See my previous entry regarding the The Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 . The articles are: - Conformance to ISO Standards for C++ : this high level of compliance enables Visual C++ .NET 2003 to compile popular modern C++ libraries (including LOKI, BOOST, and...

All the details are on the page but here is the Q&A (as of 4/17/04) so that you can decide if you are interested to click on the link: Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 Q&A What is the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003? The Visual C++ Toolkit is a free edition...

Ivan Medvedev gives a nice detailed answer on http://www.dotnetthis.com/Articles/DynamicSandboxing.htm (Check his blog !)

David Mortenson sent this on an internal Distribution List. I'm sure you'll find it useful if you do any COM Interop: This is a good time to discuss the risks of using Marshal.ReleaseComObject. This API does indeed allow you to force the release to...

I was just discussing this topic with an ISV a week ago! http://www.dotnetthis.com/Articles/SNandSmartCards.htm

I was reading the nice An Avalon Threading Story blog entry and I realized I didn't know about that method although I knew about the rest, including the Avalon mechanism. Might be time to pick up a good Windows Forms book ! (I think I'll wait for the...

I love that site: http://www.dpreview.com/ I still own a PowerShot A10 but one day, yes, one day, I'll upgrade!

Check http://weblogs.asp.net/shawnfa/archive/2004/04/08/110097.aspx . The part I personally find most interesting is the standardization effort !

Next week, I'll travel to Canada to meet with a Premier ISV and talk, among other things, about SQL Service Broker. So I decided to install an internal, more up-to-date, version of the SQL Server Yukon books on-line. Well I must say that even at this...

As a friend of mine asked me to explain him what an AppDomain was, I started answering his e-mail. I then thought “Let's not re-invent the wheel”, this must have been done before and in a better way than mine. Indeed: Application Domain FAQ

I've been using this tool for a while now, I love it and wonder why we do not provide it out of the box! From http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/CommandBar.asp : This tool extends explorer with functionality of a command prompt. Implemented as a...

I wrote that sample a while ago to better understand the mix of exception types: #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System ; __value class ValueException { public : ValueException( int i ) {} } ; __value...

don't specify a __nogc pointer as the default (__gc) allows you to cover more scenarios... #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System ; __value class TheValueType { int i ; } ; __gc class TheReferenceType { public :...

Producing Verifiable Components with Managed Extensions for C++ In Visual Studio .NET 2003, you can generate verifiable components built with Managed Extensions for C++. Currently, the compiler does not generate any warnings if you include nonverifiable...

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