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C++ Help for .NET programmer

Author
20 Sep 2006 2:51 PM
dermot
Hi,
I develop in VB.NET.
I have sample code supplied in C++ files.

I need to rewrite this in VB.NET

How can I open and run the C++ files, I have:
  Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
  Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Edition

Do I need another development suite to edit the C++ files and run them,
so I can step through the code?

Many Thanks.

Author
21 Sep 2006 8:59 AM
Phill W.
dermot wrote:

> I develop in VB.NET.

Good for you ...

> I have sample code supplied in C++ files.

Oh dear ...

> I need to rewrite this in VB.NET

That's brave of you ...

> How can I open and run the C++ files, I have:
>   Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
>   Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Edition

If you have Visual /Studio/, then you already have Visual Basic, C#, C++
and [many] other languages available to you.

Your "sample code" should include a Solution file (.sln) or, for older
C++ versions, a Project (.dsp) and/or Workspace (.dsw) file.  Open these
in 'Studio and see what it makes of them (take a backup first, though;
'Studio likes to "upgrade" things in place and there's no "downgrade"
option to change them back).

HTH,
    Phill  W.
Author
25 Sep 2006 10:06 PM
dermot
Phil thanks for the help
There is a dsp file.  However I only have visual basic 6.0..  I don't
have visual studio 6.0
How do I open this, can I do it with Visual Studio 2005?

Phill W. wrote:
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> dermot wrote:
>
> > I develop in VB.NET.
>
> Good for you ...
>
> > I have sample code supplied in C++ files.
>
> Oh dear ...
>
> > I need to rewrite this in VB.NET
>
> That's brave of you ...
>
> > How can I open and run the C++ files, I have:
> >   Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
> >   Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Edition
>
> If you have Visual /Studio/, then you already have Visual Basic, C#, C++
> and [many] other languages available to you.
>
> Your "sample code" should include a Solution file (.sln) or, for older
> C++ versions, a Project (.dsp) and/or Workspace (.dsw) file.  Open these
> in 'Studio and see what it makes of them (take a backup first, though;
> 'Studio likes to "upgrade" things in place and there's no "downgrade"
> option to change them back).
>
> HTH,
>     Phill  W.