FULL Visual C 2005 Express Edition
Ignace Yeshwas
I want use VS to create Desktop apps, currently I have ultimate version of VS2013, but I think mentioned versions are lighter and faster and FULL FREE for me because I don't use most of developing features like Team server or Testing tools or IntelliTrace, .... I want know the mentioned versions have full Windows API Support (Header files definition) like Ultimate/Enterprise versions?
So in the end, as far as I can tell the choice is between plugins and enterprise. If it's just a product you are developing yourself, or an open source software, Community edition would be your best bet. On the other hand, if you want to try out the latest version at your work for free, then Express edition is for you.
2) Visual Studio Express Editions are targeting specific platforms: Express for Web allows you to develop Web apps; Express for Windows allows you to develop Windows apps; Express for Windows Desktop allows you to develop desktop apps. But with Visual Studio Community Edition, you can develop projects targeting cross-platforms.
Community is like a full version of Visual Studio Professional, only they don't allow you to develop for commercial purposes (through the licence agreement). With the exception for developing apps that you sell in the Windows Store.
Express is like the old school express versions, if you used to use the old school express versions, you probably want to stick to it. It allows for commercial development, but they restrict the features of the IDE. And they make it harder to use by splitting the IDE to only handle Web Applications (like ASP.Net) in one IDE and a different IDE for handling Windows Forms. (In the past they also split the Win Forms IDEs to only handle one coding language like C# or VB).
Hi I am currently running the visual studio 2019 express version but I am working on getting a new computer. The problem is I want to make sure I can still run version 2010 and 2017 express versions on my new machine and was wondering if someone can supply me with a link for them. There are some sites I have found but don't know if they are trustworthy or not. I have many apps over the years that were developed with both versions and would like to have them available on my new machine. I feel fairly certain they are still available but have no idea where to go. Next question if none of you can tell me where to get them is there anyway that I can bring both those versions onto my new hard drive? Thank you for any feedback you can supply me with.
Please note that Visual Studio Express version is no longer available from VS2017. It is supplanted by the Visual Studio Community. You can also download Community version from download page. Meanwhile, VS2010 Express, VS2017 and VS2019 Community can be installed side-by-side if the system requirements are met. You can check the following system requirements:
Visual Studio 2017 Product Family System Requirements
Visual Studio Express Readme
It looks like we have a knowledge base article here that describes an answer to your question. As you mentioned, here (also a related link from the first KnowledgeBase link) is the recommended method for doing this which uses Measurement Studio.
The options provided for Visual Studio 2005 in the knowledgebase article "Debugging a Visual Studio .NET Assembly from TestStand" are not visible in MS Visual C# 2005 Express edition. There is no 'Start External program' option in the debug tab of MS C# 2005 express and so I can't try this solution out. Any idea if the debugging from teststand would work even if the MS 'Express' 2005 editions are used?
I'd like to add that the reason that TestStand and Measurement Studio do not support integrating with Visual Studio Express Editions is that Microsoft does not support 3rd party tools integrating into Visual Studio Express. That is, they do not license us to use the automation APIs that we need to use to provide functionality within the Express environments.
This point aside, you can use Visual Studio Express Editions to create code modules that can be called just fine from TestStand. From the TestStand perspective, this is the same as if you used no IDE and instead used the VB.NET or C# compilers from the .NET SDK directly.
Visual C++ Express 2008 will not build 64-bit targets out of the box. However, this capability can be added by installing the Windows SDK and making some registry edits. Follow the instructions below to do this. Note that if you have the full rather than express version of Visual C++, this should not be necessary.
Download the appropriate SDK for your version of Windows. You need version 3.5, later versions will not work with VS2008. The current Windows 7 release can be found here: Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
The Windows SDK installer creates registry keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\... to point Visual Studio to the components it installed. This is the correct registry location for the full version of Visual Studio, but the express edition uses HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VCExpress\... instead. Similarly, the SDK installer creates *.VCPlatform.config files for Visual Studio, but the Express edition expects these to be named *.VCPlatform.Express.Config.
Edit the files sdk_data_clsid.reg and sdk_data_vc.reg, to replace all occurrences of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visual Studio to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VCExpress. Save the files.
Go to the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages and rename the file AMD64.VCPlatform.config to AMD64.VCPlatform.Express.config. Note: if you have installed VC++ 2008 in a different location, you will need to go to that location instead.
7fc3f7cf58