Interesting bug in VisualStudio!
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Once in technical forum, a guy asked how to add ampersand( & ) symbol to control captions? Because the ampersand( & ) symbol is used to specify the keyboard accelerator for the control. Have a look at my previous post -
http://weseetips.com/2008/06/15/how-to-add-ampersand-symbol-to-dialog-control-captions/
Visual Studio, the ultimate creator – recommends to add && to make ampersand visible in control captions. But, does the creator himself suffer due to ampersand problem?
Read on…
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Have a look at the properties of Auto variable item in Visual Studio window. It suffers the same bug. The variable name is “&lResult”. But in the properties window, its displayed as “lResult”. See the screenshot.

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Pretty funny, nah? BTW, Was that guy from Microsoft?
(Just kidding)
But I always bow my head in front this legendary compiler suite. Its a classic. I tried a lot, but my heart won’t allow me to switch to the new generation Visual Studio IDEs. Still 6.0 is my favorite. What about you guys? Comment on!
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Targeted Audience – Beginners.
Ya…. u r right… it’s a simple n compact one…
Absolutely right for me…
I too cannot switch to other IDEs… The real burden is VB style property window than the property window in VC6.
It could be worse still…they could offer “ribbon interface”
I always resisted. But the C++ compiler with VS6.0 is too old to live in today’s world.
I wish to have latest C++ compiler with old IDE.
Indeed Faisal. I agree with you. VC6 is almost a decade old. But i rate it as one of the best IDE i ever had. VC10 will be released soon which will be the new 6.
Best Regards,
Jijo.