User guide

Visual Stu-
dio 6.0
Yes Commercial
1
No
2
MSVC6 Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio\VC98\Bi
n\vcvars32.b
at
-
Visual Stu-
dio .NET
(2002)
Yes Commercial
1
MSVC2002 Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio
.NET\Vc7\bi
n\vcvars32.b
at
-
Visual Stu-
dio .NET
2003
Yes Commercial
1
MSVC2003 Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio .NET
2003\Vc7\bi
n\vcvars32.b
at
-
Visual Stu-
dio 2005
Yes Commercial MSVC2005 Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio
8\VC\bin\vc
vars32.bat
-
Visual C++
2005 Ex-
press Edition
(recommend
ed)
Yes Free Down-
(474MB
load)
Free Down-
load
(420MB)
MS-
VC2005EE
Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio
8\VC\bin\vc
vars32.bat
vcre-
dist_x86.exe
3
Visual Stu-
dio 2008
(Code Name
"Orcas")
Yes Beta
6
No
2
-
(not yet im-
plemented!)
Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio
9.0\VC\bin\v
cvars32.bat
beta only
Visual Stu-
dio 2008 Ex-
press Edition
(Code Name
"Orcas")
Yes Beta
6
No
2
-
(not yet im-
plemented!)
Microsoft
Visual Stu-
dio
9.0\VC\bin\v
cvars32.bat
beta only
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