hapter 1 – Managed Types. This is the first in a series of illustrations for the chapter opening spreads in the Microsoft Press book "Programming With Managed Extensions for Visual C++ .NET". For each of the 7 chapters of this book, I created transforming spheroid robots that represent the managed extensions to the C++ .NET language that you can use to create powerful .NET enabled applications. The idea is that something seemingly simple contains an internal purpose and a hidden complexity. This chapter opener shows the transformation sequence of PropellerHead.