Im using VS Studio. Net 2005 to find out the transformed length of wide char
string based on specific locale (collation).
char* p = setlocale(LC_COLLATE,NULL);//US Locale on my machine.
wchar_t tp[6] = L"Hello";

I have the following function:
WORD calcChecksum(BYTE data[], WORD length)

Suppose I have a base class "foo".  Another class, "bar" derives from it.
Base class "foo" has a method called "rob_the_liquor_store()", and the
inherited class "bar" overrides this method with one of its own, maybe
specifying the liquor store over on 44th Street and 5th Avenue ...

I'm having trouble accessing an unmanaged long from a managed class in
VC++.NET
When I do, the contents of the variable seem to be mangled.  If I
access the same variable byte-by-byte, I get the correct value.

I keep getting a strange error and can't pin it down.  The message is:
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

My question is:
Can the Garbage Collector (GC) suspended a managed thread while it is executing native code.
The reason I am interested in this is that I have:
 1) a native thread (N) that only executes native code,

I know this probably sounds pretty obvious, but lets say I have a function
like:
HRESULT getDevice(IWMDMDevice3* pIDevice)
If it returns E_FAIL, then the pointer may be in an invalid state (but

Everyone tells me that auto_ptr is a good idea, but auto_ptr and COM don't
play nice.  Can someone please explain why auto_ptr and COM don't like each
other and what a reasonable/typical solution is?  My guess is that auto_ptr
will call the destructor on the COM object which is ...

I'm writing an app in vc++ 2k5 (all native/unmanaged). This application does
a lot of multithreading and socket programming. Its been months since I'm
developing this application, at this point a lot of it is working just fine,
my app running fine, threads r being made and destroyed ...

I am trying to convert my bulk of code from VC++ 6.0 to VC++.Net.
when using std::string type variable, the application causes exception
at one instance and does not cause an exception at other.
i have two functions in the same .cpp file

I can't get this thing made for the life of me. I've gone through every
step per the Boost website regarding using bjam. Nothing. Can anyone
give any advice or are there pre-made boost hpps for Windows platform?
thanks in advance

How can I find the currently visible desktop? By calling EnumWindowStations
and EnumDesktops I get a list of all available desktops. But is there a way
to figure out which one of them is currently visible?
I've tried to find the visible desktop by comparing the desktop handle,

I'm a vb programmer trying to learn C++ and strings are really tripping
me up. I have a PUNICODE_STRING being passed in and want to make the
whole thing lower case. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance

Hy!
I have written a MC++ wrapper DLL file for use in a C# project. This
wrapper DLL is built on a C DLL.
I have the following functions in the C DLL:

Hi all, I'm having trouble with VC++.
I have a namespace, named Compiler (I'm building one at university).
Some classes appear to be defined in Compiler::Compiler::Compiler or
just Compiler::Compiler.