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<blockquote class="quote"><div class="op">Quote:</div>float determinant1(float **a,int n)
{
    int i,j,j1,j2 ;                    // general loop and matrix subscripts
    float det = 0 ;                   // init determinant
    float **m = NULL ;                // pointer to pointers to implement 2d
                                       // square array

    if (n < 1)    {   }                // error condition, should never get here

    else if (n == 1) {                 // should not get here
        det = a[0][0] ;
        }
 
    else if (n == 2)  {                // basic 2X2 sub-matrix determinate
                                       // definition. When n==2, this ends the
        det = a[0][0] * a[1][1] - a[1][0] * a[0][1] ;// the recursion series
        }
 

                                       // recursion continues, solve next sub-matrix
    else {                             // solve the next minor by building a
                                       // sub matrix
        det = 0 ;                      // initialize determinant of sub-matrix

                                           // for each column in sub-matrix
        for (j1 = 0 ; j1 < n ; j1++) {
                                           // get space for the pointer list
            m = (float **) malloc((n-1)* sizeof(float *)) ;
 
            for (i = 0 ; i < n-1 ; i++)
                m[i] = (float *) malloc((n-1)* sizeof(float)) ;
                       //     i[0][1][2][3]  first malloc
                       //  m -> +  +  +  +   space for 4 pointers
                       //       |  |  |  |          j  second malloc
                       //       |  |  |  +-> _ _ _ [0] pointers to
                       //       |  |  +----> _ _ _ [1] and memory for
                       //       |  +-------> _ a _ [2] 4 doubles
                       //       +----------> _ _ _ [3]
                       //
                       //                   a[1][2]
                      // build sub-matrix with minor elements excluded
            for (i = 1 ; i < n ; i++) {
                j2 = 0 ;               // start at first sum-matrix column position
                                       // loop to copy source matrix less one column
                for (j = 0 ; j < n ; j++) {
                    if (j == j1) continue ; // don't copy the minor column element

                    m[i-1][j2] = a[i][j] ;  // copy source element into new sub-matrix
                                            // i-1 because new sub-matrix is one row
                   // printf("\n%f  %f",m[i-1][j2]);                       // (and column) smaller with excluded minors
                    j2++ ;                  // move to next sub-matrix column position
                    }
                }
 
              
             det += pow(-1.0,1.0 + j1 + 1.0) * a[0][j1] * determinant1(m,n-1) ;
              printf("\n%f",det);
                                            // sum x raised to y power
                                            // recursively get determinant of next
                                            // sub-matrix which is now one
                                            // row & column smaller

            for (i = 0;i<n-1;i++) free(m[i]) ;// free the storage allocated to
                                            // to this minor's set of pointers
            free(m) ;                       // free the storage for the original
                                            // pointer to pointer
        }
    }
    return(det) ;
}  
 
</blockquote>

// In a loop of "int i" enumerating TB_BUTTONCOUNT list of buttons:

// THIS WORKS, AND DELETES THE INDEXED Button
LRESULT hideResult = SendMessage(hTrayWnd, TB_DELETEBUTTON, i, 0 ); // always zero

// THE FOLLOWING CODE DOESN'T WORK, AND HIDES ANOTHER, (FAIRLY RANDOM) BUTTON,
// SOMETIMES APPEARING TO BE IN A SORT OF DISORGANIZED REVERSE-ORDER, I.E.
// IF YOU ATTEMPT TO HIDE A BUTTON TOWARDS THE FAR-LEFT OF THE NOTIFY AREA,
// IT ENDS UP HIDING A BUTTON TOWARDS THE FAR RIGHT, AS THOUGH THE INDEX OF THE ARRAY WAS REVERSED, THOUGH THIS IS NOT QUITE REPRODUCEABLE)

LRESULT hideResult = SendMessage(hTrayWnd, TB_HIDEBUTTON, i, 1 ); // 1 to hide, 0 to show