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    I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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      I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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      Tomasz Sowinski
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      Daniel Schmid wrote: where pro's share there precious know-how? You don't share precious things by definition :) I agree that newbie/advanced article ratio is too high on CP. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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        I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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        Daniel Schmid wrote: Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how? <devil's advocate> http://www.gnu.org/directory/All_GNU_Packages/[^] of course, that's all that awful commie hippie *nix stuff. but, if you want people to share the good stuff, the GPL gets the job done. the "precious" stuff for Windows is probably buried deep under many layers of Intellectual Property and "non-compete" agreements, or as in my own case, why should i give away the source (or the concepts) to the good stuff when i can charge for the EXE ? </devil's advocate> -c


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          I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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          Daniel Schmid wrote: Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how? Then share some and quit bitching! Jeremy Falcon Imputek "C# is the answer to a question nobody asked." - Chris Losinger

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            I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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            Daniel Schmid wrote: then it's hard to find some good articles here. I disagree, have you sure that you greep all articles on the site ? There are a decent bunch of advanced articles here for the pro's ... Daniel Schmid wrote: windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC Do you asked it in the forums ??? And do you checked the source code of wine ? http://www.winehq.com/[^] or www.sysinternals.com[^] Hummmmmmm , Utopia land ;P Cheers, Joao Vaz A Programming Language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits -The late giant Edsger Dijkstra 1930 - 2002 And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary. -

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              I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                Michael P Butler
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                Most developers will share what they can share. Most companies still frown upon code being shared from their products. I've found if I ask questions in the forums people are always willing to give me a push towards the right material, even if they don't provide complete code Ask a question in the forums and you might get yourself a starting point. Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.

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                  Daniel Schmid wrote: Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how? <devil's advocate> http://www.gnu.org/directory/All_GNU_Packages/[^] of course, that's all that awful commie hippie *nix stuff. but, if you want people to share the good stuff, the GPL gets the job done. the "precious" stuff for Windows is probably buried deep under many layers of Intellectual Property and "non-compete" agreements, or as in my own case, why should i give away the source (or the concepts) to the good stuff when i can charge for the EXE ? </devil's advocate> -c


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                  GPL is for LOSERS BSD or public domain for REAL men who believe in open software. Tim Smith "Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we can not avoid it... If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs, is also complicated, the language itself becomes part of the problem rather that part of the solution." Hoare - 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture

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                    Daniel Schmid wrote: Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how? Then share some and quit bitching! Jeremy Falcon Imputek "C# is the answer to a question nobody asked." - Chris Losinger

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                    Jeremy Falcon wrote: Then share some and quit bitching! You know, I really wanted to say that too - sadly I'm too much of a diplomat :-D Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.

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                      GPL is for LOSERS BSD or public domain for REAL men who believe in open software. Tim Smith "Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we can not avoid it... If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs, is also complicated, the language itself becomes part of the problem rather that part of the solution." Hoare - 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture

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                      Tim Smith wrote: GPL is for LOSERS right. we know. but sadly, that's the problem with freedom of choice - people might make a choice you don't like. -c


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                        I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                        If you devise a list of topics you want covered and post it in the Article Suggestions forum, people will write those articles. It's hard to write articles about topics when you don't know they are wanted. Some writers have hesitated to post articles they thought were too advanced and, therefore, of little interest.

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                          I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                          What would a "industrial strength" solution be? What are you looking for? Don't expect a free(beer) industrial strength charting control for the windows platform. Anybody doing that would a) be a ingenious moron, and b) effectively kill some jobs. Daniel Schmid wrote: the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC Don't use it, MFC sucks anyway ;) Especially for MFC is quite some good stuff to be found here (ok, CodeJock is gone...) Daniel Schmid wrote: I don't say that this site contains low level articles I would say that ;P but level is subjective, and not even I live up to my own expectations...


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                            what use is freedom if everybody can make use of it? :cool:


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                            peterchen wrote: what use is freedom if everybody can make use of it? Mr President, is that you? -c


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                              Tim Smith wrote: GPL is for LOSERS right. we know. but sadly, that's the problem with freedom of choice - people might make a choice you don't like. -c


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                              what use is freedom if everybody can make use of it? :cool:


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                                I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                                Pavel Klocek
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                                Daniel Schmid wrote: when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming, then it's hard to find some Such solutions are valuable and often redeemed by hard work. Be thankfull for every one You get for free ;). Pavel Sonork 100.15206

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                                  I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                                  Daniel Schmid wrote: but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC , then it's hard to find some good articles here. Well I think the short answer is that the kind of stuff you are looking for is what most people pay good money for. i.e. Not something you often come across on a free site supported by authors who are not paid a cent. Writing advanced articles takes a lot of initial coding, investigation etc. and most people when they get to that stage want to be compensated for that kind of effort. Either through their own book on MFC for Gurus or by submitting them to paying magazines/journals/sites. However there are some advanced articles here on CP and the advanced knowledge is always available by asking a question in the right forum. Also as others suggest, post a suggestion in the Suggestions forum if there is something you would like to see. Suggest it and they will come! All URLs lead to Code Project! :rolleyes: regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Simon Walton wrote: "You come across a lot of people who call themselves realists, when they are actually pessimists attempting to look intelligent."

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                                    I kind of have the impression that Codeproject (aswell as CodeGuru) and such sites covers only lots of the basic programming stuff, tons of mfc tutorials for dummies, 1001 version to derive your own class from CListCtrl a.s.o, ... but when I'm looking for industrial programming solutions that deal with the real problems of windows programming the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC :(, then it's hard to find some good articles here. I don't say that this site contains low level articles, actually I surf a lot on this site and found already good solutions :rose: that I use in my applications, but it's not enough. Where is the site with the real deal profound articles that dive deep and where pro's share there precious know-how?

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                                    Nish Nishant
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                                    Advanced articles are not really required. New coders need and benefit from intro and intermediate level articles. And once they go past the intermediate stage they really don't need the articles on advanced stuff. They are good enough to figure out stuff for themselves. Newbie stuff can be and should be spoon-fed as it saves time. But you can't be a guru by reading articles. You have to cut down your own tree, so to speak. Moreover advanced coders get paid for advanced stuff. And if people started posting advanced stuff free, then the coders wouldn't get paid. So that'd be a bad thing for all of us ;-) Get my point? Nish


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                                      Jeremy Falcon wrote: Then share some and quit bitching! You know, I really wanted to say that too - sadly I'm too much of a diplomat :-D Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.

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                                      Michael P Butler wrote: You know, I really wanted to say that too - sadly I'm too much of a diplomat That's why we have Jeremy. :-) And where's our damned Outlaw Programmer when he's needed, anyway? Should Jeremy have to do all the heavy lifting here? :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                        What would a "industrial strength" solution be? What are you looking for? Don't expect a free(beer) industrial strength charting control for the windows platform. Anybody doing that would a) be a ingenious moron, and b) effectively kill some jobs. Daniel Schmid wrote: the sometimes heavy workarounds to solve the problems Microsoft didn't in MFC Don't use it, MFC sucks anyway ;) Especially for MFC is quite some good stuff to be found here (ok, CodeJock is gone...) Daniel Schmid wrote: I don't say that this site contains low level articles I would say that ;P but level is subjective, and not even I live up to my own expectations...


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                                        peterchen wrote: Especially for MFC is quite some good stuff to be found here (ok, CodeJock is gone...) What do you mean by "CodeJock is gone..."? -- Loren Brewer

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                                          Advanced articles are not really required. New coders need and benefit from intro and intermediate level articles. And once they go past the intermediate stage they really don't need the articles on advanced stuff. They are good enough to figure out stuff for themselves. Newbie stuff can be and should be spoon-fed as it saves time. But you can't be a guru by reading articles. You have to cut down your own tree, so to speak. Moreover advanced coders get paid for advanced stuff. And if people started posting advanced stuff free, then the coders wouldn't get paid. So that'd be a bad thing for all of us ;-) Get my point? Nish


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                                          Nishant S wrote: They are good enough to figure out stuff for themselves was thinking the same thing. Nishant S wrote: And if people started posting advanced stuff free, then the coders wouldn't get paid just curious, can you define "advanced" ? -c


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