I don't get any output until the build finishes using this command line...
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
test.sln /build debug /project proj1
under older visual studio versions, it used to show each file as it was

 Why doesnt the runtime set the object to null when the finalizer has been
called?  Wouldnt this prevent a slew of bugs?
 I just called the obj.__dtor(); from a MC++ wrapper class I made and its
still referencing the type even tho its "destructed". Why do I have to set

We're looking to apply a system-wide version number across many dlls. We'd
really like to do the build and then apply an attribute containing the
version number. Is there any way of doing that ? We don't really care how
it's done as long as it's something that stays with the file, ...

what is windows message 36? It seems to be getting fired to my wndproc even
before WM_CREATE.

i'm trying to create a class that will contain all the features of
instantiating a window and showing it. I've got the SetWindowLong /
GetWindowLong pair to succesfully store the 'this' pointer in the hWnd's
GWL_USERDATA, but the pointer that it's referring to always seems to point

I have a COM dll written in C++ using VS.NET 2003. This dll is used by a VB 6 program. The dll fires notifications to the VB program which are handled using WithEvents. I pass COM interfaces as arguments to the various notification functions. This works fine on 2000 and XP ...

I did a search through the archives and found that someone posted a message
about this same error, but never got a response.
I've got a small sample app that compiles and runs in VS 2002 but doesn't
compile in VS 2003.  In VS 2003, I get error C2668.  The error comes from

  How do we marshall a type like this from a C++/CLI class wrapper to an
unmanaged method?
 typedef struct
 {

TRAINING for printer driver development.
I need to take a good 1-2 week course for making printer drivers using the
DDK (haven't done any driver before).
Can you recommend me where???

Sorry, don't know if this is the correct board for my question.  I'm a novice so I guess I have a valid excuse
My question : I'm using Visual C++ and I need to collect data from a serial port.  Specifically, I have a piece of equipment that outputs ASCII data to my computer ...

Two questions. The first and one more likely to be answered is
Can you call/run a Windows executable file from within C++ source code? The executable itself runs in a DOS window and asks for user input, i.e. choose 1 to use an audio stream, 2 to read from a file, and 0 to exit. If ...

Looking for a good example of how to show a popup menu in response to the user right-clicking on the icon in the 'taskbar notification area' (tray). I'm fine with creating the icon and responding to its messages. It's the showing of the popup menu I can't do
I've tried it using ...

We are develping a Web service with Visual Studio .NET C++.
It is necessary to invoke a virtual method in unmanaged code from managed code.
It works well in debug version, but the release version fail to call the method.
Thanks for any help!

Is it at all possible to leverage mixed-mode assemblies from AppDomains
other than the default AppDomain?  Is there any means at all of doing this?
Mixed-mode is incredibly convenient, but if I cannot load/unload/reload
extensions into my large and slow-to-load application during ...

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I have a doubt in VC++ regarding file reading and displaying in the GUI (Dialog
I have a binary file, which contains several piece of information , i have to read the information continuously from the file and continue to display the information in the GUI, i have created a GUI , ...