Thank you.

I'm giving examples of how you would do the same thing in VB to make the questions clearer.

1) How do I append a Null to a string? (VB: 'strX & vbNull')
2) How do I generate a random number? (VB: 'Rnd')
3) How do I redraw evrything on the form automatically (you know without having to put everything in WM_PAINT (Do I set CS_SAVEBITS to the WNDCLASSEX thing to pass to RegisterClassEx or is ther a better way)? (VB: 'Me.Autoredraw = True')
4) Is there a way to create a static variable (local to a function)? (VB: 'Static MyVar As Long')

Sorry for my complete ignorance (I started C++ a few days ago). I know I'm ambitious, but the more I'm told, the more I learn.

Thank you all. But not you in particular.