How to make the Windows to run a console program during OS startup, like the Chkdsk program to do when the OS does not shutdown properly? Now I want to run my program instead of Chkdsk during the OS startup, is there a way to do that? Thank you very much! Regards, ZhangZQ ...more >>

I use ZipGenius 5.5 for archiving. The left half of the GUI has a series of expandable menus - "Common Tasks", "Archive Tasks", "Other Tasks" Can anyone advise what control performs this functionality? It must be a common control because the Windows "Printers and Faxes" interface has the s...more >>

Why does this annoying thing happen? #include <windows.h> #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Windows::Forms; int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, ...more >>

I am trying to write a program to write to the com port. I have some sample code and it says to use the function hComm = CreateFile("COM2", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, ...more >>

Here is a method that throws a NullReferenceException at the line pointed to below . szCharKey is undefined at that point. Before FromDoubleByte() is called , szCharkey has a value of "1234" The call stack shows FromDoubleByte(char* pszIn = 0x001bfb18, unsigned char* pbOut = 0x0012eb10, __int3...more >>

Hello everyone: Does anybody know why c# writes to excel so slow, or how to speed it up? Thanks, Vlad...more >>

Hi folks! I'm having a little problem and I'm a bit confused about it. See... I'm working on this VoIP project (I need to use make direct calls to Windows API). I started working using C# but since I've got to access the API constantly I'd rather write all low-level stuff in C++ and create the UI...more >>

http://www.junglecreatures.com/ Try it and tell me what's happenning in the Microsoft Corporation. Notes: VB, C# are CLS compliant You can also use managed code with C++ Using what they call obfuscator, will not help you for a long time. For each new obfuscator ther...more >>

I have a project that I have upgraded from VC++.Net 2002 to 2003. It = worked fine under 2002. I have solved some of the issues, but now am getting = C:\dwilson\StitchViewer\Stitch2Image.cpp(165): error C2039: 'Color' : is = not a member of 'System::Drawing::Pen' Here is the line in questi...more >>

We're doing some development in VS .NET C++ and want to purchase a tool for memory leak detection and related activities. Any recommendations? ...more >>

Hello Esteemed Developers, I am using 'Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Standard' SDE at MS Windows 2000 Pro Turkish by using IBM ThinkCentre PC that has 2,66GHz P4 CPU, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD. I am developing an application that is Windows Forms Application that is communicating with a machine ...more >>

In a VC6 program, a mscomm32.ocx is added to the project and read the binary incoming RS232 data stream (from a GPS receiver). I use another commercial serial port debug program to send out a binary file through com port, read and record the com port data into a disk file. After file compariso...more >>

Is there any way to find out the current user's directory temp paths in ..NET applications? For example to read the set variables which in my account are: TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp or another way to retrieve that information? ...more >>

Hi again, I just need to write the following function to search in a binary buffer for a given pattern: BOOL CheckBufferForPattern(BYTE *buffer,int bufferlen,BYTE *pattern, int patternlen, BOOL casesensitive). What's the best/fastest algorithm for a usual buffer size of 1500bytes or s...more >>

Hi, in my application, I defined a linked list just as follows: typedef struct _MYLIST{ int myval; void *next; }MYLIST; MYLIST head; So, the problem is the following: the value 'myval' located in each item of a filled linked list contains a specific value - but...more >>

Are or will delegating constructors (constructors that can call sibling constructors) be available for ref classes or only for native classes? The CLI/C++ specs seems to say that it is a native class thing so I just want to make sure so that I can include/exclude it from the revision of my ...more >>

hello, i'm wondering if i can write webservices in c++ ? instead of VB or C# ... if this is a case how do some specify a WebMethod attribute ? tnx...more >>

I got the following error message when compiling a dll, after this dll has been compiled with calling project: "fatal error LNK1168: cannot open mylib.dll for writing" Realized that the file is being locked by the invoking project , but not sure why. Any thoughts? Thanks, J...more >>

Sorry for the confusing topic, I wasn't sure how to word this exactily. I have a program that needs to read a variable in from the outside. Specifically, the program will be run like this: Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Exec("myProgram.exe 123456") end sub myPr...more >>

Hi all, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 69586-112-0293626-18840 doesn't compile the code below, it issues a C2146. template<class T> class A { public: typedef T X; }; A<A<int> >::X::X i; Is a fix available for this problem ? Thank you, Matthias...more >>

Is there any difference between declaring in unnamed namespace and i global namespace? I can't recognize this p.s: Have a nice day ^_________ - dioscuro ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted via http://www.codecomments.co -------------------...more >>

Please forgive the question if the answer seems obvious, but I am new to ..Net and not having a fun time with it. I have built an XML DOM document (XmlDocument) using the appropriate classes from the framework. Now I want to send it to an exchange server, how do I do this? with VC++ 6.0 we use...more >>

Hi, is there a way to do this? All you have is the lib and the dll file (so no source code). Is it possible to link them physically into the exe we're creating in a VS.NET 2003 unmanaged C++ solution's exe? ...more >>

A new Google group has been formed for the purpose of discussing the new Visual Studio Express products. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Visual-Studio-Express The products are currently in beta testing and include Visual Basic 2005 Express, Visual C# 2005 Express, Visual C++ 2005 Expre...more >>

Help, I am trying to nail a linking problem, to avoid having to lose about 2 weeks work. I have a backup of my project that compiles and links OK however changes I made sometime since then have resulted in the solution not linking with the error below. The solution comprises of six projects...more >>

Greetings I'm using VC++.NET to create a class library. The class library contains managed classes that wrap legacy unmanaged classes by the same name. I use regasm to register the DLL for COM interop. If I don't include any managed classes in the library, the context help in VB6 lists ...more >>

Okay I know this is basic C++ but can someone tell me how to concatenate char[] to string. Ex: char hexChar[]={'A','B','C','D','E','F'}; String *str ="A"; how can I do this: str = hexChar[1] + hexChar[3]; or str = str + hexChar[3]; thanx, Poe...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a directory on my disk wihich is 300+ characters long. My program does not work, can you make it go? I am using VS2003 C++. Russell Mangel, Las Vegas, NV // I have specified Unicode Character set in project settings #include "stdafx.h" #include <windows.h> int _t...more >>

I have been looking at various info about VS 2005 and I keep seeing that the XML code comment generation is being extended to VB.NET, but there seems to be no mention of it correctly supporting C or C++. At the moment it is very hit and miss with the C/C++ comment generation, as it actually w...more >>