Original Code: #include <iostream.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { cout<<"Hello World\n"; } Error VC2005 issues: sample.cpp(1) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'iostream.h': No such file or directory Code...

Original Code: int main() { const x = 0; } Error VC2005 issues: sample.cpp(3) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int Code after applying the fix: int main() { const int x = 0; } For...

Effective from April 19th, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are permanently Free. For more information, take a look at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=357238&SiteID=1 Also, if you have any concerns or issues you...

Original Code: //sample.cpp int main() { for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i); for(i = 0; i < 10; ++i) ; } Error VC2005 issues: sample.cpp(3) : error C2065: 'i' : undeclared identifier Code after applying the fix: //sample.cpp int main() ...

I have been hanging a lot lately on the VC++ MSDN forums and I have noticed that lots of the issues raised there are due to migration difficulty to VC2005. Hence, I am thinking of starting a series of small short posts here explaining some of the common...

You can now check Brandon Bray's video on channel9. There are more videos to come for multiple features of VC++ 2005. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

Last February I gave a session at the MDC 2006 . I have had some feedback for making the slide deck available. I have attached it to this post. Thanks for your interest and sorry for the delay! Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

There have been lots of questions and concerns about deploying VC++ 2005 applications and what are the possible ways of deploying the VC++ Libraries. Thanks to Sridhar Madhugiri on the VC++ Libraries team, here is a quick dump that can help in the...