Thank you, and of course. Hell I thought it was funny .....

I don't generally approve of catching such exceptions (access violations). There are exceptions (not the programming type) – such as in low level code – but in general littering code with “catch alls” just makes debugging hard and postmortem debugging near impossible. A good rule when using exceptions is this: only catch what you expect can be thrown if the program is functioning normally. Breaking this rule can make you wish you never heard of exception handling. For example, if you get an access violation while building a doubly linked list you crash and the debugger or Dr.Watson dump is at the problem point; if the exception is caught the program continues with a corrupted list and if your lucky a crash occurs some time later and you’re left tearing you hair out trying to find the source of the corruption; if you’re unlucky the program doesn’t crash at all but just doesn’t work properly. Steve

Why is it that right after writing a post, the post makes you think of something else to check and tadaa you find the problem. :-O The problem was, I had forgotton to actually export the function that the DLL was supplying. No exports means no lib. Although a compiler message to that end would have saved me considerable time, after all why would I create a dll with no exported functions ! Hell I thought it was funny .....

Bangerman wrote: I used to use the really neat dialog, type in the return type and functoin definition and hit enter People did that?? Whatever for? Notorious SMC The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is a really large matter - it's the difference between the lightning bug and the Lightning Mark Twain Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please Mark Twain

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Well I know I should not reply, but I will, but only with a VB one as its not really a programming language :rolleyes: . If you know what your doing you should be able to gleam enough from it to implement the correct interfaces. http://www.microeye.com/resources/template.htm[^] :-D Search Google for : Outlook COM Addin http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=outlook+com+addin&btnG=Google+Search&meta=[^] Quote from a clever bloke : "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

Actually, character recreation works too. After all, it is character re-creation, where the software is re-creating the characters you write. :-D Software Zen: delete this;

Thanks, I dont think I need bullet proof though :-D Hell I thought it was funny .....

Paul Watson wrote: Dude, I live in Africa. We have real 4 wheelers here, companies come here to test. Most of the american companies test in South Texas or Baja Calif. Primarily in Baja where the Baja 500 is ran but some at the test facility in Texas ( they also test a lot of race cars and motorcycles there also ). Paul Watson wrote: Obviously it is not going to beat a Land Rover (best 4x4xFar) Debatable. As far as simplicity and endurance and repairability in the field the original Land Rover is hard to beat. However technically I would suggest that the Hummer is the best and The H2 a close second. If I had a choice I would like one of the Korean War versions of the old Jeep , either Willis or Ford as they have better ground clearance and a spring suspension thats pretty hard tp damage but the cost of those things are going thru the nrooh. Paul Watson wrote: The only US 4x4 that has any respect here is the Jeep Cherokee Having owned both a Cherokee and a Grand Cherokee I think that that invalidates all of your arguments. They are simply not suited for off rad useage without substanial mods that render them useless as everyday transportation. Try a Laredo - much better. Paul Watson wrote: Traction control. Any new decent 4x4 has it now and even a lot of non 4x4s are coming out with it. BMW 5 and top end 3 series, Audi All Road, Mitsubishi EVO etc. Hell, Formula 1 Grand Prix cars have it. They check the traction of each wheel and supply the power to the ones with the best traction, amazing stuff. Not traction control. In have tractioin control onh my Taurus. Traction control is completly different - and a lot simplier. This system determines the most efficient way to drive the vehicle based on weight, angle of turn, and about 15 or so other inputs . Its all computer controlled.For example it may quit driving the outsider rear wheel in a sharp turn - stuff like that. It can even shift the tranny . The system cuts off when speeds hit 25 MPH. Paul Watson wrote: LOL, that is one serious off-roader your friend has there. Must be very specialised though, not much fun on the open highway Actually it is quite nice on the road - he claims :). He does belong to a offroad riders organization that has competition events for trucks, modified off roaders, and bikes. I went to one in Oklahoma with him back in 2000 when there were only 7 vehicl

I can't answer that (I have never heard of that one), but one thing you must watch out for if it is not being aired in sync with the UK schedule is the BBC's The Life of Mammals. It is essentially a culmination of the life work of David Attenborough (I think this series puts means he's done every main "species", or group, or something like that) and exceeds all the usual expectations for his programmes - and they are all world class in their own right. The fact that Microsoft Word's spellchecker corrected my spelling of 'Attenborough' is adequate in explaining why you need to see this. David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

Colin Davies wrote: don't let an artist become involved He He, whats one of those. Thanks. Hell I thought it was funny .....

I wish :-O Hell I thought it was funny .....

Thanks for that, you were right. Your response is much appreciated.

Looks like I have to google for that Noam Chomsky guy I'm surprised you haven't heard of him. He's a professor at MIT (in Boston). He sometimes has reasonable things to say, but he sometimes goes off the deep-end. His general philosophy is that the Western culture of the last 500+ years (including he present-day) is characterized by aggression and unfairness towards others. ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion

Oh, Man! :laugh: That was so funny. :laugh: I've only just managed to pick myself of the floor. "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Not getting the response you want from a question asked in an online forum: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way!

No you're not. Implement a function like this (in pseudo code here) string DecideWhetherMyDBImplementationIsBrokenAndWrapANumberProperlyForIt ( DWORD n) { if (broken db) return "'" + string(n) + "'"; else return string(n); } and use that a lot. #include <beer.h>