Getting started with Spire.XLS for .NET
E-iceblue Ltd. is a vendor of powerful components for .NET, Silverlight and WPF development. These products enable the user to easily read and write different formats of office files.A quick …
Using a subset of the boost libraries in Windows
For many C++ applications I very much want to use the Boost libraries, just not the whole set.This post explains how to use the bcp tool to create a subset …
Converting a SYSTEMTIME to a std::string in C++
A short recipe outlining how to output a SYSTEMTIME value as a std::string.The example format will be “YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.MMM”I specifically wanted to include milliseconds.In this example I employ three possible …
Using boost::filesystem
Examples of using boost::filesystem for various things as and when I encounter them…Many have been lifted from the StackOverflow site.For reasons of brevity and clarity I generally avoid extraneous code …
Getting Started with TinyXml
Step 1: Download and install TinyXMLDownload and extract the library fromhttp://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml/TinyXML source files as shown:
An editable MFC List Control
A run-through on how to create a editable MFC List Control by making the CListCtrl editable.Visual Studio 2010 project downloadable from here.Much of the credit for this must go to …
Installing and using OpenSSL SHA-256 in Visual C++
BackgroundSHA-256 is a cryptographic hash function developed by the US. National Security Agency (NSA) as a U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). The SHA acronym stands for Secure Hash Algorithm. …
Reading the status of DVD drives in C++
A short and to-the-point C++ recipe for determining the status of your PC / laptop DVD.To study this area in more depth, follow this link for more information, which is …
Creating silent installs of audio and video codecs using K-Lite
Suppose you wish to implement a silent installation of audio and video codecs for windows. It may be that you wish to execute this as a pre-requisite for a main …
How to use the Boost compiled libraries in Windows
As stated on the boost.org Getting Started for Windows page, most Boost libraries are header-based that require no separate compilation. But there exist some Boost libraries that require a separate …