Mixing Old/New Syntax?

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We have developed a big library using managed C++. The project started
with .NET 1.0 and has been ported to .NET 1.1. Today we ship the library
compiled for .NET 1.1 and 2.0.

At the moment the whole code uses the "old" managed C++ syntax.
Due to the amount of code and the need of supporting .NET 1.1 it is
not possible for us to port the complete code to the new CLI/C++
syntax.

We would like to use the new Generics. We have written a Generic
class using the new syntax. After setting the property of this class in
the IDE to CLI/C++ is is possible to compile this class in the same project
as the other classes still using the old syntax.

But afterwards the real problem occurs. How can we use this new class
in classes, which are still using the old syntax? Including the header file
of the new class into old classes does not work (due to the mixture of
the new and the old syntax).

Is it possible to tell the compiler, which syntax a header files uses
(e.g. with a pragma)?

cu, Marco
.

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