Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
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Building server-side applications requires a different way of thinking. Many APIs are not in the repertoire of most programmers, so Inside Server-Based Applications provides an extremely useful survey of requisite C APIs, along with custom C++ classes and advice for creating Windows 2000 services and other server components. Any intermediate to advanced C/C++ developer will benefit from this intelligent and practical-minded title.
Inside Server-Based Applications begins with the Win32 C APIs needed for server-side development, including functions for multitasking, running services, and event logging. But this text is much more than an API reference. The author provides a valuable custom C++ encapsulation for Windows 2000 services (a class that is enhanced as the book progresses). There are also some excellent short examples of RAS, TAPI, MAPI, WinSock socket programming, and named pipes for those who need to incorporate these powerful APIs into their applications.
Later chapters concentrate on the Internet, particularly using MFC to create ISAPI extensions (and filters) for Microsoft IIS. (The author provides two versions of a phonebook Web application, both in ASPs and ISAPI.) A standout demonstrates how ATL can create components that speed up your ASPs. The author's expertise with server-side programming favors efficiency, for example, using the ODBC C API instead of ADO. (He also offers a C++ encapsulation of the ODBC, another useful perk.) The book culmina Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
Presents essential guidelines for globalizing and localizing your software with examples in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. Demonstrates how to produce high-quality, ready to localize editions of Windows-based programs with the Microsoft Visual C++ system.
In today's wired world, software must work for a global audience. International Programming for Microsoft Windows compiles hard-to-find information on internationalizing software using C, C++, and Windows 2000. If you're a developer or manager planning international software development, this book can show you how to take your software to new markets successfully.
International Programming excels in two ways. First, it delivers a fine historical tour of the world's character sets (used to represent character data) from old mainframe standards (like IBM's EBCDIC) to ASCII, ANSI, and the current Unicode standard. Like many other aspects of computing, international support only gets better with time. Second, the book addresses built-in support for Standard C, and then moves on to the improved internationalization available in Standard C++ (with support for locales and facets).
The heart of this book is its extensive material on the international features and Unicode available in Windows 2000, which comes with support for dozens of languages. (This text shows how Windows supports both non-Unicode and Unicode character sets with two sets of APIs for all text functions.) The book highlights features in Windows 2000 that facilita Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
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Written for the intermediate to advanced Windows programmer, David Sceppa's Programming ADO offers an expert's view of developing with this powerful--and occasionally tricky--database library. Filled with tips and suggested best practices for building robust database programs, this title provides a useful real-world perspective to effective coding with ADO.
This book is part reference, offering full coverage of all objects in ADO, and part programming tutorial, describing every object, property, collection, method, and event in this library, including ADOX and JRO in an appendix. Instead of whole programs, the author uses short code excerpts written in Visual Basic to illustrate key points. Complete sample applications are available on the accompanying CD-ROM.
Throughout this text, Sceppa shows off his expert knowledge of ADO. Standout sections here include examples of connecting to databases effectively, different strategies for querying and updating databases, and a nice explanation of disconnected recordsets. The discussion of the various cursor types available in ADO is also a must-read for any serious ADO developer. (Choosing the right cursor type for your project, it turns out, is not as easy as it appears.) Each section ends with "Questions That Should Be Asked More Frequently" in which the author invites you to think carefully about the ways you use ADO.
Later sections here turn to the powerful ADO Cursor Engine and the newer Record and Stream class Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
* Supported by all major database systems, XML provides an easy, standardized method of transferring data between databases and to and from the Web, independent of the software in use
* Offers database programmers and data-driven Web developers detailed guidance on how to understand and work with XML as data
* Numerous hands-on, step-by-step examples help readers learn to simplify database work using XML
* Shows how to use XML to exchange data between multiple databases either internally or with external customers and partners
* Covers XML in popular databases including Oracle Database, SQL Server, and brief coverage of DB2 Database
* Covers basic syntax for XML, the XML DOM, and XSL - with an emphasis on database use, and native XML databases
* Additional topics covered include Native XML databases, XPath, XQuery, XLink, XPointer, DTDs, XML Schemas, among others
From the Back Cover
The union of XML and relational databases creates a powerful tool with the ability to transfer information between two completely unrelated databases. With this book, veteran author Gavin Powell shows you how this confluence of two technologies can simplify your database work and provide a more standardized way to exchange data between multiple databases and web sites.
You'll get an in-depth look at specific XML datatypes that are considered the most critical alliances between XML and a relational database. Plus, an introduction to the basics of SQL and numerous XML standards Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
Because of its large command structure and intricate syntax, Mathematica can be difficult to learn. Wolfram's Mathematica manual, while certainly comprehensive, is so large and complex that when trying to learn the software from scratch -- or find answers to specific questions -- one can be quickly overwhelmed. A Beginner's Guide to Mathematica offers a simple, step-by-step approach to help math-savvy newcomers build the skills needed to use the software in practice. Concise and easy to use, this book teaches by example and points out potential pitfalls along the way. The presentation starts with simple problems and discusses multiple solution paths, ranging from basic to elegant, to gradually introduce the Mathematica toolkit. More challenging and eventually cutting-edge problems follow. The authors place high value on notebook and file system organization, cross-platform capabilities, and data reading and writing. The text features an array of error messages you will likely encounter and clearly describes how to deal with those situations. While it is by no means exhaustive, this book offers a non-threatening introduction to Mathematica that will teach you the aspects needed for many practical applications, get you started on performing specific, relatively simple tasks, and enable you to build on this experience and move on to more real-world problems. Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
Text provides step-by-step, illustrated directions for designing, constructing, and testing a fully functional computer numerical control (CNC) robot. Includes time-saving tips, tricks, and pictoral help along the way.
Here's the FIRST book to offer step-by-step guidelines that walk the reader through the entire process a building a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine from start to finish. Using inexpensive, off-the-shelf parts, readers can build CNC machines with true industrial shop applications such as machining, routing, and cutting--at a fraction of what it would cost to purchase one.
* Great for anyone who wants to automate a task in their home shop or small business
* Easy-to-use Windows-based software controls the robotic automation
* Builders can scale and customize the machine to suit their own industrial needs
* Numerous tips, tricks, and pictorials walk the reader through every step--design, construction, and completion Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
A chess book on the openings, aimed at a club audience.
From the Back Cover
Tired of playing the same old openings? Worried about having to learn too much theory? Then this book is what you're looking for! International Master Angus Dunnington presents you with a new attacking opening repertoire based on the move 1 d4. Rather than getting bogged down with theory, Dunnington concentrates on constructing easy-to-learn systems against all of Black's possible defenses. He chooses lines which are fun to play, easy to learn and will pose your unsuspecting opponent many problems. (6 x 9, 160 pages, b and w diagrams) Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
After the immense success of the first two editions, the chess world has been anticipating the next instalment with baited breath... and now the wait is over! Once again this is a fully revised edition of John Watson's classic Play the French, providing Black with a complete repertoire in the French Defence, one of the most strategically and dynamically complex opening systems. As is typical with his books, Watson often arms the reader with not one, but a choice of two and sometimes three lines against every main variation. Watson also presents a thorough grounding on the positional and tactical aspects of the opening and outlines the typical plans for both White and Black. This is particularly welcome for those newcomers wishing to add the French Defence to their openings armoury. Last, but not least, hardened French Defence devotees will find plenty of original analysis and suggestions to sink their teeth into.
The previous editions of Play the French were amongst the most powerful opening books of the 1980s and 90s, and this only added to the large number of French Defence advocates at every level of chess. Now Watson has updated his analysis for French Defence players of the new millennium.
From the Back Cover
was an eventful year in the chess world, with elimination matches for two rival World Championships, one of the strongest tournaments of all time in Linares, Spain, and hundreds of other events around the world. In this book, Grandmaster Glenn Flear reveals Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 10:56pm CEST
List:
An Evening At Gods.pdf
Autopsy Room Four.pdf
Bachman Books 3 - THE LONG WALK.pdf
Bachman Books 4- Running Man.pdf
Beachworld.pdf
Before The Play (TV Guide).pdf
Big Wheels A Tale of The Laundry Game (Milkman #2).pdf
Carrie.pdf
Chattery Teeth.pdf
Crouch End.pdf
Cujo.pdf
Cycle of the Werewolf.pdf
Dolores Clairborne.pdf
Dreamcatcher.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 1 - Introduction.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 2 - The Langoliers.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 3 - Secret Window, Secret Garden.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 4 - The Sun Dog.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 5 - The Library Policeman.pdf
Gramma.pdf
Head Down.pdf
Home Delivery.pdf
Hotel at The end of The Road.pdf
In the Key-Chords of Dawn.pdf
It Grows on You.pdf
It.pdf
Ive Got To Get Away.pdf
Jhonathan and the Witches.pdf
L.T.'s Theory Of Pets.pdf
list
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe.pdf
Never Look Behind You.pdf
Night Shift - Battleground.pdf
Night Shift - Children of the Corn.pdf
Night Shift - Foreward.pdf
Night Shift - Graveyard Shift.pdf
Night Shift - Grey Matter.pdf
Night Shift - I Am The Doorway.pdf
Night Shift - I Know What You Need.pdf
Night Shift - Jerusalems Lot.pdf
Night Shift - Night Surf.pdf
Night Shift - One For The Road.pdf
Night Shift - Quitters.pdf
Night Shift - Sometimes They Come Back.pdf
Night Shift - Strawberry Spring.pdf
Night Shift - The Boogeyman.pdf
Night Shift - The Last Rung On The Ladder.pdf
Night Shift - The Lawnmower Man.pdf
Night Shift - The Ledge.pdf
Night Shift - The Ma Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
Because of its large command structure and intricate syntax, Mathematica can be difficult to learn. Wolfram's Mathematica manual, while certainly comprehensive, is so large and complex that when trying to learn the software from scratch -- or find answers to specific questions -- one can be quickly overwhelmed. A Beginner's Guide to Mathematica offers a simple, step-by-step approach to help math-savvy newcomers build the skills needed to use the software in practice. Concise and easy to use, this book teaches by example and points out potential pitfalls along the way. The presentation starts with simple problems and discusses multiple solution paths, ranging from basic to elegant, to gradually introduce the Mathematica toolkit. More challenging and eventually cutting-edge problems follow. The authors place high value on notebook and file system organization, cross-platform capabilities, and data reading and writing. The text features an array of error messages you will likely encounter and clearly describes how to deal with those situations. While it is by no means exhaustive, this book offers a non-threatening introduction to Mathematica that will teach you the aspects needed for many practical applications, get you started on performing specific, relatively simple tasks, and enable you to build on this experience and move on to more real-world problems. Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
Text provides step-by-step, illustrated directions for designing, constructing, and testing a fully functional computer numerical control (CNC) robot. Includes time-saving tips, tricks, and pictoral help along the way.
Here's the FIRST book to offer step-by-step guidelines that walk the reader through the entire process a building a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine from start to finish. Using inexpensive, off-the-shelf parts, readers can build CNC machines with true industrial shop applications such as machining, routing, and cutting--at a fraction of what it would cost to purchase one.
* Great for anyone who wants to automate a task in their home shop or small business
* Easy-to-use Windows-based software controls the robotic automation
* Builders can scale and customize the machine to suit their own industrial needs
* Numerous tips, tricks, and pictorials walk the reader through every step--design, construction, and completion Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
A chess book on the openings, aimed at a club audience.
From the Back Cover
Tired of playing the same old openings? Worried about having to learn too much theory? Then this book is what you're looking for! International Master Angus Dunnington presents you with a new attacking opening repertoire based on the move 1 d4. Rather than getting bogged down with theory, Dunnington concentrates on constructing easy-to-learn systems against all of Black's possible defenses. He chooses lines which are fun to play, easy to learn and will pose your unsuspecting opponent many problems. (6 x 9, 160 pages, b and w diagrams) Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
After the immense success of the first two editions, the chess world has been anticipating the next instalment with baited breath... and now the wait is over! Once again this is a fully revised edition of John Watson's classic Play the French, providing Black with a complete repertoire in the French Defence, one of the most strategically and dynamically complex opening systems. As is typical with his books, Watson often arms the reader with not one, but a choice of two and sometimes three lines against every main variation. Watson also presents a thorough grounding on the positional and tactical aspects of the opening and outlines the typical plans for both White and Black. This is particularly welcome for those newcomers wishing to add the French Defence to their openings armoury. Last, but not least, hardened French Defence devotees will find plenty of original analysis and suggestions to sink their teeth into.
The previous editions of Play the French were amongst the most powerful opening books of the 1980s and 90s, and this only added to the large number of French Defence advocates at every level of chess. Now Watson has updated his analysis for French Defence players of the new millennium.
From the Back Cover
was an eventful year in the chess world, with elimination matches for two rival World Championships, one of the strongest tournaments of all time in Linares, Spain, and hundreds of other events around the world. In this book, Grandmaster Glenn Flear reveals Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
List:
An Evening At Gods.pdf
Autopsy Room Four.pdf
Bachman Books 3 - THE LONG WALK.pdf
Bachman Books 4- Running Man.pdf
Beachworld.pdf
Before The Play (TV Guide).pdf
Big Wheels A Tale of The Laundry Game (Milkman #2).pdf
Carrie.pdf
Chattery Teeth.pdf
Crouch End.pdf
Cujo.pdf
Cycle of the Werewolf.pdf
Dolores Clairborne.pdf
Dreamcatcher.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 1 - Introduction.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 2 - The Langoliers.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 3 - Secret Window, Secret Garden.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 4 - The Sun Dog.pdf
Four Past Midnight - 5 - The Library Policeman.pdf
Gramma.pdf
Head Down.pdf
Home Delivery.pdf
Hotel at The end of The Road.pdf
In the Key-Chords of Dawn.pdf
It Grows on You.pdf
It.pdf
Ive Got To Get Away.pdf
Jhonathan and the Witches.pdf
L.T.'s Theory Of Pets.pdf
list
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe.pdf
Never Look Behind You.pdf
Night Shift - Battleground.pdf
Night Shift - Children of the Corn.pdf
Night Shift - Foreward.pdf
Night Shift - Graveyard Shift.pdf
Night Shift - Grey Matter.pdf
Night Shift - I Am The Doorway.pdf
Night Shift - I Know What You Need.pdf
Night Shift - Jerusalems Lot.pdf
Night Shift - Night Surf.pdf
Night Shift - One For The Road.pdf
Night Shift - Quitters.pdf
Night Shift - Sometimes They Come Back.pdf
Night Shift - Strawberry Spring.pdf
Night Shift - The Boogeyman.pdf
Night Shift - The Last Rung On The Ladder.pdf
Night Shift - The Lawnmower Man.pdf
Night Shift - The Ledge.pdf
Night Shift - The Ma Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
A cool solo guitar collection of 15 Ellington classics! The arrangements are based on the orchestral recordings, which results in melodic music with single-note lines and hip chord voicings that blend seamlessly. Includes the tunes:
* Caravan
* Don't Get Around Much Anymore
* In a Sentimental Mood
* It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
* Mood Indigo
* Prelude to a Kiss
* Satin Doll
* Sophisticated Lady
* Take the "A" Train
* and more.
Includes a bio of Duke by Dave Rubin. Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
In this complete revision and expansion of his first SQL Puzzles book, Joe Celko challenges you with his trickiest puzzlesand then helps solve them with a variety of solutions and explanations. Joe demonstrates the thought processes that are involved in attacking a problem from an SQL perspective to help advanced database programmers solve the puzzles you frequently face. These techniques not only help with the puzzle at hand, but help develop the mindset needed to solve the many difficult SQL puzzles you face every day. Of course, part of the fun is to see whether or not you can write better solutions than Joes.
* A great collection of tricky SQL puzzles with a variety of solutions and explanations.
* Uses the proven format of puzzles and solutions to provide a user-friendly, practical look into SQL programming problems - many of which will help users solve their own problems.
* New edition features:
Many new puzzles added!
Dozens of new solutions to puzzles, and using features in SQL-99
Code is edited to conform to SQL STYLE rules
New chapter on temporal query puzzles
New chapter on common misconceptions about SQL and RDBMS that leads to problems
Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
Over 200 games by the great Cuban champion drawn from lesser matches and exhibition events. Included are games against Corzo, which earned Capablanca the Cuban Championship at the age of 12, as well as match and exhibition games, consultation games, simultaneous games with clocks, more. Bibliography. 151 diagrams. Read more...
Posted: August 20th, 2007, 8:32pm CEST
Covering the PIC BASIC and PIC BASIC PRO compilers, PIC Basic Projects provides an easy-to-use toolkit for developing applications with PIC BASIC. Numerous simple projects give clear and concrete examples of how PIC BASIC can be used to develop electronics applications, while larger and more advanced projects describe program operation in detail and give useful insights into developing more involved microcontroller applications.
Including new and dynamic models of the PIC microcontroller, such as the PIC16F627, PIC16F628, PIC16F629 and PIC12F627, PIC Basic Projects is a thoroughly practical, hands-on introduction to PIC BASIC for the hobbyist, student and electronics design engineer.
* Packed with simple and advanced projects which show how to program a variety of interesting electronic applications using PIC BASIC
* Covers the new and powerful PIC16F627, 16F628, PIC16F629 and the PIC12F627 models
* A CDROM includes program source files, HEX code, data sheets of devices, sensors and schematics of the circuits used in the book
About the Author
Dogan Ibrahim works for the Traffic Control Systems Unit in London, UK. He was formerly a lecturer at South Bank University and Head of Department at Near East University, Cyprus in the UK. Read more...
