I'd like to use something other than the blinking line as my caret in Visual Studio Editor (2005 Pro Edition). I'm not sure why, maybe I'm just sick of looking at the same caret for years on end. I've made it thicker in the accessability options, but I'd still like somethi...

Hey everyone - new here :) I was wondering if anyone would be interested in working with us to develop the first few input adapters for Touchstone. It would be very interesting to be able to alert users when they get new messages on myspace, auctions closing on ebay, mail in their gmail account etc...

Hello!My partner is looking to start a career in development, probably focusing in C++ and/or C#.He does not have a college degree, but was hoping to get some guidance.First, can someone break into the field without a degree? For example, through certifications and a lot of studying? If so, what cer...

Hi ! I'm a newcomer here . I'm very interested to create application / software across media / platform . Could somebody tell me what should I do then?<br/>Do I need to learn hardware , programming or others??<br/>Which programming languages is powerful?? C++ or Java or VB ?

Let me first describe the program I am designing:I am creating a remote admin system for an online multiplayer game. There is a Server object, several Player objects and also several Plugin objects associated with the main program.I want the plugins to be able to store their own data about the playe...

Hi,I'm going to create a client-server sales and inventory application. It would generate reports/receipts like sales invoice, purchase orders, history and so forth. What is the best reporting tool, the most feasible, and their pros and cons?I was thinking of Data Report, though I haven'...

I don't want to turn this into a C++ vs. C# thread, but looking at the two languages; I'm wondering which you think is going to become the most popular. I've been programming for almost 10 years, and know both C++ and C# very well. I happen to like both. I like the power of C++, but t...

ok a question for all you smart programmers.I want to write a program where I input something like cdabeand assuminga=1b=2c=3d=4e=5it gives me an answer/output of 34125whats the best way to do this? I want it to be a windows app. Can I get some recommendations on whats the best way to do it, and the...

I'm interested in taking this class called "Computer Architecture and Organization." Would someone explain to me what this is all about and why an introductory course in C++ should be a prerequisite? Thanks.

I'm designing a web app right now... I'm storing the folder structure in a database table, and the plan is to rename the file to it's unique file_id and put all the files into the same folder.The only problem I can see with this is if there is some sort of arbitrary limit set on the...

I have two questions:1) What is the best cross-platform SQL (one that will work on both windows and linux) ? - As far as I have seen MS SQL Server is ok for windows but not for linux, and mySQL is great for linux but misses major func. for windows... 2) What is the best programming language for wo...

i need help making a Doom server/client port for doom...i need some help, any ideas?

Friends,I am looking for some very good software engineering text books to read. I am looking for a text book style, not a how-to style. I don't need a book that teaches me C++ or another language. I am looking for a good book that teaches the theory of programming, how it works, why it works....

Hello, my name is Graham, it's quite irritative truly, am an accountant not a computer scientist, I just take a course about computer binary system wonder why binary is used instead of other system ?<br/>Is there any rule for binary in your system, I want to see<br/>Thanks

Hey, Im going to learn C++ to build a server for an online im going to create.. what do you recommend I use. VC++ 6 or VC++ .NET?<br/>thanks.<br/>EDIT: Im not sure if this is in the right forum, sorry.

Hello guys..I'm definitely not a maths expert - most maths I learnt only after school :p I'm working on a project, to do mathematical calculations. The whole purpose of this project is to do "almost any type of mathematical calculation"Now, I want to know if there is any place where I can...

hican someone please help me get started? I have some programming expierence. I started learning VB6 in high school and now I know a little bit of C++ (not much) and I'm pretty good at C#.I don't know everything but most of the time if I don't know it I can find the answer in MSDN or...

Is there anything available (e.g. books, courses) to teach one how to convert a document to/from PDF? I'm familiar with Adobe's PDF Reference manual but it's a difficult book to learn from because it's simply a reference, not a teaching aid.There are plenty of PDF converters out...

Hi I just noticed that with C# I also have J#. What is this J# language, is this just java for windows applications?I am thinking about building a web forms application and im wondering if i should use J# instead of C# will there be any advantages/disadvantages of using J#? Does is support all of th...

I'm currently trying to compile ProFTPD On Windows using the cygwin environment. I have finally got the ./configure to work but now I'm gettin a ton of errors when i try to make.....I get....../include/proftpd.h:141: error: field `start_time` has incomplete type../include/conf.h:360: erro...

I am curious what kind of different approach I'm going to use to program my database applications with VB.NET 2005. I'm new to .NET but pretty familiar with VB6.Are their any good articles about designing database applications in VB.NET?I'm not familiar with reporting in Crystal Repo...

Hey guys, this thread is for anyone who has been employed as a programmer, or knows interview processes.I recently had an interview scheduled with an employer, and i am going to be tested for my knowledge in vb6 and vb.net.I am here to ask if anyone can possible give me a heads up on what type of qu...

Hey guys, this thread is for anyone who has been employed as a programmer, or knows interview processes.I recently had an interview scheduled with an employer, and i am going to be tested for my knowledge in vb6 and vb.net.I am here to ask if anyone can possible give me a heads up on what type of qu...

Sorry I didn't put the hole explanation in the title, I think it would be too long.Hi I'm new to this forum I hope somebody can help me, my question is:Is there an application which you can have a parent window launching different applications already created?For example we have in our com...

How do i write code to mask a password?<br/>also i want to determine the length of the password and the password expiry date?

I'm an Engg student in CS dept. I wish to know some current topics for presenting a paper. Could you suggest some?<br/>Could you also name few sites for gathering information?

I should like to know topics related to databases or AI.<br/>Could u also post me some sites, please!

Hi,I realy wish that you can help me. I want to introduce myself firstly; I am a student in the last year in the faculty of Engeneering, Department of Electronics and communication, and i realy need some help in my Graduation Project. My Project is about Wireless Webcam . I have have a digital Camer...

i need a MFC library extension with "Office 2007" ribbon controls.<br/>i've found:<br/>- Codejock - Xtreme toolkit - http://www.codejock.com/<br/>- BCGSoft - BCGControlBar - http://www.bcgsoft.com/<br/>- Prof-UIS - http://www.prof-uis.com/<br/>which do you recommend?<br/>~minx~

Is it possible to set PT 7633 so that during my conversation if another call come I will be able to see CLIP and DDI of this call?<br/>Thank you for any help!

Hello, I wish to enquiry what is the best practice to use ArgumentException. So far I got a dilemma. To use "return" or ArgumentException. For example we have the following 2 sample code. Which one should we use?private void DeepCopy(object[] i_Lhs, object[] i_Rhs){ if(i_Lhs == null) throw new A...

I have a peculiar issue. I am trying to access http://gunther.sourceforge.net from my home in Kolkata, India. Now I cannot access the website as both IE and Firefox ends with "Cant find gunther.sourceforge.net" Another person next building with different ISP can access it and all my friends I have...

we have an application which when loaded, it instantiates many 1000s of lightweight objects... (object might contain Name, Unique ID, Date) ... all other data pertaining to the object is loaded on-demand... the application was/is designed with OO in mind (thus loading objects (not just using DB re...

Hey all I am in a pickle. I am making a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio 2003, and I accidently removed it from my project. When I tried to put it back in, it would take in Form1.h, and Form1.resx, but it wouldn't link them together so I could use the designer again. Is there a way I...

I have been looking over lots of the FAQ here.<br/>What is a good source to get the basics of OOP?

I am an Engineering student in cse and i am interested in making a paper presentation. Could somebody please suggest me a topic for the same?<br/>This is my first paper and so I am confused about choosing any topic.Could you also please suggest some sites for gathering the information?

I have been interested in programming for some time. I am a college grad with a bach. degree in computer networking (Windows and Cisco).I have started to go through a primer on C++. Only programming I have done is very basic stuff in Visual Basic. My question is... is having a career in progra...

Where is a good source for learning Design Patterns?<br/>Has anyone heard of what is called "Gang of 4" and "Model via Control"?

Hi friends,<br/>Has anyone know how to make a program allways run in windows? when this program is stoped by anyone , it is autorun after.<br/>Please reply,<br/>Thank a lot.

Any good UML tools out there that is easy to use and free? :-)

Hi, everyone.<br/>I have got a question. Have IETF got documents where are compared two version rfc (for example rfc and draft)?<br/>Thanks.

i desperatly need to kno the basics of how a debugger works ...and i am planning to build a debugger in c to understand its flow. so i need some good refernce material.<br/>please its urgent kindly help me out<br/>thanx

I'm the only C#, java and VB.NET (basically, modern OO languages and concepts) skilled programmer in a room of programmers who have some rudimentary hacking skills in VB6 and VBAi.e. these guys know the syntax and how to hack out an app that does what they want, but they dont understand things...

Hello every one...i am working on a telephonic voice application using modems...actually the problem is that input from my mic is fast (128kbps) as compared to line speed(9600), i resolved the problem by encoding the incomming voice data and transmitting over the telephone line(means data is transmi...

Hi friends...<br/>I want to receive fax on my PC through a modem so i used WINFAX 1.1 . But this application is always error. Can you offer me a program to receive fax and not error ( and free !) ?<br/>Thank you a lot.<br/>I don't known if this thread isn't in proper place.

Hi,<br/>The current webhost that we have subscribed to has an email attachment limit of 10MB. Looking for a provider that has a bigger attachment limit. Any suggestions?<br/>Thanks,<br/>Suna

Hello,<br/>How can I make programs built using visual studio 2005 run on other computer? I'm getting error saying that the application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. What should I do? Thanks

In a database that I'm currently planning, there will be much formatted outputing.In fact, there will be several MS Word documents that will serve as output mask for printing. Client-side app will be done in C#, and new Word masks will be added from time to time (not too often).My questions are...

When drawing a class diagram, you can operation which wil look something like this+ add ( in x : int, out y : int, inout z : int ) : intmy question is, what does in, out, inout mean? I did a lot of searching on the net and they mostly say that it is parameter direction and no mor. What exactly is p...

Hello guys.I tried to search what I'm going to ask. but failed..Im going to develop a dynamic library over several platforms; they are Windows, Mac and Linux.I expect the forms of output would be .dll , .dylib and .so .They must be built from same source codes.But unfortunately I have neither...