Can anyone point me to a primer on using VC++? I'd like to add an existing
file to a project, delete a source file from a project, understand the
difference between different types of projects, etc.
Thanks,

I have application which displays dialog containing CListCtrl control.
The OnTimer message handler updates values in this list control.
In case if there are more items then visible area of list control can
display the scroll bar appears.

In the following example, section #3 fails under VC98, VC2003, VC2005 Express
Beta (Aug 2004) and g++ 3.3.2.  Is this just a pitfall of the C++
specification?  Why don't any of the above compilers at least flag this as a
warning as they would when say trying to return a const & ...

Is there any way (or program) to convert and maintain easily a C++
project (vs7.1) to a Makefile file, in order to build it in Linux?
Many thanks

I have used ATL a couple of times to make excel autoamtion add-ins. So far,
I have only made functions that take simple arguments like strings or
integers. I now want to do so something a little more complicted. What I
have in mind requires that one of the parameters is an Excel ...

I have a question regarding about inheritance and member of the class. For
example I have the class A and class B what is the situation that I need to
define class B is base class of class A or class B is member of class A like
below:

Hi all, i m quite new in visual c++./ So i need to know is there any
way to get an image from a picture.Say.. a Human being picture.. lets
say the picture is in .jpg format. THanks!
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Hi, I developed a Visual C++ 6.0  MFC Application on Windows 2000 5.00.2195
Service Pack 4. THe Application runs fine on my machine. But when a customer
who also has Windows 2000 is trying to execute this application, they are
getting the following error.

Can I obtain COM object properties (in my case a DirectShow device) without
using OleCreatePropertyFrame?
What I want to do is to view object properties with my own UI, without using
the default interface of IPropertyFrame.

I have created an ActiveX control using MFC activeX control wizard and added
a dialog to it.
Now on that Dialog I dragged a Button control and gave a "hello world"
message on it click. When I run the control in an activex container it works

classTeacher contains a list of classChild
ClassChild contains methods, props and so on
Most things a classChild can do on its own.
But AskPermission cannot be done by the Child, but must be done by the

Hi !
I tried everywhere in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta(MVS 2005 Beta)
to put the option "/clr:oldSyntax" but I didn't find it.
How can I add it please?

I have the MDI MFC application ported to .NET.
Now this application include mixed managed/unmanaged code.
The application displays progress dialog with the cancel button
during lenghtly operation. This progress dialog implemented as

Does anyone have a good instruction on how to create your own Operating
System in C++?
Thanks
Matt

Is it possible to statically link an application compiled in VC6 with a managed DLL ?
I have a very large VC6 (MFC) app, which I can't convert to VC7 at the moment. I need to be able to call a managed C++ DLL with some unmanaged exported functions. If I use LoadLibrary - it works ...