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Best C/C++ Libraries?

I have heard of Boost and ACE as two of the well known C++ libraries. What are the other good C/C++ libraries available? Does Boost and ACE support session management for web applications written in C/C++? EDIT: Ok I will try to be domain specific. I am looking for a C/C++ library which could help me maintain session state for a C++ b...

Well-supported Java ADSI wrapper library?

Does anyone know of a good wrapper for the Windows ADSI libraries for Java? (I'm trying to avoid writing my own in JNA - and I'd like to use something standard.) ...

Is there a good commercially available serial port library

Hi, I am running into issues using the Serial Port component available in .net 3.5 sp1. It seems a number of people are facing the same issue. Does anyone know of a good quality alternative to Microsoft's component? Thanks ...

How to test a C++ library usability in configure.in?

Hi, I'm working on a C++ project on GNU/Linux and I'm looking for a way to test the existence and usability of IBM Informix's library with the Autotools - namely, editing a configure.in. I don't have experience with AutoTools, so basically I'm picking up from the project's configure.in et al. scripts and copying&changing where I feel ne...

Image libraries and gif images

I need to examine a gif image in a C program. I looked into the FreeImage library but I can't figure it out. Could someone give an example of using FreeImage to get into all the little details about a gif image such as frames, background, transparency, etc... And how to increment through the frames and get the animation's current image/p...

Choice of language for portable library

I want to write a library which will be dynamically linked from other programs running on modern operating systems like Windows, Linux and OS/X (i.e. it will be deployed as a .dll or .so module). What is the most appropriate language in that case? Should I stick with plain C? Or is C++ also ok? ...

C++ 3D Math Library

Hi What's the best, complex math library in c++? (I'd like to use it in graphics engine) EDIT: I should precise it a bit: it should have all 3d math, like planes, spheres, points, AABB, etc. and of course matrix, vector, quaternion support. ...

best approach to extend a class funcionality in java?

for short, this could be paraphrased like "inheritance versus function library" for example, I'd like to add a method to the javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest that gives me the whole body, a getBody() method that would read the body thru the getReader method, just to put an example. In other languages, like ruby or javascript, you ...

C++ hdr image i/o library (linux and windows)

I need to find/create a library that can load hdr images in many formats for use in opengl. I have been using SDL_image, but it doesn't support hdr. I don't want to use many different image libraries, so if there is one that supports a large amount (bmp, png, jpg, tiff, tga, hdr are the most important). If there is none, I don't mind ...

PHP: GD Library:Increase font size in ImageString function

I have the following block of code which will output a captcha image $im = @imagecreatefromjpeg("captcha.jpg"); $rand = _generateRandom(3); $_SESSION['captcha'] = $rand; ImageString($im, 5, 2, 2, $rand[0]." ".$rand[1]." ".$rand[2]." ", ImageColorAllocate ($im, 23, 85, 160)); Now i want to increaese the font size.I have used the ...

How to auto login ssh server and run some command to modify a file.

Here is the limitations: No public key file uploaded to server (since this may be run at different target machine), this is just for an automatic testing program, so security is not a concern. It's automatically program run background, so no user input. I do not want to use "expect" which require user to install. I have know the root u...

best c audio library linux

I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on what they think is the best linux audio library for c. I'm just learning and was experimenting with audio output on libao. edit: right now all I'm trying to do is put out frequency tones. ...

When does Dojo need the args variable?

You have to pass the args variable to the anonymous function, but the anonymous function does not visibly need the args variable, so you have to memorize when Dojo needs the args variable, but the Dojo help page doesn't say! So, when does Dojo need the args variable? var init = function(){ var contentNode = dojo.byId("content"); dojo.xh...

Do you know which library Firefox 3 uses for the "download completed" info?

It's the window that shows up when you set showAlertOnComplete = true. about:config browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete = true I want to add notification messages in my applications and I need to find a good open source library for that task. ...

Copying a DLL's dependencies in Visual Studio

How can I set up a project in Visual Studio to copy the third-party DLLs that one of the project's references depends on? I have a main application project and a class library DLL. The main application references the class library DLL, and the DLL itself references some third-party DLLs. When I compile the main application, it automatic...

A good Business calendar library in Java?

Does anyone knows a good business calendar library in java? It should handle easy :) date calculations, taking holidays into account. Ideally, besides configuring holidays and company off days, we should also be able to configure 'working hours' on a day basis so we can calculate SLA's and KPI's on working hours. I know something lik...

Java: Where can I find advanced file manipulation source/libraries?

I'm writing arbitrary byte arrays (mock virus signatures of 32 bytes) into arbitrary files, and I need code to overwrite a specific file given an offset into the file. My specific question is: is there source code/libraries that I can use to perform this particular task? I've had this problem with Python file manipulation as well. I'm l...

(Java) Good Libraries and What they are.

Lets compile a list of 3rd party java libraries that we like and/or find useful. I will post my choices as a reply ...

Adding a QT GUI to a Dynamic Library

Greetings overflowers. I am trying to add a GUI to to an existing project. More specifically to a plugin that is loaded as a .so file (or when compiled on win32 a .dll) The project has its own threading implimentation already to deal with portability. I know that QT has its own cross platform threading model but it would be preferable ...

Free C# metrics calculation library (DLL)

Hi, I wanted to ask whether you know about some free C# libraries (dlls) that calculate CK metrics (mainly Cyclomatic Complexity). I would need that for a project I'm planning to do. I know that there are already some finished solutions that calculate CK metrics and display it to you in various forms, but what I would need is one that ...