Yes Abhishek it is a good idea but you can also use Microsoft's technology Silver Light for this purpose :) Good Luck Usman Munier Xavor Corporation Pakistan

I don't have to imagine it, FogBugz does all that. :) "I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon

www.elementool.com The free version allows up to 200 issues and comes with a VS add in last time I checked. J Make the logo bigger

Credit to you for posting this message - I voted you a 5. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

I would use the TRACE macro to output variable in the output window in the DEBUG mode, instead of using message box. Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

I would certainly doubt it, I imagine the next Visual Studio will have Express editions as well. The Express versions are target at beginners and hobbyists and from what I have heard the Express team is really excited about this stuff. On a side topic if you ever get a chance to see a presentation by Dan Fernandez (Lead Product Manager on the Visual Studio Express team) I would seriously recommend it. Matt Newman Even the very best tools in the hands of an idiot will produce something of little or no value. - Chris Meech on Idiots

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I read the article. Thanks a lot for pointing it out.:) Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain

I'm not sure what the problem could be. What browser are you using? In any case, the HTML looks like: <img src="/MSDN/emoticons/PostAttributeIMG/CodeSampleIcon.gif" alt="This post has a code sample within it." > "Money talks. When my money starts to talk, I get a bill to shut it up." - Frank "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb

Never heard of the Schildt's book. My "weapon of choice" for everyday work is Stroustrup. Programming Blog utf8-cpp

Actually I am guilty of not having described my problem sufficiently. I am not using MFC in my program. I am trying to sterilize everything by using the ofstream::write((char*)&Object, sizeof(object)); That's because I am working on an AutoCAD plug-in that requires an extra bit of gymnastics to use MFC. Also, I did not want to eliminate suggestions by talking too much of my idea of the problem. But here it is: I am writing a project handling tool that handles "n" number of files as a project. Data from each file is kept in a structure\class (say FileStruct) in 2 2D arrays and a few strings. I wanted to replace these 2D arrays by vectors. Also the project itself is only a collection of "n" number of FileStructs. So wanted to make a vector out for that as well. So the final object waiting to be serialized would conceptually look like this: Object X { vector[FileStruct] { vector<2D_array_replaced>; } } But from the looks of it, I have to use MFC now. I tried boost, but I am just not being able build the serialization library with VC 7.0 (which is what I have to use for AutoCAD plug-in) What do you guys suggest? Abhishek

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I had a similar problem, but then I decided to have a look at the spam folder and sure enough, Jordan had been hiding there for a couple of days... I use Gmail, btw.

I didn't know that; but now that I do, I'm not surprised. :| Cheers, Vikram. "I am not Jesus and will never be. The fact is I was a piece of cr*p till I found Him." - Paul Selormey.

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This reminds me of one of the SIGs here... "If you think it is expensive to do it right, then wait until you find out how expensive it is to do it wrong", or something like that. I keep telling my general contractor, "Don't send the plumber to work on the framing." I think of the similarities between housing construction and programming. Similar for the jobs - jacks of all trades types at lower pay and craftsmen at higher pay. Assigning a task to an individual with the wrong skillset is very expensive. Just because the cost to WRITE the software is initially less expensive does not necessarily mean you are saving money over the term of the project, it only apepars that way. The bug fixing, constant QA, other miscellanous efforts and expenses, lost customer goodwill, delayed releases, etc. can more than outweight the initial savings you see on the ledgers for the initial development cost. And then, god forbid, you end up with a grossly infgerior design and implementation - you can almost never get that maintained correctly. This goes for programming regardless of location, nationality, etc. I've seen better runs in my shorts! - Patches O'Houlihan