Why stop at a million threads - that's how clothes are made
Seriously bro - What , you have C++ - me too. I'm new to DarkGDK - and I'm just starting to get it too - I'm having fun for the most part and that's what you need to be doing. Do you need a C++ primer?
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
Need some source? Have you looked in the Forums on how to set up your Visual C++ 2005 Express and everything? You at least getting hello world? Maybe a cube?
Is it the strings that are throwing you? There is a strings object in <string.h> header but I don't use that - ONLY because I use my own little string thing - one - it works, I still can use the string.h functions - and I stay really close to it because I wrote it - helps me with learning and keeping me up to speed on pointers versus using something so tidy you forget how to do it yourself.
Tutorials - I too am in short supply - but C++ aside - Have you programmed in DarkBasic Before? I know the syntax is different yada yada - but Cattle Rustler is right - you should be able to start some reall mini apps in either darkbasic or dark basic classic and then try your hand at getting the same results in C++.
(Providing you can get hello world going)
Whatever bro - keep posting - we'll do what we can -