I want to write to parallel port to drive a device. In the code, I use run
time library function _outp() to write to D0 as following:
_outp(0x378, 0x01);
I got an exception: "privileged instruction"

I have a main project that depends on projects A and B. The main project's
additional include directories list is:
..\ProjectA\Dist\Include
..\ProjectB\Dist\Include

I'm newcomer to Microsoft product (VS.net 7.0, C++) and need to understand,
why the binary code obtained using VC++ compiler is so huge as compared to
the code by Borland C++ 5.02 (the same source).
The source code is standard C++, without any extensions, just standard

I have a problem when I am using VC .Net 2003.
I want to add a "include path" in VC .Net Directory Path. But after I add
the 37th path into it, the VC become "lost path", VC cannot open system
default header file, such as "afxwin.h" during compilation (but it can be

I'm trying to build a serial com library in C#, and I get the error message: "The type or namespace name 'DCB' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"
I've searched the internet, and can't seem to find an answer.
Could someone please help? ...

one of the main task of my currently developed application is to search in
small buffers for given patterns (average buffer size 1000 bytes). Now, for
some reasons I can't use the provided C std libs, so I need to implement my
own - but unfortunately I cannot find any hints about ...

I have an old project which used statement like this:
#include <iomanip.h>
I searched my whole VS.net installation directory, but no file named
iomanip.h found. There is do a iomanip.h file existed in \VC98\Include\

Is it possible to use VERSIONINFO in a static text control  (I was going to
replace the default one in the 'about' Dlg.
I've managed to automate the build numbers and thought it would be a nice
touch to use this in the actual app.  MSDN so far from what I've read only

I've found 2 features of Visual C++ .NET Standard 2003 that are a bit
perplexing.  First, there appears to be no form designer available for
developing WIN32 applications.  So if I'd like to generate binaries
that don't use the .NET framework (by selecting WIN32 as the project

Folks, I'm new to C++ and was looking for a beginners to intermediate level
of discussion. Does anyone have any suggested sites?
Thanks

I have an MDI that I need to change to an RTF MDI.
I have the include:  
#include "afxrich.h"
Compiler always stops on the line:

I have a ATL Attributed DLL which exposes a COM Component. My requirement
is, whenever, the DLL is registered, I also would like to add some entries to
the HKLM/Softwares/CompanyName..... along with the Component registration. By
default, when we create an attributed COM ...

I am considering purchase of Visual C++ .NET Std 2003, but I wonder
when the next edition is coming out -- maybe I should wait. Any ideas?
One reason I need it is that it is a prerequisite for installing Intel
Visual Fortran, which I believe uses a Microsoft linker.

If I use the new secure _tcscpy_s, should I do:
#define DESTLEN somenumber e.g. 10 or 255
void copystring(const _TCHAR* src_of_unknown_length)
{

Hi, can someone tell me how to set up relativ paths in VS2003 C++ ? I have
some source with a tree directory structure that segments include files in
various directories:
#include "../include/config.h" /* Keep this first */