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TCLSID, TIID translates to System.Guid Interfaces descending from IUnknown translates to an attribute with Guid, specifying the COM ID as a string parameter...

In order to install sendmail, assuming it's not installed. cd /cdrom/sol_10_1106_x86/Solaris_10/Product pkgadd -d . SUNWsndmu (Installs the sendmail...

Update of the High Performance Chat Server...

Given two classes, Class1 and Class2, where Class2 is inherited from Class1, and a property Prop1, reading the DeclaringType of the PropertyInfo for Prop1...

After a component is added to a WinForm via a Controls.Add(AComponent) statement, the component's InitLayout virtual method is called. It is best to override...

I've been tired of getting comments and trackback posts for DotText that are essentially spam. Hence, using Borland Developer Studio 2006, I enhanced Dottext...

To remove the Android status bar, execute the following statements in the onCreate method before making a call to setContentView(R.layout.main); int flag...

I've been working on adding a class to a JAR (somefilename.jar) archive, so that I can add functionality to it. First, unzip somefilename.jar to a...

Nearly 10 years ago, on 25 May 1997, I compiled a list of books I owned and read at that time. Here's the list. Algorithms - Robert Sedgewick Artificial...

Stuff that I needed to look into: Metasploit Framework

Hmm, just noticed today that the Singapore Ministry of Defence is exploring using Fedora Core in it's operations. That gives me the impression that Red...

The traditional way to create views (or windows) in Android is to create a XML layout file. My way? public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super...

Over the past year, I have written several Android applications in my free time, and ported one from C#. Digger - a game that was originally written in...

I've extended the DotText engine again, by writing a plug-in to support emitting of Monthly and Daily RSS and Atom feeds. This is integrated into DotText...

Yay!!! I've finally received my Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology! The journey in studying for this course was arduous, demanding 3 hours...

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In order to refer to a particular class operator, prefix the operator name with the identifier escape character (&), eg, TFooBar.&&op_Addition...

Updated the blogging engine to support emitting updateFrequency, updatePeriod and updateBase in the RSS syndication formats by writing a Delphi.NET plugin...

The following function iterates through all the assemblies in the current application domain, and extracts the directory of the assembly which ends with...

Looked into how to generate cab files today, and how an INF file describes what's in the cab file, and so on and so forth. Microsoft's document...

For an existing Java project that is using the Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J), replacing the logging framework is as simple as changing the project...

Effective in 24 hours, I'm banning those who refreshes too often. Such as every minute. I'm not a journalist, a reporter, or a publisher. There's no way I'm writing a post every minute. Hence, it's illogical for people to check my blogs every minute. Yet these people do exists....

8 years ago, I worked on the Vehicle Entry Permit System (VEPS) as the lead engineer. After the project was completed, I left the project. Today, a friend...

Here’s how I mount my Windows share on my RHEL machine, without installing Windows Services for Unix… ;) mkdir /home/chuacw/mountpoint mount –t cifs \...

Turning on the trackball cd /sys/class/leds/jogball-backlight echo 7 > brightness echo 5 > period echo 255 0 255 > color Turning off the trackball...