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What is Windows XP SP2 Platform SDK

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Ioannis Vranos - 27 Mar 2005 01:56 GMT
At URL http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate there
is the Windows XP SP2 Platform SDK.

What does this provide in addition to the stuff installed by VS 2003?
Does it come with a C++ compiler?
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Jonathan Wilson - 27 Mar 2005 02:23 GMT
This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples for
windows development, including the items required to use new features in
Windows XP SP2 (like the new firewall functionality).

It does not come with a 32-bit compiler (only a 64-bit compler) however it
can be used with the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.
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Ioannis Vranos - 27 Mar 2005 03:36 GMT
> This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples for
> windows development, including the items required to use new features in
> Windows XP SP2 (like the new firewall functionality).
>
> It does not come with a 32-bit compiler (only a 64-bit compler) however
> it can be used with the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.

Only the upcoming XP x64 will be able to run x64 applications. So the
intended audience for XP SP2 SDK is the 32-bit XP SP2 users. Under what
reason it comes with an 64-bit compiler? If the compiler itself is
64-bit, this means that no one can run it, if it produces 64-bit
executables, it means no one can run them!
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Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] - 27 Mar 2005 04:21 GMT
>> This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples
>> for windows development, including the items required to use new
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> is 64-bit, this means that no one can run it, if it produces 64-bit
> executables, it means no one can run them!

It's a 32 -> 64 bit cross-compiler.

-cd
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Ioannis Vranos - 27 Mar 2005 03:50 GMT
> This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples for
> windows development, including the items required to use new features in
> Windows XP SP2 (like the new firewall functionality).
>
> It does not come with a 32-bit compiler (only a 64-bit compler) however
> it can be used with the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.

For VS 2003 integration, is the "Register PSDK Directories with Visual
Studio" Start menu option sufficient, or manual settings are also needed?

The documentation is very mixed up, since it refers to various versions
of SDKs (e.g. July 2002) and an older version of VS (7.0).
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