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• Benjamin Francioni C++ NLS

  Hi Everyone, I have a simple (I hope) problem with NLS. I am creating a simple console application that accepts a string. If I type in a string, say "Hello World", I would like the output to come out as the german(or any other language) translation. Is this possible without using the resource file This is just a simple Visual C++ app. Thanks in advance. A resource file has nothing to do with th ...Show All

• Keith714 Is it possible to code in regular C++?

  I'm a student and i got a trial edition of Visual Studio, My class is about C++ and my professor wants it coded that way, so i was wondering if there was a way to code regular C++ in this program. That's what i've been trying, but when i use cout, and cin, and stuff like that, it doesn't work. I'm used to the C++ used in Codewarrior You'll find in well formed C++ libraries t ...Show All

• Andro_ Getting system date in unmanaged win32 console application

  I have an unmanaged win32 console application and I am trying to pull the system date (in order to get the current year, month, and day number). I am new to visual C++.net and have not been able to find a solution using the on-line documentation. Can anyone tell me how to do this in my code You are not declaring a main function or any other function and you can only call functions when inside a function block: ...Show All

• Angel Kafazov Like to know the correct WM_????? message.

  Hello, I like to write a dialog program that will respond some action for mouse right click while the dialog window is minimized. I don't know which WM_ will fit in this need work and what class this message event handler will belong to. Any ideas Pls advise me. Thanks. I am writing a program to take screenshots of the applications so I need my dialog window minimized to take snapshot with rig ...Show All

• spennington strtok thread-safety

  Hi I am porting Unix code onto VC7 code. I am wondering if strtok_r (unix) can be replaced by strtok (win32). In other words, is the strtok method thread-safe Can it be called by several threads simultaneously The note of MSDN is not clear : " Note Each function uses a static variable for parsing the string into tokens. If multiple or simultaneous calls are made to the same function, a high potential for data corrupti ...Show All

• Juggernaut. disable manifest stuff?

  is it possible to diable the manifest stuff so i can run my application on another computer with out .net. So just my exe and a bunch of dll's if they are needed. I've found some threads that discuss copying manifest files and renaming them and shit, but that really sucks, and doesnt even work for me. I cant manage to get a simple printf("hello"); working on another machine! so i've tried a release build using the default project from the projec ...Show All

• Aspded How to get a pointer of a specific child frame window in a MDI application

  How to get a pointer of a specific child frame window in a MDI application if I have open more child frame windows If you are using the Doc/View architecture you can enumerate the View in the Doc with GetFirstViewPosition and GetNextView. From the view you can use GetParentFrame to get to the Frame. Where is the position where you want to receive a pointer to the Child Frame And what is the reason Then get the document with Ge ...Show All

• Tiago Tavares Cannot Instantiate abstract class

  Hello Everyone, I have something like this.... namespace RIM_USBClient { __gc class USBClient : public IChannelEvents { public : USBClient() { } ~USBClient() {} public : void Open_USB(); }; } In my .cpp when I try to say USBClient *listen = new USBClient(); I get this error.....I checked on msdn, the way they gave I tried still the same..... Any help highly appreciated.... ...Show All

• Chris_Kavanagh C++/CLI header files and code layout?

  I was under (the possibly false) impression that the new c++/cli compiler would allow me to write code (at least the managed part) in .cpp or .h files as I please.  I thought it would be a multi pass compiler where symbols were gathered first with namespaces used to differentiate what would otherwise be symbol clashes.  The code could then be laid out more like C# or Java. What I have found is that I still have to #include co ...Show All

• Carl Tribble a lock system problem

  Hi, I'm working on a program using a .ocx control purchased recently (whose function is calendar and calculator). However, whenever I lock the system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del or the screen saver with password is about to run, my program crashes. I know it's due to that control, so I asked the company for the source code. But it is too complicated to make myself clear on those codes in a short time. If sb. has the experiences of dealing with s ...Show All

• anametrix How to override INCLUDE path for external projects?

  Hi, I'm using VS 2005, Native C++, with an external project (NMAKE/makefile). For this project, I would like to override the standard VC++ Include paths to point to a different set of header files from another toolset. I would like Intellisense to reference this other set of header files. Is there a way to do this How is the NOINHERIT macro interpreted in a project file Could it be used to suppress the standard includes Thanks for any sug ...Show All

• Anujoy08 Getting LNK4224 with B2 - what's the story?

  Hi David! When building projects with VS2005 B2 I'm now seeing lots of these: mymodname.obj : warning LNK4224: /COMMENT is no longer supported;  ignored While the message is straightforward, what's the story behind it The "/COMMENT" was marked as depricated in VC2003 and is now consequently removed... You should use " #pragma comment" instead. The reason might be: more C++ conform. -- Greetings J ...Show All

• Kolle Mixed Mode dll LoadLibrary failure ERROR_DLL_INIT_FAILED

  I have a .NET 2.0 Mixed Mode dll I am attempting to load using the LoadLibrary command from an MFC application. Every time I try to load the library LoadLibrary returns the error 1114 (ERROR_DLL_INIT_FAILED). If I create a new application from scratch and attempt to load this DLL it loads fine. I have done some reading and I have seen some problems with this using Mixed Mode ...Show All

• acelik internal compiler error

  Hi all, I get a nice error when compiling our project: ------ Build started: Project: LineControlServer, Configuration: ReleaseU Win32 ------ Compiling... WhisperModeMapper.cpp .\WhisperModeMapper.cpp(8) : error C2471: cannot update program database ' ' .\WhisperModeMapper.cpp(8) : error C2471: cannot update program database 'm:\committed_v4.1_net_migration\siplace_pro_linecontrol\linecontrolserver\releaseu\vc80.pdb' m:\committed_v4. ...Show All

• hemalv Why isn't this call working properly?

  I'm building a project for myself really; however, this problem is sticking me in the side. Can anyone tell me why this particular problem isn't working #include "pl_en_stats.h" // in *.cpp file for icPlayerInformation_Data struct usage. // in *.h file for Class definition. class LoadGameData { private: char PlayerInformation; icPlayerInformation_Data* pl_statistics; public: LoadGameData(); bool load_SaveData_Open(); ...Show All