ted said:
Sorry John, I am new to programming C++ and I don't know exactly how
newsgroups work, not to mention what an off topic is, I thouhgt I could ask
any question about C++ here and that would be O.K. I don't know the
difference between comp.lang.c++ and C++ ? Or why it would be off topic.
Still learning.
This is a good introduction to comp.lang.c++,
http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt
Obviously any discussion group has to have a topic of disucssion, but many
first time posters don't take the trouble to find out what that is (just
reading the group for a day or two would tell you). In particular we get
many questions from people that are really asking about programming the
Windows operating system, not about the C++ language
(is one place for them). Also where
can I find some code to do such and such, (like your question) is not really
about the C++ *language*, even though you are looking for C++ code. There
might be a group for that but google is the best place I think.
As you are a newbie you will doubtless have many questions about the C++
language in the future, you're welcome to post them any time. For questions
that are on topic, this group is about a good a place as you'll find for
getting your questions answered.
john