Am I correct that VC++ 2002 doesn't have a form designer with Managed c++?
Is there any way I can get it working for 2002--an update or something?  I
don't want to upgrade to 2003 with 2005 right around the corner.

I am curious to find out whether the .NET framework is actually needed to run
a C++ 2005 application. I know in other languages such as C# and VB.NET, it
is a must or else it wont run, but for some reason I get  the feeling this is
not the case (at least not all the time) with ...

Quick question: Can I mix managed C++ (forms and GUI stuff) with nonmanaged
C++ code (Direct3D).  Note that I am not interested in managed DX (the C#
API).  I still am writing C++ code, but would like to use the .NET GUI
library with managed C++, and unmanaged DX code.  Is this ...

Hi, i trying to do a project which need to link the GUI interface with
the functions using c++.
Is there anybody out there can help me? If can, can send the source
code to me as well. Thanks Alot....

I'm trying to compile an existing program and I can't seem to find the
"windows.h" file.  Where can I get this?

It looks like the c++ source for a single object file can not contain
more than one anonymous class that derives from a base class.  When I
attempted to do this, the linker failed with the following error:
fatal error LNK1179: invalid or corrupt file: duplicate COMDAT

hola,necesito que me ayuden:  necesito un ejemplo de constructores y
destructores

I am trying to use a old written code by one of my senior, It is a console
application to append two files. I need to make some necessary changes in
the application, but when I try to write Console::ReadLine(), its throwing
some error

There seems to be a bug in de VS .net C++ compiler (optimization) when using
inline functions that return static data.
The following code demonstrates this (Win32 console app with ATL support):
#include "stdafx.h"

ppl... HELP!!!!!
i don't know how to convert String into char.....
for example i can do
String input;

I have a native, C++ console app that uses ~26MB of RAM when it runs.
It uses quite a lot of RAM to make some math but will never xceed 26MB.
Now I've  made a dll out of this code and use it with DllImport in a C#
console application.

I got used to use VB ACTIVEX EXEs and when using the compiled EXE and
instantiate it the EXE name appears on both tabs of Task
Manager(Applications and Processes). But when using the ATL EXE
produced by ATL .NET (unmanaged) I can see the application name in the

I just notice some strange behaviors on the MS C++ compiler regarding struct
default constructor, see the example bellow:
struct MyStruct
{

I am learning STL with the book STL Tutorial and Reference guide (1 edition),
the following example don't run :
int main()
{

hello, I'm still new to win32 programming and I have a small problem.  I am
making a simple application.  The main GUI is a dialog box with check boxes,
radio buttons, combo boxes etc.
The problem I'm having is that I have two combo boxes (both dropdown).  One