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CDMTJX wrote: Three-way IF statement became uncool when FORTRAN-77 introduced IF THEN ELSE statements. I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

MikeMarq wrote: One guy who crashed was going over 100+ mph and actually had time to call 911 about it before crashing. Hold on a minute. Why couldn't he just turn the engine off? Are cars so computerized that the ignition switch isn't really a switch anymore? Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]

Thank guys for all the helpfull suggestions. Mike

Such questions or situations never exist. Though they seem to be. The way you have suggested, it will never end into an equilibrium. In reality, A can only own a maximum of 100% of its own company. If 10% is owned by B, A looses 10% automatically. If you give me 10 USD, I am richer by 10 USD and you are poorer by 10 USD. It cannot happen that you keep your amount and I gain it too. Now, Once you accept this fact, this brings us to a different kind of situations. What you are suggesting here is that every time the value of A changes, the value of B changes as well. Similarly the same happens for B. In any example, there always will be one finite value that would make a transition from object1 to object2. It is upto you to identify this thing. Do you have any more such examples? Probably, its just a incorrect assumption.

I have a copy of that book coming. Last I checked, FedEx was driving it around the Midwest. Nathan found the chapter on camera calibration helpful. Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!

Since it sounds like you have control over both applications, the simplest solution would be to just pull that class out into a common library and have both programs reference that shared library. Then the class would be from the same assembly in both applications.

Thank you for your excellent reply. :-D

Getting your foot it the door is tricky. Experience is key. There are graduate programs around where companies take on fresh graduates for a year, then off the best permanent jobs. Start looking now as these often fill up early. Go to the careers fairs at your college. If you can't find something that way, the more experience you can show the better. Consider joining open source projects and contributing code to them (or start your own open source project). This can go on your CV. I used to think like you, but I realised that it's actually programming I enjoy, not specifically what I'm writing. I'm now writing software for a manufacturing company to schedule jobs, track production, produce reports - General business stuff really, but I really enjoy it. Yeah, ok, I don't get to write any cutting edge AI, or graphics, but it's still fun. I play with AI ideas in my spare time at home. If you a really dead set on finding something cutting edge, maybe consider doing masters/phd courses. (Do courses like this for the enjoyment of the course though, don't expect them to further your career too much, for a career, experience is more important that high level qualifications) MikeMarq wrote: Forgot to ask what languages do you recomend learning? I know C/C++, vb.net and have done some assembly Forget VB it's only used for business apps (culture[^]). For the areas you are interested in stick to C++ (or consider transferring your vb.net knowledge to c#, they are close enough that you won't have much difficulty, particularly as you have C++ knowledge anyway). C++ and Assembly are probably more relevant in embedded stuff and high intensity graphics (cad/cam/games). Simon

Python is NOT 'just a scripting language' - It can be compiled just the same as any java program, you can have it interpreted or whatever you like. It can use c libraries and can even be embedded into c programs. py2exe compiles windows python apps freeze compiles the linux equiv and py2app compiles the mac equiv.

MikeMarq wrote: does it make any difference in terms of memory consumption if I put some of the functions for manipulating these objects inside the class for that object or in a seperate class or module that I only make only one copy of? No. Encapsulating code in the class is beneficial for design, however, and is one of the key benefits of object-oriented programming. MikeMarq wrote: In other words does each copy of an object have a reference to its functions or does the compiler seperate them internally. I know C++ and C#, and for those languages: All instances of a class/struct are "object"s Only one copy of the code exists, whether it's class/struct method code or code outside of a class/struct. For code "inside the class", an implicit "this" pointer, which is a pointer/reference to the object the code is being called on, so the code runs in the context of that object (meaning only one copy of the code is needed). An object doesn't need a reference to its code...it IS the reference. Mark Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

You put a button somewhere on your form that is usually labeled "print". Put the code in this button's click-event. This is very basic stuff, you really should get a book, if you don't know how to do that. "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

If you are using vb.net , I would recomment using the System.Data.Oledb classes rather than com interop with ADODB. It would be both easier and more performant. To get the number of records currently in a table Use "Select Count(*) as nRecs from Mytable" for your query. For your ADODB approach to work, you have to navigate to the end of the recordset before the count is accurate (use Recordset.MoveLast). Obviously, this is slow... To changed to a client side cursor, set the cursortype variable BEFORE opening the connection. Hope thies suggestions help.

Sorry, thats what I meant - you need to put Guest ID in square brackets, I didn't mean to lose the () round it. Old age and failing eyesight to blame ;) Bob Ashfield Consultants Ltd

You really shouldn't be using ADODB from VB.Net. ADODB is an older COM technology and was replaced in .Net with the System.Data.Oledb namespace classes. Oledb uses Datasets, Datatables, DataReaders and DataAdapters rather than Recordsets. It performs better than ADODB and is easier to use, and is an integrated set of managed classes.

Simply divide by the greatest common divisor (gcd) 800x600 gcd(800,600)=200 so you get 4x3 etc You calculate gcd using Euclid's algorithm, Wikipedia article[^] Peter "Until the invention of the computer, the machine gun was the device that enabled humans to make the most mistakes in the smallest amount of time."

MikeMarq wrote: Does anybody know if there are any restrictions on buying used software? Yes, it depends on the license terms of the original software. You can get NFR (Not For Resale) licenses, and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) licenses that limit what you as a user can do. An OEM license can be sold to you by the maker of the hardware for you to use on the hardware they supply, but no other. NRF licenses are frequently used in promotions and competitions. You also get academic licensed which prohibit commercial use and require the holder to be a student or teacher (or similar). So, you really must find out what the license says in the first place. Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * The Value of Smaller Methods * Creating Many-to-Many joins My website | blog

This depends on which version of .NET you're using. Under .NET 1.x, you'll have to write your own serializer. This is easy considering there are hundred examples of it all over the web. All you have to do is Google for "VB.NET serialize linked list" to find them. Under .NET 2.0, this is even easier if you use the generic LinkedList class for your collections. It's already serializable and can be used with the existing .NET serialization classes. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007