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x64 assembly clearmem / zeromem
I just started learning assembly yesterday, and the first useful thing I've written is a clearmem function. I'm looking for general feedback regarding my coding of this function, whether there any ...
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std::string/std::wstring template wrapper for Win32 API
I have not completed this but want to make my own template library for wrapping the Win32 API to make it compatible with std::string/std::wstring... Here's a sample of what I've worked with so far.
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Speed up SVN backup
The following batch script runs on a Scheduled Task on Windows 7 with a quad core 2.5GHz and 16GB of DDR3.
It makes the svn server unavailable for about 10 minutes, so it can produce a 500MB file, ...
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Improving my game code
I made this simple game code. Can you please give me some advice about how can I improve it ? I thought about making the screen blue and the letters yellow can someone explain me how to do that ?
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Aid in making a clock code more modular
Can someone help in making this clock code more modular so I will be able to use it in other bigger projects for example: turn into a c function. Here is the code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include ...
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Would this code cause memoryleaks?
My question is really simple. Does this code cause memoryleaks? If so, where/how/why?
HDC hDC, memDC = 0;
HBITMAP hBMP = 0;
HBITMAP hOldBMP = 0;
PAINTSTRUCT PS;
HBRUSH hb212121, hb141414, hb070707, ...
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Correct way of using HBRUSHes..?
If I create a brush like so
HBRUSH hBrush = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(33, 33, 33));
and then later on, I want to change the color of the brush, how would I do this?
I googled a bit and found out that ...
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Is there a faster way to clear the screen?
I'm currently clearing my console window with this piece of code:
void clrScr()
{
COORD cMap =
{
0, 3
};
if(!FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hCon, 0, 2030, cMap, &count))
{
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C++ code to launch a Windows 8 app
This is my first C++ in many years. It's based on some stuff I found on the internet, including a Microsoft article on a similar topic. But I'm sure there are C++ idioms that might make this better or ...
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Review my file-searching program
It's my first window program. It simply searches for a specified file in the whole computer.
File Search.h (header file that contains the prototypes of fileSearcher class methods.)
#ifndef UNICODE
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Windows DLL Module Class
I am doing a project where I use DLL's as run-time modules or plugins. To do this, I use the Windows LoadLibrary() and FreeLibrary() API calls to call two functions exported by the DLL. I decided to ...
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can this code be any better?
well, I have written a small program that builds an windows application and draws India's flag in the window. I am very new to using Visual C++ and I want to understand if my code can be improved ...
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WriteConsole, Is my solution correct?
Here is the book question:
Modify the CatFile function in the program so that it uses
WriteConsole rather than WriteFile when the standard output handle
is associated with a console.
And ...
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Any Suggestions for my C++?
I have the following C++ that I wrote today, it converts a couple of bash commands into windows cmd commands, as well as adding some commands too. This is only my second day programming in C++, so any ...
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Win7 atomic access class
I have a simple atomic access class designed to work with Windows threads.
class ScopedLock {
CRITICAL_SECTION& lock;
ScopedLock(ScopedLock const&);
public:
explicit ...
