Visual C++ 2010 Express only for evaluation?

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Sun May 02, 2010 1:29 pm

I just downloaded Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition, and the main loading screen said "Only for evaluation purposes" I thought that it would be like VC Express 2008. Is there something I'm missing? Like registration?

slavik262 · Post by **slavik262** » Sun May 02, 2010 2:18 pm

I believe you do have to register it. Go to the Help menu and click "Register Product." After that you'll be set.

Insomniacp · Post by **Insomniacp** » Sun May 02, 2010 6:58 pm

mainly it does not give you the redistributable so you need to pass it along with your code i believe so people can install the redistributable (which is required to run the exe). I believe that is the only difference for express edition's or at least the main one I saw

Dorth · Post by **Dorth** » Sun May 02, 2010 11:40 pm

redistributable and sdk are on Ms download site. A lot of advanced feature most people don't even realize are in Visual Studio are not there, as they are not often in lower levels than team/ultimate. Also, lots of optimization are enabled by default, as well as a lot of things installed and/or linked, more templates and such. But there are a few sites helping you set up the express so it works as well as a commercial version, though which level, I can't say. Lots of annoying and long tweaking though.

slavik262 · Post by **slavik262** » Mon May 03, 2010 1:33 am

If any of you are students, you can get the VS 2010 Professional at https://www.dreamspark.com/. All you need is to select your school and provide a .edu email account.

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Mon May 03, 2010 2:20 am

I registered the IDE, it works now.

slavik262 · Post by **slavik262** » Mon May 03, 2010 2:49 am

Insomniacp wrote:mainly it does not give you the redistributable so you need to pass it along with your code i believe so people can install the redistributable (which is required to run the exe). I believe that is the only difference for express edition's or at least the main one I saw

Are you positive about that? I'm pretty sure the redistributable dlls are in a folder somewhere.

Insomniacp · Post by **Insomniacp** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:00 pm

I haven't looked for them... I downloaded the redist. package from microsoft and you have to install it on a computer you want to run the program on (program you make). There may be dll files you can just pass a long with it, can't say

slavik262 · Post by **slavik262** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:22 pm

I know as a fact that instead of users needing to run an installer for the runtime, you can just package the runtime dlls with your program (msvcp100.dll and msvcr100.dll for VS 2010). They can be found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\redist