Trying to decide what to buy - Std vs Pro
Richard Knox
I wanna buy a new compiler. Reading the box and looking at marketing
marketing materials doesnt give me much insight.
I've been using Borland C++ v2.0 with all bells and whistles since 90 -
91.
Want to do an application reading and writing records from ACCESS
database. Also want to play with Active x. Understand that I need VC++
v4 or higher and MFC classes to do the ACCESS thing (bot a book from
Microsoft with dbDAO and DAO SDK)
For $100 I can get Standard, for $250 Professional, $500 Enterprise.
Sales lit doesnt tell me much. Merely that Pro gives me optimized code -
ho hum. Implication is that since I support myself this way - I owe it
to me or Microsoft to buy the "Professional" or "Enterprise" version?
Would someone who understands better than I tell me what one gets with
these various kits and what you think about their relative usefullness.
My skill level in C is mediocre and in C++ somewhat lower (but I've
written database systems in assembler and am very capable in some other
languages) - I use C largely modeled on Petzolds book when I need to do
a Windows app.
Brian Ebarb [MVP]
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Richard,
The Professional Edition (and EE) provides DAO/Jet support, which allows =
you to use Access format .MDB files. I seem to remember that it also =
supplies some ATL/COM support. The Enterprise Edition supplies SQL =
debugging and, I think, additional ActiveX ATL/COM functionality. I use =
VC5 Enterprise Edition myself, and couldn't be happier, but since I =
haven't actually installed the standard or professional versions it's =
hard to provide you with a personal comparison.
The best thing for you to do would be to browse over to the VisualC web =
site and hear about the differences straight from the horse's mouth.
Hope it helps!
- Brian Ebarb [MVP]
eb...@airmail.net
Richard Knox wrote in article <3359A6...@scvnet.com>...
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<P>Richard,</P>
<P>The Professional Edition (and EE) provides DAO/Jet support, which =
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to use Access format .MDB files. I seem to remember that it also =
supplies some=20
ATL/COM support. The Enterprise Edition supplies SQL debugging and, I =
think,=20
additional ActiveX ATL/COM functionality. I use VC5 Enterprise Edition =
myself,=20
and couldn't be happier, but since I haven't actually installed the =
standard or=20
professional versions it's hard to provide you with a personal =
comparison.
<P>The best thing for you to do would be to browse over to the VisualC =
web site=20
and hear about the differences straight from the horse's mouth.
<P>Hope it helps!
<P>- Brian Ebarb [MVP]<BR>
eb...@airmail.net<BR>
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Richard Knox<KN...@SCVNET.COM> wrote in article=20
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<HTML><BODY><FONT size=3D2>I wanna buy a new compiler. Reading the box =
and looking=20
at marketing<BR>
marketing materials doesnt give me much insight.<BR>
<BR>
I've been using Borland C++ v2.0 with all bells and whistles since 90 =
-<BR>
91.<BR>
<BR>
Want to do an application reading and writing records from ACCESS<BR>
database. Also want to play with Active x. Understand that I need =
VC++<BR>
v4 or higher and MFC classes to do the ACCESS thing (bot a book from<BR>
Microsoft with dbDAO and DAO SDK)<BR>
<BR>
For $100 I can get Standard, for $250 Professional, $500 Enterprise.<BR>
Sales lit doesnt tell me much. Merely that Pro gives me optimized code =
-<BR>
ho hum. Implication is that since I support myself this way - I owe =
it<BR>
to me or Microsoft to buy the "Professional" or =
"Enterprise"=20
version?<BR>
Would someone who understands better than I tell me what one gets =
with<BR>
these various kits and what you think about their relative =
usefullness.<BR>
My skill level in C is mediocre and in C++ somewhat lower (but I've<BR>
written database systems in assembler and am very capable in some =
other<BR>
languages) - I use C largely modeled on Petzolds book when I need to =
do<BR>
a Windows app.<BR>
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