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Remove Filter  | I'm using wamp on MS-Windows 7, and inside www folder I created cgi-bin folder and put some files in it. When I go to Chrome I enter localhost/cgi-bin and it responds >The requested URL /cgi-bin/ was not found on this server. There are other folders in www and it can …  |
| | I'm using VS 2013. I want to use the system.numerics.biginteger structure but VS says there is no such namespace as system.numerics! According to MSDN there should be. What am I missing? Imports System.IO Imports System.Numerics '<<<< error Module Module1 Sub Main() Dim OneLightYearInches As BigInteger = 372469703661417000 End Sub End … |
| | Anyone know where to BUY (not steal) this eBook? I don't want paperback because they are too difficult for me to read. I'd rather have eBook or PDF version so that I can change the font size to whatever I want. I've looked at Addison-Wesley web site but don't see …  |
| | I just finished upgrading Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro. I thought it was supposed to keep all files and applications, but only a few of the applications were carried over. Seems like I have to re-install most of the programs, especiall games, Office 365, and Microsoft Visual Studio. … |
| | I have an XML file I downloaded that is supposed to be API documentation for a program I downloaded. The problem is that I haven't the slightest idea how to read the file. I tried using Notepad, Google and IE, they all just show a lot of gibberish. What program … |
| | I have Windows 7 Ultimate installed, then installed most recent version of Debian on an unallocated 100GB partition on the primary drive (on a PC, not on a notebook). That all works without a problem. The problem is that I can not figure out how to change the boot menu … |
| | Last week I bought a new [Lonovo G505 laptop](http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/essential/g-series/g505/) for the purpose of installing Linux. After removing Windows 8 I tried to install three different linux distributions, none of them worked. None had a compatible wifi device driver, and none of them could start the X server after installation was … |
| | I have an external usb dvd drive and an internal blu-ray drive. I use both at the same time for ripping movies to My Book 3TB external hard drive. I've noticed that the external dvd drive is considerably slower than the blu-ray drive. Any idea if the cause is because … |
| | I've been trying all day to find a way to duel boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu. None of the google links I read seem to work on my computer. My computer has two internal hard drives, Widows 8 is installed on the first drive c:. The second hard drive has … |
| | I have a program with DataGridView which is bound to MS Access table. When I addept to update I get "Syntax error in INSERT INTO", but no explanation about the syntax error. Column names in the table have a space in them, such as "Last Name". Could that be the … |
| | The other day I installed a second internal hard drive so that I can put ubuntu on it. The primary hd has windows 7. Using the Ubuntu windows installer everything installed without a problem. When I rebooted I got a lot of error messages during bootup and finally the boot … |
| | Yesterday I crashed my Windows 7 when I attempted to install debian in another partition. Today I reinstalled Windows 7 by repartitioning and reformatting the hard drive. After reinstalling Chrome I noticed it retained all my previous bookmarks and settinbs. How can that be? Does Chrome keep that somewhere in …  |
| | I installed WampServer on my Windows 7 Ultilate computer the other day and WordPress yesterday. I attempted to test WP registration in my web site but I never received the registration confirmation email. Is this not possible on localhost? If it is how do I go about getting email to … |
| | Anyone familiar with this programming language? If so, anyone use it on the job? I just started reading [this turorial](http://www.developerfusion.com/article/122079/intro-to-f/) and find it to be interesting. |
| | Is there any way to make the size of the tab control expand in both hight and width when the entire window is resized? For example, if I initially set the top of the tab control to be about 1 inch below the top of the window and fill the … |
| | I have the code below in VS 2012. It dynamically allocates a DataGridView and an Update button, then it binds the grid to MS Access database table. That all works well. When I click the Update button btnUpdate_Click() is called, which calls the DataAdapter's Update() method. That produces the syntax … |
| | I spent the last 8 or so hours trying to install Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows 8 Pro. Didn't happen. I called iYogi tech support who tryed to help me for the last 3 hours with no success. We finally concluded Office 2010 is not compatible with Windows 8. So, … |
| | I'm using VS 2012 and coding a try/catch block in an MS Access database project, but VS says OleDbException is not defined (see line 3 in the code). Anyone know why? I got some of this code from [here](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressvb/thread/c822d48c-fd90-44a1-a186-a15e16966233/), and according to MSDN OleDbException is valid in vb.net Try data_adapter.Update(CType(binding_source.DataSource, … |
| | I can't get IE10 on Windows 8 keep the address of my desired Home page. I want to use google.com as the home page, I go to Internet Options, Use Current Page as home page, then save. It works for only a few minutes before reverting back to blank address. … |
| | Anyone use this distribution? I have a big big problem with the keyboard -- it misses characters or irradically repeats random characters. I might press a key quickly once and the driver will repeat it 100 or more times. Other times it misses the key altogether. |
| | I know how to create a function with variable argument list, but how do you create one when the argument type is unknown, something like MyPrintf(...) ? From what I've read CLR/C++ only supports known argument types, such as int, `MyPrintf("...array<Int32>^ arr)` and the calling function int main() { MyPrintf("One", … |
| | Q1: I'm trying to convert a working c++ program to VB.NET 2012 just to see how networkstream works. First send a stream to web address then get response. Send seems to work ok but read() blocks (line 34 of the code). Sometimes it doesn't block but doesn't return any data …  |
| | I've written a short tutorial how to get started writing sql database applications with C#. The totorial is in PDF format so that you can download it and read at your leasure. It assumes you are using MS-Windows and Visual Studio 2012. If you are using an earlier version of … |
| |  I'm trying to figure out how to add a new connection to MySQL running on a different computer on my network. When I click Project --> New Data Source a list of drivers appears, but none of them are MySQL (see thumbnail) which I have previously installed. I'm … |
| | I'm trying to write a simple program that detects when files are changed in a folder (for another question here). It has a standard Windows with a TextBox and a couple buttons. Upon program start it calls .NET function FileSystemWatcher then sets up four event handlers for it. What I …  |
| | When my program calls MsgBox it appears in the middle of the monitor. Anyone know how to move it somewhere within the boundries of my program's window? |
| | Every once in awhile I get email from my web site vBulletin that there is an error on MySQL. Below is the most recent error message. Looks like it might be caused by a hacker to me, what do you think? I've asked the technicians at iPage and they have … |
| | My computer has USB keyboard and mouse. After using the Windows installer to install Ubuntu on my system and rebooting, the duel-boot menu popped up where I can select either Windosw 7 or Ubuntu. The problem is that my keyboard doesn't work at that point because it is USB, so … |
| | I'm trying to write a simple Windows Forms program ( CLI/C++) . In the Form1 class I declared a private int, but the forms designer view hates it. Produces this error: >C++ CodeDOM parser error: Line: 195, Column: 15 --- Unknown type 'int'. ... The program compioles with 0 errors … |
| | I have started a new vBulletin site and one of the forums is going to be for adults only, over age 17. Right now when a new member registers he/she can put whateve age he wants. Before allowing access the the adult-only forum I'd like to verify that the person … |
| | How can I get there without going through another post that's already in Area 51? I don't see a link anywhere for it.  |
| | I just started a new store (see my signature for link). It was set up on IPage with a few simple steps. The problem is that I don't know how to calculate shipping costs. How is that done for UPS? Also how about sales taxes? AFAIK USA does not have … |
| | I have several computers all on a home network running Windows 7 OS, all connected to a router. What do I need to do to convert them to IPV6 protocol? Just buy new network cards? |
| | I tried to write up a test program that uses std::copy and istream_iterator to copy one text file to another. But it doesn't work because the '\r' and '\n' in the file are lost. I've tried opening the input and output files in text mode and I've tried opening them … |
| | [rant] Its so damed confusing and difficult to use. I spent three days trying to install something on my Fedora 11 machine that would take me no more than about 10 minutes in Vista (or any other version of MS-Windows). As an example: wxWidgets. I couldn't even successfully compile their …  |
| | >>Ok, so time() function (argument being null) returns what? It returns the number of seconds since 1970, as you previously posted. It doesn't matter whether the parameter is NULL or not, it will always return the same value. |
| | According to [URL="http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-23/tech/internet.addresses_1_internet-numbers-ip-addresses-ipv6?_s=PM:TECH"]this article[/URL] the internet will run out of IP addresses some time in 2011. Will the internet stop working then? Most likely not, its just that no new ip address can be assigned until IPv6, for "version six" is adopted, and will add more digits to the ip …  |
| | I'm trying to set up NetBeans IDE on my Vista Home, and have a choice between those two compilers. Which one would you choose? I also want to have Code::Blocks. |
| | I previously posted an MS-Windows example program about how to recursively search folders and create a list of their filename. This program is similar in concept but is for linux. It c++ and uses std::string and std::vector classes to hold the strings. When the program encounters a directory it will … |
| | short program that will build a stl::list of directory names and all the files they contain. recursively calls itself when a new directory is encountered. This has been compiled with both VC++ 6.0 and Dev-Shed compiles on MS-Windows XP Pro. It will not work on *nix or probably MAC computers. … |
| | I have 64-bit Vista Home Premium with IE7 (also 64-bit). Unable to download and install flash player with that version of IE. I also have 32-bit Firefox and flash player works normally as expected with it. When I view Program and Features, I see Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Adobe … |
| | I'm putting my Q. here instead of the c++ board because this is not a c++ question, but rather a compiler question. I just installed vc++ 2010 express and the first difference I noticed is that Microsoft removed the Build menu and all its options. Now there is only one … |
| | I have Win7 and using FF with Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. The problem is that the mouse wheel stopped working (it won't scroll the window any more, or just scrolls intermittently for very short periods of time) but everything else works as expected. Changed the battery but that did …  |
| | The idea for this came from another thread in the C++ forum that wanted to duplicate the _getdelim() function that is supported by GNU compilers g++. I made one major change in that this version does not allocate new memory every time it is called, which is grossly inefficient. Instead, … |
| | Every since I got a FF update yesterday (to 3.5.7) it seems to be crashing a lot. Anyone else experience this? [edit]64-bit Windows 7[/edit] |
| | This shows how to get the size of all the files in a folder, and all its sub-folders on MS-Windows operating system. It uses recursion to transverse all the directories, and return a 64-bit integer. It was compiled with VC++ 2008 Express and Code::Blocks Version 8.02 with MinGW compiler. |
| | This demonstrates how to get a list of your computer's logical drive letters under the MS-Windows operating system. |
| | Now that I have Win7 set up the way I want it, is it possible to create an image on a bootable DVD so that if (and when) my computer crashes I can just reinstall everything from that image? I seem to recall something like that was done on my … |
| | I installed Windows 7 this morning, then installed VC++ 2008 Express again. Now I want to install a dependency walker in its installation folder. But suprise suprise, the folder is marked read-only. Using Windows Explorer to change permissions does nothing. Yes, my account is set up as Administrator (already checked … |
| | If you dual-boot Vista and Fedora or Ubuntu then Thunderbird email client can use a common email box for both operating systems. If you already have an email account set up on one of the operating systems, such as Vista, then open Thunderbird, select Tools --> Account Settings, then click … |
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