Visual Studio Express 2005 and the Platform SDKWhen Visual C++ Express 2005 was first released, many of its features were stripped out, including the ability to compile any code with #include Installation 1. Download and install Visual C++ Express 2005. 2. Download and install the Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK or web install Note: The PSDK default location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2, we will refer to it as C:\Program Files\MS_PSDK 3. To enable windows.h and other typical windows development APIs in Visual C++ Express go to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > VC++ Directories and set the following: Executable files: C:\Program Files\MS_Platform_SDK\Bin
Include files: C:\Program Files\MS_Platform_SDK\Include Library files: C:\Program Files\MS_Platform_SDK\Lib 4. In a notepad, open C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCProjectDefaultscorewin_express.vsprops add the following to AdditionalDependencies: " user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib" 5. Enable the win32 api in the project setup wizard, open this file in Notepad C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCWizards\AppWiz\Generic\Application\html\1033\AppSettings.htm comment out the following lines (after IS_EXPRESS_SKU) as follows (approx line #440) // WIN_APP.disabled = true;
// WIN_APP_LABEL.disabled = true; // DLL_APP.disabled = true; // DLL_APP_LABEL.disabled = true; test project 1 - console Test your configuration by compiling and running the following application: Set it up as a Win32 Console Project (right before you click [Finish], click Application Settings and select console application). #include <windows.h> #include <tchar.h> #include <shellapi.h> int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), _T("http://www.google.com"), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW); return 0; } test project 2 - win32 gui Set this one up as a Win32 Console Project at first but later choose windows application (right before you click [Finish], click Application Settings and select windows application). If you don't select 'windows application' and do console again, you will want to go to Project > Project Properties > Configuration Properties > Linker > System and set 'Subsystem' to "Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS)" in the dropdown, because you are using win32 api gui elements, and WinMain() instead of main(). #include <windows.h> #include <tchar.h> #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int) { //create the main window CreateWindowEx( 0, WC_DIALOG, //predefined const WC_DIALOG for dialog boxes _T("My Window"), // title text of the window WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_VISIBLE, // style 400, // x 100, // x 200, // w 200, // h NULL, // parent window handle - NULL NULL, // NULL, // NULL // ); //display a message box MessageBox( NULL, // parent window handle - NULL _T("Message - Hello World"), _T("Title of Message Box"), 0 // style ); return 0; } Deploy Your Application To deploy an application, the client will need to download vcredist_x86.exe for Visual C++ Express 2005 SP1. Then the client should be able to run any .exe you have compiled. | Related Articles |
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