hi guys, I ve been coding for some years in C++ now. But, seeing all the fuss about .net I m beginning to wonder about learning it. I have absolutely no clue about what .net is about. Though, I keep coming across .net code. Is it just a new fancy language that microsoft try to sell. Or is it really worth learning ? Since I see that microsoft hardly provides VC anymore, I m wondering if this is just one of the famous overwhelming Microsoft marketing strategy (i.e. getting people buying what they dont need/want), or just cuz C++ is getting outraced by .net... Maybe it is still fully compatible with VC? Could anybody help me clarify this? Cheers sysy

hi, I ve got some C++ classes that I d like to share with some guys. I d like to make a help file, with a hierarchy chart, the class members, a search engine and so on.. Actually, exactly like MSDN with the MFC. However, I m not familiar at all with this. So here is the question: Could anybody give me tips about how to make this kind of things (language, soft,and so on)? cheers

hi, I ve got a non MFC DLL that is aleady developped.. However, I d like to add this version window to my DLL. But I dunno how to do it. I did create a ressource file that I have added to my project with the code of the ressource in it. But it doesnt make any difference. I came across a tutorial on the web to do this... but it used the STL, which seems a bit too far fetched to me. I reckon this is not complicated and there is an easy way to do it, but this is always the same: it is easy once u've done it. If somebody could help me out, would me nice cheers. bob

Hi guys, I ve got a question, a stupid question maybe... I m making a DLL, with oviously heaps of functions in it. I would like to have a static variable (something that could be modified my some functions). I was wondering if there is nothing dodgy in creating a static variable in a DLL. Since, I dunno how and when exactly the DLL is loaded and unloaded. Is it reloaded each time a function gets called? It s a bit fuzzy to me. Maybe there is nothing special in this but I just wanted to be sure.. Thank u 4 ur help... sysy

I m feeling a bit stupid cause I ve got some trouble trying to make an item disabled in my menubar. I ve created my menu bar and now I m trying to attached it to a Cmenu object.And after I use a member function to change properties in this menu bar. I don t know whether this is the good method and moreover it seems that it doesn t work. I m sure I just need one or two lines to do this. Thanks sysy

U ve got two options.Either u can associate ur edit box with a CString (via classwizard when u create ur ressource for example).Normally u type ur string and when u close the dialog box ur sring is stored in ur CString.OR the other solution is 2 associate ur edit box with a Cedit object and to use the member function "GetWindowText()".I don t know if what I m saying is of any help 4 u, but good luck anyway sysy

Why don t u just put a comma after the third, the sixth... char? Just make a loop which every 3 char inserts a comma with CString::Insert for instance. Something like this: for(i,from begining to the end of the cstring) { if(i==3or6or9) urstring.insert(",") //not the good syntax but u get the idea across } Is it what u meant? hope it s of any help 2 u. syl sysy

Thanks for all ur answers. I ve already tried to use another PC heaps of times, (and send everything to the hyperterminal). The communication between the hyperterm and the PC definitively works, I can receive/send data from/to the hyperterm.I ve also tried to use a sniffer when the hyperterm is connected to the external device and then compare with what my prog sends to this external device. And :(...I send exactly the same apart from setmask and waitonevent. But I do not think it makes any difference since the hyperterm uses an overlapped communication . I ve tried, as well, to use the acivex control provided by Visualc++ (MSCOMM32.ocx) and a couple of other activex controls found on the web. Can it be something at a lower level :confused: ?Like something wrong in window for instance? Thanks sysy

Hey, My prog is supposed to communicate with an external device with the serial port.I ve got some trouble trying to get it working...:confused: If I don t run the hyperterminal before using my software, the communication doesn t work.I ve tried to use overlapped and nonoverlapped communication.I ve tried to use a couple of activex controls and different classes.But it's still the same.Moreover, I am almost sure that my initializiation parameters are OK. Has somebody already had this kind of bug? What does the hyperterminal do that my prog doesn t? I tried to use a sniffer to find out what s going on in my communication, but everything looks find as well. If you have any ideas, please feel free to share ur thought.... I ve been trying to debug my softare for 2 weeks now... Thanks for ur precious help. sysy