Roadmap for managed extensions for Visual C++ (310559)

SUMMARY

This article provides a roadmap to learn and master Managed Extensions for Visual C++ .NET (VC++ .NET). To assist you with learning a Microsoft product or technology, roadmap articles provide links to useful information, including online documentation, Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles and white papers.

Overviews

The following links provide overview information about Managed Extensions for VC++ .NET:

Walkthrough: exploring COM Interoperability with ATL and Managed Extensions for C++

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcsample/html/vcwlkIJWCOMInteroperability.asp

Visual C++ .NET at gotdotnet.com

Managed Extensions for C++ Programming

Architecture

The following link provides architectural (internal) information about Managed Extensions for VC++ .NET:

Managed Extensions for C++ Specification

Sample Code

The following links take you to sample code that demonstrates Managed Extensions for VC++ .NET:

Managed Extensions for C++ Samples

How To Articles

How To articles provide step-by-step instructions for accomplishing specific tasks. Run the following Microsoft Knowledge Base query to return How To articles about Managed Extensions for VC++ .NET:

How To Article Search

The preceding link queries on the following Microsoft Knowledge Base keywords:

kbHowto
kbManaged
C++

Here are some important How To articles:

310674 HOW TO: Add References to a Managed Visual C++ Project

311259 HOW TO: Convert from System::String* to Char* in Visual C++ .NET

311580 HOW TO: Concatenate Strings in Visual C++ .NET

307384 HOW TO: Read a Text File by Using System.IO and Visual C++ .NET

307402 HOW TO: Create a SQL Server Database Programmatically by Using ADO .NET and Visual C++ .NET

Walkthroughs

Walkthroughs provide mini-tutorials that walk you through some typical application development scenarios using Managed Extensions for VC++ .NET. The following links take you to walkthrough documents:

Accessing C++ Code from .NET Framework Objects

Accessing COM Objects from the Runtime

Guidelines

The following link takes you to key Managed Extensions for VC++ .NET guidelines:

When to Use Managed Extensions for C++

Troubleshooting

If you run into problems along the way and you need some answers to your questions, the best places to get those questions answered are in the Microsoft Newsgroups, where you can share your experiences with your peers, and in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB), where you can search for KB articles about specific issues:

MSDN Newsgroups

Microsoft Knowledge Base