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• Rob Blackerby native members of managed classes?

  Hi jedediah! What's the preferred way to effectively have a native class as a member of a managed class What do you mean class NativeClass { }; public ref class ManagedClass {   protected private:     NativeClass *_pNativeMember; };   Jesse Towner wrote: The code monkies should probably stick with C#; and besides, t ...Show All

• berk-atabek Mixed Mode EXE

  How can I create an app with both managed and unmanaged code, with wrappers to switch between the modes I know this is possible: I have done it in C++. I would like to know how to do it in a hex editor (in principle, of course!) Thanks. Yes C++ and C#/VB/whatever/managed can live together. You have to follow some rules and hunt in MSDN for the quirks, but it is very do-able. Note that what Microsoft called ...Show All

• Igor_Bsa Need help with a funtion to take a name entered by a user

  I want this function to take the name of the user and then display it. However it will only display a number when I run the program. I am new to C++ and programming for that matter so any help would be appreciated. char GetNameOfInvestor( char name) { numberOfYourFunctionsCalled++; Console::Write(S"Please enter your name: "); String __gc * input = Console::ReadLine(); return name; I would say www.codeproject.com is a great p ...Show All

• Greg.A difference between VC++ 6.0 and VC++ 2005

  Hi, Can somebody point me to a link or explain what the differences are between VC++ in the .NET Framework and the older VS6 Also, is there a guide of some sorts which explains how to port projects from VC++ 6.0 to VC++ in the .NET framework (2005) Thanks Caius I recommend taking a look at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bw65k95a.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xey702 ...Show All

• Cornishboy Want to read a txt file

  Hi, I want to read a txt file, but I want to read word by word. So can you please show what function would be best to read word by word from the txt file Thanks. vcboy Would you mind sharing the assertion message Thanks, but I am writing MFC codes only. Do you know how to do it in MFC library vcboy Yeah, I used CSt ...Show All

• OmkarRex datagridview refresh problem

  Was hoping someone could help with a refresh problem. I'm running a function to update the colours for the rows on the DataGridView in a tabbed pane based on some value from the dataSource of the DataGridView. However the DataGridView will not refresh the first time round. If I move to another tabbed pane and come back then the DataGridView is properly refreshed. What I think the problem might be is that the dataGridView has a few ...Show All

• Tatterdemalian Examples for Visual C++ Express

  I am having much more trouble that I would have expected in getting started with the beta.  I did some C++ programming about 10 years ago.  I now want to bring this work over to C++ Express.  I want to use the MDI approach, but have not been able to find an example that works.  I want to download something, unzip it, select it from the new project menu.  I don't want to have to figure out VB, C#, or earlier versions of C ...Show All

• Kenny Lyon Question from a newbie about app code structure.

  Hi, im making a little app about capturing video to process it later with Directshow. The first thing i have made is to create the window. Now, i want to start writing the code for capturing with video. But... where i have to write that code in the winmain My boss told i have to make the app in a modular way. What is your advise should i use functions that i will call in winmain It sounds to me like your bo ...Show All

• P R W Windows Services Tutorial / Examples

  Can anyone recommend some good tutorials / examples on creating Windows Services. I would like to use C++ and avoid C#/VB as much as is possible. Additionally, is it possible to control a Windows Service from an external program I have seen some examples of this using the event log to pass commands but never anything that actually works. Thanks Rick I recommend this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/librar ...Show All

• Brahma copy the existing item to my project folder

  i don't want to redirect to the existing item when i add. if i want to create a copy of existing automatically when i add a existing item, what can i do thank you, AFAIK you need to copy the item first and than to add it to the project. Easier is the use of a source control system and to share common files between projects. ...Show All

• asbuilts msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin But if this fixes the problem WinDoctor works wron ...Show All

• r_currie Help ID generation not available for ActiveX Control

  Hi there, Well we have been using an ActiveX control in VC6 for quiet a long time and generating help ID for them but , when We start using newer versions of VC Studio the Option for generating Help IDs for ActiveX control is not displayed and we have difficulty using Context Sensitive Help, If there is any work around Please help us out. Regards Usman Mahmood Just a final idea: Is there a chance that your ...Show All

• Pablo Alarcon Garcia Writing a Specific CRC32 Signature on a File

  Just say I know the CRC32 Signature that I want to put on my file but I don't know how to specify it in my code so that when it signs the file it signs it using that specific signature that I specified, like if I open a file called "dune.map" and I know that the signature is supposed to be "DE545GHJ" how would I put that in my code so that when I click "sign" it signs the file using that specific signature, but ...Show All

• ChristopheGalli WH_CALLWNDPROCRET hook into Gina

  Hi, I am currently working on hooking into GINA functions. I know i can use WH_CALLWNDPROCRET hook to hook into windows procedure to display my own dialog for retrieving user credentials. And then I need to monitor for WM_INITDIALOG, WM_SETTEXT, and WM_COMMAND.But I got lost when i implement them, coz i can't single step debug them when I test them on windows logon. Can anybody tell me the basic idea of where and what my code need to do in WM_I ...Show All

• StepUP Setting the Listing File

  VC++ compiler can create a text file that shows the assembly code generated for a C/C++ file. I can set the C/C++ compiler options to generate the listing file in Project Settings dialog of VC6. But I don't find how to do this in VC++ 2005 Express Beta. I just want to know how to get the assembly code in VC++ 2005 Express Beta. I don't have access to the Express Version of Visual C++ but in the full version of ...Show All