Index_D

D

dashboards, LCD, 52

data

customer view of, 139–144

vs. information, 137–139

online and on screen, 148–151

phone bills, 132–137

databases, normal form, 134–137

DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange), 197–198

deadlines and testing, 268

declspec line, 228

delete operator, 177–178

deleting

icons from desktop, 62–63

objects, 176–178

software, 284–285

Delphi, button graphics in, 77

dependable software, 183

deploying libraries, 230

derived classes, 232–234

design documents, 272

Designing Web Usability, 325

desktop, deleting icons from, 62–63

desktop metaphor, 11–13, 12

Desqview/X product, 318

destructors

in C++, exception handling for, 203–205

called, 198

detecting connection speeds, 159

developers, OOP for, 242–244

devices, drawing, 53–55

diagrams, UML, 39

dialog boxes

controls in, 79–83, 80

keyboard shortcuts in, 27, 83–84

modal, avoiding, 74–75, 74–75

tab layers in, 86–89, 87–88

tab order in, 27, 83–84

in undo systems, 189

vs. windows, 63–65, 64

directories

in software installation, 281

system directory, 178–179

dispensers, paper towel, 157, 253

DLL (dynamic link library) files, 18, 210–212

creating, 227

directories for, 178

documenting, 230

limitations of, 212–214

loading, 215–216

locations for, 224–225

version information for. See versions and version numbers

DLL Hell, 214

DoCommand method, 187–188

document windows

custom layouts for, 73–74

working with, 65–69, 66–68

documenting libraries, 230

Don't Make Me Think, 325

doorknobs, 13

doors

pushing and pulling, 104

refrigerator, 243

dot-coms, 249–250

double-negatives in messages, 287

downloads for automatic updates, 165

DragAcceptFiles function, 129–130

dragging and dropping, 128–130

drawers in file cabinets, 197

drawing devices, 53–55

DSL setup, 106–109, 255

duplicate code in exception handling, 201

Dvorak keyboard layout, 32

dynamic allocation, 173–174, 315

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), 197–198

dynamic library files. See DLL (dynamic link library) files

dynamic menus, 121