While debugging, can I execute functions like strlen() in immediate window?
I tried strlen () on some pointer to char array and it said:
CXX0017: Error: symbol "strlen" not found
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I have 5 native static libraries that are being compiled in Visual
Studio 2005 with the /MDd C Runtime option.  I have 2 CLR DLLs (all
managed code) in Visual Studio 2005 and the /MDd C Runtime setting.
They are in the same solution, and compile/link without problems (Debug

I have been trying to set breakpoints inside a C++ DLL and running a C#
application which calls the exported functions from the C++ DLL. However,
when I run my solution in debug mode it always says
"The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for

Please share with me any ideas you may have for troubleshooting and resolving
the subject problem.  I can give more details as necessary.  (Please advise
if I should post this problem to a more specific group.)
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for
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the smaller dialog resize itself from the larger dialog's size. How
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I want to write a managed wrapper( kind of proxy) which will call into
unmanaged C++ code.
I've got a general idea and have read some articles on how to do it.
But I cannot find any information on some specific things..

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warning whenever I compile:
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'QIfist' has been

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its named "myGrid".
I am trying to use its protected method, SetSelectedRowCore, to say
highlight (select) row number 3.

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mentioned two windows services programmatically? Reason is i am writing
a program which needs to turn on these two services in order to access
the UPnP router to turn on port forwarding programmatically, and turn ...

Im having several problems with the error LNK2019.
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//controller.h
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I am creating a managed DLL in C++ using VS.NET 2005 and .NET 2.0 that
I hope can be used by applications created for older versions of .NET.
I have a feeling this is not possible, and I hope someone can either
confirm it is not possible or perhaps suggest what I might be doing

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several more or less free format text files.
In the past, on linux, we had flex and bison for generating
very fast parsers for these files.

I am using CWinFormsView to host my C# control. When I resize the view
window to a larger size the control seems to grow with it just fine.
But when I shrink the size of the view, I get scroll bars. I don't want
scrollbars, I want the control to shrink.