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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Now Free
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:23 pm
by AndyCR
Visual Studio 2005 Express, originally thought to be released for ~$50 USD, has now been released free. I dont believe it can be used to compile RF, however, due to RF using MFC; however, it is certainly a nice product to have, especially if you are a programmer.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ... 6&SiteID=1
Enjoy!
EDIT: This is
not the beta, and will function past the 1 year you can download it within.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:11 am
by jonas
I'm diffenatly going to get a copy it has to be tons better then dev-cpp! Even if it doesn't compile rf.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:26 am
by federico
Editing and Compiling Existing C++ files in VC++ Express (8 Minutes - 6.6 MB)
This video will take you through the steps for importing your existing C++ files into VC++ Express using the Project From Existing Code wizard. It will cover all steps from naming your project to importing files of different types to adding support for ATL, MFC or CLR. After following these steps, your C++ file will be fully imported into VC++ Express. This video does not cover debugging or updating syntax.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/learn ... fault.aspx
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:05 pm
by AndyCR
wow, maybe it does support rf!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:19 pm
by AndyCR
hmm. well, nice.
RealityFactory - 157 error(s), 37 warning(s)
========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
ill keep trying though.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:28 pm
by federico
i've reached only 37 errors!
in the download page there are additional instructions to configure mvc++ 2005. Additionally in the video tut page there is a setiing up instruction video. Then I've linked mfc but it seems to have other problems. Now I'm at work I can try this night (your evening?). probably QoD can explain to us how to set up correctly all the compile enviroment...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:29 pm
by Pete
woah! that'd be cool. what's the movie cover - actually compiling a mfc app with express? i'm on my mac right now and don't have a wmv player on it. what were the errors? *couldn't find stdafx* is a sure sign it's not liking the mfc issue.
[edit posted at the same time as fede. does this cover express for people who don't have mfc? my error comment was to andy]
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:48 pm
by AndyCR
hmm. the video acted as though express has mfc, yet when i try to compile i get constant errors about included mfc files not being found, yes related to stdafx.h (included files from that file not found). :/ however, stdafx seemed to exist. if i delete the includes not foung, i get over ~800 compile errors
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:09 pm
by Pete
yeah it's been a while since i fooled with it. stdafx might be in the rf source but it calls on stuff from mfc. i think cstring is defined in one of those includes (afxwin? something like that). so every occurance = error. i'll try to check out the vid tonight...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:06 pm
by jonas
157 errors is better then the 500 errors I get when trying to compile rf with dev-cpp
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:10 am
by AndyCR
YES! if you have platform sdk installed, look under "include/mfc"! it has mfc!! compiling now... needs iostream.h. anyone know where to find that?
hmm. it seems it wants some old style stuff needed to compile rf.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:42 am
by jonas
dev-cpp has iostream
it should too! Thats wierd, that it doesn't have it I thought iostream was a vital part of cpp. I would search your computer and see if you have it hidden somewere.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:43 am
by AndyCR
ahh, was in the main vc++ include folder without the .h extension. copied, renamed to .h, and bingo. now fixing many, many miccelaneous errors that apparently msvc6 didnt care about but 8 does... picky picky...
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:51 am
by Pete
cool! i haven't been able to watch the vid cause of a missing codec i'm too lazy to find. sounds like progress though - awesome! check out hike's thread about compilng in any compiler in the programming forum... maybe help?
[edit... dling xpress now!]
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:55 pm
by QuestOfDreams
etc is old style, you're now supposed to use
(without the .h extension)
don't ask me why this was changed (in my opinion it just breaks old code...)