Visual C++ Upgrades

[Paul Daynes]

Ive been using VC++ 6.0 for some time now, but I suspect the libraries are out of date fo
applications running under Win XP and Win 2000

How do I upgrade this product or get latest libraries and/or include files ????

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Paul Daynes wrote:

Ive been using VC++ 6.0 for some time now, but I suspect the
libraries are out of date for applications running under Win XP and
Win 2000.

How do I upgrade this product or get latest libraries and/or include
files ????

VC6 SP5 is the latest released service pack for this product. If you have
that, you're as up to date as you can be without upgrading to a newer
product. The supported lifespan of VC6 is about to end (later this year,
IIRC), so you should probably think about moving to a newer compiler like
VC7.1.

-cd

[Ted]

Not exactly correct. If you're talking about the Win32 API, just upgrade to
the latest Platform SDK, and then run the "Register PSDK Directories with
Visual Studio" start menu item under the Platform SDK Visual Studio
registration section. Download the Platform SDK from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/...sdk/sdkupdate/

if you're talking about C Runtime Library, ATL, or MFC, you'll need to
upgrade to a newer version of Visual C++ to get those as Carl mentioned.

Ted.

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Paul Daynes wrote:

Ive been using VC++ 6.0 for some time now, but I suspect the
libraries are out of date for applications running under Win XP and
Win 2000.

How do I upgrade this product or get latest libraries and/or include
files ????

VC6 SP5 is the latest released service pack for this product. If you have
that, you're as up to date as you can be without upgrading to a newer
product. The supported lifespan of VC6 is about to end (later this year,
IIRC), so you should probably think about moving to a newer compiler like
VC7.1.

-cd