c++ .net

[chuddy]

Just beginning to delve into C++ .NET and syntax feels a little different to "regular" c++...

System::String *aString = new System::String("TestString");
delete aString;

2 things... the first is that the compiler would not allow me to declare String with the following:

System String aString = "TestString";

So do I HAVE to use pointers then?

Secondly... I could not "delete" the pointer... no memory leak?

Pointer towards a quick tutorial for these kinds of things would be great

Cheers!

[Hack]

Isn't this more of a C# question than a C++ question?

I can move this to C# is you want.

[chuddy]

Not too sure.. I'm a little confused. As far as I can tell, I am using "C++ .NET"... rather than C#. Is there such a thing? Or am I really using C#? :P

[Hack]

Not too sure.. I'm a little confused. As far as I can tell, I am using "C++ .NET"... rather than C#. Is there such a thing? Or am I really using C#? :P

If you are using the .NET version of C, you are using C#.

[chuddy]

OK, I am using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and chose a:

Visual C++ Projects-> .NET -> Windows Forms Application (.NET)

So I guess it's C#

Ok, well that's a start then... the right language. Cheers Hack.

*pls move it

[Hack]

OK, I am using Visual Studio .NET 2003

Then you are definately using C#

Moved.

[sunburnt]

Actually, there is "Managed C++" for .NET, which can compile regular C++ code as well as .NET code. Unfortunantly we don't have a forum for it since it's hardly ever brought up.

[chuddy]

hmm.. so am I using managed C++ or C#?

The files that are saved are defaulted as .cpp, but the project has items such as "using namespace System;" which appears to be C# syntax...

[Hack]

hmm.. so am I using managed C++ or C#?

The files that are saved are defaulted as .cpp, but the project has items such as "using namespace System;" which appears to be C# syntax...

If you are using Visual Studio, as you have previously posted, then I suspect you are using C#.

Here is some info on Managed C++

[sunburnt]

Just beginning to delve into C++ .NET and syntax feels a little different to "regular" c++...

System::String *aString = new System::String("TestString");
delete aString;

2 things... the first is that the compiler would not allow me to declare String with the following:

System String aString = "TestString";

So do I HAVE to use pointers then?

Secondly... I could not "delete" the pointer... no memory leak?

Pointer towards a quick tutorial for these kinds of things would be great

Cheers!

The top code is Managed C++. You have to use a pointer whenever you declare a Managed type in Managed C++. You can create regular variables of non managed types (ie, int, float, any non-gc class you create). You do not need to delete pointers to managed types, since the garbage collector will take care of it.

[chuddy]

Hack & Sunburnt, thanks for the links and information. I think that I AM using managed c++... I think i chose to only install C++ support for my Visual Studio when I installed it.

Getting a tad complicated with this wierd mix of, effectively, 2 langauges :P I guess it's either that or, more positively, a dip of the toe into c#

[Hack]

Hack & Sunburnt, thanks for the links and information. I think that I AM using managed c++... I think i chose to only install C++ support for my Visual Studio when I installed it.

Getting a tad complicated with this wierd mix of, effectively, 2 langauges :P I guess it's either that or, more positively, a dip of the toe into c#

I had had some experience with C++, but not a whole lot when I got handed a couple of C# projects. (Thank God for these forums. I found everything I needed to know and didn't have to post one single question. ). I think you will find the "transition" to C# fairly easy. I suspect you know C++ one whole heck of a lot better than I do/did, and I really didn't have that much problem. Also, don't dip your toe in....get a running start and jump off the dock into the lake!

[Kasracer]

If you are using the .NET version of C, you are using C#.

There is no .Net version of C. There is C, then C++, then Managed C++ and then C#. He is using Managed C++ which is very different from C#.

Then you are definately using C#

Moved.

He's using C++

hmm.. so am I using managed C++ or C#?

The files that are saved are defaulted as .cpp, but the project has items such as "using namespace System;" which appears to be C# syntax...

That is C++

If you are using Visual Studio, as you have previously posted, then I suspect you are using C#.

Here is some info on Managed C++

This is not true. C# and C++ are very different. He is using C++. Managed C++ but it's still C++. C# is more Java like.

I had had some experience with C++, but not a whole lot when I got handed a couple of C# projects. (Thank God for these forums. I found everything I needed to know and didn't have to post one single question. ). I think you will find the "transition" to C# fairly easy. I suspect you know C++ one whole heck of a lot better than I do/did, and I really didn't have that much problem. Also, don't dip your toe in....get a running start and jump off the dock into the lake!

He's not traansitioning to C# though... he is transitioning to Managed C++. There is absoultely no C# involved in this.

This belongs either in the C++ forum or a new forum for Managed C++ needs to be created. Managed C++ is very different from C#.

[DNA7433]

Thank you kasracer! I was getting kind of aggrevated reading this thread having everyone say System::String *aString = new System::String("TestString"); is C# syntax.

[Kasracer]

Thank you kasracer! I was getting kind of aggrevated reading this thread having everyone say System::String *aString = new System::String("TestString"); is C# syntax.