Visual C

Email attachment
Hi alll, does anyone know how email attachments work for different types of files. if it is MIME and SMTP any help would be great. thanks, -thiru ... 1 Aug 2006 15:13

Portable C++
Could anyone recommend to me any good books or online articles that contain in depth coverage of portable C++ development? Specifically writing binary compatible C++ interfaces and code that will work and be fully compatible where code built under multiple versions of the compiler/runtime are being used in the... 30 Jul 2006 12:39

XP 64 Bit and Power Schemes
I have a 32 bit application that creates custom power schemes using Windows API calls (Ex. WritePwrScheme). From what I understand, I should be able to use the 32 bit exe as it is on an x64 environment (The WOW abstraction is supposed to do the translation). I am seeing the following behavior: 1. WritePwrSch... 8 Aug 2006 16:56

String literals ?
Hi, What is difference between two declarations ? char *string1 = "hello"; const char string2[] = "hello"; I noticed different sizeof operator behavior on these. As I remember sizeof returns number of bytes in array, not pointer size if used with array expression. However it returns pointer size(4) if used ... 31 Jul 2006 02:22

What does COMDAT stand for?
I got the idea what is behind the linkage on function level. So I am just curious what COMDAT stands for. COMmon DATa is my guess. But isn't it mostly used for functions? ... 28 Jul 2006 07:43

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
Hi, I spent the day trying to fix this error LNK2019 of unresolved external symbol. I tryed all the different tricks I found on the web, but nothing worked out. It as something to do with the stl library. I found on my computer different versions of <string> <iostream>... Which ones are the right one? Note : th... 1 Aug 2006 03:55

Unicode text file read
Hi, I'm trying to just read a unicode text file on a win xp system and popup a message box with its contents: std::wifstream wifile("C:\\unicode.txt"); if (wifile.is_open()) { wchar_t wszBuffer[MAX_PATH]; while (wifile.getline(wszBuffer, MAX_PATH)) ... 24 Jul 2006 09:48

Compiler can't find rand_s function
Hi, I want to use the rand_s function in my application. I have included the following at the top of my module that uses the function: #define _CRT_RAND_S #include <cstdlib> I invoke the function as follows: unsigned number; errno_t err = rand_s(&number); The compiler generates the error "C3861: 'rand_... 12 Jul 2006 19:28

using vc6's lib in vc8
Hello! I'am transplanting my program from vc6 into vc8.Anyone can teach me how to use vc6's compiled lib in vc8? Thanks in advance! ... 11 Jul 2006 01:50

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __forceAtlDllManifest
Hello, I have several C++ (MFC, ATL, COM) projects in VS 2005. They have been compiling until last week without problems. But now some of them fail linking only in one computer with a lot of errors like this: File1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __forceAtlDllManifest File2.obj : error LNK2... 11 Jul 2006 01:50