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Hi Sdowd, Thanks for all the help but I am thinking of trying out Visual C#. Tried it yesterday and managed to do what I wanted to in minutes rather than weeks. I might come back to c++/cli when the documentation gets better. I mean I have downloaded lots of ebooks on it but none of them go...

HI SDowd, Will try that in a bit, but I have a question. When I create a project it does not create Form1.cpp automatically. It creates a .cpp file with the project file name and it calls that the main project file. Yet if I make another Form it auto creates the cpp file with it. Do I put...

Hi there, I am programming Visual C++/cli 2008. I can make functions with no problem and I can call them from Form1.h without a problem. The problem comes when I want to change a textBox or Label control from a function. I realise it won't work because the textBox is out of scope. How do I...

Hi SDowd, Thanks anyway. It's hard enough learning a new language, but even harder when the documentation is limited. Trouble is whenever I search for C++/cli stuff in google I end up getting C++ stuff and I can't always tell the difference.I wish they used an entirely different name and then...

Hi SDowd, Sorry I misunderstood your message. Well the program works until I add the extra lines for the forward declarations. The program only compiles at the moment because they are commented out. I believe most of the errors come because Form2 cannot see Form1. I think gcnew that I run in...

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Hi SDowd, This is strange. Seeing as you got a compile error I redownloaded my code off my website to check it, and it compiled without error. I am puzzled. I didn't get the error C2872 that you got. There is a link to a screenshot below. I thought I may have left some dubious code in from...

Hi SDowd, Thanks for taking the time to look. Luckily VS 2008 is free to download. I looked at the example. Still not quite sure how it works. I understand the concept of a forward declaration but I am not sure where to put the code in my program. You see if I was writing a dos program I would...

Hi SDowd, Since your original email I have been googling "Forward Declarations" since there was no tomorrow. They tend to show an example but don't really explain how it works. I do however understand the concept thanks your your mail. I have followed your instructions and still get errors. I...

Hi SDowd, Thanks for your help so far. I read your last post and thought I understood what to do but the class Form1; causes an error in my code, something to do with gcnew. I will try and explain and will try and paste the relevant code. In Form1.h I #include Addrecord.h which is my second...

Hi Sdowd, I have never used a forward declaration before, and even though I read the page you gave, I am still not sure how it works. I have Form1.h and another form called Addrecord.h. Do I need to add a.h .b.h to my program or are they just example names? I am new to c++/cli and would...

Ok I found out how to do this but now I have another problem. At the start of form1 after #pragma I put the lines #include "resource.h" #include "Addrecord.h" Then on a button event I put this to call form2 Form1::Hide(); Addrecord^ form = gcnew Addrecord(); form->Show(); This...

Hi CooperDBM, Strangly enough I found this forum by googling. I spent days googling before I found this site and I also found the site you mentioned. It is quite informative in places but it doesn't have everything. I have learn't z80 machine code on the spectrum. C, Amos Basic and Amiga Basic...

Hi all, I am learning something here. I now know I wasn't using MFC at all. Got confused there. I am using Visual C++ express edition 2008 and I am using windows forms. I cannot alter textBox's, use MessageBox's or anything inside a function or from when I click on a button event. I...

I would also like to open another form from a button but I do not understand the explanation. I have used the #include Form2.h at the beginning of Form1 but I don't understand how to open it. I get an error when I try Form2::open(); Asimov