i am a VC++ developer (MFC) and i want to use .NET at its best.
But all the samples , tuotorials etc are either in C# or VB.NET.
I have certain doubts :-
1). Is Microsoft going to phase out C++ development especially MFC , ATL

I'm using VC++ 7.0 .NET. It seems that the "%d" and "%f" format parameters
are not supported anymore. Following code does not work:
StatusLabel->Text = String::Format ("Reading %d bytes (%0.1f Kb/s)",
__box(lBytes), __box (dTransferRate));

After adding one more lib to my project, I keep getting this warning from
the linker (twice):
warning LNK4020: a type record in '<snip>\debug\vc70.pdb' is corrupted; some
symbols and types may not be accessible from the debugger

   What is the resolution of the warning:
cast from integer to pointer of different size
on passing any parameter to the last LPVOID of CreateWindow
??

Tom/Arif -- you need sample code to decipher a linker warning?  I think not --
the linker needs to be fixed to produce some usable context for the warning
(and inevitable error).
I'm working w/ a project consisting of hundreds of files.  Posting source is

Hi!
I'm  doing my final year project in University and I'm currently trying to program my parallel port, but I cannot seem to compile because there isn't a pc.h header file. Is there any way I can download this header file?
I'm using Windows XP as my OS, would the security rings ...

I have an issue with the VC++ code. I have a code in VBA that I am running
in VC++.
But there is a difference in the result of the two.
Following are the details of problem:

I have just stumbled on the proposal for the new CLI dialect for use with a future version of the visual C++ product
Does anyone have timeline details for when an alpha from Microsoft will be available for  experimentation
Since, I've avoided the managed C++ dialect up until now, ...

VS.NET 2003 V7.1.3088 - Unmanaged code
I'm getting:
c:\Proj\pt.h(581) : fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR
(compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 2701)

The following code snippet shows that VC++ 7.1 correctly compiles a static member function invocation from an Unrelated class, since this static member function is public.  I expected to compile the same invocation from a DistantlyRelated class.  What actually happened was that ...

My project uses the /ORDER specifier to order functions as specified in file containing the decorated names of packaged functions (COMDATs). I am in the process of upgrading from VC6 to VC.NET 2003.
When linking a release build of my project VC.NET 2003, the following warning ...

I´m programming with Visual C++ since 1995. I have developed many client and server Windows applications using sockets and MFC. Now I need a Console Application to convert in a NT service and I´m sliding: I wrote a serverapplication and it accept connection from the cliente but, ...

Specifically, is there any difference between usin
void MyFunction(const HANDLE myhandle
an
void MyFunction(const HANDLE& myhandleref

I want to do a single pix update bar instead of the big block that progress
bars usually use.  I can't seem to find any info on how to do this.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Kyle

Any Visual C++ source code available for disabling the following keys in
windows 2000.
Alt + Ctrl + Del
Ctrl + Esc