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Hi, I need help playing a sound in Visual C++ 2008. (Windows Forms App). I've tried many things searching on google, I used this method: [CODE]PlaySound("beep.wav", 0, SND_LOOP|SND_ASYNC);[/CODE] Then I get the error, "'PlaySoundW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [9]' to 'LPCWSTR''. Can anyone help me play …

Hi all, Ok - there's nothing like a BIG challenge to start off my exploration into programming. Given that I'm a complete newbie with more build errors than a builder having a bad day (bad pun!), what I'm really looking for is someone to hold my hand a bit and …

Hi, I'm a real newbie at C++, and I'm having a ton of trouble. You see, What I need to do is convert an std::string into a system::string^ so I can display it in a textbox, and I haven't found any way of doing so :icon_confused: . I always get …

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Hello everyone, I need help with a program I'm busy working on. I've created a test application, and I need it to move one pictureBox control (pictureBox1) to move to a random location (either 70,233 or 204,146 or 46,46) each time a button (button1) is clicked. Take note again that …

Hi everyone, I've been working on a word processor called 'Pen and Paper', and I need some help with the Find/Replace Dialogs. I'm using Visual C++ 2008 Express, and I have a Richtextbox control (txtdisplay) including a main menu. I've finished making everything such as save/open, New Document, but I …

Hi everyone, I'm busy working on a word processor in Visual C++ 2008 and I need some help with a Print option, and a Page Setup option. What I'm trying to do is print the contents of a RichTextBox control (txtdisplay), and can't find any way to get it to …

I get an error when I try to give this button a na ction of showing a new form. It says: `"error C2039: 'poeni' : is not a member of 'IgraBobi'"`. But this "poeni" form IS a member of the "IgraBobi" solution. I added it correctly, why doesn't it recognize …

Hello there! Right, Im designing a simple program for college. Its just a basic wage input program and it works fine. On the final screen I want the user to have the option of going back to the start of the program. 'Do you wish to start again?(y/n)' so if …

I am completely new to C++. I want to know how to make a simple text program that takes user input and performs one of two operations depending on what the user entered. thanks for all help.

Hi everyone, I'm busy working on a program that needs to store settings somehow, and have the settings saved. I don't know how to do this, so I've written a test program. The object of the test program is to enter a 4-digit password, (sort of like a locker lock) …

Hi, I need to know this urgently. My friends like to use my software on their computers, and after they set it up with the setup wizard, when they run the actual program, half of them get an error on their computers saying 'The application has failed to start because …

Hellp all! Hoping to make new friends here: Anyways, I am new to C++ and to programming. I just started reading the book "Problem Solving with C++, 7th ed." by Walter Savitch. I am already having problems. One of the programs I am trying to figure out (not in the …

Hi, it's me again with another question. Here is the thing. I have a small game - a picture is shown and you should type the name of the person that's on the picture. Then you have a "check" button which when clicked checks if the answer is correct or …

Hey, I am currently reading "Accelerated C++" (Page 100, not far) and I'm starting to get a bit confused... In console application mode for VC++ (MSVC), the code in the book works fine and everything is fine and dandy. The code looks the same as the book and it's not …

Hi again, It's me, the C++ fatal n00b :( I was wondering about something. I just completed a program in Visual C++ 2008, and I need some way of the user installing it with Windows Installer. (I need a setup file that's able to install into program files, add desktop …

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I need help creating an elapsed timer with visual C++ 2008. Basically what I want to do is have elapsed time in seconds, minutes and hours tick down on a 'label' control. I've gotten it all set up, including the code for starting the timer ( this->tim_main->Enabled = true; ) …

Hi, I need help, cuz I don't have a clue how to program printers or anything. Here are the components I have (in terms of this subject): Main.h (Form) btnpgsetup (Page Setup button) btnPrint (Print Button) txtdisplay (RichTextBox) PrintDocument1 (PrintDocument control) pageSetupDialog1 (Page Setup) PrintDialog1 (PrintDialog control) What I'm trying …

Hi, I've been trying this for months now, and I still can't figure out how to get MFC installed as part of Visual C++ 2008. Is there any service pack you can download? How do you get MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) installed?!? Thanks.

Hi, I'm busy working on a word processor, and I could use a bit of help with 2 things. The Savefiledialog, and the Openfiledialog. In terms of the savefiledialog, I have all the code done, and it compiles properly: [CODE]public: void SaveFile() { SaveFileDialog^ saveFile1 = gcnew SaveFileDialog; saveFile1->DefaultExt = …

Hi everyone, I need help with this one problem. I'm using Visual C++ 2008, Windows Forms app, and I've created a test program where you can set up two system::strings, xvalue and yvalue. It then converts them to Ints (x and y). It then calculates x and y depending on …

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Hi everyone, I've written a test program, and I need help limiting the amount of characters a user enters in a char. I want it so that that maximum amount of characters is 1, and if they enter more than 1, it will display a message. Here's my code: [CODE]#include …

Hello, I've started coding in C. It is quite fun to do, but it's also complicated. This makes it quite hard to start with. I also understand that it is not really possible to make, for instance, a small game with it. (Of course, you can make text based ones, …