is there such a thing as a free light weight c++ compiler out there? i travel a lot and want to program snippets of code all the time. unfortunately i can't afford a laptop so i would like to do all my programming off my 512MB memory stick. i.e. not having to install VC++ where ever i go. thanks (sorry if this constitutes as a programming question ;P )

how can i check to see if CString mydate="12/05/2004"; is a Tuesday ? cheers,

:-D nevermind all, got it done thru: GetDlgItemText(IDC_MYCOMBO, strTemp);

how do i get the text from a combobox ? i.e. not in drop down list / what the user types in (and it is not m_combo.GetLBText(-1, strTemp); :-D )

did someone have this problem the other day? my app hangs quite often when i try to debug any suggestions?

what a messy situation. people should study sun tzu's art of war - 'taking whole' and think about where and when to do battle. it is generally considered bad strategy to poke a tiger in the ass with a stick and hang around to see whats gonna happen next.

do we have any c++ developers in the aerospace/aviation industry? (especially joint strike fighter f-111 project - australia) i am very keep to speak to such programmers as i would like to learn more about the industry - and find out what i could get myself into ! cheers,

aaaaahh... thats what they mean by run time type information !!! haha.

yes i am using vc++6.0 i will try the typeid method once i re-write all my lost codes :| My initial intention was to come up with a global class that can convert a variable of type A to type B at run-time.

my source file is gone ! (not in Recycle Bin, My Computer, anywhere...) for some reason, my source file has disappeared (although the header file is still there). Could it be because I wrote #include "MyGlobals.h" in stdafx.h ? I've been using extern to make everything in MyGlobals.cpp available everywhere - and it worked so well for so long... up until I started messing around with dynamic_cast. X| has this happened to anyone before ? :doh:(in extreme doh)

that didn't work either. i tried: CString m_Str = "test"; if(dynamic_cast(&m_Str)) TRACE("yes !\n") else TRACE("no !\n"); error C2683: dynamic_cast : 'CString' is not a polymorphic type do i have to declare it as a polymorphic type?

no success CString m_variable = "test"; if ((dynamic_cast(m_variable))!=0)... error C2680: 'class CString' : invalid target type for dynamic_cast

unfortunately that didn't work. error C2682: cannot use dynamic_cast to convert from 'class CString' to 'class CString *' and const_cast didn't work either (not that I fully understand either of them :-D) changing CString to double didn't help - apparently it's not possible to dynamic_cast double* anymore ideas ?

is it possible to check a variable's type? e.g. if m_variable is equal to CString, DoSomething()...

hey keep looking here at codeproject it isn't easy to do it in xp but solutions are here don't forget CCriticalSection !

been browsing for new jobs lately... in Australia... what do they mean by "Full SDLC experience?" also, what is the formal definition of Embedded real time systems? I've done heapes of real-time data communication thru sensors and wrote corresponding programs to run them. Would this count as embedded real time experience? many thanks

Very Nice :laugh:

i am trying to create a 3D matrix vMatrix[x][y][z] getting warning message: warning C4786: 'std::vector >,std::allocator > > >,std::allocator >,std::allocator > > > > >' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information any ideas? (i know i can always ignore warnings but i want to know why) :omg: cheers,

hey i think the concept is great. i would assume that most people learn much faster with constructive feedback on their codes. having said that,i would seriously doubt that managers or bean counters will allow 3rd party code review as they might see it as just an extra overhead. How about creating a very unique add-in that gives you "smart" suggestions and code reviews? i know this would probably border AI, but hey, the sky is the limit. cheers,

in VC++.Net's class view, how come you can't just right click on a function to delete it? overall, i am finding that VC++.Net is not as hot as it cracked up to be. going back to vc++6 :wtf: