05061628.txt 06-May-00


Subject: Code examples?
From: Peter Backhaus <info@brennwerk.de>

Hello NG,

i am looking for vo code examples like www.planet-
  source.com. Or is here enough interes to set one up?

e.g. i am looking for "read/write from/to .ini file".

Thanks for your help,

Peter


Subject: Re: Code examples?
From: "Geoff Schaller" <geoffsch@bigpond.net.au>

Peter,

Check out Fab's classes. I am sure he has one. There is also
  definitely an Ini classin the VO Forum Library.

Also, the VO Sample on NT Services has a very simple and
  very effective INI class reader/writer. It uses the
  windows api GetPrivateProfileString(). But in reality, INI
  files are old hat. These days (for 32 bit apps) you should
  really be using the registry.

Geoff


Subject: Re: Code examples?
From: "Geoff Schaller" <geoffsch@bigpond.net.au>

Hi Wong,

No, I think there is much to admire about Unix. Back in the
  mid 80's I was involved with converting paper files for
  the Army onto Honeywell 12" optical disks. At the time all
  our mainframes were ICL machines on COBOL and our PCs
  where Prime (and so BASIC was the main lingo). The
  Honeywell needed a Unix controller - hence we had to learn
  it! And as you suggested, we could train up staff many
  times faster than on Prime or ICL. Everything worked to
  precision and everything was beautifully documented. But
  it also had tragically poor security (which has obviously
  improved since).

Since then Unix has blossomed but its complexity hasn't. As
  a technical purist, I still admire Unix and C. It is far
  more intuitive to use, debug and manage. But at the end of
  the day it doesn't have the bells and whistles for
  spreadsheets, word processors and the "junk" we seem to
  have to live on. Also, Unix requires a degree of technical
  understanding in order to maximise its performance and use
  and this suddenly becomes the biggest stumbling block to
  widespread use. But my Unix skills are fading as I
  concentrate on Windows technology.


DCOM is obviously an MS invention and so it is necessary for
  an MS solution but there are other ways. Hence my love-
  affair with sockets.

Happy connecting....

Geoff


Subject: Re: Code examples?
From: "Geoff Schaller" <geoffsch@bigpond.net.au>

Hi Wong,

In my experience with Windows 9x (and I can only claim five
  years experience with Windows) the situation of PC's
  slowing down is almost always due to the immense amount of
  crap that users somehow seem to load on their PC. It
  starts with pretty screen savers, then doing icons in 80
  million colors, adding desktop themes, running 12
  different network protocols concurrently.... the list is
  endless. But if I ever get back to a PC I know is in the
  state I installed it 3-4 years before, it is invariably
  running at the same speed as its first day. I would blame
  "speed" problems mostly on perception. As other PC's
  around you get faster, it makes you think yours is getting
  slower. Also, upgrade from Office 95 to Office 97 - its
  easy to blame the slow-down on the PC when in reality its
  the software. I don't doubt that sometimes you get
  corruptions and problems, even sometimes its hardware
  induced. In those circumstances a good reinstall helps. NT
  will run for years non-stop but once in a while, a reboot
  will cleanse the logs, so to speak <g>.

But as to registry corruptions, you would have to agree that
  they are rare, as problems go. I am not saying they don't
  exist but I am saying that they are rare. And when they
  are encountered, almost half are user-induced <g>.

Geoff


Subject: Re: Code examples?
From: "Geoff Schaller" <geoffsch@bigpond.net.au>

> I'm not really agree with you, but as usual, you win! :-)

That's not fair <bg>. There is no "winning" here, just
  different points of view and different experiences.
