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terryclothI noticed, looking at the hard drive on my laptop, that I had some things installed that I really didn't need. Namely, Tron 2.0 and KoToR, neither of which run on this machine. After deleting the both of them, there was plenty of disk space to install the compiler and documentation. Even though this takes up multiple gigs.
So, now I have a compiler, and IF ONLY I knew how to program in anything but the application environment I've been working on for eight years at work...
Well, it's not as hopeless as all that. With documentation, all things are possible. I managed to get a simple MFC app to track mouse clicks and draw little @ signs whereever you'd ever clicked, with only [checks clock] 2 hours of work. *sigh*
It should all be downhill from here, though -- once you have a program doing something -- *anything* -- modifying it to do what you want is a piece of cake. };)
So, now I have a compiler, and IF ONLY I knew how to program in anything but the application environment I've been working on for eight years at work...
Well, it's not as hopeless as all that. With documentation, all things are possible. I managed to get a simple MFC app to track mouse clicks and draw little @ signs whereever you'd ever clicked, with only [checks clock] 2 hours of work. *sigh*
It should all be downhill from here, though -- once you have a program doing something -- *anything* -- modifying it to do what you want is a piece of cake. };)
