Can anybody help me with getting managed code to talk to unmanaged code? I'm okay coding via clr, but I don't have a clue what I'm doing when I try using the GUI interface. I'm using MS Visual C++ 2005 and I'm totally lost VB is much easier. I could send what I have and what I'm trying to do if someone can help, otherwise, thanks anyway. After spending 3 vacation days on this, I figure I've got nothing to loose by asking for help. Yes, it is homework, but yes I'm about to give up.

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c++.net was a mistake... Stick with c# or vb.net.

Agreed, but I have no choice. The instructor is making us do this.

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In that case you might want to post your code here, although you are unlikely to find much help since this is predominantly a c++ forum.

In my opinion, the syntax of c++.net is an insult to Bjarne Stroustrup's original idea, and looks just as dirty as MFC. :)

Here's the generated cpp code, that I've been told not to touch.

// MyTree.cpp : main project file.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Form1.h"

using namespace MyTree;

[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
	// Enabling Windows XP visual effects before any controls are created
	Application::EnableVisualStyles();
	Application::SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); 

	// Create the main window and run it
	Application::Run(gcnew Form1());
	return 0;
}

This is also generated form1.h code, with the exception of the code between the first "public" and the first "private" (which I'm pretty sure I did wrong) and the private: System::Void SubmitBtn_Click code ...that's where it all goes bad...of course that's where I don't know what I'm doing.

#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include "string.h"
#include "BinaryTree.h"
#include "DataMerge.h"
using namespace std;

namespace MyTree {

	using namespace System;
	using namespace System::ComponentModel;
	using namespace System::Collections;
	using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
	using namespace System::Data;
	using namespace System::Drawing;
	using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;
	
		
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary for Form1
	///
	/// WARNING: If you change the name of this class, you will need to change the
	///          'Resource File Name' property for the managed resource compiler tool
	///          associated with all .resx files this class depends on.  Otherwise,
	///          the designers will not be able to interact properly with localized
	///          resources associated with this form.
	/// </summary>
	public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
	{
	public:
		Form1(void)
		{
			InitializeComponent();
	
			//
			//TODO: Add the constructor code here
			dataentry = new CBinaryTree();
			//pData = new CDataMerge();			
			}
	public: 
		//CDataMerge *pData;
		CBinaryTree *dataentry;
			
	protected:
		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		~Form1()
		{
			if (components)
			{
				delete components;
			}
		}
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  StudentTxt;
	protected: 

	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  IDlbl;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  LastTxt;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  FirstTxt;

	protected: 



	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textBox4;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  Lastlbl;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  Firstlbl;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  Degreelbl;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^  SubmitBtn;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^  SearchBtn;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^  ClearBtn;





	private:
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		void InitializeComponent(void)
		{
			this->StudentTxt = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->IDlbl = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->LastTxt = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->FirstTxt = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->textBox4 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->Lastlbl = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->Firstlbl = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->Degreelbl = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->SubmitBtn = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
			this->SearchBtn = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
			this->ClearBtn = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
			this->SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// StudentTxt
			// 
			this->StudentTxt->Location = System::Drawing::Point(113, 33);
			this->StudentTxt->Name = L"StudentTxt";
			this->StudentTxt->Size = System::Drawing::Size(76, 20);
			this->StudentTxt->TabIndex = 0;
			// 
			// IDlbl
			// 
			this->IDlbl->AutoSize = true;
			this->IDlbl->Location = System::Drawing::Point(12, 40);
			this->IDlbl->Name = L"IDlbl";
			this->IDlbl->Size = System::Drawing::Size(56, 13);
			this->IDlbl->TabIndex = 1;
			this->IDlbl->Text = L"Student Id";
			// 
			// LastTxt
			// 
			this->LastTxt->Location = System::Drawing::Point(113, 88);
			this->LastTxt->Name = L"LastTxt";
			this->LastTxt->Size = System::Drawing::Size(100, 20);
			this->LastTxt->TabIndex = 2;
			this->LastTxt->UseWaitCursor = true;
			// 
			// FirstTxt
			// 
			this->FirstTxt->Location = System::Drawing::Point(328, 86);
			this->FirstTxt->Name = L"FirstTxt";
			this->FirstTxt->Size = System::Drawing::Size(100, 20);
			this->FirstTxt->TabIndex = 3;
			// 
			// textBox4
			// 
			this->textBox4->Location = System::Drawing::Point(113, 141);
			this->textBox4->Name = L"textBox4";
			this->textBox4->Size = System::Drawing::Size(100, 20);
			this->textBox4->TabIndex = 4;
			// 
			// Lastlbl
			// 
			this->Lastlbl->AutoSize = true;
			this->Lastlbl->Location = System::Drawing::Point(21, 93);
			this->Lastlbl->Name = L"Lastlbl";
			this->Lastlbl->Size = System::Drawing::Size(58, 13);
			this->Lastlbl->TabIndex = 5;
			this->Lastlbl->Text = L"Last Name";
			// 
			// Firstlbl
			// 
			this->Firstlbl->AutoSize = true;
			this->Firstlbl->Location = System::Drawing::Point(256, 94);
			this->Firstlbl->Name = L"Firstlbl";
			this->Firstlbl->Size = System::Drawing::Size(57, 13);
			this->Firstlbl->TabIndex = 6;
			this->Firstlbl->Text = L"First Name";
			// 
			// Degreelbl
			// 
			this->Degreelbl->AutoSize = true;
			this->Degreelbl->Location = System::Drawing::Point(29, 149);
			this->Degreelbl->Name = L"Degreelbl";
			this->Degreelbl->Size = System::Drawing::Size(42, 13);
			this->Degreelbl->TabIndex = 7;
			this->Degreelbl->Text = L"Degree";
			// 
			// SubmitBtn
			// 
			this->SubmitBtn->Location = System::Drawing::Point(24, 198);
			this->SubmitBtn->Name = L"SubmitBtn";
			this->SubmitBtn->Size = System::Drawing::Size(85, 26);
			this->SubmitBtn->TabIndex = 8;
			this->SubmitBtn->Text = L"SUBMIT";
			this->SubmitBtn->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this->SubmitBtn->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::SubmitBtn_Click);
			// 
			// SearchBtn
			// 
			this->SearchBtn->Location = System::Drawing::Point(184, 198);
			this->SearchBtn->Name = L"SearchBtn";
			this->SearchBtn->Size = System::Drawing::Size(99, 26);
			this->SearchBtn->TabIndex = 9;
			this->SearchBtn->Text = L"SEARCH";
			this->SearchBtn->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this->SearchBtn->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::SearchBtn_Click);
			// 
			// ClearBtn
			// 
			this->ClearBtn->Location = System::Drawing::Point(346, 198);
			this->ClearBtn->Name = L"ClearBtn";
			this->ClearBtn->Size = System::Drawing::Size(81, 26);
			this->ClearBtn->TabIndex = 10;
			this->ClearBtn->Text = L"CLEAR";
			this->ClearBtn->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this->ClearBtn->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::ClearBtn_Click);
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);
			this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
			this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(462, 293);
			this->Controls->Add(this->ClearBtn);
			this->Controls->Add(this->SearchBtn);
			this->Controls->Add(this->SubmitBtn);
			this->Controls->Add(this->Degreelbl);
			this->Controls->Add(this->Firstlbl);
			this->Controls->Add(this->Lastlbl);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textBox4);
			this->Controls->Add(this->FirstTxt);
			this->Controls->Add(this->LastTxt);
			this->Controls->Add(this->IDlbl);
			this->Controls->Add(this->StudentTxt);
			this->Name = L"Form1";
			this->Text = L"Form1";
			this->ResumeLayout(false);
			this->PerformLayout();

		}
#pragma endregion
char value1;
char value2;
//char result;

private: System::Void SubmitBtn_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e)
		 { 
			 value1=NULL;
			 String ^buf = LastTxt->Text->ToString();
			 value1 = Convert::ToInt32(buf);
			 
			 const char* TextBuffer = (const char*)
			(Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(buf)).ToPointer();
			 strcpy_s (MyData->insert, TextBuffer);
			//Marshal::FreeHGlobal(IntPtr((void*)TextBuffer));
			CBinaryTree<string> tree1;
			 tree1.insert(TextBuffer);
			 //String ^buf = FirstTxt->Text->ToString();
			 
		 }
private: System::Void SearchBtn_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e)
		 {
		 }
private: System::Void ClearBtn_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e)
		 {
		 }
};
}

This is the code I used to generate a tree. The assignment was to use the gui to add to, search and clear the tree; simplistically anyway.

#pragma once

#ifndef BINARYTREE_H
#define BINARYTREE_H

template <typename Item>
class TreeNode
{
public:
   Item data;
   TreeNode<Item> *left;
   TreeNode<Item> *right;
   TreeNode<Item> *parent;
   TreeNode ()
   {
	   left = NULL;
	   right = NULL;
   }
   TreeNode(Item data)
   {
	   this->data = data;
	   left = NULL;
	   right = NULL;
   }
};
template <typename Item>
class CBinaryTree
{
public:
	CBinaryTree(void); //create empty tree with default root node
 	CBinaryTree(Item dataentry[], int arraySize); 
	bool insert(Item data);
	void inorder();
	void preorder();
	void postorder();
	int getSize();

  private:
//   TreeNode<Item>* current;
   TreeNode<Item>* root;
   bool subtree; //does it reference a part of a larger object
   int size;
   void inorder(TreeNode<Item> *root);
   void postorder(TreeNode<Item> *root);
   void preorder(TreeNode<Item> *root);
};

template <typename Item>
CBinaryTree<Item>::CBinaryTree()
{
   //create a root node with no value
   root = NULL;
   current = NULL;
   size = 0;
   subtree = false;
}
	
template <typename Item>
CBinaryTree<Item>::CBinaryTree(Item dataentry[], int arraySize)
{
   root = NULL;
   size = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < arraySize; i++)
   {
	   insert(dataentry[i]);
   }
}
template <typename Item>
bool CBinaryTree<Item>::insert(Item data)
{
	if (root == NULL)
		root = new TreeNode<Item>(data);
	else
	{
		TreeNode<Item> *parent = NULL;
		TreeNode<Item> *current = root;
		while(current != NULL)
			if (data < current->data)
			{
				parent = current;
				current = current->left;
			}
			else if (data > current->data)
				{
				parent = current;
				current = current->right;
			}
			else
				return false;
			if (data < parent->data)
				parent->left = new TreeNode<Item>(data);
			else
				parent->right = new TreeNode<Item>(data);
	}
	size ++;
	return true;
}
template <typename Item>
void CBinaryTree<Item>::inorder()
{
	inorder(root);
}
template <typename Item>
void CBinaryTree<Item>::inorder(TreeNode<Item> *root)
{
	if(root == NULL) return;
	inorder(root->left);
	cout << root->data<< " ";
	inorder(root->right);
}
template <typename Item>
void CBinaryTree<Item>::postorder()
{
	postorder(root);
}
template <typename Item>
void CBinaryTree<Item>::postorder(TreeNode<Item> *root)
{
	if(root == NULL) return;
	postorder(root->left);
	postorder(root->right);
	cout << root->data<< " ";
}
template <typename Item>
void CBinaryTree<Item>::preorder()
{
	preorder(root);
}
template <typename Item>
void CBinaryTree<Item>::preorder(TreeNode<Item> *root)
{
	if(root == NULL) return;
	cout << root->data<< " ";
	preorder(root->left);
	preorder(root->right);
	
}
template <typename Item>
int CBinaryTree<Item>::getSize()
{
	return size;
}
#endif

I think that's all of it with the exception of the form itself. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance. Thanks iamthwee for having me post it anyway.

> getting managed code to talk to unmanaged code?
the easy way is to just mix the managed and unmanaged code as required.
this is called IJW ( "it just works" ). using p-invoke is only slightly harder.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
using namespace System;
using namespace std ;

#pragma unmanaged
void sort_and_print( int* p, size_t N ) 
{
  std::sort( p, p+N ) ;
  std::copy( p, p+N, ostream_iterator<int>(cout,"\n") ) ;
}

#pragma managed
int main( array<System::String ^> ^args )
{
    enum { SIZE = 100 };
    array<int>^ a = gcnew array<int>(SIZE);
    System::Random^ rg = gcnew System::Random() ;
    for( int i=0 ; i<SIZE; ++i ) a[i] = rg->Next( 500, 1000 ) ;

    // pin the array (don't let the gc move it around).
    pin_ptr<int> pinned_address = &( a[0] ) ;   
    int* cpp_pointer = pinned_address ;
    sort_and_print( cpp_pointer, SIZE ) ;
}

Thank you very much, I will go give this a try.

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