One question still remains... Is it ok to have VC++ 6 and VC++ 2008 on the same development PC?
TFE http://totallyfreeenergy.zxq.net --- In [email protected], Thomas Hruska <thru...@...> wrote: > > Niranjan Kulkarni wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have VC++ from Visual Studio 6 installed on my machine. > > I would like to shift from older version to latest Visual Studio version. > > But a lot of my applications are still developed in VC++ 6. > > > > If I remove VS 6 and install the latest version, will I be able to open VS > > 6 > > projects in new versions and maintain them as efficiently as I can do today. > > > > I think MS should have good backward compatibility, but want your opinion > > since these are critical applications for my organisation. > > > > Also if I decide the run VS6 and Latest version of VS run in parallel on my > > machine, will it allow me to do so? > > > > Please advise. > > > > Thanks, > > Niranjan. > > Migrating from VC6 can be difficult depending on the application. > VS2008 will import VS6 projects but you will definitely want to back up > everything prior to each conversion. And once the conversion is done, > you will want to look at the converted files and make sure everything > builds and runs properly. > > The development paradigm for the latest VS IDEs is a bit different from > what you are used to. For example, you no longer use a member variable > wizard to create links between variables and UI elements in MFC. That > is probably the biggest drastic change. The next biggest change is > probably the way projects and solutions work together. On the plus > side, you will notice drastic improvements in both Intellisense and the > debugger. > > Keep in mind though that, with VS2005 and later, older OSes start > dropping like flies - especially with builds that link dynamically to > the VC++ runtime libraries. Do your homework here if you need to > support anything older than Windows 2000. > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 > Get on task. Stay on task. > > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/ >
