C / C++ / MFC

while (some_condition)
{
    do some processing
    update listbox
}
 
// not until this point do the items appear in the listbox

HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(...);
if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != hFile)
{
    DWORD dwSize;
    GetFileSize(hFile, &dwSize);
 
    char *Buffer;
    Buffer = new char[dwSize];
 
    ReadFile(hFile, Buffer, dwSize, ...);
 
    CloseHandle(hFile);
    
    SendMessage(hWnd, EM_SETTEXT, 0, Buffer);
}

CFile file(...);
 
DWORD dwSize = file.GetLength();     
 
char *Buffer;    
Buffer = new char[dwSize];     
 
file.Read(Buffer, dwSize);     
file.Close();
 
edit.SetWindowText(Buffer);

buffer << 8; // shifts 1 byte
buffer << 24; // shifts 3 bytes

byte *buffer = new byte[16];
strcpy(buffer, "Apple");
cout << buffer << endl; // displays Apple
memcpy(&buffer[1], &buffer[0], 5);
cout << buffer << endl; // displays AApple because it's been shifted to the right