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Posted by
Kieren Searle on the
04/21/09
Compare two dates in C++
When comparing two dates that are of the data type string they will need to be first converted to dates. Once this is done a simple comparison test is possible.
void compareDates(string date1, string date2) {
//create a time_t object
time_t rawt… more »
Posted by
Kieren Searle on the
04/02/09
Easy Peasy Persistent Installation
After upgrading my EEE PC 901 to Easy Peasy 1.0 I was prompted with the install dialog each time I logged in. Not only was this annoying it was taking up valuable space on my hard drive.
To remove this 'feature' all that is required is to uninstall Ub… more »
Posted by
Kieren Searle on the
01/06/09
MP3 support in K3b
Due to MP3 being a patented format and Ubuntu's policy of not allowing patented software in their default installations K3b isn't able to burn music CDs from MP3s out of the box.
Luckily adding MP3 support is very simple and only requires one extra pa… more »
Posted by
Kieren Searle on the
01/04/09
Converting between System::String and std::string
When I first started working with forms in Microsoft Visual Studio I had some problems getting to grips with their managed class. One of the more fustrating points was that text boxes returned text as type System::String and all my functions were expecti… more »
Posted by
Kieren Searle on the
07/09/08
Getting rid of gaps under images
As images are inline a small gap will appear around them relative to other CSS objects.
For instance, if you want to display an image at the bottom of a div element then there will be a gap between the bottom of the image and the border of the div.… more »
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