to detect the event. i shot a 4hrs video film of a door in my lab.and now,through the program i have to detect how many times the doo...

my comp sci teacher is requiring me to create a project for the science fair, but i have no ideas right now.<br/>do you guys have any suggstions for a project?<br/>i would like to do something about comp sci. i know some basic programming.<br/>any suggestions would be great.

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just curious, how promising is quantum computing?if it becomes the way things are done (software development-wise) in the future, is it gonna change the way we design and develop software as we do it today? ... i.e. i think as long as information is represented in binary i suppose not much will chan...

Hello everyone,I have a program that is going to be running all the time in my linux machine Fedora core 3. And I want the program to start running with the login screen (before logging in). I want to do this just in case if we have a power outage or something, the program doesn't have to wait...

I know Delphi isn't too terribly popular, but I think it could help if there was a Delphi section here.

Hello,<br/>Is there any way I can find if a drive is mounted from script file? <br/>I mounted the C drive to Linux though SMB and I want to find out from a script if the drive is mounted. Help please<br/>Thanks<br/>Alaa G

Hi Everyone,I am curious to know if someone else out there found the password for Expense Statement,Invoice & Purchase Order in ms Excel 2000. (When you click File-->New... and then you click on the tab 'Spreadsheet solution') I need to access the code behing the buttons and password ke...

I started wrting c lessons for absoulute begginers to advanced users, I think material can be considered quality, and my students learn programming with this stuff. If you wish feel free to start reading it.Its only 8 lessons for now so maybe could be easier for you to start following it now in the...

How to reserve .ocx after running Wise Uninstall?I create a MSI project using Wise Installer, and add two .Ocx files in this project. the problem is that when uninstall my software, the .Ocx files are removed completely, but some other software need them, such as Common Dialog Control.How can I res...

Does anyone of you know application or a way (i can write a program by myself, just do not know how) which would allow me to remap keys in any way I want? Let's say that having QWERTY keyboard I have key [ with shifted { and I watn to reverse the case of this particlar key, since much more ofte...

Hi<br/>I am a fresher Engineer joined a software company now.<br/>i am working here as a system programmer.<br/>having a work on wireless comm. through pc using bluetooth and wireless.<br/>whats de future in this.<br/>reply me

How can we create a batch file for setting the environment variables in the registry and permanently without restarting the system.

HiI'm a Macintosh programmer that has to take my first forays into writing a Windows NT utility and need some help.On the Mac there are these handy kernel functions called kqueues which provide a hook into the file system and allows applications to monitor for file system changes as they happen...

Hi guys,I've got a huge problem and I am hoping someone out there can help. A client has asked me to create a mini-app that will run in conjunction with another (he doesn't have the source code for the main app- hence the "mini". Here is my problem- the information in the main app needs to...

Is anyone aware of an article describing algorithms for processing recursive data iteratively? I anticipate that someone will say that a generic algorithm is so basic that there is nothing to write about; if that is your answer, then there is no need to post it. I am also not asking for help with do...

For agent-based applications relating to network, what simtools are often used ? Could someone please help me ? Thanks