Visual Studio Express 2005 Beta

[Brian Rice]

On Jan 1, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Todd Fleming wrote:

> Shaping wrote:
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> I suppose that everyone is using the Visual Studio 2005 beta, based 
>> on the 8.0 version of the slate.sln.  I began working with this file, 
>> fixing the locations of included files.  I tried building, but the 
>> compiler could not find windows.h, which apparently does not ship 
>> with Express 2005 Beta.  I see references to this online, but can't 
>> find a solution.  I don't have an MSDN subscription.  Is there 
>> something I can download to fix the problem, or should I reinstalled 
>> VS .NET 2003 and point to its include files?  I'm concerned about 
>> compatibility problems.  Suggestions are welcome.

Actually, it's just Attila Lendvai who has it, and needs to be more 
vocal about what he's doing and its consequences.

> I use VS 2003 with my own personal .sln and .vsp files. It's been a 
> while since I've built Slate though; all my ideas depend on a working 
> Windows FFI, but my FFI patch was rejected. I also need callback 
> support. I thought of doing callbacks myself, but figured that patch 
> would also be rejected because of the upcoming native compiler. So, I 
> sidelined myself, and am waiting to see what happens.

Ack! I don't like the sound of that at all. :( Callbacks are something 
we do need and will be accepted. As for FFI, we have something for that 
in the ExternalLibrary tool. Can you extend that for the Windows 
platform?

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Brian T. Rice
LOGOS Research and Development
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