Do we need to download library to use strcpy_s()

[Nandu_77b]

Hi, I am writing a pure C++ programe. I need to use strcpy_s() in my programe. As of now my compiler is not supporting strcpy_s(), what should I need to do if i wan u to use strcpy_s(). Do i need to download any library of standard (ISO/IEC TR 24731 ), is it free? I don know how to go about it, so please let me know how to get more info about it? -Nandu

[George L Jackson]

You cannot use strcpy_s in versions of C++ before VS 2005. Download Visual Studio Express for C++ if you want to use it for free. However, you loose MFC and ATL, for example. Please, direct your "native" C++ questions to the C++/MFC forum.

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