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Angel - 23 Sep 2005 18:08 GMT

If I am developing a system level application, interfacing with the windows
shell, what are the pros and cons of using VC++ V6 vs. c++.NET or the other
.NET languages?

Also is there a website or a book that can give me the WIN32 api's that were
translated into the .NET Framework. In other words I need the classes and
functions in the framework for the win32 api's I had under version 6.

Thanks in advance..

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Mattias Sjögren - 23 Sep 2005 18:25 GMT

>If I am developing a system level application, interfacing with the windows
>shell, what are the pros and cons of using VC++ V6 vs. c++.NET or the other
>.NET languages?

It should be easier to do in C++ than other languages (assuming you
know C++) since the APIs don't have to be declared/translated, you
just have to include the appropriate header file.

Whether you should use managed or native code depends on if you need
any functionality in the BCL or other managed library or not.

>Also is there a website or a book that can give me the WIN32 api's that were
>translated into the .NET Framework. In other words I need the classes and
>functions in the framework for the win32 api's I had under version 6.

Here's a good start

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/win32map.asp

Mattias

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