I'm using VC++.NET to create a class library.  The class library
contains managed classes that wrap legacy unmanaged classes by the
same name.
I use regasm to register the DLL for COM interop.

What does exactly the size of the int datatype depends in C++?
Recenlty I've heard that it depends on the machine's type, i.e. on 16-bit
machines it's 16 bit, on 32-bit machines it's 32 etc.
Is this true? Is this true for _all_ C++ compilers?

I am trying to build an old software. It is written in C.
Has .MAK files to build the code.
A line from .MAK file
\hw42\obj\fbl_fncs.obj : fbl_fncs.c

I cannot find this feature at all. There is no bitmap property for menu
items nor is there an imagelist property for the menu itself...
How do I put images to the left of menu items?
Thanks,

There seems to be a bug in the link-library dependency checking in VS.NET 2003.
Under the Configuration->Linker->General->Additional Library Directories
property,
if you specify a directory name such as "$(SolutionDir)\..\lib", it will

If I BUILD the code below, all works fine.  But if I REBUILD the solution
at any time, the following errors are found in the WrapperCOMEXE.idl:
       1) error MIDL2337 : unsatisfied forward declaration :
IQBEventCallBack

Folks, I have posted this message on a different newsgroup but I did not get
a single response.  I take it that it must not have been the right forum.  
Anyways.
I am seeking the solution to the classic ReadersWritesLock with a slight

I'm a beginning c++ programmer and i need help making a win32 consol
application, that when run, brings up the command promt. How would i g
about maing the code for this
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I've read it somewhere already but can't find the post anymore.
In a mixed-mode wrapper, there is a special compiler or linker switch to
hide unmanaged symbols and namespaces (such as std etc) from the assembly, so
it's not visible for the end-user nor for through tools like ...

I have my entire source code directory available on my laptop via Offline
Files.  The directory structure is housed on my server and made available
offline on the laptop using Windows 2000.  When I do a build on the server,
everything is fine.  When I do it on the laptop while ...

I've seen the file "nochkclr.obj" mentioned frequently, but
I've never seen an explanation of what it is.
So ... what is it / what's in there?
Thanks

Is there a way to force the malloc in VC++ 2003 to use addresses
above 0x12000000 for virtual memory ?
You dont want to know why.  It has to do with fortran common
blocks.

i am using some STL containers in a library of mine.
how can i see which exceptions can occur when doing something
with those containers (adding an elemnt for example)
i have looked in the MSDN collection, but class members lists nothing, and

how do i overcome this problem ??
Thanku in Advance .

with Visual Studio .NET 2003:
__declspec(align(1))
struct X {
  unsigned int x : 3;