visual-c++-2005

I'm experimenting with multithreading in Windows and was wondering whether I should use Win32 API use POSIX Threads for Windows Learning Pthreads would be useful if I tried to develop such applications on different platforms - but am I losing anything by not learning Win32 API? Or are both similar enough so that learning one allows me to figure out the other easily? Use Boost Threads. When C++0x comes along, we will have std::threads. Boost threads has the closest implementation to std threads. else use pthreads. Pthreads is second closest to std::threads, and formed the main basis of std

I created a C++ console app and just want to capture the cout/cerr statements in the Output Window within the Visual Studio 2005 IDE. I'm sure this is just a setting that I'm missing. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I've finally implemented this, so I want to share it with you: #include <vector> #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> #include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/tee.hpp> using namespace std; namespace io = boost::iostreams; struct DebugSink { typedef char char_type; typedef io::sink_tag category; std::vector<char> _vec; std::streamsize write

In a project using a server.dll and a client.exe, I have dllexport ed a server symbol from the server dll, and not dllimport ed it into the client exe. Still, the application links, and starts, without any problem. Is dllimport not needed, then??? Details: I have this 'server' dll: // server.h #ifdef SERVER_EXPORTS #define SERVER_API __declspec(dllexport) #else #define SERVER_API // =====> not using dllimport! #endif class SERVER_API CServer { static long s; public: CServer(); }; // server.cpp CServer::CServer(){} long CServer::s; and this client executable: #include <server.h> int main() {