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http://www.microsoft.com/canada/events/presentations/downloads/DEV04-Anthony.ppt Sure its from MS's mouth, but there should be some truth behind the propaghanda :p

Yeah, I had Visual C++ 6 Complete and a book on learning VC++6 from about a year ago when my studies kicked into overdrive and I had to dedicate myself to VB6 and Java. Just recently I purchased Programming RolePlaying Games using DirectX... I didn't think of it, but I should have. It wasn't vb like my other directx books, but C++, with the author saying that he's personally using VC++6. Since I have VS.net 2k3, I was thinking of taking Mutants advice to use VC++7/.net, but only use the standard VC++ and leave out the .net part. an article I read said that based on the 1998 ISO (International Standards Organization ), VC++.Net 2k3 employs something like 98% of what is standard C++, while VC++6 employed only 83%. At least for right now, unless they took out pre-existing ways of doing things I think, like mutant said, that the .net version should work so long as you only use the standard C++ aspects of things. So long as I don't touch the .net framework with VC++ I think it should be ok... Thank you two for the advice :)

ok, so is C# like a gateway drug/primer for C++ then? I've noticed that VB.Net is WAY more functional out of the box than VB6 was, mostly because of the integrated API support. I suppose that sort of support would also go for C programmers looking for an easier interface with windows. I have VS.Net 2k3, but two books on visual C++6 and a video game book on VC++6. Is VC++7 terribly different from VC++6?

I know C++ is like a prime time game development language because of extra speed and being a lower level language, able to get more 'gritty'. Now that the whole .Net Framework is out, how does C++.Net compare to C#.Net or even VB.Net? C++.Net is really just Visual C++ 7, becuase MS couldn't change the language and C# is the .net framework version of C, Right? I know more than a bit (but less than a lot) of VB6 and I'm handily picking up vb.net. I was thinking that if C# held the speed and/or other advantages over VB like C++ does, that it would be neat to pick up, so you can create extensions. Thank you for anyone who can give me the skinny :)

The document opens up with a table immediately, and I need to grab the third word in the 2nd row, 2nd column. I got the code to open the file: WP.Script.OpenFile(File) I'm used to VB6, which for most input you'd open a file for input, but I don't think vb6 could do that with wordperfect/word. I'm thinking if I could get the open application to highlight and copy the text in cell 2,2 of the table, then I could get the word from the clipboard. Any help would be appreciated

Amazon is noctorious for this and me or my fiancee won't use them because of it. She needed last minute books for school, so she purchased the next day shipping (like $20 extra!!) from Amazon and after a week she was almost dropped from the class for not having the books yet (10% off her grade though). Not once did they think to mention "its next day from when we decide to ship". The book said it shipped same to next day, it didn't say it was backordered. Also We had NO way to get ahold of Amazon. No phone numbers are given and its a 3 hour search to find their customer service, in which you still can't directly contact someone, but must apply for it! I tried again later, I got a book 2 day shipping and it took 9 days to get to me. True 6 days after they shipped it (you can view shipping status), but I paid for 2 day, not 6 day. Apparently FedEx should refund money if they can't get 2 day shipping done in 2 days! Never Amazon again.