The following code perfectly compilable with Comeau online and gcc 3.2 produces quite an obscure error message when compiled with VC7.1.
namespace N {
struct A
{

I've worked with VC6 and implemented all my builds on the commadline using the nmake tool with the make file. Now we are moving to dotnet and I need a tool similar to that that will enable me do all my compilations/builds on the command line. Problem is the dotnet IDE does not ...

The application path can be obtained as:
Application::ExecutablePath
But this is a String*.  I need to convert this to a char* so it can be used
by PlaySound(). How can I do this? Alternately, is there a way to obtain the

can someone explain me this behaviour:
(steps to reproduce)
1. Open HKLM/SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application
2. Look at the "Sources" value

Can anyone tell me what I should link in to get the following error sorted?
Also - for future reference - any quick ways to resolve a linker reference
from an include like #include <sys/stat.h> in order to beat these linker
errors quickly?

   I'm trying to write a macro that will generate managed c++ wrappers of
map.  I want a managed iterator and a managed map.  I successfully built a
pair of classes (iterator and map) that work fine.  I called it IntToIntMap
and IntToIntIterator.  When I was finished, I realized ...

As I recall VC++ NET has a feature that let's one build an install 'package'
from a (managed) C++ project. This is important, as I found out the hard way
that my application will run on some systems right off the CD ROM disc, on
other machines it comes up with a 'program didn't ...

I've got a procedure that is responsible for performing the following operations on a richtextbox
1) determining what parts of the text to forma
2) formatting specific ranges of text a specific color
I need to do this whenever the contents of the richtextbox change. The algorithm is ...

We have users who are having a problem reading projects written in VC++ 7.1.  Specifically, here is their e-mail describing the problem
Incompatibility -
7.0 will not open a solution built by 7.1. A time consuming work-around is for the person using 7.0 to open the project built in ...

I have created a DLL in Release Configuration. When I opened the DLL in hex editor I noticed that path string with full path, where my linked DLL is located, can be found inside DLL
My question is: Is there a way (may be some option key) not to include any path information into a ...

Can anybody point me to or give a simple source example of a managed C++
application that can play a wav sound file? I know a little about
playSound(), but it doesn't seem to like to compile  (even though it's
'recognized' via type-ahead in the editor). Required header files might ...

1. If the declaration and definition of a member function of a template class is separated
then while using the auto_complete,the function's information will not be shown.
2. If a member function of a template class is not called by other normal function
then some of it's syntax ...

Hi, al
I want to debug a dll which will run in a remote machine. I set up the remote debuging setting properly. And set the "Remote Command" as the program name which will load the dll. Then I "start" the program. But vc always popup a window to let me input the executable file ...

I have a problem with setting the character set in my ListBox (List). When I create a CFont object with a specific character set and I set that font in the Device Context recieved from the ListBox, then it is OK. I can write through that DC in the chosen charset. See Code :
CFont ...