Visual studio c++?

[danielmccarthy]

I have run into all sorts of issues with using c++ in visual studio the biggest one of all is that when it defines classes as ref class I can no longer assign pointers...

	
AutoTyper* autoTyper = (AutoTyper *)lParam;

Errors:

Error 2 error C2440: 'type cast' : cannot convert from 'LPVOID' to 'AutoTyper ^' C:\Users\User\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\Dans Auto Typer\Dans Auto Typer\AutoTyper.cpp 8 1 Dans Auto Typer

Error 1 error C3699: '*' : cannot use this indirection on type 'AutoTyper' C:\Users\User\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\Dans Auto Typer\Dans Auto Typer\AutoTyper.cpp 8 1 Dans Auto Typer

3 IntelliSense: an ordinary pointer to a C++/CLI ref class or interface class is not allowed c:\Users\User\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\Dans Auto Typer\Dans Auto Typer\AutoTyper.cpp 8 11 Dans Auto Typer

That code should work fine but it doesn't! I can't cast like this when defining a ref class and when I change it to a normal class I get problems with the GUI. How can I reference a pointer to this please?

[danielmccarthy]

bump

[booradley60]

3 IntelliSense: an ordinary pointer to a C++/CLI ref class or interface class is not allowed

There is a difference between managed memory and unmanaged memory in C++/CLI. You cannot treat them as if they were the same. Why do you think you need to create an unmanaged pointer to an object allocated in the managed heap?