In VB6 there is a function IsDate that returns True if the expression is of type Date or is a string convertible to type Date; otherwise, it returns False.  Is there such a built-in function in C#?
Thanks.

I start programing in Visual C++.NEt 2003, When I make Windows Form
application(.NET) Vs.NEt make me project with Form, and it looks like C# or
Vb.net
But when I want make Managed application(.NET) in Visual Studio 2002 it

If a size_t is cast to a long, and size_t is the length of a unicode string, does the resulting long need to be divided by sizeof(_TCHAR) in order to get the actual length in _TCHARs?

What is the difference between these two functions?

got a .xsd file i wanne embedded but can't see to find how to cal that
file in managed c++
here is the code I use but I dont get any error or something.
Assembly *a = Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly();

I have a project which is going to be doing some string manipulation which
needs to be pretty fast. The user interface is going to be written in C#. I
am going to write the string handling functions in a C++ DLL.
My first question is, if I insert a C++ project into my C# solution, ...

Hi, I did a client program to send data to the server. there is a C++ CGI
program on the server to get the data.
It works perfectly on my local computer when each time I test it with my IIS
(server name "localhost"). But it doesn't work when I tried two different

When I create a Static Text box in Visual Basic 6, the name (IDC_STATIC) is not listed in MFC ClassWizard->Member Variables.  It only appears if I change the name.

I am trying to write an application that will launch a second application
using CreateProcess...
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
STARTUPINFO si;

Is it possible to access controls on other forms when using managed C++? In
VB, it was a simple matter of declaring the form as global, but this is
apperently not possible when using managed code.
How does one modify or read control properties when the scope of the form is

How do I send and receive internet messages using socket in the .net VC++ environment?
Coding sample will be helpful.

When I compile my solution I get the following output -
NET 2003\Vc7\atlmfc\include\atlwin.h(2027) : warning C4995:
'wsprintf': name was marked as #pragma deprecated
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Whenever I get any error with Vc++7.1/.net/2003, it is followed by huge
ammounts of "template assistance" error messaging referencing template code
(MTL) that has nothing to do with the error.
This makes it difficult to spot errors.  For example, F4 to "jump to next

I've read the various posts about runtime errors and none seem to help me as my problem is a bit different
I'm running Win2KPro with all updates current.  Also I'm running the '04 Norton products but they're off.  I've also gone into task manager and shut down everything that I ...

   I download a project from a source code web,the author saied that it's created under VC++6.0,and the project contain lots of *.cc file(I think they are same as the *.cpp file), but when i build it the compiler told me that"Cannot compile the file *.cc; no compile tool is ...