implicit or default method/property of a class

I cannot think of a way to do this.  The Show method wants a String* parameter so a conversion needs to be done.  Unfortunately, user-defined operators are not invoked on pointer types in C++.  This means that you'd have explicitly call the conversion operator which is no better than having to explicitly call ToString().

You can read about managed C++ operators at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcmxspec/html/vcManagedExtensionsSpec_20.asp.

Hmmm. I was hoping there was something in Managed C++ that allowed something like VB.NET default property. See http://abstractvb.com/code.asp?A=1036. I believe C# also allows that functionality. Consider the Item property--which is the default property/method of a collections class. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbtskChoosingDefaultPropertyOrMethodForClass.asp

By the way, I just found the reference to the C# functionality, though I knew it existed. I was hoping it existed in MC++ and that someone would have a reference to it... :)

javanic

In case anyone is following this thread, I think I have found what I was looking for. Here is the reference to a default property declaration for Managed C++:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemcomponentmodeldefaultpropertyattributeclasstopic.asp