I am a beginner to vc++.
I am opening a file("c:\Mydoc.doc") and reading data from it and afte
that i just want to write data of 1.2 MB part from firs
file("c:\Mydoc.doc") to New file("c:\Newdoc1.doc") and remaining t

I have a .NET managed C++ application that needs to call a 3rd party
dll that was built with VC6 and returns MFC types.  e.g.
int GetSomeStrings(CStringArray *pStringArray);
The problem I'm having is the destructor of the CStringArray is

 I'm developing an app, with a plugins system, and I have a folder,
plugins, thats in the same directory with the app, then a need a function or
something that tell me what is the App root directoy... can u understand my
bad english ???

I am trying to create a process at a particular set of coordinates (for
example 1,1) but the CreateProcess api seemingly ignores the settings in the
dwX and dwY properties of the STARTUPINFO structure which I have initialized
as follows:

Is there a way, using the CreateProcess/CreateProcessAsUser api's to launch
an application with it windows hidden upon startup?

Hello people,
We have a large application (about 5000 source files) consisting of multiple executables, DLLs and COM components written in C++.
We develop and build it in Visual Studio 2003.
I'm in charge of evaluating whether we want to migrate it to VS2005 (the previous migration ...

hi, trying to make an array of function pointers to make delegates with.
but the compiler does not like: void (Foo::^p)()=&Foo::bar;
i did find an article that showed how to convert a delegate to a
function pointer, but i sorta want to go the other way around.

 about the function: ShellExecute,
there's a Parameter: nShowCmd.
 and in .net:
       Process proc = ;// get process object;

I've extended the article "Covariance and Contravariance in Delegates" from
the C# Programmers' Guide, and it seems contravariance of delegates is
implemented wrong.
Lambda calculus states that Handler2Method is a subtype of HandlerMethod...

I seem to be running into an issue where I am deriving a new class from
a struct with a different alignemnt via the pragma pack
#pragma pack(1)
typedef struct

I wanted to take advantage of the large set of functionality offered by
the framework, so for my latest project I'm using managed C++ with .NET
v2. I'm using the gcnew operator in two different ways, and I'm
confused about the lifetime of objects and whether or not I should be

I'm having a very strange problem with VC8
When compiling a library called gmp (v 4.1.4); with win32 patches applied
for VC7 (VC8 is not directly supported yet), I get this error all over
pretty much every system header:

Is it possible to create events without using sendmessage?
sample:
class a can retrieve a pointer to a member function of class b that
instanciates class a?

I have a testing win2003 machine, where I debug inside a MMC process using a
DebugBreak() statement.
But only the first time, source code was shown, after that, I only get to
see disassembly while I -did- install a debug  DLL + PDB and the .CPP's in

I'm trying to build a verfiable DLL using Visual Studio C++ 2005. I've
applied the /clr:safe, /CLRIMAGETYPE:SAFE and /noentry options. The
code is:
// TestRobot.h