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  • M megaadam

    So this guy I know.... ....decided to chuck out his old GDI drawing code in favor of GDI+. He expected a bit of a threshold but felt confident it would pay off. Off he goes and happily types: #include <gdiplus.h> Just to make sure, he unsuspectingly hits F7. KAZANGO! (a lovely sound effect (from the B.C. cartoons) I haven't used for decades) The compiler explodes with 77 bizare errors. Mostly syntax errors and such. So he [this guy] tries to move that include around (into and out of stdafx.h etc) to make the include work. Different bizare errors but same nightmare. Then begins messing around with the pch [precompiled header] settings. No progress. So he consults his trused old friend, Mr. Google. Mr. Google tells him that many other guys just like him have had similar problems. But none of the solutions Mr. G. suggests makes this guys code compile. So gripping for straws he more or less randomly eyes his stdafx.h. He feels like buying a lottery ticket when he removes the [auto-generated] line: #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers But after two hours of constant pain, he is becoming rather discouraged. And rather apprehensively he presses F7. And it all compiles perfectly fine. He shakes his head in disbelief: "How the :wtf: was I supposed to know that ???"

    ........................ Life is too shor

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    JustWorking
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    Any chance that this guy is You.

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    • J JustWorking

      Any chance that this guy is You.

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      megaadam
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      What a clever little question! [EDIT] (And no I did not univote you!)

      ........................ Life is too shor

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      • M megaadam

        What a clever little question! [EDIT] (And no I did not univote you!)

        ........................ Life is too shor

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        JustWorking
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        Me too. Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them :sigh:

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        • J JustWorking

          Me too. Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them :sigh:

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          You are not 'univoted'; that is when a troll just clicks 'vote 1' without reading [probably] You deserve every 1 you get.


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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          • J JustWorking

            Me too. Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them :sigh:

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            Michael Schubert
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            Cpianism wrote:

            Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them

            You should seek help. You're showing classic symtoms of projection -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_%28psychology%29[^]

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            • J JustWorking

              Me too. Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them :sigh:

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              Rajesh R Subramanian
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              Cpianism wrote:

              Me too. Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them Sigh

              Just a thought: What makes you think that anyone in this known world will give you that much importance?

              “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                You are not 'univoted'; that is when a troll just clicks 'vote 1' without reading [probably] You deserve every 1 you get.


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                Tom Deketelaere
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                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                You deserve every 1 you get.

                I fail to see why his original reply deserves a 1. Sure he stated the obvious but that doesn't really deserves to be down voted now does it. And yes he has made mistakes (I use the word loosely ) in the past but voting him 1 for that reason only would also be univoting (in my opinion).

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                • T Tom Deketelaere

                  Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                  You deserve every 1 you get.

                  I fail to see why his original reply deserves a 1. Sure he stated the obvious but that doesn't really deserves to be down voted now does it. And yes he has made mistakes (I use the word loosely ) in the past but voting him 1 for that reason only would also be univoting (in my opinion).

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  cplop deserves the e-wedgies for his constant and banal whinging about being down voted when he complains about all the down votes he gets. FFS, if he went to Oz, they'd think he was a Brit!


                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                  • M megaadam

                    So this guy I know.... ....decided to chuck out his old GDI drawing code in favor of GDI+. He expected a bit of a threshold but felt confident it would pay off. Off he goes and happily types: #include <gdiplus.h> Just to make sure, he unsuspectingly hits F7. KAZANGO! (a lovely sound effect (from the B.C. cartoons) I haven't used for decades) The compiler explodes with 77 bizare errors. Mostly syntax errors and such. So he [this guy] tries to move that include around (into and out of stdafx.h etc) to make the include work. Different bizare errors but same nightmare. Then begins messing around with the pch [precompiled header] settings. No progress. So he consults his trused old friend, Mr. Google. Mr. Google tells him that many other guys just like him have had similar problems. But none of the solutions Mr. G. suggests makes this guys code compile. So gripping for straws he more or less randomly eyes his stdafx.h. He feels like buying a lottery ticket when he removes the [auto-generated] line: #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers But after two hours of constant pain, he is becoming rather discouraged. And rather apprehensively he presses F7. And it all compiles perfectly fine. He shakes his head in disbelief: "How the :wtf: was I supposed to know that ???"

                    ........................ Life is too shor

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                    Jim Crafton
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                    Because pretty much anyone worth their salt knows that you put WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN at the top of your header before the windows.h include? That's just standard Microsoft Win32 programming, and has been for about 10+ years. I don't know if it's a requirement for other compiler tool chains.

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                    • T TheIdleProgrammer

                      Nothing LEAN_AND_MEAN about Win32... MFC can be such a pain in the arse.

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                      Jim Crafton
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                      This has nothing to do with MFC. It's related to Win32 programming. You'd still use it even if you're project isn't using MFC.

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                      • J Jim Crafton

                        This has nothing to do with MFC. It's related to Win32 programming. You'd still use it even if you're project isn't using MFC.

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                        TheIdleProgrammer
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                        My bad. :-O Truth is that I've done a fair bit of C++ but it's all been using MFC, and I don't really know much about using C++ outside of the MFC arena. I'm a more of a C# .net boy really. You know what they say about ASSumptions...

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                        • J Jim Crafton

                          Because pretty much anyone worth their salt knows that you put WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN at the top of your header before the windows.h include? That's just standard Microsoft Win32 programming, and has been for about 10+ years. I don't know if it's a requirement for other compiler tool chains.

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                          megaadam
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                          Dude, that is exactly where the WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN was. But I had to remove it for GDI+.

                          ........................ Life is too shor

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                          • N Nagy Vilmos

                            cplop deserves the e-wedgies for his constant and banal whinging about being down voted when he complains about all the down votes he gets. FFS, if he went to Oz, they'd think he was a Brit!


                            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                            Michael Schubert
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                            Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                            e-wedgies

                            :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                            • M megaadam

                              Dude, that is exactly where the WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN was. But I had to remove it for GDI+.

                              ........................ Life is too shor

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                              Jim Crafton
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                              Ahh, sorry, I missed that :) Yeah that's pretty wacked. Was that actually the final solution, or was it just kind of blind luck that it worked for you?

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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                cplop deserves the e-wedgies for his constant and banal whinging about being down voted when he complains about all the down votes he gets. FFS, if he went to Oz, they'd think he was a Brit!


                                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                                Tom Deketelaere
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                                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                FFS, if he went to Oz, they'd think he was a Brit!

                                :laugh:

                                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                cplop deserves the e-wedgies for his constant and banal whinging about being down voted when he complains about all the down votes he gets.

                                Well to each his own. I barely vote but when I do I do it on the content of the post I'm voting on not on the poster.

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                                  Ahh, sorry, I missed that :) Yeah that's pretty wacked. Was that actually the final solution, or was it just kind of blind luck that it worked for you?

                                  ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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                                  megaadam
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                                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                                  Was that actually the final solution, or was it just kind of blind luck that it worked for you?

                                  Well both of the above actually :)

                                  ........................ Life is too shor

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                                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                    Cpianism wrote:

                                    Me too. Someone is univoting everyone that I reply too to make them think that I'm the one who is univoting them Sigh

                                    Just a thought: What makes you think that anyone in this known world will give you that much importance?

                                    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                                    Bassam Saoud
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                                    because he is not only perfect, He is lebanese too.

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                                    • T Tom Deketelaere

                                      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                      FFS, if he went to Oz, they'd think he was a Brit!

                                      :laugh:

                                      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                      cplop deserves the e-wedgies for his constant and banal whinging about being down voted when he complains about all the down votes he gets.

                                      Well to each his own. I barely vote but when I do I do it on the content of the post I'm voting on not on the poster.

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                                      Nagy Vilmos
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                                      Tom Deketelaere wrote:

                                      I do it on the content of the post

                                      Same here, but when a humanoid is a known sub-starta dweller then the benefit of the dopubt is not given and if there's even a sniff of stoopid, then out comes the e-wedgie.


                                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                                      • M megaadam

                                        Actually not MFC at all. "This guy's" project is pure Win32.

                                        ........................ Life is too shor

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                                        Lost User
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                                        then why use stdafx.h when you can use windows.h?

                                        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                        • M megaadam

                                          Dude, that is exactly where the WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN was. But I had to remove it for GDI+.

                                          ........................ Life is too shor

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          <blockquote class="FQ"><div class="FQA">megaadam wrote:</div>So this guy I know.... ....decided to chuck out his old GDI drawing code in favor of GDI+. He expected a bit of a threshold but felt confident it would pay off. </blockquote>

                                          megaadam wrote:

                                          But I had to remove it for GDI+.

                                          So what you're saying is you're schizophrenic?

                                          3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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