Dvorak is always interesting, albeit speculative. What hidden gem has he found in Vista that helps developers? It can't be .NET/CLI, that's been out forever. RL Vista rollout hides reality Commentary: It's not about customers, it's about developers By John C. Dvorak Last Update: 2:44 PM...more >>

There must be an easier way then what I'm doing to determine if the first character in a string is a valid letter. My code is getting to big. There must be a better way. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi... I had a VC++ 6.0 application that created a DLL to be used with another C# app. I have convered that app to VS .NET 2003 and I can build the DLL without making any changes to the existing code. However, when this DLL is used by my C# application I get some memory errors. I am not too ...more >>

In a dialog box procedure is there a way to determine if keyboard input is from the keypad or the arrow keys? I need to know if the input is from the main keyboard keys. Thanks ...more >>

I have two C# libraries and a managed C++ library which depends on the C# libraries. I have several applications which reference all of these libraries. Whenever I change from one application to another, the managed C++ library does not build. It generates hundreds of errors. However, if I ...more >>

Is there any way to know how many records a data reader returns, without having to read each one and increment a counter? I am creating an ASP.NET 2.0 project in C#. I need to read data from the first record, if there is only one and count them if there is more than one. The code that I h...more >>

I need to write a DLL for a Domino server. It is currently not working and I believe the problem might be related to how the DLL was compiled. I did a Dumpbin of a sample DLL that came from Notes. The dump looks like this: ordinal hint RVA name 1 0 00001014 FilterInit ...more >>

Hi, I have a project that was created created in C++ using VC++ 6.0. My current goal is to create .NET based components from the modules of that project. These components may be consumed by older versions (before .NET) of Visual Basic and C++ programs. I have a couple of questions regard...more >>

I use a CDialog with several controls and I want to set the focus in one of them , a CEdit, when an instance is created. The trouble is that I can get a pointer to the CEdit window, say p, but if I use the code p->SetFocus(); then a warning about a fatal error " memory that can't be read " ...more >>

I seem to get name collision between the Generic collection SortedList and C++.NET Framework collection SortedList. How to resolve? Here are the libraries that seem to clash: System::Collections::SortedList, System::Collections::Generic::SortedList, using namespace System::Collections; ...more >>

(I know this is a great big newsgroup no-no, but I originally only posted to microsoft.public.dotnet.general and that newsgroup doesn't seem to have near the readership of these - so I thought I'd also post this info here for the benefit of the greater dotnet programming community.) Well, a...more >>

Can documents that are created in Office 2007 with Vista OS be emailed and opened by a user who uses Office 2003 Windows XP?...more >>

First of all, I tried installing VS2005 Pro on Vista Ultimate 32 bit RTM and Vista told me that VS2005 was not compatible with Vista. How the hell can that happen? I thought one of the main ideas of .Net was portability. Then, when I looked around some more, I saw that VS2002 and VS2003 wil...more >>

I'm looking for a way to get openGL to run on visual studio.NET either inside a form or in a separate window running in parallel to one. I can currently only get it running in a win32 consol project. I could really use some help figuring out where to start. thanks ...more >>

Creating my first Dialog MFC app using VC.NET. I'm used to VC6. Where's the Class Wizzard? How do I assign variables to controls ( like CStrings to static text boxes)? And what happened to WM_INITDIALOG? Is there somewhere else to put initialization stuff now? Thanks...more >>

I'm looking at a program I wrote long ago and I think there is much wrong - even tho it works. I know very little c and wish the learn. Is BOOL correct with a dialog proc! Are there returns that don't belong there? Is it correct to sometimes return a BOOL and sometime an int? int iReply; ...more >>

Is there and easy way to read .bmp files in native C++? How about .jpg files? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, In the code below: #include <process.h> unsigned __stdcall ReadThread( void *arg ) { while( 1 ) { cout << "RUN" << endl; } _endthreadex( 0 ); return 0; } int main( int argc, char **argv ) { ....... HANDLE hThread; unsigned threadID; hThread ...more >>

Hello, is it c++/cli mature, compared to the c#, for the web applications development? ...more >>

Hello, I've eliminated the bulk of code, this should be sufficient: byte[] fromEncrypt; string sDecryptedString; //Read the data out of the crypto stream. csDecrypt.Read(fromEncrypt, 0, fromEncrypt.Length); //At this point in the debugger, I can see there are "trailing" NULLs '\0' in s...more >>

Hi, I'm a bit confused by the mapping of the native types int and long to UInt32. I'm trying to bind a tracking reference to a native value type and it works for Int32 % -> int but not for Int32 % -> long. This page http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/0wf2yk2k(VS.80).aspx states that b...more >>

I'm hoping that this question is not off topic on this newsgroup. If it is please redirect me if you know an appropriate group. I'm actually writing a program in another language (Eiffel) but if I can learn how to accomplish this in C I can convert the solution. What I wish to do is use P...more >>

Hi! I've done my first little COM component (using the clr) and after signing, regasm and gacutil I can call it from vbscript. set X = createobject("ComComponent.Class1") msgBox X.Testfunktion(2) But the problem we're facing is that for a real development of several components (currently e...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me if it is possible to make the following function work under VC++.NET 2005 – x64 platform? How? Originally it works under VC++6. Thanks a lot! static PTIB GetTIB ( void ) { PTIB pTib ; __asm { MOV EAX , FS:[18h] MOV pTib , EAX }...more >>

I was able to create an automation Add-in for Excel using C#. But I was unable to do the same in Managed C++ (VS2005). The code posted below is almost a direct translation from C# to C++. Build was OK, and I could see MyTest.Fun in the Excel Add-In list (in the exact same way as if the code w...more >>

Hi All, I am working on Message Hooking.I am trying to change the value of lParam before calling CallNextHookEx() function.. and its value is getting changed but the contents remains same.. Where as if I am able to change wParam. For Eg: if I press any key 'S' and if I want to modify it to 'B...more >>

I write some project, and after few lines (ok, not few, after a lot of lines) i got internal compiler error. After few hours of looking trough my code, I find error: two same names in typedef and in class. So, I write simple console app with: typedef unsigned int UI32; class UI32 { }; ...more >>

HI All, I have created a MFC exe using VC++ .NET 2003 on Windows XP Prof service pack 2 and it works properly on my machine, but when I run the same exe on a different machine (Windows XP Prof SP-2), The application is bought up and after some time its throwing a windows xp error dialog ...more >>

In our Visual Studio 2005 application, we have several of our application's H files that are #included into stdafx.h. What is odd, is that when we change those application H files, VS2005 doesn't trigger a rebuild of the entire app (or of anything, for that matter). Is this a setting som...more >>

hi.. group, quick question: how to convert a managed data type system::string to unmanaged wstring? thanks. ...more >>

I've started my first practice windows service project in C#, and I'm already stuck. Let's say I'm trying to make a simple service (and useless, but good for practice). It is supposed to listen on port which is stored in its configuration file (say C:\MyService\Config.CFG). After it receive...more >>

Hi I'm new in VC++ and have a question to generics. I have a generic class, which contains an array of the generic type. This array I can pin and then I would like to get an unmanaged pointer to it. Therefore I wanted to creat a class member which represents the pointer to the array. Unfortun...more >>

I'm a n00b to Visual C++ and OOP, but not to programming in general. Here's the problem: Not knowing what I'm doing, I've made my VC++ application as a CLR Window Forms project. Now, I have a process that is lauched by pushing a button. The code for this process is inside the Button_Click e...more >>

Hi Everybody, I have connected a ftdi device(LK202-24-USB), and installed the driver, and when i try to use the ftdi api FT_ListDevices(&numDevs, NULL, FT_LIST_NUMBER_ONLY) it always gives the numDevs as Zero. can anybody help on this? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

(previously posted on microsoft.public.languages.vc) We're about to make a major release. Recently I have been testing the use of the low fragmentation heap that comes with Visual C++ 2005. We ship libraries and in our release notes we would like to offer some tips on how to developers integra...more >>

Good Day, I'm trying to add a menu item when I right click over a control (VC++). I've been reading and expirementing all day with no luck. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Bill ...more >>

Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and rewrite the file. I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files. I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used. Can you direct me to some info on this subject? thanks ...more >>

Hi I've got aplication, which one is written in unmanaged c++ with stl, i've made for it gui in managed c++. Problem becomes when I'm starting to filling up for example datagrids, when I'm adding row to datagrid , some varibles (vectors etc) in unmanaged class are cleared or filled with null...more >>

hi.. group, is there anyway that I can get a int64 from 2 int32? thanks. ...more >>

hi.. group, does anyone have any clue how to send an event (or events) from an unmanaged VC++ code to managed C# code. thanks. ...more >>

hi everyone i am new in this and i need some help with how to create a GUI in c++ VS2005. i have created a c++ win32 project. I want from this project to run a simple GUI with buttons and textboxes only. I added into this project a new windows form and from designer i added some buttons t...more >>

Has anyone tried to use Boost.Filesystem with C++/CLI? I'm trying to get some code that worked correctly in my native application to work on my C++/CLI program. The code is in a header file in a native C++ static library. inline void execute_files(std::string const& dir, std::string const...more >>

HI All, I'm a newbe to ATL. I got stucked with a problem, I have a ATL service exe created sometime back in 1998 using VC++ 6.0 ( or older) which works as expected in Windows NT, I dont have all the source code of the exe. I just have all the .cpp and .h files. The .dsp and .dsw files are missi...more >>

Hi, I'm viewing this stack overflow help page ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315937 ) at the ms support site. I cant say I understand the concept of a "page" the way its used in this example/explanation. I mean I only am aware of the *simple*, *general*, paging concept, the one that is...more >>

Hallo, what is the best way to check the installation of mfc80 and vcrt sidebyside assemblies? Best Regards, Dieter Pelz ...more >>

When I build my native/unmanaged C++ ATL+MFC app with /analyze I receive several errors like this: Error 1 _com_issue_error (SY_FUNCTION), offset: 0 symbol The project builds fine without /analyze It looks like a dumb output parser is just looking for the substring "error" in the /analyze o...more >>

Hello All, I am designing an ActiveX control in visual studio 2005 Vc++.After adding some memeber functions to it,its giving the error as "Error 6 error PRJ0050: Failed to register output. Please ensure you have the appropriate permissions to modify the registry." How to solve this pro...more >>

Hello All, I have written some video streaming code in VC++2005 to stream video from video server.Its Successfully compiling with no errors.but when i try to run it its giving error "This Application has failed to start becuase msvcr80.dll was not found.reinstalling this application may ...more >>

Hello all, I am designing an appliaction to stream video from video server in vc++6.I have created buffer for storing the bitmap bits of video in application.Can i create .wmv movie clips from these buffer? In visual studio 2005 i can use Windows media format sdk for this purpose.How can...more >>

Hello, all. The following code results in a C2666 error (2 overloads have similar conversions). class FSVec2D { public: FSVec2D() { // code omitted } FSVec2D(double first, ...) { va_list args; va_start(args, first); double d = first; ...more >>