Microsoft KB Archive/145669

= Description and comparison of Visual C++ products =

Article ID: 145669

Article Last Modified on 2/24/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 1.51
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 2.2
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The following is a brief description of the various Visual C++ products and an overview of some of the features introduced in those products. This is not a comprehensive review of these products. Microsoft does not recommend that you use this as a buying guide; instead, we recommend contacting our Sales and Information Center at 1-800-426-9400 or Microsoft Technical Support at 425-635-7007 to answer specific questions.



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Visual C++ for Windows (16-bit Editions)

- Visual C++ 1.00 (Professional and Standard)

System Requirements: IBM Compatible 386 or higher, 4 MB RAM (8 recommended), VGA, 50-80 MB available hard drive space, 3 1/2" disk drive or CD-ROM,                       Microsoft-compatible mouse or pointer device.                        This product will not run under Windows NT                        or Windows 95. It runs only under Windows 3.1                        and 3.11 (Windows for Work Groups).

New Features: MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) Doc/View Architecture, Windows hosted development environment, App Studio, App and Class Wizard, MFC Tutorials.

- Visual C++ 1.50 (includes 1.51 and 1.52)

System Requirements: IBM Compatible 386 or higher, 4 MB RAM for Windows 3.1 and 3.11 (8 recommended) or 16 MB                       for Windows NT, 15-80 MB available hard drive space,Windows compatible CD-ROM drive, VGA monitor, Microsoft-compatible mouse or pointer device. This product will run under Windows 95.

New Features: OLE integration (MFC OLE classes, App and Class                Wizard support), OLE 2.0 SDK, MFC ODBC classes, MS Query, Windows NT hosted, DBCS support, OLE and ODBC MFC Tutorials, Books Online.

Visual C++ 1.51 and 1.52: Only available with subscription service with Visual C++ 2.0/1.5 suite. Version 1.52 includes MFC support for sockets, MAPI,OLE Control Development Kit(CDK) and Property pages/sheets, miscellaneous bug fixes.

Visual C++ 1.52b: This is a stand-alone product available in a CD-ROM. This product does not include the CDK. Everything else is same as in 1.52. Product is called version 1.52.

Visual C++ 1.52c: This product is available only with the purchase of                    Visual C++ 4.0 in a separate CD-ROM. This product includes the 16-bit version of the CDK and is called version 1.52.

Visual C++ for Windows (32-bit Editions)

- Visual C++ 1.00

System Requirements: IBM Compatible 386 or higher running Windows NT, VGA monitor, 12 MB RAM (16 recommended), Windows NT compatible CD-ROM drive, 15-80 MB                       available hard drive space, Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device. Please note that this product will not run under Windows 95, Windows 3.1, or Windows for Workgroups.

New Features: 32-bit targets, new compiler and linker options, Find in Files, Integrated Profiler, multi-threaded debugging capability, Win32 Structured Exception Handling, Break command in Debug menu, memory window in debugger, generalized output window.

Visual C++ 1.10: This is actually the version of the Visual Workbench. However, the product is called version 1.00.

- Visual C++ 2.00 (includes 2.10 and 2.20)

System Requirements: IBM Compatible 386 or higher (486                       recommended) running Windows NT 3.5 or later version, VGA monitor (SVGA recommended),16 MB                       RAM (20 recommended), Windows NT compatible CD-ROM drive, 20-80 MB available hard drive space , Microsoft Mouse or other pointing device. This product will not run under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups. This product will run under Windows 95.

New Features: Templates, exception handling, projects integrated into File menu, Macintosh cross-compiler add-on kit, OLE Control Development Kit, new linker format, new compiler and linker options, incremental link. ODBC support added.

Visual C++ 2.10 and 2.20: Only available with Visual C++ subscription service. Versions included Windows 95 common control support and improved samples, also updated header files for Windows NT 3.51/Windows 95, as well as bug fix information. Simple MAPI and Windows Socket support. See articles Q135389 and Q126110 for bug fix information.

- Visual C++ 4.00

System Requirements: IBM Compatible 486 or higher running Windows NT 3.51 or Windows 95, VGA monitor (SVGA recommended), 16 MB RAM (20                       recommended), Windows NT compatible CD-ROM drive, 20-100 MB available hard drive space. This product will not run under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups and NT 3.5.

New Features: Component Gallery, custom AppWizard projects, improved project viewing (ClassView, FileView), incremental compiler, minimal rebuild, MFC Data Access Objects (DAO), namespace, standard template library support, RTTI, integration with Microsoft Test and other development tools.

- Visual C++ 5.0

System Requirements: IBM Compatible 486 or higher running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95, VGA monitor (SVGA recommended), 20 MB RAM (32MB                       recommended) for Windows 95, 24MB RAM (32MB                        recommended) for Windows NT, Windows NT                        compatible CD-ROM drive, Windows 95 protected- mode CD-ROM drivers, 60-550 MB available hard drive space. This product will not run under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT 3.51 and earlier.

New Features: Compiler support for COM, MFC support for Active Documents, Asynchronous URL monikers, and Win32 Internet API, ActiveX Template Library, Standard C++ Library, improved performance of some C Runtime math functions, Wizard to add non-MFC classes, scripting and automation of Developer Studio.

- Visual C++ 6.0

System Requirements: IBM Compatible PC with a Pentium class processor (90 Mhz or higher recommended); running Windows NT 4.0 SP3 or later, or Windows 95 or                       Windows 98. VGA monitor (SVGA recommended). 24 MB RAM (32MB recommended). Windows NT                       compatible CD-ROM drive, Windows 95 protected- mode CD-ROM drivers. 290-375 MB available hard drive space. This product will not run under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT 4.0 SP2 and earlier.

New Features: Edit and Continue, Statement Completion, Delay Load Imports, Dynamic Updating of ClassView, Multiple Monitor support, Active Document Containment, Composite Controls support, Dynamic HTML support, OLEDB Consumer and Provider Templates, Oracle Support in Data Tools.

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