LaborPool *Simulator::Controller::GetLaborPool(int LaborPoolID){ if (LaborPools->ContainsKey(__box(LaborPoolID))){ return dynamic_cast<LaborPool = *>(LaborPools->Item[__box(LaborPoolID)]); } else { try { LaborPool *newLP =3D new LaborPool(UltimateP...more >>

Hi, I have written an article declaring and using multi-dimensional pointers in C++. The article tries to address many of the issues related to multi-dimensional pointers. Article link: http://www.geocities.com/varunhostel/TechnicalArticles/PointerArticle/PointerArticle_Intro.html Some of ...more >>

Hi All! Currently I am in testing phase of developed by me in C# parser for ISO C++ and hopefully providing full support for VC++ as well. Unfortunately preprocessor has to be off now so for tests I use files preprocessed with /P option set on cl.exe command line. Despite the fact that p...more >>

I have 2 modules, I am using .net dialog for user interface and unmanaged c++ for library. In library, I have a function that returns true or false. If I call the function from managed code, I am getting true though the function is returning false. The return value is changing.. am I missing s...more >>

Good Day All, I have an ActiveX DLL written in VB6. It defines a COM interface. I need to be able to use this interface in C++. However, since I don't have a header file I am not sure how to reference it. I have the lib file and the exp file created when the dll is compiled in VB6. I tr...more >>

does '[NSDictionary DictionaryWithContentsOfFile]' support XML list format? or only the old {} () format? ...more >>

Hi , maybe it is not the right place to ask . Hi , i have problem about sending data over socket . It waits for another socket.send // str = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("hello"); socket.Send(str,0,str.Length,SocketFlags.None); socket.Receive(strincome,0,socket.Available,SocketFlags.None); ...more >>

Hello. I have a .net application that utilizes COM ports to communicate with serial devices (namely a GPS). This may not be the right group for this question, but bear with me as I am not sure where else to ask. (I would appreciate any NG pointers). Anyway, my application uses CreateFile ...more >>

Hello, In the following code-snippet, template<class Base> class Foo : public Base { typedef typename Base::Type Type; //1 Type FooBar(); }; template<class Base> typename Foo<Base>::Type //2 Foo<Base>::FooBar() { return 0; } struct Bar {typedef int Type;}...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to copy files inside network from mashine one to mashine2 if the mashine2 requires user/pass authentication ?? I need this for Windows platform. Anyone did that ? Thaks. ...more >>

The following code is from a solution with a C++ project and a C# project. The C++ project creates a managed array and the C# project tries to use it. But I am having a 'System.ValueType[]' to 'System.Drawing.Point[]' conversion problem in the C# project. How is this supposed to be done? -...more >>

hi, I have CView inherited class. After creating the window, I call SetTimer( , , NULL) to set a periodical timer. When the window is no longer need, I just call DestroyWindow() to destroy the window but without calling KillTimer() to kill timer. Is this code safe? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

This may be a stupid question, but if I create a Win32 project using VC++ 7.x, will it build the same as VC++ 6 or will it be a .Net app?...more >>

Hi all I want to use an Activex dll that has written with vb. I use @import to imprt that..I don't have any errors at compile time.. but at run time I get an error.. How can I use a dll in my application.. I'm using and Win application without using MFC. thanks in advance ...more >>

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Hi, I have a project to do, that has to transfer files over SSL/SSH connection.(FTP over SSL or some other method) I searched a lot but didn't find anything usefull :(( Has anyone any clues how to do that ?? Thank you. Kris ...more >>

Using the June CTP of VS2005 I have code that loads a script, and based on the extension, creates the appropriate CodeDom provider and calls the CompileAssemblyFromSource() function. This works fine with C#, J#, JScript, and VB, but if I pass it a ".h" file, so that the CppCodeProvider i...more >>

Hi everyone I want to format a string (using sprintf) and put it in a messagebox but however I try to do it, it doesn't seem to work. Here is an example sample of what i try to do: char msg[120]; string my_name = "John"; sprintf (msg, "My name is: %s ", my_name); MessageBox(NULL, msg, NUL...more >>

Hey guys, I found a group that includes all the .NET languages, not just VC++. It's a good idea, because when you go on to ask a question, you might see a question about C#, for example, that you too are unsure of. I've joined. URL: dotnet-fanatics@googlegroups.com James ...more >>

After performing the following steps, what happen to my application or the system: 1. My application has a class, namely CMyWnd, which is inherited from CWnd. 2. Instantiate a CMyWnd object by: CMyWnd* pMyWnd = new CMyWnd(...). 3. Call pMyWnd->CreateEx(...) to create the window. 4. (**DO NOT p...more >>

Hello everybody, I'm experiencing a problem during debug with Microsoft Visual C++: wherever I set a breakpoint (and even if I disable all breakpoints) the debugger goes into disassembler mode, and it stops at the same line, returning a dialog windows that says: "user breakpoint called from c...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to check a version of a file in C++? Any WIN32 API that does this? Please advice, thanks! -P...more >>

#include <string> using namespace std; { const string s("George"); char* p = const_cast<char*>(s.c_str()); strcpy_s(p, s.length(), "John"); } Thanks. George ...more >>

My problem is I am trying to migrate code from Version 6.0 C++ to C++ .NET managed code and cannot figure out the __gc syntax for a pointer to an array of pointers. In C++ I can declare an object pointer type to an array of object pointers like this. In my .h file I declare CAssemFloat **...more >>

I want to write a program that reacts on changes in another application. Is it possible to get a copy of (some of) the messages it recieves? Another approach is to watch for changes on the screen. Is that possible? If so - is it possible to define an area to watch? I'm completely new to windo...more >>

I am making a new application (server) which will beserving about 10,000 peopleand i would like to know if .NET is ssuitable language to make this server . Iwas thinking about making it inC++ with the winsock2 API and use MFC to make the client. Also i would like to know if MFC is suitable t...more >>

Platform: VS.Net, Unmanaged MFC C++ Application I used the "Add Class -> MFC -> MFC Class From ActiveX Control" wizard to generate a class for my charting control. Now I'm attempting to add the control to my MFC application. I can instantiate the control but it won't show in the CView wind...more >>

Hi, My managed C++ library frequently takes LPCTSTR from managed exe. Due to the fact that my library doesn't modify string buffer if its parameter type is LPCTSTR, it won't be required to copy text data from System::String to another buffer memory, however, I couldn't find how to let my li...more >>

Anyone knows what version this flag: _MSC_VER evaluates to ?. Trying to decide which headers to use to compile loki ...more >>

I was shocked to learn that VC++ 2005 Beta 2 can't catch Access Violation exceptions in unmanaged code. To reproduce this, I created a minimal Win32 console application: #include "stdafx.h" int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { int* p = 0; try { *p = 0; } ...more >>

is COM used widely nowadys or is .NET the best thing to use nowadys?if yes what type of applications is COM mainly used for developing? what type of applications .NET not suitable for? ...more >>

Now I have finally wrapp all my feature the way I want to have them, and I was thinking to starting agin on my C# roject with my my ManagedC ++ code as a DLL. I added my Managed C++ exe/project to the C# solution I removed the files contining the main() (no need for them in a DLL) I changed...more >>

Hi, I'm still new to C# and haven't been able to find an solution to an IF statement problem. Is it possible to use an OR condition in an IF statement, i.e if (fileExtention == ".tmp" or fileExtention == ".lsi") { other statements go here..... ...more >>

A little confusing with setting up optimizing options with 2003 .NET. Under the Optimization Tab. if you set to /O1 or /O2 is the program ignoring the settings for Inline Function expansion, Enabling of Intrinsic? Would seem these should be greyed out to let you know. Bigger question is what ...more >>

Hi, I'm new in VC++ and I'm trying to do this: String* arguments[] = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs(); if (arguments[1] == S"Hello") Console::WriteLine(S"I got it!!!"); It's not working because I supose that arguments[1] is a pointer (Vb.Net has no pointers). How can I solve this...more >>

I have a managed class which calls into win32/GDI to do its drawing. Somehow there is some GDI resource not freed. Although in my OnPaint I do a try finally, restore the HPEN, HBRUSH, etc.. and then DeleteObject() everything I have created... I have no idea... Do you have any tip or do you k...more >>

Hi All, I'm having some trouble with a .lib file in a project I'm working on. The file contains a class which implements the singleton pattern. To implement it I've declared a static pointer to the class called instance outside of the class. The code looks something like this(the project...more >>

Can someone please tell me why I'm getting this error, I'm using the beta 2 for 2005 C++. This also happens with VC++ version 2002. Please help me. Here is my code. #include "stdafx.h" #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System; int _tmain() { Console::WriteLine("hello world.")...more >>

Hello, I am trying to generate tests for unmanaged C++ code, but I fail. Is that possible or am i doing something wrong? If so, where can I find a sample code? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Diego Park...more >>

hi all, does anybody have any idea how to (in C++) establish new VPN connection (or modify older) in windows xp (it means define connection, all its seting and then define new users)? thanks for any help! lubos...more >>

I'm using ScriptTextOut function to do some styled international text drawing char by char (glyph by glyph dare I say), along a curves or things like that. Anyway I just discovered ScriptTextOut only display black glyph, regardless my current HPEN or HBRUSH. (Note: I cannot use ExtTextOu...more >>

Hello I want to write something to paraller port. I use windows XP and .NET, but my program is Win32 Application. First of all i could not find any sources of inpout32 library, i only found inpout32.dll, but when in Project/Properties/Linker/Input/AdditionalDependencies i add inpout3...more >>

I can show Hello World in a MessageBox with this code: private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {MessageBox::Show("Hello, World!"); } but I cannot show it in a textbox with this code: private: System::Void button2_Click(System::Object^ sender, Sys...more >>

Whenever I try to debug a simple C++ application in VC++ I get this message: "This project is out of date: HelloWorld - Debug Win32" What does it mean? Do I need to modify something? Thanks, J.S. -- ...more >>

Hi , While upgrading my application from vc6 to vc7 I got followin linking errors : __declspec(dllimport) public: class ATL::CStringT<unsigned short,class StrTraitMFC_DLL<unsigned short,class ATL::ChTraitsCRT<unsigned short> > > __thiscall CHPCmdExecFrame::GetStringParam(int,int *)" (_...more >>

(I'm new to VS, so please forgive me if this is a faq.) I'm writing some Java web services and need to test them with C++ clients. I can use either a Windows Form application or an MFC application. I used VS.NET 2003 to create a C# client that successfully processes SOAP messages to and from t...more >>

I have the following in vb.net: DataSetObj.Tables(0).Rows(i).ItemArray(1) = UCase(DataSetObj.Tables(0).Rows(i).ItemArray(1)) I tried this is C#, but got the error that UCase and LCase don't exist. DataSetObj.Tables[0].Rows[i].ItemArray[1] = UCase(DataSetObj.Tables[0].Rows[i].ItemArray[1...more >>

hello, i am writing a GPS app in evc++ 4.0, i am using c-style char* instead of CStrings, i want to parse NMEA sentence such as "GPZDA,162913.48,19,08,2005,,*63" problem is when i use strtok it ignores an empty data field below is the output for the sentence above "GPZDA" "162913.48" ...more >>

I had a project where I had some code in my Button1_Click procedure and copied it over to a new project (that had the same button name on it) and I couldn't figure out why the event never fired. I then double-clicked on the button and a new event opened which normally would have been Button...more >>

Greetings, Is there anyway to creat a Window in XP that is not rectangular.... i.e. oval, round, rounded corners..... I've been challenged to take an old Win95 application and "give it a new look".... one thought I had was getting away from the old fashioned rectangular windows. Any ...more >>