problem with msdn

killer_instinct

i had downloaded the last msdn from msdn website

my problem is that msdn is compatible with my visual c++ 6.0 dated since 1998

i can't update to the last version because our teacher want us to work with visual c++ 6.0

orcmid

killer_instinct wrote:

i had downloaded the last msdn from msdn website my problem is that msdn is compatible with my visual c++ 6.0 dated since 1998 i can't update to the last version because our teacher want us to work with visual c++ 6.0

If you are not going to be making Windows applications, you do not need anything that does not come with the Visual C++ 6.0 compiler. What do you expect to find in the MSDN Library that will matter for your class

You can use the MSDN that is part of Visual Studio 6.0 and should be included with Visual C++ 6.0, depending on the version.

MSDN On-line also has an archive of older material: http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp Later MSDN Libraries on DVD / CD-ROM do not include this material. They also link to MSDN on-line for access to "legacy material."

The last MSDN that integrated in Visual Studio 6.0 was produced in 2003. The earliest version available for download is the MSDN Library May 2006 Edition (August 2006 is the most-recent available for download).

It is true that recent versions of the MSDN Library (and Platform SDK) on CD-ROM and DVD are not compatible with Visual Studio (and Visual C++) 6.0. However, you should be able to install the latest MSDN Library. It will simply not integrate with Visual C++ 6.0. You can use it outside of Visual C++ 6.0. I am not sure it will be very useful to you.

Peter Ritchie

The last MSDN library that worked with Visual C++ 6.0 was the October 2001 version, which is no longer downloadable.

orcmid

Peter Ritchie wrote:

The last MSDN library that worked with Visual C++ 6.0 was the October 2001 version, which is no longer downloadable.

I am not surprised that it would not have changed since October 2001. However, the Visual C++ 6.0 MSDN library continued to be provided in MSDN subscriptions as late as 2003 (I have such a DVD in my archives), usually as a companion to a newer MSDN library that required a post-6.0 Visual Studio for automatic integration. Visual Studio 6.0 Professional and its Service Pack 5 were distributed as recently as the August 2003 Disc 2353 (DVD), one I've kept around "just-in-case."

We agree on the consequences: the library is no longer available from Microsoft except in the form of MSDN on-line archive materials which, fortunately, are available to non-MSDN subscribers such as our inquiring student and the teacher.