Visual c++ 6 freeware ?

[KrishnaRayalu_Talisetti]

Hi friends & Gurus, May i know is visual c++ 6 is free downloadable / freeware ? Please update me the details. Thanks & Regards, TV Krishna Rayalu

[CPallini]

It is neither freeware nor downlodable.

Veni, vidi, vici.

[Jochen Arndt]

VC6 is not free. There were special versions for publication on media of C/C++ books. So you might get such a book to get the special VC6 version for non-commercial purposes (compiled programs will show a message at each start). But VC 6 is outdated. There is no reason to use it anymore. If you are looking for a free Visual Studio version, you can download the Express versions from Microsoft at http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs[^].

[KrishnaRayalu_Talisetti]

Thank you. But VB 6 is freeware it seems. correct me if iam wrong.

[KrishnaRayalu_Talisetti]

Thank you Jochen, i need it for commercial purpose. It is for very old Visualstudio 6 project maintenence purpose i required vc++6.

[CPallini]

As far as I know VB6 is NOT free.

Veni, vidi, vici.

[Jochen Arndt]

If you don't want to convert the project to a newer VC version (which may be difficult), you can look for a used version. But note that those may not include the latest service packs (SP5 from 2003 and SP6 from 2004).

[KrishnaRayalu_Talisetti]

Thanks for the precautions i need to take , if it need to be upgrade. But as of now it is just support work.

[Albert Holguin]

When I've had to use really old versions of something... I've gone to ebay and looked there. The other way would be if you have an MSDN subscription, since MS usually makes all versions of their IDEs available to developers to download through there, but a subscription is pricey to begin with (you'll likely find it cheaper through some third party online).