Platform SDK
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I'm trying to download the Platform SDK and I'm confused as to which version to download. From Microsoft's website, there is one with the title "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1", which seems to be the latest, but would it work fine if used with Win XP SP2? Regards Senthil _____________________________ My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro -- modified at 5:45 Friday 21st April, 2006
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I'm trying to download the Platform SDK and I'm confused as to which version to download. From Microsoft's website, there is one with the title "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1", which seems to be the latest, but would it work fine if used with Win XP SP2? Regards Senthil _____________________________ My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro -- modified at 5:45 Friday 21st April, 2006
Yes - the Platform SDK gets updated for the latest and greatest features but the old ones remain there. Just one thing to watch out for - you need VC7.1 or later to use the current platform SDK - the last SDK to be compatible with VC6 was (IIRC) WIndows Server 2003.
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Yes - the Platform SDK gets updated for the latest and greatest features but the old ones remain there. Just one thing to watch out for - you need VC7.1 or later to use the current platform SDK - the last SDK to be compatible with VC6 was (IIRC) WIndows Server 2003.
Stuart Dootson wrote:
you need VC7.1 or later to use the current platform SDK
Or just use standalone Platform SDK via the command line without Visual C++.
Maxwell Chen
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Yes - the Platform SDK gets updated for the latest and greatest features but the old ones remain there. Just one thing to watch out for - you need VC7.1 or later to use the current platform SDK - the last SDK to be compatible with VC6 was (IIRC) WIndows Server 2003.
Oh ok. I'm planning to use VC++ Express Edition (with the 7.1 compiler), so I guess it should work out fine. Thanks for the reply. Regards Senthil _____________________________ My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro
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Yes - the Platform SDK gets updated for the latest and greatest features but the old ones remain there. Just one thing to watch out for - you need VC7.1 or later to use the current platform SDK - the last SDK to be compatible with VC6 was (IIRC) WIndows Server 2003.
Also be wary. I've just installed the platform sdk and its total broken visual studio 2005! It seems to have changed some of the setting where VS looks for its programs (cl.exe, bscmake, etc). I tried putting the path back but now it just generates error messages when attempting to compile: Error result -1073741515 returned from 'E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.exe' Anyone else encountered this problem? I have no idea how to fix it! -- The Obliterator
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Also be wary. I've just installed the platform sdk and its total broken visual studio 2005! It seems to have changed some of the setting where VS looks for its programs (cl.exe, bscmake, etc). I tried putting the path back but now it just generates error messages when attempting to compile: Error result -1073741515 returned from 'E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.exe' Anyone else encountered this problem? I have no idea how to fix it! -- The Obliterator
Obliterator wrote:
I've just installed the platform sdk and its total broken visual studio 2005!
Just curious, why would you install the Platform SDK on VS 2005? If it's for VS 03, I can understand, but doesn't VS 2005 come with the lastest version already?