With Visual C++ 2008 Express you can build both native and managed applications. Included is the Windows Platform SDK which you can build applications that take full advantage of the Win32 API. No, MFC and ATL are not included with Visual C++ 2008 Express. MFC and ATL will be included in Visual Studio 2008 Standard and above editions. Yes, Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition includes the same core optimizing compiler that will be included with all other Visual Studio 2008 editions.

Visual Basic 2008 Express can be used to build Windows applications, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications, console and reusable components and controls. If you want to create interactive Web sites, you should use Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition which fully supports the Visual Basic language.

Visual C# 2005 Express can be used to build Windows applications, consoles (sometimes referred to as "command line applications"), and reusable components. If you want to create interactive Web sites, you should use Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition which fully supports the Visual C# language.

Visual C# 2008 Express is designed for hobbyists, first-time developers, and students looking for a fun and easy way to build Windows applications.

The Express products are not officially supported. But you may find help by posting your question in the Visual C# 2008 Express Forum .

No. Visual Web Developer 2008 Express comes with a built-in Web development server that enables you to build and test applications without a dependency on IIS. The server only accepts local requests and is only for build and test. Web applications built with Visual Web Developer can easily be deployed to IIS or your favorite hoster using the built-in copy Web tool.

Visual Basic 2008 Express is designed for hobbyists, first-time developers, and students looking for a fun and easy way to build Windows applications.

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express is a stand-alone, lightweight, easy-to-use Web-focused tool for building ASP.NET 3.5 applications. It includes everything you need to begin building Web applications, including a built-in development/test Web server.

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express is intended for non-professional, hobbyists, students and beginning Web developers who want to learn how to build ASP.NET 3.5 Web applications.

Visual Basic 2008 Express includes a migration wizard that will help import existing Visual Basic 6.0 projects. You may need to make some manual adjustments to the code you port over, but the migration wizard is a good first step towards moving your code forward.

Visual Basic 2008 Express includes a migration wizard that will help import existing Visual Basic 2005 Express projects. You may need to make some manual adjustments to the code you port over, but the migration wizard is a good first step towards moving your code forward.

The Express products are not officially supported. But you may find help by posting your question in the Visual Basic 2008 Express Forum .

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express supports development with Visual Basic and Visual C#. Visual Web Developer 2008 Express also includes rich editors for HTML, XML, JavaScript and Cascade Style Sheets (CSS).

Yes. The ability to target different versions of the .NET framework (i.e. multi-targeting) is available in Visual Web Developer 2008 through the Project Properties menu.

Generally speaking, yes. Please note that there have been some changes between the betas and the official release, so you make to make some updates to your code accordingly. Yes, side-by-side compatibility with other versions of Visual Studio 2005 including Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions and Visual Studio 2008.

The ability to target a version of the .NET Framework other than 3.5 (i.e. multi-targeting) is included in all the Visual Studio Express Edition products. Multi-targeting is available under the Project Properties menu which can be selected by going to Project-> <Application Name> Properties.

Install the Microsoft Platform SDK and Visual C++ 2005 and than you have to make steps written on http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ . Import Freeswitch.sln and let's build. After importing you can ignore messages 'Solution folders are not supported in this version of Visual Studio."ã??The default build is the Debug build at the moment.

Start a new project and select makefile, on the general tab. Enter the name of the project and the folder where it will be located, leaving the ‘Create directory for solution’ box unchecked. Click OK. in the ‘Build command line:’ box. Under ‘Clean commands:’ type “make clean”.

Microsoft didn't get its Standard C++ act together until Visual C++ 2003. (a.k.a. version 7.1) If you must use older versions of VC++, you're stuck with either the C API, or the ancient 1.7.1 release of MySQL++. This version is an unofficial third-party contribution which is known to have bugs. If it works, I'm happy for you. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces. Microsoft is giving away a limited but functional version of Visual C++ 2005 which works just fine with MySQL++.

The Visual C++ project files included in Berkeley DB 4.3.29 have a bug when used with Visual C++ version 6. The symptom is that at link time, the following error is generated: Linking... Creating library Release/libdb43.lib and object Release/libdb43.exp mut_win32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetSecurityDescriptorDacl@16 mut_win32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__InitializeSecurityDescriptor@8 Release/libdb43.

You can invoke the build with MSVC_BUILD=1 and the build will use Visual C instead of MinGW. Note that MinGW is still required as GNU make is used rather than nmake. Using the Microsoft compilers allows one to use the Visual C debugger to debug MESS, but one does not get the full benefits of the IDE.