C++ FAQ, Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, Snippets and Articles

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Curtis Krauskopf has written almost all of the C++ articles on this website. The only exception is Jak Kirman's Modest STL Tutorial.

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General Coding:

• Job Interview Questions
• Timer with 1 second accuracy
• Timer with 1 microsecond (or better) accuracy
• Create a Custom Icon for a Console Mode Application
• Append or Create a Log File Using fopen()
• Using __FILE__ and __LINE__ to Report Errors
• A macro for error reporting
• Pointer Arithmetic Oddities
• Make a program using only dlls
• auto_ptr in BCB4 - strange goings on?
• Running other programs
• Invalid Pointer Addition (compile-time error)
• Command Line Options Processing

STL (Standard Template Library) Coding:

• Append a file to another
• Jak Kirman's Modest STL Tutorial
• Read a text file into a vector of strings
• Stream a file into std::vector<char>
• STLplus Open-Source Library (review and Borland C++ Builder patches)

OOP (Object Oriented Programming):

• An easy way to detect construction, destruction, copy and assignment
• Defining an exception using a macro
• How to Unhide an Inherited Function
• Java-like C++ containers

VCL Coding:

• Difference between #include <file.h> and #include <file>
• How to Inherit a Container Class
• TList::Sort Example
• How to get Text of TEdit-components in a loop
• How to add an AboutBox to my application
• TEdit: Controlling user´s input
• Directory Listings using a FindFirst and FindNext test program

Borland C++ IDE and User Interface:

• How to get rid of that "BuilderDirect News" popup
• How to view the entire class hierarchy
• Use function key to jump to next error
• How to change the default save directory in the CB2010 IDE
• How to open a .CPP file that is not in the current project
• W8058 Cannot create pre-compiled header: initialized data in header
• W8059 Structure packing size has changed

Not Invented Here - Open Source Software Library Reviews:

• Open Source Software Reviews
• STLplus
• Opt 3.19
• JavaLib

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