VC++ is packed with tools including error lookup and ATL/MFC trace amongst many others. The Windows SDK adds a few more tools, as does SQL server and any other supported development tools. You can also create your own tools and add third-party tools, such as Axialis IconWorkshop, resource editors, help file/documentation editors and so on. Many developers have produced many useful (and expensive) development tools for VC++ over the years so if you can't find a particular tool that meets your requirements on the internet then it simply doesn't exist.
Your question request a comparison between apples and pears. C++ is a programming language. Microsoft Visual C++ Express is one of many development tools that you can use to create programs using the C++ programming language. Microsoft Visual C++ Express supports native C++ development, and supports development in 'managed C++,' a Microsoft-specific derivative of the C++ language, aimed specifically at the .NET platform.
The term "expansion of MFC" is meaningless. Note that the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) library has nothing to do with C++. The MFC is a library designed by Microsoft for use in Microsoft Visual C++.
No, it does not. But Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 allows you to connect to a virtual machine and run your projects "sandboxed".
There are several free implementations of C++. One of them is Microsoft's express versions of Visual Studio. See the Related Link below for more information.
The complete history of Visual C++ can be found in the "Visual C++" article in Wikipedia.
Microsoft developed Visual C++.
Yes. Microsoft Visual C++ is the correct name, but it is often abbreviated to MSVC++ or just VC++. They are all the same.
Your question request a comparison between apples and pears. C++ is a programming language. Microsoft Visual C++ Express is one of many development tools that you can use to create programs using the C++ programming language. Microsoft Visual C++ Express supports native C++ development, and supports development in 'managed C++,' a Microsoft-specific derivative of the C++ language, aimed specifically at the .NET platform.
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 was the 6th incarnation of Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit, released in 1998. Other than supporting legacy Windows software there is no real need for it these days. It has been surpassed several times over by Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 with Microsoft Visual Studio 11 currently in beta as of April 2012.
Chuck Sphar has written: 'Learn Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 now' -- subject(s): C++ (Computer program language), Microsoft Visual C++ 'Learn Microsoft Visual C [plus plus] 6.0 now' -- subject(s): C
If you use microsoft's "Visual C++ Compiler" whoever is going to use your program needs the redistributable installed.
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The term "expansion of MFC" is meaningless. Note that the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) library has nothing to do with C++. The MFC is a library designed by Microsoft for use in Microsoft Visual C++.
Microsoft Visual C++ or Embarcadero C++ Builder (formally Borland C++ Builder).
Yes, it can.
Yes, it is. Just make sure that you it though "Programs and Features" (Windows 7).
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