CIS 117 Notes and Hints

You may notice I tend to use the C style define directive in place of Named Constants:

The define directive

Hundreds of C++ programs, including the Microsoft Libraries, still use these C style constructs, which are perfectly legetimate in C++ , if not stylish in some academic circles.

I will try & remember to use Named Constants in future examples, but on the other hand a little exposure to the real world is not entirely a bad thing.....

Windows XP Print Screen Button use:

Pressing the Print Screen button, usually the upper right, captures the entire
screen to the Clipboard. 

You can capture a particular window by using ALT+PRINT SCREEN by holding down the ALT key and then pressing the PRINT SCREEN key.   The image is now on the Clipboard, and you can use the Right click and then paste in MicrosoftWord and many other programs.

The following link shows pasting in Microsoft Paint, but you can paste in most other
programs such as Microsoft Word:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/screenshot.mspx

SnagIt is a very nice commercial product: SnagIt