Sunday, July 12, 2009

What's the difference between Visual C++ 2008 Express and Visual Studio 2008?

If I'm not wrong, in the 2005 Express Edition you couldn't #include "windows.h" but I see that in this new version you can also program the Windows API. What's the catch here?


I can't seem to find the differences on the official site.

What's the difference between Visual C++ 2008 Express and Visual Studio 2008?
Visual Studio 2008 is the full version of the full studio ( more then one program).


Visual C++ is just one of the programs you can get in Visual Studio. (Also Visual Basic , Visual C# and others).


Express is a cut down version of the full program (more features) The program still works, just you have to code more, where as the full version probably has some shortcuts to help you.


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