Date and time in a Windows program using C

To get the date and time in a Windows program, you should call the standard C library functions time() and localtime() or some derivative (asctime(), ctime(), _ftime(), gmttime()). These functions are compatible with both DOS and Windows. You should never attempt to call a DOS-only or a ROM BIOS function directly. You should always use either Windows API function calls or standard C library routines.

Animated Bitmap in C

Sometimes you will run across a Windows program that entertains you through an animated bitmap. Bed not the culprit this task accomplished? One solution should be to create a timer event that switches the bitmap every second or two, thus making the bitmap “appear” to become animated. In fact, it's not necessarily animated, but instead several versions of the same bitmap are switched fast enough to make it appear as if the bitmap is moving.

Exception handling and structured exception handling

Generally speaking, the distinction between a structured exception and exception handling is Microsoft’s implementation of exception handlers themselves. questionable “ordinary” C++ exception handling uses 3 statements further to the C++ language: strive, catch, and throw. the aim of those statements is to permit a piece of software system (the exception handler) to aim a secure bailout of the applying that was running once the exception occurred. The exception handler will lure exceptions on any knowledge kind, together with a C++category. The implementation of the 3 statements relies on the ISO WG21/ANSI X3J16 C++ normal for exception handling. Microsoft C++ supports exception handling supported this normal.