I have a game engine design written in C++ where a platform-independent game object is contained within a platform-specific Application object. The problem I'm trying to solve is the case where I need to pass OS-specific data from the Application to the game. In this case, I'd need to pass the main HWND from Windows for DirectX or an O...
I want to pose a seemingly simple question that i can't find the answer nowhere. Is there a FAST modern algorithm for file input and/or output that can be compiled with all standard compliant C++ compilers and works for all operating systems without the requirement of external libraries ? i have found that the fastest way is to use mem...
I'm using CSS3 border-radius to create circular buttons on this site: http://hexpreview.com/ However, due to font rendering differences between Mac and Windows (not between browsers), the centering of the button's text within its bounding circle is inconsistent. Buttons render properly in all CSS3 capable browsers in Windows, but not i...
What things should a developer designing and implementing an API for a community based website know before starting the heavy coding? There are a bunch of APIs out there like Twitter API, Facebook API, Flickr API, etc which are all good examples. But how would you build your own API? What technologies would you use? I think it's a good ...
The usual check to differentiate between running Python-application on Windows and on other OSes (Linux typically) is to use conditional: if sys.platform == 'win32': ... But I wonder is it safe to use today when 64-bit Python is more widely used in last years? Does 32 really means 32-bit, or basically it refers to Win32 API? If t...
Hello, I want to generate a typed DataSet for both Oracle and DB2 databases from a single XSD file. Background: When I drag a table onto the Visual Studio Dataset Designer, it generates a XSD file (e.g. DataSet1.xsd) with all appropriate information. Then VS invokes the built-in Tool (MSDataSetGenerator) to generate the Dataset classes...
I have a C structure that is sent over some intermediate networks and gets received over a serial link by a java code. The Java code gives me a byte array that I now want to repackage it as the original structure. Now if the receive code was in C, this was simple. Is there any simple way to repackage a byte[] in java to a C struct. I hav...
I'm continuing my quest on creating a database migration framework, and I'm currently trying to implement proper support for native (platform-dependent) SQL scripts. From a SQL Server standpoint I know that a single .sql may contain several batches of SQL separated by GO terminators. GO itself is not a valid T-SQL keyword/whatever and i...
According to a recent blog post by Allen Bauer: As we’re working on Fulcrum, the next RAD Studio release with a focus on cross-compilation for Mac and Linux, [..] I figured someone would mention it in the comments, but I thought Mac/Linux support was a few releases further off. Maybe it's just me, but this is huge news. Does...
Hi, i am not a java developer so is it possible for me to develop java code on windows and then deploy the windows compiled .class files to a solaris server...would it run.. ...
I know it is possible to remotely debug code using gdb's server mode and I know it is possible to debug code that has been cross-compiled for another architecture, but is it possible to go a step further and remotely debug Linux applications from OS X using gdbserver? ...
I have a large cross-platform (Linux and Windows) C++ project, for which I want to create a GUI. I have few very general questions about the basic principles of GUI for such project: Should the GUI be separated from the application's logic? If it is separated, how should the logic and the GUI communicate? Are TCP/IP sockets a good opt...
Many attempts have been made in the past to add timeout functionality in Python such that when a specified time limit expired, waiting code could move on. Unfortunately, previous recipes either allowed the running function to continue running and consuming resources or else killed the function using a platform-specific method of thread t...
Do we need to check our sites on Firefox 3.5 and 3.6 both for XHTML CSS layout and sIFR and j query/javascript code compatibility? If my xhtml and css is valid. If i upgrade my 3.5 to 3.6 then will i have to check site with 3.5 also. or both will render in same way. if 3.6 render differently then i would not upgrade because 3.6 has...
I'm using JLime on my HP Jornada 720 that uses a ARM processor. I've already have a cross-compiled gcc for x86(arm-linux-gcc). The idea of what I want to do is very difficult to understand, then take a look at this chart: arm-linux-gcc(at my Ubuntu laptop) -> binutils to run on a ARM processor(targeted to compile mips-elf while on my...
I remember a few years ago(2002) there was a multipartite virus that could be run natively on linux and windows. I don't know if a compiler could be specially craft an executable so that it could be read as both ELF and PE, so that the os would start executing at different entry points. Or a program that could merge two programs, one com...
I know this is partially subjective, but hopefully with enough specifics I can get a good answer. I am looking to develop an accounting app targeted at a specific market segment (think Quickbooks, but tweaked). Most of the app will be editable tables that are linked with DB data and some basic reporting and graphic functionality. It mu...
How do I know where to install my .pc file? These files are put in different places on different operating systems. The goal is to be able to use something like $(INSTALL) mylib.pc $$(pkg-config --pcdir) in the install target. I thought pkg-config would be able to tell me somehow, but can't find anything. I'm looking for a "standalon...
I was wondering if there was an API to do networking that would work on Windows, Mac and Linux. I would like to make a card game that 2 people can play through a tcp connection. Thanks ...
I'm writing a new document-based cross-platform chemistry application (Win, Mac, Unix), which saves files in its own format (no standard format exists for this field). I'm trying to decide on a file extension for the saved files. My questions are: How important is it nowadays to stick to 3 characters? Where can you check how much this ...