visual C++ compiler toolkit question

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From: Jonathan Wilson (jonwil_at_tpgi.com.au)
Date: 08/25/04


Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:41:58 +0800

I have a project that is written with Visual Studio .NET 2003 using only
the windows API and C/C++ Runtime (i.e. no MFC/ATL/etc) which is used by
other people.
Some people have come to me asking what they need to get in order to
contribute to this project. I have been telling them that they need to get
Visual Studio .NET 2003 and that <Visual Studio 6/Borland/GCC/insert
compiler here> isnt going to work (specifically the code has to be ABI
compatible with existing closed source Visual C++ code which is why Visual
Studio is required).

I would like to be able to give these people a pointer to the Visual Studio
Compiler Toolkit instead, so they dont need to buy VS.NET if all they want
to do is edit the code in a text editor and recompile the DLL

Questions:
1.Is the Visual C++ Compiler Toolkit compiler the same compiler as Visual
Studio .NET 2003?
2.Where would someone using the VC toolkit get windows.h and the windows
headers from? (something that is compatible with those included with Visual
Studio .NET 2003 is what I am after)
3.My code is using time.h, string.h, stdlib.h, stdio.h, math.h and fstream
(and all related code). Does the VC toolkit include everything required to
use those headers? (I am using the /MT switch under "runtime library" if
that makes a difference)
and 4.is there a program that can take the .sln file/.vcproj file and
compile it with the command line VC toolkit? Or alternativly, another means
to turn the .sln file/.vcproj file into something that one can compile with
the VC toolkit.



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