If I had two C++ classes, identical in just about every way, except
that one was managed and the other wasn't, what speed benefits, or
pitfalls would occur if they called native unmanaged C++ code?
TIA

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{
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using VS2005 I create a classic WIN32 project. Of course it creates
without error, but when I change the project from "no CLR support" to
"pure MSIL CLR support" I get tons of create errors.
Is there a KB article that explains how to add CLR support to a WIN32 C

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the form1.h file I have a menu item click handler that I would like to
add some win32 api code to:
private: System::Void

Hello! I'm writing an namespace extension in C++ using ATL. I'm dealing with
files which are not on the machine where the NSE is running. I want to
provide a way to copy the remote files into the local machine. I provide a
DnD mechanism, by which I record the names of the files ...

Hi -- I'm just starting to learn about pointers and I'm stuck on something.  
The code that I pasted below passes a widget object to a function that
changes it to a new widget object.  It changes it successfully within the
changer() function but once execution returns to main(), ...

I'm a .NET newbie but have 12 years of C++/MFC.
In C++, atoi() stops converting at the first non-digit, so in this code,
octet will be 192:
   int octet = atoi("192.");    // <-- note '.' at end of this string

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Until 6 years ago I was a C++ programmer. The last 6 years I've done
something else than computerprogramming, but now I'm a bit back, learning
myself C#.
I cannot resist sometimes to compare these two languages (as far as I can,

I'm having problem compiling one of my projects with VS2005. The
problems arise with VS2005 (apparent?) inability to compile log4cpp.
Has anyone succesfully compiled log4cpp using VS2005?
Here are the errors I get:

I converted my VC++ 6.0 Project to VC++.NET and during compilation, I get the
following error everywhere:
Error 1 error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does
not support default-int       g:\argusweb\source\gssutil\xmlmessage.h    20   

How do I store associated data on a ComboBox item (ToolStripComboBox)?
The API and MFC has a (Set/Get)ItemData(Ptr), however, I do not see any such
animal in .NET.
Thanks

I'm developing with VS2005 in C++, currently compiling and running in
debug mode. I also have memory leak detection turned on in the run time.
When I run the program, I get memory leak info in the VS Output window.
I also get a file named program.exe.mem.xml created with what ...

I am trying to write a wrapper function in C++/CLI over an existing
function in C++.
For instance, assume the C++ function is:
ComputeMedian(double* x).

My OS is Windows XP. I mapped a drive on another machine running
Windows 2000.
I set the permission of the mapped drive on the Windows 2000 machine
to be "accessible to everyone". On the Windows XP machine I can access