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  1. BrimStonePhoenix

    Converting from System::String * into Char *

    I have a windows forms application, and i'm trying to read in text from 2 text boxes (which are going to contain a filename and a path), and then use sprintf to put them both into a single char[]. Any other ways of going about this problem? Any way to get this conversion to work?
  2. BrimStonePhoenix

    Continually updating a field in Windows Forms (VC++ .net)

    When I say click a button, I mean button on the GUI, not whenever I click a mouse button.
  3. BrimStonePhoenix

    Continually updating a field in Windows Forms (VC++ .net)

    I'm using the windows forms to create a GUI for an interface with an optical encoder. The encoder reports position data whenever I send it a command to get the data. What I'm trying to do is this - when I press a button on the GUI, I want it to continually update a text field on the GUI with...
  4. BrimStonePhoenix

    Processing a Hardware interrupt in C++?

    Hi, I'm wondering how feasable it is to process a PCI hardware interrupt through VC++ .NET. I have a device that rotates, and every time it passes a certain number of degrees, it sends a hardware interrupt. I need to be able to catch this interrupt so I can send a signal to another machine to...
  5. BrimStonePhoenix

    MFC Tutorial?

    Hey, I'm currently using Microsoft VC++ .NET standard and i'm trying to learn how to make and use an MFC application. Can anyone point me to a good resource for learning this?
  6. BrimStonePhoenix

    Reading/Writing to the Parallel port in XP

    I'm using XP - which I know has some restrictions on the port access. The one thing I've found so far is that if I change "LPT1" to "\\\\.\\LPT1" it works some of the time. I suppose I'll continue to look for drivers that allow me to access the port more directly
  7. BrimStonePhoenix

    Reading/Writing to the Parallel port in XP

    I've been charged with the task to interface with a device through the parallel port. After much searching, I discovered the CreateFile, ReadFile, and WriteFile functions on msdn.com. I've gottem them to work for text files and the like, but When I change my code to try to read/write to the...

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