I am new to VC++ and want to write and unmanaged application using 2005
visual studio. I do not want to use the dot net environment and was told
that I can write unmanaged application using 2005.  Can anyone help me by
telling my what kind of project I need to create to make this ...

I just discovered that the ImageList class can't be inherited. Why? What
could go wrong? I can invision a case where someone would like to add, say,
an ID field to an ImageList, possible so that the individual elements in an
array of ImageList's could be identified by the ID, ...

I am naming all my assemblies in a multipart format, e.g.:
    Company.Project.Component.dll
This has worked perfectly with C# assemblies. The problem arises with C++
native COM servers because when I try to regsvr32 them they don't get

How does one launch multiple forms in an application?
Using Photoshop as an example, this application seems to be composed of many
'disjoint' forms. Yet, they all seem somewhat 'active' in contrast to one of
them always being 'modal' (e.g., if you are moving over a picture the ...

After converting from 6.0 to 2005 when I try to Compile my project I'm
getting a LINK error
Error 1 fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file " ?/.obj"
Any ideas how to fx this please ?

How do you use a dynamic array or equivalent in C++\CLI?
When using CArray in MFC its simple you say array.Add( item )
If the size needs to grow it will do that for you.
Iv tried using array<item> but understand its dimensions cannot be

I have the following problem:
I have a class deriving from ICustomTypeDescriptor:
public __gc class TPropertyBag : public ICustomTypeDescriptor
{

I'm testing AutoCAD 2005 automation via VS2005 Pro C++/CLR and I'm getting
fatal compiler errors.
I start with a default C++/CLR class library project and modify it by adding
the following references:

I'm a total C++ neophyte, and we've got a short deadline to turn around.
Essentially, I need a utility that installs a series of fonts on a given
system, and I don't know whether the .NET runtime is installed on that
system, so I want something that will run w/o the .NET runtime, ...

I have a C++ interop project, which links fine with VS2003, but after
converting it to VS2005, it compiles everything withour errors/warnugs, but
I get the following linker message.
DBRDMUM.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "?.cctor@@$$FYMXXZ"

myForm is 500x400 px and it has panel1 control which is 4000x200 px!!
how can I create scrollbar on a panel1 so it's contents may be scrolled left
and right?
(c++.net)

I use to make the statement that you could always replace any 'private' or
'public' access with 'public' and the code would still compile. This is no
longer the case.
It turns out that in /clr it is not allowed (as far as I can tell) to reduce

I am looking at the best way to produce a list of all EXE, DLL's etc stored
in the system.  
I have looked at FindFirstFile and FindNextFile API's but I am confused that
if I change to all the sub-directories to obtain the list of files I would

This is a follow on from my previous thread about clr/safe and STL.NET
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc/browse_threa
d/thread/0eb9b25a83bc02df/b170a89dbc67c332#b170a89dbc67c332
A more specific problem now is migrating the current MFC serialization

hi, i created a paint program for my c++ class using a global GraphicsPath
variable. i the, in the onpaint method, draw the line the users draws with
the mouse. simple. the only problem is that when i invalidate the panel im
drawing on in order to see the line, it flickers, even ...