Planet Chili

"Why do we need return functions?" This is a very, VERY important question. And I very much can sympathize with you, because I knew how to program in C for a long time, but had never spent time trying to learn C++, because I couldn't understand what Classes were useful for. So it really helps us, yo...

I've looked at your code, and I think I see the problem. The variable activePlayer is not initialized. So the variable may initially have a value that is well outside the three enums, EMPTY, X, or O, which would make the function call to set the first square state to act abnormally. (After the first...

That's a really good question, and the answer may just be that there aren't any good books out there. My reasoning is this: most programmers who really know their stuff aren't writing books, because they are too busy writing code. Also, books in this category become dated very fast. And the really s...

There is some discussion on this topic at --> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsdebug/thread/baf272c8-fb69-45d6-aa0e-9c22a6053ee6 My guess is that both programs are trying to use a resource by the same name or handle, and there is no exception handling to access the resource by a diffe...

Oh, I forgot! Along with uninitialized pointers, you should also watch out for writing to an array element that is outside the declared size. Like for example, you might be writing to element 98 of an array that was declared to have only 50 elements. Both C and C++ allow you to do crazy stuff like t...

Yes, the dreaded wild pointer. Worse than hunting the wild boar. Your value for that box is being overwritten by an uninitialized pointer that can be anywhere in your code. I would say that you can track it down with the debugger, but unifitialized pointers can change the behavior when you add or su...

Good luck with your game! You might find it helpful if you do some research on such games to nail down exactly what you want to do. Most programmers (including myself, sometimes) start programming before they have clear objectives, and then they end up shelving a lot of perfectly good code because t...

According to my research on the subject, there is a hotfix patch that you can download from Microsoft at--> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/msbuild/thread/7b29020e-2aab-4648-840f-b18874c75397 Also, there is a note at --> http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/653223/er...

x and y should be 400, and not negative 400.

good luck

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