All:
I have a Win32 service that takes about 30 seconds to shutdown (give or take
a few seconds).  I shut the service down via the 'Services' console on
Windows Server 2003.  When the service shuts down in under 30 seconds,

First off, I am not sure if this belongs in this group or the C# group.  It
seems more like a C++ problem to me.  Anyways...
I have a C# project which links in an unmanaged C++ DLL, both built with
VS2005.  I am having a problem where the C# program is making a call into the

Reading about WM_NOTIFY Message :
The standard Microsoft Windows controls (edit controls, combo boxes, list
boxes, buttons, scroll bars, and static controls) do not send WM_NOTIFY
messages. To determine if a common control will send a WM_NOTIFY message

Hi there, i am a novice in getting my c++/clr work for my final year
project. may i know where or how can i get information about calling a
second form from the first form ? i being looking for quite sometime but
all seems helpless for me.thanks for advance ..

i have some basic question.
here it goes:
1) what the purpose of precompiled header files (as Stdafx.cpp,stdafx.h).
2) what the impact of not using those precompiled files?

Well, I'm really lost, I bought a new computer with windows vista home basic,
and for some reason i downloaded a trial versio from office 2007, jsut a few
hours ago I asked what's gonna happened after the trial version shuts off,
what I really want to know if new computers comes ...

I am using VC++ 2005 professional edition to develop the program to access
the usb port. I have downloaded the WDK 6001, but it can't be installed in
the windows2000 platform. I have try to use libusb.lib, but it seems doesn't
support the windows platflat(I'm not sure, but i ...

I need develope control library, but can not find any examples on te
internet or msdn.
I can only generate project from template in VS2005, but in attempt to run
after compilation,

Is it possible to use C++/CLI for .NET 1.1 applications?

This is an issue for someone much wiser than I - perhaps a MVP will help?
I color coded the following for readability.
Running XP Pro and VC++.Net Express 2008 and vtk visualization software
In the Linker | Input ....... No additional dependencies are set

I have scanned 80 old photographs to a new folder in My Pictures and named
them all accordingley.Without apparent input from me they are now completely
jumbled up.The names no longer correlate to the relevent photos and some are
missing and some are duplicated. Did I do something ...

We have a project that includes a library (no source code) that references
mfc70d.lib.  In order to get this thing to build I need to get my hands on
mfc70d.lib.
Where can I find mfc70d.lib and its associated dll (and, presumably, the

There are times it would be good to be able to write assembly code to
integrate with other VS languages, such as VS C++ .NET. For example, I might
want to write a REALLY fast algorithm that does CALCULATIONS only and
bypasses any overhead imposed by the compiler.

I'd like to start up a personal coding for fun project which performs some
desktop movement recording/(then)streaming. Basically all i want to do is to
have few users on LAN to be able to see what I am doing on my desktop sort
of like MS Live meeting but this is for LAN.

Hi, I'm using Sockets classes from this web site:
http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/win/misc/sockets.html
to create a very simple server
Is it possible to limit connections to my server to localhost only? (so not