Hi all, quick question.  Is there a Windows function I can call to compare a
single string like "HELLO.TXT" to a Windows filename/path pattern (possibly
with wildcards) like "H?LL?.*" ?  Basically I want to pattern match using
Windows' rules but on a string I pass in as opposed ...

I am looking for help in finding a list of all active com ports. I have
found a function to do it, but it is needs a GUID. What is the GUID of a com
port? Am I barking up the wrong tree?
Thanks

Look at this in c++ file:
class T
{
public:

After reading the good news concerning STL/CLI in Orcas C++, the next
question is:
Does anybody know whether Orcas C++ still uses monolithic header files
containing all definitions and declarations, or will there be "real

There is a managed C++ class (ManagedClass) defined in one library
(TestMCpp.dll), it has a method (funcTemplate) with template native
type (NativeTemplate<int>). This library is built without any errors.
There is another managed C++ project (UseTestMCpp) which uses the

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In C++/CLI under Visual Studio 2005, creating an "enum class" member
called "Equals" can cause compiler error C1060 (out of memory) and C1063

I've created a regular (as opposed to extension) DLL that has MFC support
(in a shared DLL).  Everything works fine.  I then decided to modify my
configuration so that on the project level I turned on CLR support.  Now,
when I try to rebuild my solution I get linker errors

i need to write a module in C++ (unmanaged) witch i can use in VB.NET.
The C++ module doesn't have a GUI.
In VB i need to create an instace of the C++ class. I understand the
only way to do this is to make a COM object from my C++ class.

I create a DateTimePicker and Month Calender to let user to input their
desired date.
However, after the dialog initialize, the DateTimepicker and Month Calender
remains at the time that the dialog initialize. They cannot change the time

In my application, Some of my thread gets stuck somewhere. The vs2k5
debugging "Thread" window shows that stuck thread and I can I dentify it. In
its Name column the following text is written:
"std::_Container_base::_Orphan_all". What does this mean?

I have a strange situation where I'm trying to export a function in a class,
but it won't get exported.  I actually have a couple of header and cpp files.
Each pair of header and cpp files contain a class and each class exports a
couple of static functions.  In the one file, the ...

I have a problem where an application I am working on throws an
OutOfMemoryException when I run it in Release mode, whereas it doesn't do
this when I am running in Debug.
The application is developed using C++/Managed C++ and built using VS 2003

I'm trying to convert a String^ to LPCTSTR.
When  using :
LPCTSTR str =
static_cast<LPCTSTR>(Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(gcString).ToPointer());

I wish to migrate some older application created in VC++/MFC to the new .Net
managed libraries. My question is can applications created in VC++ using
managed libraries compile to run on 'any' plateform - with or without the
.Net Framework. I'm thinking not, but I would really ...

lets say I have a class called "hashstring". I want to be able to write the
following code:
hashstring hs ( "hello world" );
char * somecharptr;