Vista Development using VS 2003.NET

[Deb54]

I have downloaded the latest vista SDK and have the VS 2003.NET VC++
compiler. I get a bunch of weird errors. Is developing under VS 2003
possible, I know that it's not "supported". Has anyone actually done this?
I have a working app under XP that is having problems with Directsound under
vista and want to play with it on a vista machine using the new SDK, but
don't want to spend $800 for a new compiler right now, I'm also not
interested in the "trial" version compilers. If anyone has any insight into
VISTA development using VS 2003.NET I'd like to hear about it.

 

[AlexB]

I don't know if it is relevant or not. Definitely not directly. I do have an
MSDN Pro subscription which last year was $900.00. It is worth every penny.
I can install practically unlimited number of OSs of any hue from DVDs they
send or I can download an image and burn it. I got VS2005 years ago and
worked with it until last months when I got a VS2008 and installed.

I would expect that VS2003 is very much obsolete. It is probably .NET 1.0. I
do not know if it will support newer.

I am in C# and have very sketchy experience with C++. In C# (as well as in
VB) new linq classes are introduced now (it is a new language, like
Trans-SQL but in source code) and those classes are only available in new
VS2008 code named Orcas.

Don't take my word for it, but my vote would be pessimistic. The gap may be
too great.

You will get a much better answer if you go to MSDN sites and ask them in
C++ or Visual Studio forums.

 

[Jake]

<I do have an
<MSDN Pro subscription which last year was $900.00.

Yet you have no idea how to boot into safe mode.
Wow.

 

[AlexB]

Then tell me how to boot into the safe mode on a nondefault partition if you
are so smart.

 

[Jake]

Google is your friend.

Then tell me how to boot into the safe mode on a nondefault partition if
you are so smart.

 

[MICHAEL]

I doubt that even Google would be his friend.


-Michael

 

[Jake]

LMFAO

I doubt that even Google would be his friend.


-Michael