Microsoft KB Archive/125474

= Differences Between the Win32 3.5 SDK and Visual C++ 2.0 =

ID: Q125474

3.50 WINDOWS NT kbtool

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), version 3.5
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, version 2.0

SUMMARY
Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 contains the compiler tools, headers, and libraries necessary to develop Win32-based applications. In addition, it has an integrated development environment (Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) version 3.0) and Wizards to make programming easier. However, there is still a separate Win32 SDK available through MSDN Level II.

This article lists the things that are included in the Win32 SDK that are not included in Visual C++ version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION
The following is a list of items included in the retail Win32 SDK that are not included in Visual C++ version 2.0 (Intel only):

Tools
WinDbg/WinDbgRM Process Walker Working Set Tuner Software Compatibility Test Microsoft Test API Profilers POSIX headers and libraries Help Indexing masm386

Toolkits
RPC Toolkit (and samples) Setup Toolkit

Documentation
SNMP Programmer's Reference (PROGREF.RTF) Generic Thunks (GENTHUNK.TXT) Multicast Extensions to Windows Sockets for Win32 Windows Sockets for Appletalk File Formats (CUSTCNTL.TXT, ENHMETA.HLP, PE.TXT, RESFMT.TXT) Writing Great 32-bit Applications for Windows POSIX Conformance Document Microsoft Windows NT Version 3.5 Hardware Compatibility List

Additional Samples
Win32:                           Multimedia:

BNDBUF         NTSD           AVIEDI32           MIXAPP CDTEST         RASBERRY       AVIVIEW            MOVPLAY CPL            REBOOT         CAPTEST            MPLAY DYNDLG         RNR            DSEQFILE           PALMAP GLOBCHAT       SD_FLPPY       ICMAPP             REVERSE INTEROP        SERVENUM       ICMWALK            TEXTOUT IOCOMP         SIMPLEX        LANGPLAY           WAVEFILE IPXCHAT        SNMP           MCIPLAY            WRITEAVI LARGEINT       SOCKETS        MCIPUZZL MANDEL         SPINCUBE MSGTABLE       WDBGEXTS NETDDE SDK Tools:

ANIEDIT        RSHELL FONTEDIT       TLIST IMAGE          UCONVERT IMAGEDIT       WALKER NETWATCH       WINAT REMOTE Additional reference words: 2.00 3.50 KBCategory: kbtool KBSubcategory: TlsMisc Technology : kbMfc

Last Reviewed: October 10, 1997