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How to use length indicator in a C++ program

I want to make a program in C++ that reads a file where each field will have a number before it that indicates how long it is. The problem is I read every record in object of a class; how do I make the attributes of the class dynamic? For example if the field is "john" it will read it in a 4 char array. I don't want to make an array o...

1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _D3D10CreateDeviceAndSwapChain@32

having trouble getting my directx going I get the following error 1>Linking... 1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _D3D10CreateDeviceAndSwapChain@32 1>C:\Users\numerical25\Desktop\Intro ToDirectX\msdnTutorials\tutorial0\tutorial\Debug\tutorial.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals below is my code // ...

which layout engine for finding coordinates of html elements on the web page?

I am doing some web data classification task and was thinking if I could get the co-ordinates of html elements as they would appear on a web-browser without taking into consideration any css or javascript being referred in the web page. My language of programming is c++ and the need results for a couple million of pages, so it has ...

Get specific process memory space

Hi, I have a pointer (void *) to a function and I want to know which process this function belongs to. I have no idea which way to go about it, but I think it's possible by using some form of VirtualQuery trickery. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, CLARIFICATION: By "belong to process" I mean what process the function ...

C++: namespace conflict between extern "C" and class member

Hi, I stumbled upon a rather exotic c++ namespace problem: condensed example: extern "C" { void solve(lprec * lp); } class A { public: lprec * lp; void solve(int foo); } void A::solve(int foo) { solve(lp); } I want to call the c function solve in my C++ member function A::solve. The compiler is not happy wit...

c++ mysql++ librarys

I want a mysql connection with C++ to my database. I downloaded the files from http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/ I wasn't able to successfully install it and get the libraries in the c:/mysql++ folder. Can somebody help / do it for me and upload it :). ...

'Scanner' does not name a type error in g++

Hi. I'm trying to compile code in g++ and I get the following errors: In file included from scanner.hpp:8, from scanner.cpp:5: parser.hpp:14: error: ‘Scanner’ does not name a type parser.hpp:15: error: ‘Token’ does not name a type Here's my g++ command: g++ parser.cpp scanner.cpp -Wall Here's parser.hpp: #ifndef PA...

new >> how would i read a file that has 3 columns and each column contains 100 numbers into an array?

int exam1[100];// array that can hold 100 numbers for 1st column int exam2[100];// array that can hold 100 numbers for 2nd column int exam3[100];// array that can hold 100 numbers for 3rd column int main() { ifstream infile; int num; infile.open("example.txt");// file containing numbers in 3 columns if(infile.fail...

C++ Exact difference between having myMethod(Thing& a) or myMethod(Thing a) ?

What is the exact difference between having myMethod(Thing& a) or myMethod(Thing a)? Because later you still ned to use &a if you want the address of the object.. I'm not sure when to use what.. ...

Can a c++ class include itself as an attribute?

I'm trying to speed up a python routine by writing it in C++. then to use it using ctypes or cython. I'm brand new to c++. I'm using microsoft express c++ as it's free. I plan to implement an expression tree, and a method to evaluate it in postfix order. The problem I run into right away is: class Node { char *cargo; Node left; ...

Handling Messages in Console Apps/DLLs in C++ Win32

I would like to have the ability to process Win32 messages in a console app and/or inside a standalone DLL. I have been able to do it in .NET with the following article and it works great in C# inside a console app and standalone DLL http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163417.aspx Is there a way to do the equivalent with C/C++ W...

libmysql c++ text problem

Im using libmysql for mysql in c++ and now i got a column, type= text, and i want the word(s) inside it. how to do this? when i use Blob (dont know what it is) it gives me e44158. can somebody help me please? ...

how to pass an array into an function and in the function count how many numbers are in a range?

#include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int calculate_total(int exam1[], int exam2[], int exam3[]); // function that calcualates grades to see how many 90,80,70,60 int exam1[100];// array that can hold 100 numbers for 1st column int exam2[100];// array that can hold 100 numbers for 2nd column ...

read pair of characters separated by \t c++

Friends, I want to read a pair of characters separated by \t. I want to continue reading the input until user enters z for any of the characters. Here are the options I thought: while (cin>>ch1>>ch2) { // process ch1 & ch2 } std::string str; while (getline(cin, str) ){ //split string } Also, I want to validate the input to make...

error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'vertices'

I would usually search for this error. But in VS C++ Express, this error comes up for just about every mistake you do. Any how I recieve this error below error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'vertices' everytime I add the following code at the top of my document // Create vertex buffer SimpleVertex vertices[] = ...

Use boost library in cocoa project

It is theoretically possible to use a boost library (e.g. boost threads) inside a cocoa project? ...

pop3 multiline problem

hi everyone, i'm making a client for pop3 and somehow i can't figure out how to handle multiline responses. There is no difference in the response from server whether it is single or multiline, it always ends with CRLF (considering the usual case) so how do I know if I should call recv() once more? ...

error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const wchar_t [9]' to 'LPCSTR'

When I add the following to my code. // Define the input layout D3D10_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC layout[] = { { L"POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, }; UINT numElements = sizeof(layout)/sizeof(layout[0]); I get the following error 1>c:\users\numerical25\desktop\intro todirectx\msdntutor...

What is the cause of these Visual Studio 2010 errors & warnings?

I don't know the cause of these errors I am receiving from Visual Studio 2010. This is the code from my program from line 343 to line 408: int create_den_from_img(char *img_file_name_part, int xlen, int ylen, int zlen ) { IplImage* imgs = 0; char str[80]; unsigned char *data,*imgdata; /* allocating memory */ data = (unsigned...

Use older version of MSVCR?

I have VS 2008 and I want my application to work with Windows 98 without needing to include MSVCR90.dll .. Win98 comes with MSVCR60 so how could I tell MSVC to do this? Is my only option to hunt down Visual studio 6? Thanks *also I want to avoid static linking msvcr ...