VC++.NET and legacy systems
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I do a lot of development on and for NT4 Workstations. I have a couple of devleopment machines running Win2K, but most of the targets and several development stations are running NT4. As I look towards whether to upgrade to VC++.NET (for unmanaged code development only) what should I consider as to being able to run on an NT4 machine and being able to target NT4 machines? I would like to take advantage of the improved C++ standard-compliance and the allegedly much-less-buggy Standard C++ library, but there are real costs to upgrading the OS. We have lots of weird hardware (high-speed framegrabbers, stepper-motor drivers, etc.) for which there are not Win2K/XP drivers and we are leery of the implications for performance of upgrading the OS. Last machine we upgraded to Win2K proceeded to spend several days spontaneously throwing a BSOD and rebooting every 15 minutes until we tracked down which device driver was causing the error (a National Instruments GPIB card, if you're curious). So can anyone tell me anything about running VC.NET under NT4 Wks?
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I do a lot of development on and for NT4 Workstations. I have a couple of devleopment machines running Win2K, but most of the targets and several development stations are running NT4. As I look towards whether to upgrade to VC++.NET (for unmanaged code development only) what should I consider as to being able to run on an NT4 machine and being able to target NT4 machines? I would like to take advantage of the improved C++ standard-compliance and the allegedly much-less-buggy Standard C++ library, but there are real costs to upgrading the OS. We have lots of weird hardware (high-speed framegrabbers, stepper-motor drivers, etc.) for which there are not Win2K/XP drivers and we are leery of the implications for performance of upgrading the OS. Last machine we upgraded to Win2K proceeded to spend several days spontaneously throwing a BSOD and rebooting every 15 minutes until we tracked down which device driver was causing the error (a National Instruments GPIB card, if you're curious). So can anyone tell me anything about running VC.NET under NT4 Wks?
VS.NET is supported on NT4. The scenarios you mention should continue to work fine! -Nick This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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VS.NET is supported on NT4. The scenarios you mention should continue to work fine! -Nick This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Thanks for the info. I had been worried that I might not be able to use it, as the system requirements for the betas, as posted on MSDN look more restrictive.