I need help.
I want to print the current time on the screen.  After research I managed to
run the codes below in regular C++.  But I could not make it to run in .NET
Framework environment.  Can anybody tell me how to make these codes to work

Are there any good examples of making Win32 API function calls from within
managed code?
Also... Is there anyway to run a separate app [eg 'run(MyApp.exe) '] from
managed code?

My group has an SDK that was developed 5 years ago with VC++ 6.
Over the last years, the requests for a VS.NET SDK has reached critical mass
and I am now in the process of doing that.
Actually, the first release of this 'port' is be a simple rebuild of the

I understand why doubles are not entirely accurate(i.e. if I store the
number .10 in a double it might actually have the value .
100000000001), I was just curious if someone could direct me toward
best practices for dealing with them.

I'm calling a COM Interface method that returnes SafeArray wrapped into
variant. Is it possible to convert it to managed array? Because working with
SAFEARRAY directly is a bit complicated. Or maybe there is a managed wrapper
class for safe array?

Hi! I wrote this simple program in C++ (I'm studying some C++ applied to the
windows enviroinment) that creates a child thread:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>

We have a large mixed dll that I can never seem to get to link incrementally.
Below is the console output.  For simplicity I've eliminated some stuff that
we normally do when we really link this dll like manifest embedding and strong
name delay signing. Can anyone see anything ...

I am workin on a 2 part project right now. The first part is a DLL, the
second part a normal exe using that DLL.
When I use the VS2005 standard setting for compiling with the
Multithreaded-DLL runtime library (compiler option /MD )everything works

I am getting several warnings associated with direct x h files. I'll post
one of them as an example:
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (February
2007)\Include\strsafe.h(5595) : warning C4996: '_vsnprintf': This function or

I'm trying to use ATL (CString, CCOMSafeArray, etc.) classes in managed C++
code, but I get the following assert exeption when I start the application:
Debug Assertion Failed:
Expression:  _CrtIsValidHeapPointer(pUserData)

I'm using MS Outlook 2007 that syncs with an Exchange 2000. The default
delivery is my .pst file. This morning the sync was failing for some reason
(no error) so in order to continue my work I tried to manully move the
e-mails from the server-Inbox to my pst-Inbox.

1) How can I convert a Text property (textBox1->Text) or a String to an
integer?
   (There is a "ToInt32()" member function but I couldn't
     use it.  int i = textBox1->Text.ToInt32(???);

With Matt Pietrek and Stanley Lippman moving on, is anyone going to pickup
the mantle and write articles about Visual C++ for MSDN or can we expect it
to turn into a C# developers journal.

I have inherited a Visual C++ program (MDI)  that was created with the
application wizard in VS 2005.  I am new to C++ so I am looking for a little
guidance.  I need to create a new  control (checkbox) on the child form.  Is
there any 'visual' way to do this?  I can't seem to ...

I have a very simple application that consists of two projects in VS
2005. The first is a simple forms application with a button on it, and
then second is a class library with one public ref object in it with a
couple methods.  I can reference the class library just fine, and I