Microsoft Questions

[CPPNOOB]

Hey, it's your favourite Microsoft basher here.

What's the best Visual Studio C++ or whatever that people use? I want to expand my C++ project for users of MSVC++. I'm a bit confused about everything. What's the express version?

Also, how hard is it to make a wrapper in C# to run my C++ engine?

[SampleText]

Do you mean Microsoft Basher Questions?

[editline]10:07PM[/editline]

I mean, Microsoft Programming Questions

[CPPNOOB]

I personally hate Microsoft, but if I'm making a free software project, I want everybody to be able to use it.

[turb_]

[QUOTE=CPPNOOB;22017117]What's the best Visual Studio C++ or whatever that people use? I want to expand my C++ project for users of MSVC++. [b]I'm a bit confused about everything.[/b] What's the express version?[/QUOTE]

I can tell.

Can you try to rephrase your question a bit? It made very little sense

[blankthemuffin]

[QUOTE=CPPNOOB;22017117]Also, how hard is it to make a wrapper in C# to run my C++ engine?[/QUOTE]

It's at an annoying level of difficulty. You have three choices, the good ones being wrapping your engine in a C ABI then P/Invoking that and ebedding Mono for scripting. The bad one is of course C++/CLI.

[noctune9]

[QUOTE=CPPNOOB;22017117]Hey, it's your favourite Microsoft basher here.

What's the best Visual Studio C++ or whatever that people use? I want to expand my C++ project for users of MSVC++. I'm a bit confused about everything. What's the express version?

Also, how hard is it to make a wrapper in C# to run my C++ engine?[/QUOTE]

Just use the newest.

[Shining_Sabe]

[QUOTE=CPPNOOB;22017117]What's the express version?[/quote]
The free version.

[quote]I personally hate Microsoft, but if I'm making a free software project, I want everybody to be able to use it.[/quote]
Why can't you just compile it using something else?
Unless you mean an open source project?

[CPPNOOB]

It is an open source project. 'free software project' implied that, didn't it?

[DrMelon]

If it's an open-source project, then chances are that anyone willing to get to grips with the source would know how to make a VC++ project using the existing files. Just make sure it compiles in Windows (personally, I use Code::Blocks with MinGW) and offer the source for download.

[h2ooooooo]

[QUOTE=CPPNOOB;22019770]It is an open source project. 'free software project' implied that, didn't it?[/QUOTE]

"Free" could mean "Open" or "Free" (as in price). It could as well for all we know have been a freeware closed source program.

[Shining_Sabe]

[QUOTE=CPPNOOB;22019770]It is an open source project. 'free software project' implied that, didn't it?[/QUOTE]

The Zune software for PC is free, and it's not open source.

And even if it is open source, anybody who would be able to understand your code files that uses VC++ should know how to add it to their project.

[ColdFusion]

You can make a wrapper by including a C++ dll in C#

[blankthemuffin]

[QUOTE=ColdFusion;22028950]You can make a wrapper by including a C++ dll in C#[/QUOTE]

No. No No No.

Please don't tell people how to do things when you clearly have absolutely no idea.

[CPPNOOB]

I meant [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software]free software[/url], not freeware. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for all your answers, guys.