Sending Unicode through Windows Pipes
Passing unicode data through Windows Pipes sometimes requires special handling to avoid having the pipes scramble the data. We can see this using the cmd prompt and navigating to a Continue Reading →
Toastmasters CL Worksheet
At my toastmasters club meeting this week, another member presented a matrix as an easier way to visualize the requirements for the Competent Leader certification. I’ve taken his matrix and Continue Reading →
Line Counts by Command Line
For line counting in c/cpp/h source files: find . -name '*.[c|h]' -o -name '*.cpp' | xargs wc -l
Mouse Buttons in Win32
To respond to special mouse button actions in Win32, we need to register the virtual command actions with the callback loop to detect the special mouse button action. For example, Continue Reading →
Reading wide characters with wifstream
Should we want to use wifstream to read unicode characters directly from a file, we will encounter an implementation quirk with newline detection in the standard library. Carriage returns and Continue Reading →
WordPress Updates asks for FTP Credentials
When attempting to run wordpress updates, wordpress can ask for ftp credentials. This can be caused by a conflict between the user/group ownership of the wordpress installation’s files and the Continue Reading →
Manual Flash Player Updates
While the Flash Player updates usually run automatically on machine restart, it is possible to keep Flash up to date while still running important operations. We can keep the machine Continue Reading →
MSB6001
While Software Engineers are undoubtedly more familiar with the C#### or LNK#### errors generated by Visual Studio, MSB#### errors are more indicative of a problem with the compile or compile Continue Reading →
C2143 in cstdio
It is rather interesting when the standard library returns compile errors: 3>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\cstdio(39) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':' 3>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft Continue Reading →
Ascension Photography
Ascension Island Conservation has shared a series of my photos… Also reshared by the Ascension Heritage Society