Ahh.... I figured it out. Somewhere in the methods of my class I was catching the exception that would normally be thrown as an std::exception and re-throwing it (not really sure why I had done...

hmm.... well, i defined a function:

void func()
{
throw Surface::image_load_failed("my error");
}


and called that from my try block, which resulted in the output I would have expected...

I have a child of std::exception defined as:

struct image_load_failed : public std::exception
{
image_load_failed(std::string const s) : message(s) {}
virtual ~image_load_failed() throw()...

Does anyone actually use the .hpp file extension for C++ header files? I've never seen it used, but I was just working with geany, and I noticed that it only syntax highlights C++ specific things if...

Err... ok, ran into a prob again (like my first one). fyi ive gone back to the multiple member system (r,g,b,a as four separate variables). I still can't figure out how to let users pick whether or...

Oh, you're right.

But actually, I dropped the system of using different members for red, green, blue, and alpha. I'm just using a single hex value as a member to save space.

Edit:
Just...

Wow, nvm - just figured it out.

Have alpha be first, not last.

But if someone could confirm that and/or check the above code I'd appreciate it.

Hey

I'm writing a color class, and I want to have a constructor that can take in an unsigned int like 0x00FF00FF and interpret it as fully opaque green. I have code for that (I think it should...

So #import is specific to Obj-C?

Hey,

I'm learning Objective-C, and they use #import "File.h" instead of #include "File.h". The tutorial I'm using says that import is like an include once thing, and it basically implements the...

Wait, are you talking about this line:

*drawn = rand() % 52+1;


rand() returns an int but drawn has been dereferenced so isn't it also of type int?

@williamhemswort
namespaces shouldn't end with a semicolon (though AD didn't point that out so I'm not sure I'm right about that...). I also don't think non const variables can be defined outside a...

The reason the line you commented isn't working is because save.dna[i] is of type char, but "T" is of type char* (I believe, maybe it depends on the compiler?). Try changing it to 'T'

Oh, right. At a glance I thought they were method declarations, not prototypes for global functions.

Don't use spaces between in the code tags for them to work.

That code is swapping the variables word[i] and word[j]. Temp is needed to do the switch (at least the way it's being done here).

Say...

Post the errors and a description of your problem/question.

edit: Sorry, didn't see the comments in your code. Still good to post a description of the issue though.

I see a couple of strange...

Um, when you say thread, you mean like a multi-thread program, where each thread gets its own share of processor time? I don't have much experience with multi-threading so I don't know if/how it's...

1. You didn't listen to one of the above posters. Don't do this:
cin >> name;

If I type a name that's larger than 20 characters your program will crash.

2. Unless this is for a class and your...

Do you indeed want to make it have a GUI? If so, follow linux0id's advice - you're going to need to use some sort of API.

Any method of the mainFrame class has access to both m_library and m_player.

So you can have a method called GetNextTrack() (or w/e):

class mainFrame : public Gtk::Window
{
public:
...

Are you on a console? If so, I don't think there's a good, definite way to do that (though I could be wrong).

Kind of off topic, but strcpy() is meant for use with C-Strings (i.e., char*). When using std::strings (which you should :) )you use the (overloaded? ) assignment operator.

I don't understand why it says assigning either. If it said casting or converting or something like that then I would get it. Because true really isn't of type int, it's of type enum bool, so when...

Wait - you're saying to not use variables of type bool?

A vector (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/stl/vector/vector.html) is a dynamic array. You can use the push_back() method to add an element to the end of the vector, and you can use the overloaded...

You've got the basic idea right I think - just some minor typos and mistakes. I don't want to point out all of them - try to figure them out - read over the program (some lines in particular you may...

The above post could have been a place to post your errors - but no matter.

Get rid of this line: struct Weather;

Move the definition of the month struct to where the struct Weather line was.
...

Always post your errors!

struct Weather
What is this? The syntax is improper and I'm not sure what you're trying to do.


month[0] = January;
month[1] = February;
month[2] = March;
month[3]...

It might not be that simple if you also need to keep track of whether a member is full or young. You would need to output that in some form to your text file, and then as you read the data, create an...

the string::c_str() method converts the contents of an std::string to const char*. For example:

string str1 = "Hello";
const char* str2 = "Hello";
str1.c_str();//would return a value equivalent...

Oh - sorry, there was an error in my overloaded extraction operator:

ifstream& operator>>(ifstream& fin,MemberRecord& mem)
{
fin >> mem.name >> mem.age >> mem.balance;
return fin;
}

Always post the exact errors you get for the best help.

atio() (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdlib/atoi.html) takes input of type const char*.

do this:

x=atoi(str.c_str());...

Right - that's mouse input. You need to be able to know when and in what direction the mouse moves and when buttons are pressed. Like I said - you can use DirectInput.

firstly, you need to have a structure that can hold all the data that you need. In the example, this would be vector<MemberRecord>. As far as loading a MemberRecord into your program, you have a...

What exactly is mouse handling? Do you mean reading mouse input? DirectInput is an expensive solution - there may be some simpler methods in the Win32 API.

This: module = new MyClass(true); line should not work in either case. module is of type MyClass, but new MyClass(true) is of type MyClass*. That assignment shouldn't work - are you sure the latter...

A text database file is just your text file.

( x || y ) is an expression of type bool (at least I think so - even though you can't declare variables of type bool it still exists as a type)

true is of type int. I believe this comparisan of...

For reading data from text files: ifstream (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/ifstream/)

It is considered one of the "harder" languages, but as AncientDragon said, hard is a relative term. C++ was really the first language I learned, and I didn't have any real experience with other...