Obtaining Visual C++ Command Line Tools

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Where can a small and current version of Microsofts Visual C++ command
line tools be obtained? I currently program Windows in MASM32 and can
program DOS in C++ and would like to learn to program Windows with
vc++. Thanks......
 
How large is a typical vc++ compiler/linker? I only need the compiler
, linker and the usual set of run-time libraries to build small
Windows applications. My copy of MASM ( Microsoft Macro Assembler
6.14 ) only consumes around 20mb of hard - drive space and I can code
just about anything I need ( in assembly language ). Thanks.....
 
Hello there!
How large is a typical vc++ compiler/linker? I only need the compiler
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, linker and the usual set of run-time libraries to build small
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Windows applications.
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You could probably get it down to 500MB. I have much more because

I keep the MSDN library documentation, which pushes is above 2GB.

You could just get trial edition of VS .NET. Only the IDE is

licensed with a key and expiration. Command line tools work

just fine without it.

In fact, I used to build small C++ programs using VS .NET

under Windows 98; just by mounting the partition from the

server that had my VS .NET. All it takes is to modify

VSVARS.BAT file.

Good luck,

S
 
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