by John Rodley
John uses Easel and Enfin to build the front ends of a database with IBM's DB2/2 on the back end.
by Avram K. Tetewsky
Although they take radically different approaches, both ControlCalc and LabView are designed for building GUI-based, real-time control applications.
by Larry Medwin
Larry creates a pair of constraint-equation solvers, one based on the InterViews GUI toolkit for the X Window System and the other driven by a tty interface. Both UIs are connected to a common equation-solving back end. Mark Linton adds an overview of the upcoming Fresco toolkit--the successor to InterViews.
by Arthur D. Applegate
There's more than one way to skin memory management. Arthur first examines traditional approaches to the problem, then looks at alternative cross-platform memory-management techniques for speeding up allocation and minimizing swapping.
by Troy A. Miles
The Cardinfo program presented here returns information about PCMCIA cards--those credit-card size solid-state devices used for everything from memory cards to hard disks that plug into your portable PC system.
by Gary McGrath
The MC68882 floating-point coprocessor adds 46 instructions to the MC68020/030 32-bit microprocessor, substantially increasing the speed of floating-point calculations. Gary examines these instructions and finds certain combinations to be faster than others.
by Kamran Husain
Imake generates platform-specific makefiles. Kamran examines imake templates and rule files, then extends Imakefiles beyond the X Window System.
by Michael Yam
Michael revisits PT, the Windows-based periodic-table program he presented last year. In this update, he examines what's required to implement the program with Symantec C++.
by J. Randolph Brown
Even with a database system designed from the ground up for cross-platform development, there can be programming "gotchas." Randy discusses how you address FoxPro user-interface issues, focusing on screen objects and font characteristics.
by Michael Swaine
Michael launches a new "tap app" project for the Apple Newton MessagePad--a bare-bones expert system that's ideal for field work.
by Al Stevens
The Quincy preprocessor presented this month implements a subset of Standard C's preprocessing operators.
by Tom Swan
On-screen rulers are becoming standard elements in word-processing, drawing, and related software. Tom presents a function for displaying a Windows ruler that's based on recursion-removal techniques.
by Andrew Schulman
Andrew goes online to find out what makes IBM's OS/2 for Windows tick. What he discovered was a veritable patch-o-rama.
by Michael Floyd
Windows Programming Power with Custom Controls provides tips, tools, and techniques for the design and development of custom controls.
by Jonathan Erickson
by you
by Michael Swaine
by Monica E. Berg
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