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August 31, 2004
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–> New Articles on CodeGuru:
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Algorithms
– [Updated] Introduction to Hash Tables
==> Controls
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– [Updated] Implementing an Array of Buttons: The Shuffle
Game
==>
Database
– Implement User-Defined Functions in SQL Server 2005 with Managed
Code
==> Data Types
(C++)
– Converting Between Native and Managed
Types
==> Managed Extensions
(C++)
– Managed Extensions: Sorting Your Collection
Classes
==>
Misc
– Acronym Anarchy
==> Misc.
(C#)
– Disposal at the End of Function Scope
(unedited)
==> System
(C++)
– How Do Windows NT System Calls REALLY
Work?
==> XML
(VB/VB.NET)
– Objectifying an XML Node with an IConfigSectionHandler
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… Longhorn Client in 2006
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New
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interested in submitting your own article for inclusion on the site, then you
will find guidelines located at
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This week’s posted CodeGuru articles:
==> Algorithms
– [Updated] Introduction to Hash Tables
By Per
Nilsson
Read a brief, non-academic, explanation of what hash tables are and
why they are important.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,j1pz,3p3n,jorm,i5r0
==> Controls (C++)
– [Updated] Implementing an Array of Buttons: The Shuffle
Game
By Veena Pai
Manage a group of buttons as an array in
VC++.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,1vx6,h42o,jorm,i5r0
==> Database
– Implement User-Defined Functions in SQL Server 2005 with Managed
Code
By arasu_tt@yahoo.com
SQL Server 2005’s
integration with the .NET common language runtime enables developers to create
database objects such as user-defined functions using languages such as VB.NET
and C#.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,kbs,je62,jorm,i5r0
==> Data Types (C++)
– Converting Between Native and Managed Types
By
darwen
Learn how to convert memory and strings between native C++ and managed
C++.NET.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,dcck,konf,jorm,i5r0
==> Managed Extensions (C++)
– Managed Extensions: Sorting Your Collection Classes
By
Tom Archer –
Tom Archer illustrates step-by-step instructions for making
your collection classes sortable by any of your class’s members.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,1syu,hri3,jorm,i5r0
==> Misc
– Acronym Anarchy
By Bradley Jones
Acronyms are
getting out of control. Do you have what it takes to be an Acronym Guru?
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,8kuu,751u,jorm,i5r0
==> Misc. (C#)
– Disposal at the End of Function Scope (unedited)
By
David Risack
This sample will allow for automatically calling dispose on
objects that were requested to be disposed at the end of function scope.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,kpcx,8pnj,jorm,i5r0
==> System (C++)
– How Do Windows NT System Calls REALLY Work?
By John
Gulbrandsen
Learn about the exact mechanism that Windows NT uses when
switching to kernel mode to execute a system service. The description is for an
x86-compatible CPU running in protected mode. Other platforms supported by
Windows NT will have a similar mechanism for switching to kernel mode.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,f2kl,hd9r,jorm,i5r0
==> XML (VB/VB.NET)
– Objectifying an XML Node with an
IConfigSectionHandler
By Paul Kimmel
Implement a section handler
that coverts an XML node from a bunch of spurious individual values into a
strongly typed object.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,vjc,efld,jorm,i5r0
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Find out which solution best fits your
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Some Project Management
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should you be considering?
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,13d9,1,74u,jxbz,jorm,i5r0
4. Building Web Applications with Oracle HTML DB, Part
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By Michael Klaene –
Explore some of the functionality behind HTML DB’s
Application Builder component.
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