C / C++ / MFC

Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

2. If the file is large, read it a chunk at a time.

CFile file;
char *pBuffer = new char[file.GetLength() + 1];
file.Read(sBuffer);
sBuffer[file.GetLength()] = '\0';
file.Close();
CString str(sBuffer);
int nIndex1 = str.Find(">>");
int nIndex2 = str.Find("<<", nIndex1 + 2);
CString strData = str.Mid(nIndex1 + 2, nIndex2 - nIndex1 - 2);
or
int nNumber = atoi(str.Mid(nIndex1 + 2));

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

typedef std::vector<char> CharVec;
 
// Constructing it with enough room.
CharVec chars(MAX_PATH);
PathCanonicalize(&chars[0], pPathToCanonicalize);
 
// Sizing an already constructed vector.
chars.reserve(MAX_PATH);
PathCanonicalize(&chars[0], pPathToCanonicalize);

const TCHAR * const szNeverAgain = TEXT( "Do not ask again" );

SendMessage( hNeverAgain, WM_SETFONT, ( WPARAM )GetStockObject( DEFAULT_GUI_FONT ), ( LPARAM )TRUE );

const HDC hdc = GetDC( hNeverAgain );
SIZE size;
GetTextExtentPoint32( hdc, szNeverAgain, _tcslen( szNeverAgain ), &size );
ReleaseDC( hNeverAgain, hdc );

const TCHAR * const szNeverAgain = TEXT( "Do not ask again" );

SendMessage( hNeverAgain, WM_SETFONT, ( WPARAM )GetStockObject( DEFAULT_GUI_FONT ), ( LPARAM )TRUE );

HDC hdc = GetDC( hNeverAgain );
HFONT hOldFont = (HFONT)SelectObject(hdc, hYourFont);
SIZE size;
GetTextExtentPoint32( hdc, szNeverAgain, _tcslen( szNeverAgain ), &size );
SelectObject(hdc, hOldFont);
ReleaseDC( hNeverAgain, hdc );