Visual C

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE doesn't work
I have #define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE #define _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE in my stdafx.h I also have them in my project properties. But I still get these warnings, and more: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\cstdio(33) : warning C4995: 'gets': name was marked as #pragma deprecated c:\pro... 14 Jun 2006 00:41

Compile .mc file
How can compile or run this file I got from Microsoft (included in Win DDK) an application called DevCon with a file called msg.mc This file suppose to be used to create the msg.h file How can I create it (I assume it is a Macro file) Thank you, Samuel Shulman ... 26 May 2006 13:44

___pioinfo
I have a library that was built with 'multithreaded'. I'm trying to link it with an application built with '(debug) multithreaded DLL'. After ignoring default libraries 'libc.lib,msvcrtd.lib,libcmt.lib' I'm still left with: libcimt.lib(filebuf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___pioinfo An... 29 May 2006 01:57

CListCtrl memory leak?
Hello all, This post applies to an application developed under VC++ 7.1 under Windows XP. We have a large, 50-DLL, heavily-threaded, and GUI-intensive application that makes *extremely* heavy use of the heap and Boost smart pointers. For weeks, I've been trying to track down a problem with unbounded memory gr... 17 May 2006 06:20

I get Access Denied when I try to assign a process to a Job Object
I'm trying to spawn a process as a different user (either by CreateProcessWithLogonW() or CreateProcessWithTokenW()) and add the new process to a Job object. However, when I call AssigneProcessToJobObject(), it returns ACCESS_DENIED. Investigating a little further, it looks like the newly created process (child ... 12 May 2006 10:45

DLL project and static linking of CRT (/MT or /MTd)
I have a DLL VC6 project that I am trying to convert to VC8 (VS2005). I try to make the project statically link to the CRT but to no avail. I get the following error: LIBCMTD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup I read various topics on the on... 10 May 2006 04:58

speedy get folder size
Hello, Beside using a CFindFile or FindFile API to read through each of the files to get the folder size. Are there a speedy (high performance) way to obtain the similar information. Some Win32 API may be or COM? I notice that fso = Dispatch("Scripting.FileSystemObject") fldr = fso.GetFolder("C... 9 May 2006 01:21

Simple question
Hai all, can anyone tell me how to convert const BYTE *str into a CString str without data loss? Please help... urgent... Thanx in advance.... Looking forward for the response.... ... 26 Apr 2006 10:57

KB831875
Is this still an issue in VS2005. I'm getting buffer overrun error in dbghook.c Thanks, Drew ... 24 Apr 2006 21:15

Newbie
I have Visual C++ 2005 EE (freebie) (460Mb) & have also downloaded and installed the Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2 (460Mb). I know a little about programming, but not much. I have set the EE so that it looks in the SDK directories for bins, libs and includes. I even managed to get a sample p... 21 Apr 2006 15:47