Does anyone know where I can download the last Platform SDK to work with VC6? The links I could find by Googling all seem to be dead.
I managed to find it here... (official or not)
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/FebruaryPlatformSDK
If you have an MSDN subscription, the Platform SDK (February 2003) and others are available under "Tools and Resources -> Platform SDK and DDKs"
The last Windows Platform SDK that fully supported VC6 was the Windows 2003 SDK, February 2003. However, through legitimate channels, you can not find this SDK for download anymore, and it looks like no one even has it for ordering, as links to the order sites are dead as well.
See this old MSDN blog post about the unavailability of the PSDK online, and the link to order it is dead: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowssdk/archive/2006/06/20/640172.aspx
However, not all hope is lost. From this more recent post on the MSDN forums: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssdk/thread/d63fb448-c417-4f8e-9260-5a8082daa2af
As Karin Meier says, you can obtain a copy of the February 2003 PSDK from this site:
http://mssdk.orderport.net/22221848/showall.asp
The disc itself doesn't cost anything, but you will probably have to pay shipping.
And of course, unless it is absolutely necessary to use VC6, I'd recommend moving up to a current and supported version of the VC++ compiler.
On official Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK Web Install page, quote:
This SDK does not support working with Microsoft Visual C/C++®, 6.0 as
support for VC 6.0 has ended. The last SDK that will work with VC
6.0 is the February 2003 Edition, you can order a CD on the
fulfillment site. Side by side installations are not supported.
Links to download Platform SDK February 2003 Edition in case you have not subscribed to MSDN:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.1.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.2.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.3.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.4.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.5.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.6.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.7.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.8.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.9.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.10.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.11.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.12.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.13.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/PSDK-FULL.bat
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sdk/update/win98mexp/en-us/3790.0/FULL/Extract.exe
Term of use available after unpacking distribution.
If that links once disappear try http://archive.org/web/ or contact members of https://winworldpc.com/ or similar comunity for abandonware.
For example all .cab available on https://web.archive.org/web/20100318065128/http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm page.
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I am developing a scanner program to be compatible with WinCE 5/6/7 platform.
Since VS 2008 is out of MS support, I am looking for a later version of VS to develop the program. However after trying out different third party tools (like toradex etc.) not able to get any conclusion. For VS 2015 there is .Net compact framework 3.9 which supports only WinCE 8 platform not the prior versions.
Request for your advice to proceed further. In case I need to post under a different category, please suggest.
Thanks,
Sam
Unfortunately VS2008 is the latest dev tool supporting those OS releases. You should be able to get together with platform builder from a windows embedded distributor or as part of an msdn subscription where you should be able to download previous releases. I say "should" because Ms license terms and distribution policies may have changed since the last time I checked this.
I have been trying to install the new Visual Studio 2013 Professional RTM all day, and the installation keeps hanging at the same place every time.
I have been searching high and low for help resources for this and can find absolutely nothing, so this is kind of my last resort.
The system configuration is as follows;
Windows 8.1 RTM 64-bit Professional
Intel i7 CPU
8 GB RAM
I am trying to install with only the C++ Foundation Classes, Web Developer Tools, and SQL Developer Tools.
I continue to get locked up at this part of the process.
The first thing to confirm is that the hash for your downloaded ISO matches that published by Microsoft. Since ISO's don't have built-in CRC checking, this is a common problem. Depending on the source of your download (MSDN, download.microsoft.com, etc.) the SHA1 hash is usually published along with the download. On MSDN Subscriber downloads click on Details for the relevant download.
If that doesn't help, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com) for assistance.
Hope that helps.
How can I build dxtrans.lib using VisualStudio 2010 on Windows-7 32-bit?
I've downloaded and installed DirectX, but can't find
dxtrans.lib and can't find a project to build it.
I need it for a VisualStudio 2010 project that was originally a project in VisualStudio 2005, but when I convert and build it with VS2010, I get error:
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'dxtrans.lib'
This feature is obsolete as stated here:
This topic documents a feature of Visual Filters and Transitions,
which is deprecated as of Windows Internet Explorer 9 and obsolete as
of Internet Explorer 10.
So, you don't find it in recent SDKs.
But if you still feel that you need it, here you can find how to get it (Chuck Walbourn always helps =) ) :
The August 2007 DirectX SDK was the last version to include dxtrans.h
and dxtrans.lib. This technology was used at one point by Internet
Explorer, but this is no longer in use.
So, now you want to look at MS downloads website to find this version. But, the problem that there is no such version. The only I could find is DirectX SDK - (April 2006). But you can dig a serch engine and probably find something better.
Hope it helps!
Am I able to download the Visual Web Developer 11 Beta ISO or EXE?
I have a very bad Internet connection that drops out all the time, so I would like to download it at a friend’s place and not use the Web Platform Installer if it can be helped.
If you are an MSDN subscriber, you should be able to download the ISO from the MSDN Subscriber Downloads page. But I suppose that you are not, considering that you're asking this question!
Unfortunately, I cannot find an official ISO of Visual Web Developer 11 Beta that is publically available on Microsoft's website.
However, you can download an ISO of any of the 4 editions of Visual Studio 11 here, which would include all of the functionality of Visual Web Developer. For example, the Professional version is available here. The download is slightly larger, but if the Internet connection is stable, that should not be an issue.
Thanks guys but I found it here http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28975 VS11_BETA_ULT_ENU.iso is the one.
Now I have it all up and running i'm not sure if I like it!!!
you could use internet download manager, even if your connection drops out the downloaded parts would not be corrupted.
What is your educated guess? Have you seen/heard any news/interview/quotes from any Microsoft employees?
As I commented, Microsoft does push Silverlight via Windows Updates. Refer to this example KB article.
An update (version 4.0.50524.0) is
available for Microsoft Silverlight.
This update offers a new build that is
an upgrade to earlier versions of
Silverlight. This update is included
in current Silverlight installers. If
your computer does not have
Silverlight installed, the installer
will be offered to you by Microsoft
Update or by Windows Server Update
Services (WSUS).
Note: Micosoft includes silverlight in optional update category. So most probably corporates and people with low bandwidth may not install it.
When you click through those EULAs for Windows Update, part of the agreement between you and Microsoft is the definition of a "High Priority" update (i.e. ones that get installed automatically). This agreement details that these updates are pushed out only for specific reasons, security being the primary one. This should give you enough information to infer when Silverlight will get pushed out as a non-optional update.