How can I load an icon from an exe in C++ .NET?
Is there .NET equivalent of ::LoadIcon?
If ::LoadIcon is still the right way to do it, how do I get a handle
to pass to it and how do I convert the handle returned to an Icon?

I tried posting this in comp.lang.C but need more specific help using
winAPI.  I am trying to find a way to populate a list of active Com
ports on a
computer.  There may be around 30 on one computer and all connected

This question deals with unmanaged C++ (Visual Studio 2005).
Suppose I have a class named MyClass with a constructor that takes an
argument.  How do I create an instance of type MyClass as a member variable
(see below)?

We have legacy code in C/C++, I am writing a wrapper component in C++/
CLI that will allow using this legacy code functionality in C#, I have
linked all my static libraries to this C++/CLI DLL project
I have created a wrapper public static ref  class in C++/CLI project

I am developing a managed lib (using Microsoft Web Services) and I am
including it into a c++ project. The project doesn't use /clr optionk,
so when I include my linbrary's header file vs 2005 show me an error
saying I have to use /clr option. Doing this I have a incompatibility

I want to declare an array of constant strings. In unmanaged C++ I'd
do this
static const char *string[] = { "One", "Two, "Three" };
However if I do this in .NET and want to pass these to a function

I'm trying to construct a Global Hook and need to create an unmanaged C++
DLL.  I'm really new to this and Ive created a C++ Win32 project in VS 2005.
Firstly, can you create an unmanaged DLL in VS 2005?
Is this the correct classification of project to create an unmanaged DLL

I want to dynamically change the icon displayed in a status bar panel.
I've created the icons in the resource file, app.rc, e.g. IDI_MYICON.
How can I load this icon and display it in the StatusBarPanel?
The auto-generated code does:

I am using an unmanaged pointer and need to take the address of this
and pass it to a function (a pointer to a pointer). If the pointer is
defined as a global variable it will work, however if I move it into a
class variable I get teh following error:

I have a class that is writen in unmanaged pure native C++.
This class files (h and cpp) are inserted to a managed C++ (VC++ 2005,
C++/CLI) DLL compoenet.
This DLL compoenet is used in a C# application.

I'm working on a modular application that handles working with
different file types. Each file type is defined in a separate DLL so
that new types can be defined and then imported. Here's the code I've
been using:

Hello gurus,
I have the following C# function signature:
void TheFunction(Dictionary<string, MyClassObj> dicName, out int nOne, out
int nTwo, out int nThree, out int nFour);

Hi, I want to define a very large catch clause in a pound define.
I've done this, and it compiles, but when I try to incorporate it into
the code I'm having issues.
#define CATCH_THING{

I notice that compiling older C++ program with /clr option needs a lot
of time. Now I have a program below which use mix code feature in C++/CLI:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "ManagedException.h"

I found some code from codeproject site using WMI in VC++.
I have created a method having the following code in it. It works fine when
I am running into "Admin" accound in Windows XP Pro while in "Restricted
user account", its not able to run. It's giving error messsage "Could not ...