memory leak detection in MSVC

Keep losing that link - here it is.

error LNK2005: strncmp already defined in LIBCMT.lib(strncmp.obj)

You're trying to mix "Multi-threaded (/MT)" with "Multi-threaded DLL (/MD)". Enough said.

Compiling resource files with Visual Studio Express

If you pick a Visual Studio project with an MFC GUI app, and try to compile it with Visual Studio Express, you should run into the error:

fatal error RC1050: Cannot open include file 'afxres.h'.

The solution? Replace your:

#include "afxres.h"

from your .rc file with the following:

#include <windows.h>
#define IDC_STATIC -1

Removing trailing whitespaces in Visual Studio

The following will remove trailing whitespaces whenever you save a file in Visual Studio 2008. Convenient!

1. Go to Tools -> Macros -> Macro Explorer
2. Double click "MyMacros -> Module1
3. In the new Project Explorer Tree, double click on "EnvironmentEvents" above "Module1"
4. After the #End Region for #Region "Automatically generated code, do not modify", add the following:

   Private saved As Boolean = False
       Private Sub DocumentEvents_DocumentSaved(ByVal document As EnvDTE.Document) _
                                                Handles DocumentEvents.DocumentSaved
           If Not saved Then
               Try
                   ' Remove all the trailing whitespaces.
                   DTE.Find.FindReplace(vsFindAction.vsFindActionReplaceAll, _
                                        "{:Zs|\t}+$", _
                                        vsFindOptions.vsFindOptionsRegularExpression, _
                                        String.Empty, _
                                        vsFindTarget.vsFindTargetCurrentDocument, , , _
                                        vsFindResultsLocation.vsFindResultsNone)
   
                   saved = True
                   document.Save()
               Catch ex As Exception
                   MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, "Trim White Space exception")
               End Try
           Else
               saved = False
           End If
       End Sub