How do I convert a Byte array (unsigned char managed) to a char array(unmanaged) with wide character taken into account?...more >>

Hello, I just got VC++ .NET 2003 standard. Can I install it on the same computer as VC++6 and use them independently? Regards Leonid...more >>

Sorry if this is off-topic(?). I have not found any info if it is possible to redistribute with my app the VS .NET 2003 version of debughlp.dll in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE directory (v. 6.0.17.0). Is it legal? Is there an .EXE for it or can I just inclu...more >>

Ey up! I'm acquiring work experience at a software developing company before I undertake a BSc Software Engineering award at Staffordshire University in a fortnight. The language they use here is VB. I'm watching the developers do there stuff and applying what I'm learning to create small...more >>

Hi! How to extand and access the internat Office object structure. Is there any Dev Kit for Microsoft Partners that in not available to "normal" users? Something like NOKIA back entrence!? gicio ...more >>

[Sorry, this is really a Win32 API question, but I can't figure out where else to post it and I can trust the answers here.] How can you determine if two paths resolve to the same file or directory? For example, "abc" and "ABC" may or may not represent the same file or directory, depending ...more >>

Hi, compiling my class library with Managed C++, I get this: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl __CxxCallUnwindDtor(void (__thiscall*)(void *),void *)" (?__CxxCallUnwindDtor@@$$J0YAXP6EXPAX@Z0@Z) From searching the internet, I already know that it *should* be...more >>

I'm currently evaluating VC.NET as the new platform for the company I work for and things are looking grim... We're up against another IDE which took me about 5 minutes to master and I've been bitching at .NET for the whole day now not being able to do something as simple as showing a textbox's ...more >>

I want to build a simple application in VC++ using .NET that draws a line in a graphics panel when a button is hit. I can see the APIs Graphics.DrawLine etc. But there is this Graphics object that appears to be available only in a repaint function. I could use some examples on how to do some ...more >>

Hi, we just run into the problem, that "default" alignment in the project properies dialog seem to be different. We have a project that's a DLL, which is linked with a couple of LIBs. All are with the same solution. All had "Default" set in the "Struct Member Alignment" entry. After some as...more >>

Hi, We have a large code base of "regular" C++ code (not MFC, COM or ATL). With VC6.0, we used to compile the "regular" C++ code as static libraries (.lib files), and then we would link the .lib files with an MFC GUI "front end". The "regular" C++ can also run as a standalone .EXE (with n...more >>

Am I the only person that has compiled COM code with VC++ 7.1?? There seems to be some bugs in comutil.h, causing quite a few errors when comdef.h is included (even if there are no other files). Apparently all references to wchar_t* have been changed to LPWSTR. This causes problems everyw...more >>

Hi all, Can any one help me in finding the solution to convert binary format file (ex: jpeg, bmp) to base64 using vc++ code. any help in this regard would be appreciated. thanks...more >>

Hello, Can anyone confirm if the following is a bug in MSVC++7.1, or an error in the code?. This compiles fine under g++ and MSVC++7.0 #include <string> using std::string; class hello { public: hello() {} ~hello(){} void fn(string::size_type Index=string::npos) {} }; int ...more >>

How do I convert a managed String type to a native char type? If nothing is availbale, how do I copy the the contents of the String object to a char array?...more >>

Please could someone on the VC++ 7.0 compiler team (note; not 7.1) tell me if this code is handled 'correctly' (i.e. as the original poster suggests) in all cases? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=89ed5u%248ck%40library1.airnews.net (Incase the URL doesn't make it I'v...more >>

Hi All, I have an old unmanaged code written in C++ 6.0. This is a time critcal, CPU bound application. I have deciede migrate this application to managed world and VC++ 7.0. The first step was to compile the 6.0 version with /clr to IL code....That was succesful ... I made clean build ! Bu...more >>

I'm creating this program to test an elementary school kids math skills. They have five options to choose from 1 = '+' 2 = '-' 3 = '*' 4 = '/' 0 = To have the computer choose. My Problem is that when you choose " 0 " the randomization doesn't work consistently. The comput...more >>

I have written a program that uses quite a few different dynamic arrays, such as the CArray class. I've noticed that the compiled code runs quite well on Windows 2K and XP platforms but it's really adding a ridiculous amount of time when it's run on windows 98 machines. Before adding t...more >>

This is not exactly a programming question, but I was looking for the documentation for visual C++.net online and was wondering if there was some all powerful pdf i could download that is basically the book that comes with the software. I purchased studio.net from an academic supplier so ...more >>

Hi, I think I've got a really dumb question here: I started off with a String* containing the string "03452". I took this value and converted it to a __gc[] wchar_t array using ->ToCharArray(). So far so good. Now I've got an array of single digits. This is what I want. The first wchar_t ...more >>

Ok, I am trying to learn C++ .NET, so I went and bought Visual C++ .NET Step by Step. I started the first project and I have typed in the code EXACTLY like the book tells me to. Then when I build the project, I get these errors: c:\Projects\animals\animals.cpp(13): error C2143: syntax e...more >>

Hi everybody! How can I create a .lib file from a DLL whose project I=20 don=B4t have? Thanks in advance....more >>

Hi, all... I posted this in the Crystal Decisions user forums with no solution, so here goes: I have created a managed c++ dll that contains a crystal reports viewer constructed with the windows form viewer and the native crystal libraries included in vs.net. I want my users to be able to ...more >>

I have a .net window form application but I have to get data from various web sites. How do I make Http request (preferrably via post method) from a window form to get the data from those web sites? What namespace and dll do I have to include? A walkthrough and coding example will be helpfu...more >>

I was just wondering. After all these years of working on Visual C++, why hasn't Microsoft yet seen fit to fully implement the template portion of the C++ standard when so many other vendors, both free and commercial, have, or at least have come very close to doing so. I write code in ...more >>

Hello, Someone can help me about serial port with C++ .NET (Windows forms application). Like setting port, opening it, transmiting, receiving, closing, etc. Thanks very much (for me and my students) ...more >>

Trying to compile VC++ 6 project in VC++ 7 and getting a compiling error, error C2955: '_com_ptr_t' : use of class template requires template argument list Any thoughts? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I want to capture the entire screen as a bitmap (so I can stream it as an http GET). But I fail to capture it. I tried some samples I found on the internet, but without success. Any help would be appreciated ...more >>

How can I convert from a double variable to a char* ??? ...more >>

Hi, does anybody knows, when managed templates such template <class T> __gc class G{} are supported? Michael...more >>