unmanaged dll in VS2005 Express?

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mimeo - 24 Jul 2006 09:34 GMT

Hi all

I would like to know if it is possible to build a dll with VS2005 C++
Express Edition, that is unmanaged, and that is not dependent on the .NET
framework.
So the dll should be able to run on a machine that doesn’t have the .NET
framework installed. Is that possible or would I need VS6.0 to do that?

If it isn't possible with the Express Edition, can I do it with the Pro or
Standard Edition?

Thank you in advance!

Regards,
Mimeo

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Jochen Kalmbach [MVP] - 24 Jul 2006 10:19 GMT

Hi mimeo!

> I would like to know if it is possible to build a dll with VS2005 C++
> Express Edition, that is unmanaged, and that is not dependent on the .NET
> framework.

Yes.

> So the dll should be able to run on a machine that doesn’t have the .NET
> framework installed.

Yes.

> Is that possible or would I need VS6.0 to do that?

No, you don't need VC6.

In general you need to install the PSDK
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D8EECD75-1FC4-49E5-BC66
-9DA2B03D9B92&displaylang=en

and modify some files in "Visual Studio 8" directory
(I could not find a description at the moment... maybe some other has a
link to an english escription)...

Greetings
Jochen

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Bronek Kozicki - 24 Jul 2006 10:56 GMT

> and modify some files in "Visual Studio 8" directory
> (I could not find a description at the moment... maybe some other has a
> link to an english escription)...

http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html . Read part below the
table and follow links from this page.

B.

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Holger Grund - 24 Jul 2006 11:08 GMT

>> and modify some files in "Visual Studio 8" directory
>> (I could not find a description at the moment... maybe some other has a
>> link to an english escription)...
>
> http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html . Read part below
> the table and follow links from this page.

Completely unrelated to the OP's question, but since it's mentioned
on that page: how exactly would you use WTL without ATL?

-hg

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Bronek Kozicki - 24 Jul 2006 11:16 GMT

>>> and modify some files in "Visual Studio 8" directory
>>> (I could not find a description at the moment... maybe some other has a
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Completely unrelated to the OP's question, but since it's mentioned
> on that page: how exactly would you use WTL without ATL?

I wouldn't - I'd use ATL that comes with Platform SDK instead. It's all
discussed in WTL list (I'm not taking part in these discussions; in fact I do
not even use WTL)

B.

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Holger Grund - 24 Jul 2006 13:59 GMT

>>> http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html . Read part below
>>> the table and follow links from this page.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> discussed in WTL list (I'm not taking part in these discussions; in fact I
> do not even use WTL)

I see. I doubt that this is really a useful solution, but then I see how it
could possibly work in theory...

Thanks.
-hg

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Bruno van Dooren [MVP VC++] - 24 Jul 2006 10:58 GMT

>> I would like to know if it is possible to build a dll with VS2005 C++
>> Express Edition, that is unmanaged, and that is not dependent on the .NET
>> framework.
>
> Yes.

If you want to create a dll that uses the windows apis, you have to install
the platform SDK.
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
for more details.

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