kakan wrote: In debug mode, the allocated buffer is filled with nulls. (Actually, it seems that the new operator in debug mode fills the buffer with 0xCD value, at least in VS 2003).

chasetoys wrote: How can I: 1) Easily parse thru XML (I can use MFC classes if this makes it any easier, but no .NET) 2) Once I have a URI, how can I download *all associated content* i.e. images/text/whatever is on the webpage... and how can I specify where all of that goes? 3) How can I send XML over HTTP? Classes/methods/articles/etc.... would be very helpf For Internet related Activity :- http://www.codeproject.com/internet/amhttputils.asp[^] For XML related activity :- www.codeproject.com/soap/markuparchive.asp[^] "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV Support CRY- Child Relief and You

Are there any C++ libraries available for parsing XML? I'd eventually like to deploy on other platforms, and I'd like to minimize Windows dependencies if possible. Although if its easier with Windows libraries, I'll gladly use them. -chasetoys

Read this (really good article): http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http/[^]

One main reason may be that you are using VC++ 2005, which is totally different in the deployment of the EXE you built. Read this article Bootstrapper for the VC++ 2005 Redists (with MSI 3.1)[^] may help. Maxwell Chen

You could also use a different stream in the file to write the additional information. To use streams you can either use NtQueryInformationFile (in ntdll.dll), or the Backup*() functions. e.g. http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/streams.html[^] http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/backup/backup/backup_functions.asp[^] http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/CsADSDetectorArticle.asp[^] ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

Innosetup is another really good free installer. Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Use string::size_type instead of int for the begin and end variables so they match the type returned by string::npos. You shouldn't mix signed and unsigned types in a conditional statement unless you really know what you're doing (and are willing to handle the consequences ;)). Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Maxwell Chen wrote: Yes there is!! I installed K-Lite, and there is "MediaPlayer Classic" which came from K-Lite installation. To change the volume of MediaPlayer Classic does not affect WinXp overall volume. (Windows MediaPlayer and RealPlayer do.) What Media Player Classic does is process the audio before it sends it to Windows to change its volume. Windows XP does not have individual volume controls per application - that is a new feature coming with Windows Vista. Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

isn't an "include" sufficient.

I don't know if my comments will help, or add anything to DavidCrow's reference, but here it is anyway. In my include files I am able to control their contents. I don't know if you can define the contents of "foo.h" and "bar.h", but if you can try the following: foo.h struct Foo_Struct { // Bar_Struct* bar; // wrong, Bar_Struct is not known yet struct Bar_Struct* bar; // correct, compiler knows Bar_Struct is a struct }; bar.h struct Bar_Struct { // Foo_Struct* foo; // wrong, Foo_Struct is not known yet struct Foo_Struct* foo; // correct, compiler knows Foo_Struct is a struct }; This will work as long as the type is known but it is not used. If you tried "struct Bar_Struct bar" instead of "struct Bar_Struct* bar" it would not work unless struct Bar_Struct is fully known at the time ("bar.h" would have to be included first). You can have one of the files declare one of the structs (by correctly selecting the inclusion order), but there is no easy way to have both if none of them is a pointer. The same applies to classes, obviously. Rilhas

Also SHFileOperation() and SHCreateDirectoryEx(), which are better because they can operate on several directory levels at once. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

C# is faster to develop in, especially GUI stuff. C++ is plainly faster assuming that both code sets impliment the same algorithms. I did move code from C# to C++ once before tho, and it was a LOT slower. When I was done, it was a fair bit faster, I forget why it was so slow to start with, something to do with passing parameters forcing a copy, I think. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

chasetoys wrote: Is there an easy framework for this in MFC? CSocket nave

Well, a screen saver is a special case (in NT at least). The screen saver runs on its own desktop, so it will be the only window visible no matter what, because the interactive desktop won't be visible. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

If I had a dollar for every time this question was asked here I could pay off my kitchen remodel ... :rolleyes: People that start writing code immediately are programmers (or hackers), people that ask questions first are Software Engineers - Graham Shanks

Maybe I've been a bit harsh, we all had to start somewhere. Use MFC, it's far easier than the SDK approach you appear to be taking. You can write quite involved applications in it, without ever meeting a WindowProcedure! Before you embark on a project you outlined, follow the 'Scribble' tutorial, and spend six months playing with it. Develop your App incrementally, a lot of the functionallity you mention can be added later. Don't forget, Microsoft did not start by writing Windows 2000, and offering a cut down version named DOS 3.1. It was the Otherway around. If you keep close to the MFC Concept, and build on the fact that java and C++ have similar structures and sntax, you'l get there. Best of Success LateNightsInNewry