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do i have to buy it or can some one point me to a link or give me a copy (if you can) because i hear many people use it and it may be better than what i have (VC++2008) it is much more simple to use i guessor it has many thing ready for you to do.


Please tell me someone can get me this

Why do you need something old, when you have something new? I don't understand.. Anyway, I let you google

Oh dear god...

You do have to buy it to get it legally. You can most definitely find a copy on eBay (you better be in the U.S. of A. to get it shipped to you for this one) for cheap.

well shiner the reason why i want an old one is because source code i get can only be compiled by certain versions of the VC++ kernel most of them are 6.0 but hey i guesss your right ill stcik with what i have. and sorrry but the legendary google did not give me any poitive as to not uying it but alright.

because i hear many people use it and it may be better than what i have (VC++2008) it is much more simple to use i guessor it has many thing ready for you to do.

Who in the world told you that? VC++ 6 is pre ANSI C++ hence does not follow the standard well, old, buggy, and doesn't compile some standard C++ code do to it being pre ANSI C++.

I highly recommend sticking with VC++ 2008.

well shiner the reason why i want an old one is because source code i get can only be compiled by certain versions of the VC++ kernel most of them are 6.0 but hey i guesss your right ill stcik with what i have.

VC++ 2008 comes with a project conversation wizard that can help you convert some older projects to VC++ 2008. Have you tried using it?

oh yes i have tried it, it does it automatically when i oepen the old file, but the compiling does not go my way, things are missing or the header files are different than the old 6.0 header files. but yeah ill stik with the new vc i have,it camewith studio i downloaded (thecompuer im on is not mine but have acsess to it all of the time, but my computer has not inter net, so i use a 1GB chip to transfer data) and it was not easy getting 9.0 on my computer with out internet, but i found a way, just download what it has to find on the internet (which it cant thats why it stops on that mark) so i download it so it does not have to search the inet, and it was sucsessful, thats why the studio is not coming of that computer.

Most likely, missing header files and functions are due to the fact that VS6 does not follow the C standard. At least that's what I would guess. The more recent the compiler, the better (in terms of standard compliance).

not that, say it uses iostream, the new iostream may be different. differences like that.

Theres been a lot of changes between VS6 and VS2008 (about 11 years and 4 revisions worth) and can be downloaded free in the express edition. You can also download the Device Driver SDK (DDK) which has MASM and all the low level utilities. If you're still missing something download the Platform SDK which has all the other tools, headers and libs. I can't think of anything else you would possibly need to build windows apps with VC except for 3rd party libraries.

FYI, you cant use MASM of VC for OS development, its in the license agree last I checked.

If any code is broken enough to require VC6 bug-compatibility, then its also deserves to be disintegrated.

And asking people to give you a copy is considered illegal.

VC++ 2008 *will* compile old Win32 code - you need to firstly switch your project into multibyte (it defaults to Unicode when creating a project), and you also need the Platform SDK. That PSDK is what allows you to use the Win32 API rather than the CLI.

of course i will do that, thanks

Hi,
You can always try out the Visual C++ Express Editon , which is available for free download .

Regards
Shrek

Shrek wrote:You can always try out the Visual C++ Express Editon , which is available for free download .

Heh, I use VC++ 2008 Express for an IDE for my assembly programming

I am however writing my own custom ide . I see visual 2008 everyday .

Regards
Shrek