Working with Visual C++ Toolkit 2003

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Hello!

I need some advice concerning the Visual Toolkit 2003. I have been working
with Visual C++ 6.0 Professional for several years now, and I am still using
it for a running project. Unfortunately, VC++ 6.0 is rather out of date and
I am having some trouble with its lack of conformance to the C++ standard.

Visual C++ .NET turned out to be rather expensive, especially for the reason
that the Professional Edition is not available as a stand-alone any more,
only together with the rest of Visual Studio. I guess that this is their way
of selling that Visual Basic and Visual J crap that nobody wants to have -
well, thanks Microsoft...

This more or less forced me to take a look at the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003. I
have downloaded and installed it, and it basically works fine. However, I
cannot imagine that it is at all possible to build a large-scale project
from the command line. The ReadMe file include some link to internet
resources on using the Toolkit, but I have checked them out and they are
nothing but useless. Other so-called "tutorials" only provide an
installation guide and tell you how to compile a "hello world" application.

Is anyone out there seriously using the Toolkit for their projects? If so,
how do you use it? Are you working with Notepad or with a custom IDE? Are
you using makefiles, or are you typing a dozen of commands each time you
compile? How do you set your path variables? When I type "cl" into a DOS
prompt, all I get is an error because the command cannot be found... Sorry,
but I don't even know where to start - or maybe I shouldn't do so anyway,
but rather throw the Toolkit away and get the full version?

Best regards,

Matthias Hofmann



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