Is it possible to create an empty form that attaches to an existing window
handle? I have a .NET class library method that requires a form ref as a
parameter, but all I have is a window handle. I'm hoping to do this the easy
way.

Does the following code cause a memory leak in .NET?
Void Function1()
{
hFile= CreateFile(static_cast<const char

I have successfully loaded a MANAGED C++ dll from an UNmanaged C++ program.  I can even manage to call methods in classes in that
DLL.  What I need to know is how to pass a string back to the UNmanaged code from the managed code.
public __gc __interface KMS::Transport::Managed: ...

I have a C# WinForms app which reuses unmanaged C++ dlls using COM interop.
When I debug the app by running the code in the IDE, it is very very slow. In
fact almost too slow to use. However, when I run the .exe, it is very very
fast. I have noticed huge numbers of lines of info ...

So I'm developing an application for my company which uses the MS SpeechLib.
I want everyone to be able to use it, so that the machines which do not have
the speech library installed will still work correctly, but won't be able to
have further functionality provided by the speech ...

Does anyone know if the Whidbey TypeLibConverter has an option that
corrects the IMO greates flaw of all:
The VB6-esque conversion of all coclass default interfaces to the
coclass itself (just like VB6 pretends that the default interface == the

I think the MSDN docs about interop doesn't state clearly enough that there
is a character encoding conversion automaticly done from Unicode to the
characterset for the computer during interop.
This got me really puzzled for a few days.

I am creating an Excel File through code, but when I try to open the file, I
always get the following message:
<File name> should be opened as read-only unless you need to save changes to
it. Open as read-only?

I'm having problems passing a blittable type (bool) from unmanaged C++ code
to a managed callback function.
I have an unmanaged C callback function declared as follows:
typedef int __stdcall PostProcFileCallback(void *pData, LPCTSTR pszFilename,

First, apologies for cross-posting.
I'm writing a Visio add-in using the .NET Framework.  The add-in displays a
number of windows forms as modal dialog boxes.  In order to display
properly, I set the parent to the Visio Window.  I've done this by creating

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_wrcore/html/
wrconthreadingsupportinoffice.asp
This info (above) means to me that I should not automate Word from a thread.
I am currently automating Word from a worker thread, not my main process.
However, I ...

Okay, here's a problem that's been bedevilling me for a long, long
time, and I believe I'm getting closer to pinpointing it:
I've written a MS Office COM add-in using C#.  In the add-in, I
display some windows forms.  All seems to go well (at least in Debug

I would like to call unmanaged code (C++ Library Code) in C# library.
When I Call C++ Function with an "int" parameter.
It seems that there is a Marshalling problem; because when I put 88 as
parameter,

See the thread in csharp group.
Please try to help us.
TNX
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   I am looking for a way to 'override' file security and read the Owner of
a file to which I have no access. I am a system administrator, as such I
have administrative rights to all the computers in the company. Some of my
user base has full control rights to their files and have ...