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The latest in C++, Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg from the MSFT C++ team

VC Runtime Binding…

Hello, I am George Mileka, a developer on the Visual C++ Libraries Team. After we released the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack back in April, we got a lot of useful feedback from MVPs and customers. One of the areas that definitely needed clarification is the version dependency embedded in the generated manifest. The question goes like this...

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Beta now available

We are very excited to announce that Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available for download. We encourage you to go ahead and try out this release. Please remember that this is a beta so some caution is advised. The goal of this beta is to gather feedback from the community. Please use the connect site to report any issues or ...

Tips and Tricks to debug large applications

Hi, I am Vaishnavi Sannidhanam, test lead on the Phoenix compiler backend team. Phoenix is a platform and analysis framework. For more information on Phoenix you can listen to the talk given by one of our architects, Andy Ayers, on Channel 9 https://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=396461. Our compiler test cases include compiling ...

Enums, Macros, Unicode and Token-Pasting

Enums, Macros, Unicode and Token-PastingHi, I am Rocky a developer on the Visual C++ IDE team.  I would like to discuss the C++ programming technique of creating macro generated enums.  I recently used this for distinguishing various C++ types such as class, variable, and function.  Having the list of types in one file makes it ...

Get a feel for the new MFC features using samples

Hello, everyone. This is Jessica Liu. I’m an SDET on the VC Libraries team. During the past few months, I have spent most of my working hours on testing the new MFC components. Now the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack has been released. This update is not going to cost you one cent if you already have Visual Studio 2008 RTM installed. But ...

Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Refresh

Per our previous announcement regarding the Feature Pack deployment & setup issues, we have subsequently released a refresh of the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack. You can obtain the refresh from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d466226b-8dab-445f-a7b4-448b326c48e7&displaylang=en. Here is a summary of the issues ...

WinSDK for SRV2008 and VS2008

Some customers have reported issues with vcvars32.bat in VS2008 after installing the Windows Server 2008 SDK. Karin Meier from the WinSDK Team just posted a workaround at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3204202&SiteID=1&mode=1 Thanks,Visual C++ Development Team...

Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Setup & Deployment Issues

Unfortunately, a set of setup & deployment issues have been reported with the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack. Some of these are blocking issues and, as a result, we are currently working on a refresh of the Feature Pack.  In the interim, a list of the issues and their workarounds is provided below.  These issues will all be addressed via ...

Channel 9 Video: Andy Ayers – Understanding the Phoenix Compiler Framework

To celebrate the recent release of the next interim version of the Phoenix SDK (http://connect.microsoft.com/phoenix), we asked Charles to do another of his excellent Channel 9 videos on Phoenix (and it has been a little since the last Channel 9 video on Phoenix too.) Andy Ayers, an Architect on the Phoenix project, spent an hour talking about...