Invasiveness of the VSIP SDK

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Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] - 15 Apr 2006 20:45 GMT

I can't help noticing that merely installing the VSIP SDK on a computer with
Visual Studio installed causes Visual Studio to display the text "A VSIP
license is required to use this version of Microsoft Visual Studio". This
despite that fact that no Visual Studio add-ins have been installed (or
built). Or have they?

So what's the real scoop - is Visual Studio just overly eager to display
this extra text, or did installing the VSIP SDK do things to Visual Studio
without telling me?

-cd

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Robert Simpson - 15 Apr 2006 22:06 GMT

Among other things, the VS SDK installed a master key so that any packages
you might create with the SDK do not require a PLK (package load key).

The presence of this master key alone may be enough cause VS to add the
warning to the splash screen.

Robert

>I can't help noticing that merely installing the VSIP SDK on a computer
>with Visual Studio installed causes Visual Studio to display the text "A
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> -cd

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