VC++ FAQ

Trips · May 5, 2010

<span style="font-size:small <span style="font-family:Calibri I am excited to announce the availability of the following FAQ paper which lists some of the questions frequently asked by the Visual C++ forum members. This
paper has covered many parts of VC++ from Visual C++ Express, Visual C++ General, MFC, etc. Although itâs far from complete, but this is the first attempt our forum support team has been trying to make to help development community members find the answers
to their questions much easier and fast, and itâs always the top priority for our team to make the MSDN forum a good place for developers to ask questions, talk about technologies etc. With time goes on, this thread will be enhanced with more FAQs and
content, so we really welcome and appreciate any feedback or suggestion on how to improve it.
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt <span style="font-size:12pt <span style="font-family:Calibri Contents
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt VC++ Express<a name="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_FAQ1
1.1<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/2c11b130-c956-41c7-9537-3a28fb47f73c#FAQAnswer11 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I use Visual C++ 2008 Express with the Windows SDK? <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt

1.2<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/f28a9419-d09d-462f-8929-181047ad7179#FAQAnswer12 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff Does
Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition include MFC and ATL? <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt

<p align="left" style="text-align:left; line-height:150%; margin:0cm 0cm 0pt <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2. VC++ General<a name="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_FAQ2
2.1<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/43a11fe8-5595-4706-a0a3-1532e11fd697#FAQAnswer21 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I migrate VC++ 6 projects to VC++ 2008? <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt

2.2<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/adce905c-2bd3-4276-be53-c644dd928dfa#FAQAnswer22 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I call .NET assembly from native Visual C++? <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt

2.3<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/bfcad223-ceb5-4a33-b8f0-83bd2fd10957#FAQAnswer23 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I deploy Visual C++ Application (Release Build)? <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt

2.4<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/157d90d3-3af3-46e7-bacb-5206e1fc7638#FAQAnswer24 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff Why
canât my application find Visual C++ libraries when Visual C++ Redistributable Package was deployed? <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt

2.5<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/d4e85d71-9491-4e6e-9be0-c12518bce894#FAQAnswer25 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I redistribute an application and bind it to specific Visual C++ libraries?
2.6<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/9ea24c93-6ecf-44be-9cd7-3e39fa19bb07#FAQAnswer26 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff When
I build a Visual C++ project, how do I perform additional action before compiling?
2.7<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/f30cda51-611d-4dd8-bfc4-c54680fe4966#FAQAnswer27 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
can I create an in-process singleton COM component running across processes?
2.8<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/2a7b43de-60ed-4274-8a67-349a2a34da7a#FAQAnswer28 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff Why
would one get LNK2019: Unresolved External Symbol?
2.9<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/48180dc5-2dd0-4b51-a885-ed95935d4727#FAQAnswer29 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I get the system information with Visual C++?
2.10 http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/195311af-a95b-45e4-9bcc-4134e23b6d50#FAQAnswer210 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I get the name of files in a folder?
2.11
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/630d7583-a003-471b-8a41-6b8e4cc06c75#FAQAnswer211 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I get the MAC address?
2.12
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/49f66662-0921-4c56-8c82-6d6f86861a9a#FAQAnswer212 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I execute a command in Visual C++?
2.13
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/687936c7-6242-48ac-92bc-43a44e9da2c6#FAQAnswer213 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I work with database in Visual C++?
2.14
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/d2b43eb5-c9e9-4bcf-bccf-27d844db6f4a#FAQAnswer214 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I detect the launch of external processes?
2.15
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/624f0e3b-59cf-4459-bef7-f5c9c3435887#FAQAnswer215 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff Why
does my call of SetWindowsHook fail on Windows Vista?
2.16
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/4ea5ca13-0765-4dde-a287-53bfaab4ba02#FAQAnswer216 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I terminate threads? Can I use Terminate Thread?
2.17
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/647bf775-1796-4671-ac54-7c849d913aed#FAQAnswer217 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I get BITMAP or BMP image from HBITMAP?
2.18
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/94a9e1fb-c820-4740-84eb-0a49c6784152#FAQAnswer218 <span style="color:#0000ff How do I generate a random number in
VC++?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.19
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/bc4a15ee-1d5c-4591-96cf-f5cf7fe99292
Whats New in Visual C++ 2010?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.20
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/42cc5735-ee69-4a8a-ab51-61663945dab7
How do I expand all macros in Visual C++?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.21
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/5df04db1-bbc8-4389-b752-802bc84148fe
How do I Invoke Native C++ DLL from .NET Code?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.22
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/0a0342e4-caec-42d0-bfe5-e0930883f141
How do I Invoke .NET Assembly from Native C++ Code?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.23
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/c25dee8d-231c-4e79-91fe-576425332fd4
How do I convert a CString to a char *?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.24
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/c7df299d-2c55-4350-b0da-65eb2643d705
Can I use shared_ptr for COM objects?
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 2.25
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/59572c5d-05a4-492f-b52e-4823d9fa7a88
What are the differences between const int*, int * const, and const int * const?
<p align="left" style="text-align:left; line-height:150%; margin:0cm 0cm 0pt <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt 3. MFC<a name="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_FAQ3
3.1<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/ecec36ea-329e-4eba-918a-d5ef7cbdd864#FAQAnswer31 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
can I receive keyboard messages in a dialog window?
3.2<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/75a816e1-ea3f-4163-b4c2-a7d7c87bad70#FAQAnswer32 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I show WinForms controls in an MFC application?
3.3<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/92bbd37d-c52b-4950-b0c5-55d22eb3eb32#FAQAnswer33 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I use CMFCMenuBar on a dialog?
3.4<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/85b32f98-be5d-4d6e-8e5a-17e284a93e26#FAQAnswer34 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff Why
doesnât CDocument::SetTitle change the title of an MFC MDI or SDI application?
3.5<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/de958724-1959-4bdb-a66d-9295ba86a467#FAQAnswer35 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I reopen the dockable panes after they are closed?
3.6<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/a2e1b72c-5783-4110-b5cb-cf71be0ab7f2#FAQAnswer36 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I stop saving and loading toolbar state in the MFC Feature Pack applications?
3.7<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/051daf29-0eaf-40b2-9d41-6b2a74b02891#FAQAnswer37 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I add tooltips to the buttons on CMFCToolBar?
3.8<span style="font:7pt Times New Roman http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/63ec5d60-0014-424e-b735-111003d0f2a3#FAQAnswer38 <span style="line-height:150%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I limit the size of CDockablePane?
3.9 http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/a3924ee7-6ed7-4d33-b34c-871220d6b4c9#FAQAnswer39 <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt <span style="color:#0000ff How
do I use MFC ISAPI classes in Visual C++ 2008?

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