I have tryed to use the cli switch on my C++ code
It is a large C++ project compiled to a dll that I call from a number of
different interfaces C++, VBA and C#
However when I try to compile with the CLI switch I get this error:

I am using Visual Studio 2005 and wish to program using managed C++ code.
I am writing an application to take still images from a webcam.
I have created an interop 'reference' to the platform SDK dll for Windows
Image Acquisition (WIA). This has created a set of classes under

I purchased "Microsoft Visual Studio Program". I have a teaching book for
teaching Visual C++.Net.
Please, any body can guide me, how can I install the "Visual C++.Net" from
the mother program?!!.

I am trying to dual boot Windows XP x64 on my computer. I recently upgraded
my MB and Processor to 64 bit.  I have a WD Raptor Drive (72G 10,00 RPM SATA)
that I have partitioned into 2 35Gb (approx) partitions.
I loaded XP home on one and it ran fine. Then I loaded x64 on the ...

   I've recently encountered scenario that a friend class would come in
handy for a WinForm. Does C++/CLI have anything equivalent to an unmanaged
C++ friend class or function?
TIA,

I am using VC++ 6.0 to build a windows based application, however, my
application allows user to input command arguments in the dos prompt
windows. I want to have a warning message for user if they have input the
wrong arguments. How can I write text to the dos prompt windows if ...

I'm not sure what the term is, but is it possible in C++/CLI to create a
function not in a class that would then be visible to other .NET
languages?  Something like:
namespace Blah

I was compiling a VC++ application in VS.NET 2003 and got the following error:
The following line #1 will not complied and created the following MS
compiler error.
If I change endl to "\n" s in #2, it got compiled.  I believe this is a

Hi NG,
I wonder how to pass NULL pointer of type String^ to function call.
I have a native DLL:
 extern "C" long __declspec(dllimport) __stdcall Test(LPCSTR a, LPCSTR

I am executing an Expand command in order to expand a CAB file. This is done
by calling CreateProcess with the Expand command and then WaitForSingleObject
and checking the process exit code. My C++ code for checking the exit code
looks something like this:

I've been writing an image-processing app that, sure enough, speeds up
nicely when I put some "#pragma omp parallel for"s in it. When I look at
Perfmon in Debug mode, both processors peg at 100% -- very nice. But when I
switch to Release, one processor pegs and the other stays at ...

How do I create an unmanaged C++ project in VS2005.NET?

I have upgraded my Win32/C project from MSVC 2003 project to MVSC 2005.
But now I can't save any changes on my resource .rc file.
I can open it in the resource edit, modify and add new controls.
But hitting the CTRL+S or save from the file menu it still have a star

Specifying 'public class' or 'private class' for C++ class definitions
is not part of the C++ standard. In a topic in the VS 2005 docs 'How to:
Declare public and private on Native classes', it is suggested that this
syntax is supported with VC8 for interaction with CLR ref ...

I;m developing a windows service using VC++.NET (unmanaged) that will catch
changes on SQL Table to build XML file of new added, updated records and send
them to specific destination.
My Question What is the mechnisim to make the service know the changes on