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Wondering about comp.lang.c 12 27 (7/2/2004 6:48:44 AM) comp.lang.c I'm a veteran C programmer (about 20 years, including PDP11 and VAX C), and I know what is on-topic here and what is not. I write standard C everywhere possible, and encapsulate non-standard code in modules tha... Severian

PDF page count using gs (and especially gsapi)? 0 37 (7/29/2003 12:11:43 AM) comp.lang.postscript I'm using AFPL GS 8.0 and the gsapi. I can interpret and display individual pages of PS and PDF files just fine. Is there an easy way to obtain the number of pages in a PDF file? Please let me know if you kno... Severian

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HELP, explorer.exe tries to connect to SSH! 1 11 (6/21/2004 3:56:57 PM) comp.security.firewalls Hello all, Recently I have found a slightly disturbing outbound connection attempt from a single folder through explorer.exe. I have a 'Games' folder on my second physical drive and each time I try to open said... tobamore (11)

Usual way to hide jpegs. Extraction off application jpgs?? 8 22 (6/26/2004 10:51:25 AM) comp.lang.c I have an application that I think was developed using some form of Borland C with a folder for BIG images with the extension .fre. When I try to view them they cannot be read even by changing the extension to... m7484 (9)

Inline Assembly - Runtime Stack Allocation 25 27 (7/1/2004 6:44:19 AM) comp.lang.c I'm using a temporary buffer to transfer some data and would rather not allocate it on the heap. The problem is that the size of the buffer is only known upon entry into the function that utilizes it and I'd ra... lindahlb (26)

Best C tool 14 31 (7/2/2004 1:38:22 PM) comp.lang.c Hi C experts, Please suggest me best c programming language tool, which is like Jbuilder (for java) which suggest all avilable methods etc on typing the object. Best regards, Rajnish ... rajnish_ban (1)

memory allocation questions (newbie) 18 26 (7/2/2004 10:26:19 PM) comp.lang.c I'm wondering if someone can help me untangle some muddled thinking about memory allocation in C. I'm writing my first non-trivial app in C (and having a great time), but I'm finding it difficult to stamp out ... sramsay (15)

Using hobby source code in your job ? 88 24 (12/3/2004 7:47:52 PM) comp.lang.c Ok, Suppose you have programmed a lot of "re-useable" source code. Suppose you're considering taking a programming job in the same language as your hobby programming language. The question rises: 1. Do you ... nospam95 (822)

A POP3 tutorial? 8 29 (12/30/2004 12:54:14 PM) comp.lang.c Hi I would like to write my own anti-spam filter (for Windows 98) but I've no idea how you intercept the incoming POP3 stream. Can anyone recommend a book (or webpage) that could get me started? Thanks (and ... Captain8499 (11)

malloc size 40 24 (1/6/2005 3:29:18 AM) comp.lang.c Hi, Inside a program how do i find out what size has been allocated to pointer using malloc. eg... int *p; p=(int*)malloc(1024*sizeof(int)); now how do find how much has been allocated to p? mojozoox! ... madireddy (5)

Critical error 101 on MS AntiSpyware install 8 20 (1/11/2005 6:17:04 AM) comp.windows.misc I've downloaded and installed the Microsoft Antispyware on Microsoft Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Build 3790. When I launch the Microsoft Antispyware program from the desktop icon, I get an error that re... jodpod

Plauger's book on Standard Library = still valid? 2 55 (3/5/2005 11:21:45 PM) comp.lang.c Hi, I'm finding myself reinventing the wheel too much in my code (because I don't know all the functions available in the Standard library) and would like to purchase a reference like Plauger's book. Are ther... LookSkywalker (71)