When creating forms with Visual C++ 2005, all the code for building the
interface (the InitializeComponent method) and event handlers are set in the
.H file, as they were inline methods. So I ask, for managed code they are
effectively inline methods or they are handled ...

Has anyone successfully used CComboBoxEx?  I've tried to use it with three
images per item (unselected, selected, and overlay).  It seems to be buggy.  
There's no documentation as to when the overlay image is used.  And, when I
try to use it without a text string, I get a ...

I have a RC version of VC.NET 2005 for testing purpose and i would like to
understand the purpose of ^ character.
Now instead to write :
String strTest="";

I have several unmanaged struct types that I've created equivalent managed
struct types for.  How do I marshal the managed structs into their unmanaged
versions and vice versa?
Here's a quick example of what I'm working with:

Given a Font and a String*, how can I find out the PIXEL width and height of
the resulting text displayed on the screen? Obviously this is necessary to
center text, especially those using proportional fonts...
Thanks in advance for responses!  : )

I am BY NO MEANS a developer or a programmer... I just do tech
purchases for a school system.
A teacher wants about 20 licensse for the following program (He said he
got this info from the 'About' screen info):

Assume I have a windows forms application for people that can read English.
Now to my question assume that this windows form application should also
support the swedish language.What is the best way to do this?
In the GUI there are two kinds of text that is either displayed in ...

I have a DLL that exposes COM interfaces.
One of the COM Object receives an IDispatch pointer. I know that this
IDispatch pointer is in fact a COM Callable Wrapper for a
System::Drawing::Bitmap object. How can I get a reference to the .NET Bitmap,

I have a .NET application that compiles but has a problem during linking :
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl ReadLn(struct _iobuf
*,char * const)" (?ReadLn@@$$FYAHPAU_iobuf@@QAD@Z)
The ReadLn function prototype is defined in a header file

We have at present time VS2003 .
We have an application which is written in VS6.0 and is badly written and
designed so we will rewrite most of this using VS 2003.
I just want to have my opinion confirmed from you.

I want to know how can I create 2 executable files with one workspace
on VC++. I want to create two executable files just by one active
project.
Thanks in advance

I'm creating a simple custom control by inheriting the DataGrid
Control. The reason I want to do this is because I want to stop the
user from being able to enter the tables inside. Seems contrary to what
the control is supposed to do but this is what I need.

I am writting a managed wrapper in MC++ (2.0) around a C API.
At some stage I would like to have an out parameter, as in this C#
declaration:
void Method(out AStruct anArg);

Hey there, it's been a long time since I've done alot in C++ (pre windows
stuff).. so I've got this lib that I've written a wrapper for so I can work
with it in C#.. I created the wrapper as an ATL Project in C++, and
everything is cool... except that when I create more than one ...

I have a Windows Forms .NET application. I need tolaunch an entire new
Windows Form2 (with its' own designer Form2.h [Design]) off of a button click
event handler from Form1. How can I do this ?
I think part of the answer invloves going to my project & doing :