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.NET Forum / Languages / Managed C++ / May 2005STL in a Windows Forms app in VS 2005
What are the options when keeping e.g. a list of objects in a windows forms application? The main form should be managed, since it derives from System::Windows::Forms::Form If this class needs also a list of other managed objects, one cannot use std STL. The logical answer would be STL.NET, but VS 2005 beta2 seems to have no STL.NET support at all. Explicit casting of all objects in a list seems hardly an option: strong typing is after all one of the keys to solid programming. We use STL very extensively, and I can hardly imagine any of our programs without it. Is there a solid migration path to managed code? Jürgen Devlieghere > What are the options when keeping e.g. a list of objects in a windows > forms application? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > use std STL. The logical answer would be STL.NET, but VS 2005 beta2 > seems to have no STL.NET support at all. It does. Try #include <cliext/vector> and cliext::vector<T>. -cd > It does. Try #include <cliext/vector> and cliext::vector<T>. > > -cd The public Beta 2 DVD image on MSDN certainly doesn't have that. I see no cliext directory on my entire hard disk, and no vector file other than the unmanaged STL, and even if I do a grep in all files on my VS directory, I can't find cliext anywhere. Is it a downloadable add-on? Tom >> It does. Try #include <cliext/vector> and cliext::vector<T>. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > than the unmanaged STL, and even if I do a grep in all files on my VS > directory, I can't find cliext anywhere. Is it a downloadable add-on? Interesting. It's in my beta 2 installation. Maybe it's in the Team System DVD image (which is what I installed), but not in the others. -cd >>> It does. Try #include <cliext/vector> and cliext::vector<T>. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -cd Daniel, Yes, it's only in the TS distro. Last thing I heard about this was that it's alpha code which has been included by mistake. The Beta of STL.NET is intended to come whith VS2005 - RTM, the STL.NET RTM version will be made available sometime early 2006 as a web download. Willy. > "Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > STL.NET is intended to come whith VS2005 - RTM, the STL.NET RTM > version will be made available sometime early 2006 as a web download. Yeah. that's what I read yesterday too. Bummer. -Carl > Yes, it's only in the TS distro. Last thing I heard about this was that it's > alpha code which has been included by mistake. The Beta of STL.NET is > intended to come whith VS2005 - RTM, the STL.NET RTM version will be made > available sometime early 2006 as a web download. > > Willy. Thank you for the information. Tom Thanks. That means VS 2005 is for most C++ users not something for 2005 :-) Jürgen Devlieghere > Daniel, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Willy. > Thanks. That means VS 2005 is for most C++ users not something for > 2005 :-) Not so. It means that you'll have to limit your use of STL to native code and be content with the framework classes for managed. There's still plenty of new and useful stuff in C++ 2005 for many developers to switch over. -cd Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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