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April 27, 2004
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TOPICS:
–> Editorial –
… The Personal Computer of 2006
… Last Week’s
Quiz Question
–> New Articles on CodeGuru:
==> Algorithms
– Five Cents on
Arithmetic Encoding
==> Book Review
– Building Solution with Microsoft
Commerce Server 2002
==> Book Review
– Database Access with Visual
Basic .Net
==> C#
– How to Use Attributes in C#
==> Database
(.NET)
– A Practical Guide to a Post-Relational Database for .NET: Matisse –
Part 2
==> Forums
– Hottest Forum Q&A on CodeGuru for the Week of
April 18th, 2004
==> Mobile Development
– Flexible Access, Powerful
Subtleties
==> .NET General
– Differential Development, Part 1
–
Forcing Garbage Collection in .NET
==> OpenGL
– [Updated] OpenGL Output
Class
==> Speech
– The Longhorn Speech API, an Initial Glance
==>
Status Bar
– [Updated] Showing Tooltips/Icons for Status Bar Panes
==>
Visual Basic
– Creating Translucent/Transparent Windows in VB (1)
==>
Visual Basic
– Creating Partially Translucent/Transparent Windows in VB
(2)
==> Web Services
– Advanced Asynchronous Web Services
–> Discussion Groups
–> Highlighted new articles on Developer.com
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3. What’s New in XPath
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… The Personal Computer of 2006
2006 is only a year and a half away. At VSLive! last month, Bill Gates
mentioned the personal computer of 2006. Do you know what the projected
specification is for a PC in 2006? The CPU isn’t surprising with a speed
expected to be in the 4-6 GHz range (with two cores). Some of the other specs,
however, may surprise you. Expected memory is 2 GB or more. Hard drives should
be breaking the 1 Terabyte mark. Most importantly, graphics processors on PCs
should be three times the speed and power they are today. Finally, and
least surprising, network access should be 1 GB or 54 Mb wirelessly.
That is a lot of power. With Microsoft listing this as the expected PC for
2006, it makes me wonder if this is also going to be close to the specification
for running Windows Longhorn…..
… Last Week’s Quiz Question!
As stated, last week’s question should have been easy for everyone. If you
didn’t find it easy, then you will want to check out the answer. The following
is a modified version of the listing I provided last week:
#include “stdafx.h”
// This listing has the same issue as the original….
#include “stdafx.h”bool Even( int );
int main()
{
if( !(Even(21)) ) {
bool Even = false;
}if (Even) {
std::cout << “Number is even!n”;
}
return 0;
}bool Even( int nbr )
{
bool answer;
if ((nbr % 2) == 0)
answer = true;
else
answer = false;
return answer;
}
This may make it more obvious as to why the listing has an
issue. Regardless of whether the number passed to Even() is
even or flase, the main method always prints that the number
is even. Even the odd value of 21 is stated to be even.
The issue in this listing is one of scope. The Boolean variable,
Even is set within the if statement within main(). Its scope
is only within the block of the if statement.
not the Boolean variable being checked. Rather, the only Even found in scope at
that time is the Even() method. Because this method exists, a positive value is
returned for Even in the if(Even) statement. This this if statement always
evaluates to true.
For more discussion on this simple question, check out the
thread in the discussion forums:
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,91a,logz,jorm,i5r0
Next week I’ll present and equally easy quiz question for you.
Until next week!
Brad!
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Brad Jones
www.CodeGuru.com
webmaster@codeguru.com
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… Recently Published Books
For those of you keeping up by reading books. The following
are just a few of the new books that have been recently released.
If you’ve read any of these, feel free to write a review to be
posted on CodeGuru. See
https://www.codeguru.com/review-guidelines.php
for submission guidelines.
–> Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET
From Novice to Professional
By Matthew MacDonald for
Apress
1000 pages for $49.99
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This
book is considered a starting point for those serious about learning Visual
Basic .NET
–> UML Applied
A .NET Perspective
By Martin L.
Shoemaker for Apress
550 pages for $49.99
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New
& Updated Articles on
CodeGuru
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Following are short descriptions of new articles on
CodeGuru. If you are interested in submitting your own article for inclusion on
the site, then you will find guidelines located at http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,fka1,909i,jorm,i5r0
This week’s posted CodeGuru articles:
==> Algorithms
– Five Cents on Arithmetic Encoding
By Aliaksei
Sanko
Classical arithmetic compression implementation (CACM) optimization.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,9ibs,gx3d,jorm,i5r0
==> Book Review
– Building Solution with Microsoft Commerce Server
2002
By Clayton C. Peddy, Derek Armentrout
Reviewed by Prashant Agrawal
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,fi4w,i9fq,jorm,i5r0
– Database Access with Visual Basic .Net
By Jeffrey P.
McManus, Jackie Goldstein
Reviewed by Sue Vegors
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,fq7j,8ctn,jorm,i5r0
==> C#
– How to Use Attributes in C#
By Ali Sufyan
Learn
about the usage of attributes in C# and calling it from assemblies. It covers
the whole scenario of all types of custom attributes.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,6b97,m1bo,jorm,i5r0
==> Database (.NET)
– A Practical Guide to a Post-Relational Database for
.NET: Matisse – Part 2
By johnssk
This is the second article in a series
of articles that provides a step-by-step guide to a post-relational database for
.NET. The second one covers schema definition with the database and demonstrates how it can be simplified.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,g3tc,9l0k,jorm,i5r0
==> Forums
– Hottest Forum Q&A on CodeGuru for the Week of April
18th, 2004
By Sonu Kapoor
Topics this week include learning the difference
between ASSERT and VERIFY, implementing a popup menu that opens on a mousemove
when the cursor is on a specific region of a client window, using
WaitForSingleObject on windows rather than processes, and why this constructor-usage does not compile.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,3zho,7p5h,jorm,i5r0
==> Mobile Development
– Flexible Access, Powerful Subtleties
By Nancy Nicolaisen
When it
comes to data management in Windows CE and PocketPC applications, real power has
more to do with precision of access than just about anything else.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,i6bc,ieog,jorm,i5r0
==> .NET General
– Differential Development, Part 1
By Eric
Litovsky
Make changes to any part of your application design at any point of
your development lifecycle without breaking the build or re-writing the application.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,377g,ecw5,jorm,i5r0
==> .NET General
– Forcing Garbage Collection in .NET
By Tom Archer –
Archer Consulting Group
Discover the methods for forcing the Garbage
Collector (GC) to go into action!
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,k9fd,mcd1,jorm,i5r0
==> OpenGL
– [Updated] OpenGL Output Class
By Aviram
Cohen
This class makes it easy to print output in OpenGL. Made for WindowsAPI.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,91g9,7djg,jorm,i5r0
==> Speech
– The Longhorn Speech API, an Initial Glance
By Jason
Nadal
The Longhorn speech API offers baked-in functionality for voice commands inside the operating system.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,er4y,js72,jorm,i5r0
==> Status Bar
– [Updated] Showing Tooltips/Icons for Status Bar
Panes
By kirants
Class to show tooltips and icons for individual panes and
to allow changing of text and background color of individual panes. (The
article, demo project, and source code were updated.)
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,2f5k,lakj,jorm,i5r0
==> Visual Basic
– Creating Translucent/Transparent Windows in VB
(1)
By awni
Make your VB Forms transparent or translucent with just three API calls.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,9ovw,m7vx,jorm,i5r0
==> Visual Basic
– Creating Partially Translucent/Transparent Windows in
VB (2)
By awni
Shows how to make ‘holes’ in a window by using a color key and three API functions.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,7ret,l7bm,jorm,i5r0
==> Web Services
– Advanced Asynchronous Web Services
By Shail
Srivastav
Learn how to use asynchronous Web services in your application and
how you can use the callback method to make your application.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,blz3,k18b,jorm,i5r0
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New
Articles on
Developer.com
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Below are some of the new articles that have been posted
to Developer.com (http://www.developer.com ).
1. Fun with Java: Biomorphs and Artificial
Life
By Richard G. Baldwin –
Baldwin shows you how to write an
artificial life program that models selective breeding, sometimes referred
to as artificial selection.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,cdx0,5xn9,jorm,i5r0
2. Implementing Patterns within PHP
By W. Jason Gilmore –
Jason Gilmore provides a general introduction to design patterns, then
introduces two patterns, the Singleton and the Factory, and offers a PHP-based
implementation in the form of an applicable example.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,3qei,5b12,jorm,i5r0
3. What’s New in XPath 2.0?
By Steven Holzner –
Get a
head start on XPath 2.0 by reviewing the new features.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,46oc,ac19,jorm,i5r0
4. Alternative Problem Solving
By Robert Bogue –
Often times finding answers requires attempts at multiple solutions and
combinations of solutions until an acceptable answer is found.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,v35,1,a39s,5bil,jorm,i5r0
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