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Redirecting the output of a program to a file in .NET framework
It doesn’t seem like this should be so hard, but it is. The Win32 CreateProcess API call has two nifty ways to do this. 1) Inherit handles from the parent process. So open the log file as your own...
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Well, it’s been a long run, but I am finally moving on from HKS. For the last 13 years I have been working as an Objective-C programmer. However on Monday I will become a C++/Qt programmer for...
View ArticleDreaming in Code
Perhaps it is a sign that I need to find a hobby, or perhaps it is just jitters from starting a new job in a new programming language; but I woke up in the middle of the night dreaming about safe ways...
View ArticleConverting RGB to HSV in C++
I don’t know why this is so hard to find, but it is. I ended up following the suggestion of a google answers question and converting the javascript formula at...
View ArticleBoost::regex tip of the day
If you use boost::regex, don’t do what I just did. Calling boost::regex_match(std::string&,match_results&,basic_regex&) Changing the std::string that was passed to regex_match. Trying to...
View ArticleUsing MPC to generate CxxTest test cases
There are a few tools that I love for C++ development, and one of them is CxxTest. One of my other favorite tools is the Make Project Creator or MPC. It allows you to generate makefiles or visual...
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