Visual studial standart & express

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Lloyd Dupont

I'm about to buy VS.NET2005 standart edition which fits my need very well.
What would be better though (cheaper and same feature, but I haven't tried)
is to buy C++ express & C# express.
If I buy both of these, could I have a mixed project (and debugging)
experience with native C++, .NET C++ & C#, all together?
Or do I need to go for the standart edition?

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Lloyd Dupont

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Lloyd said:
I'm about to buy VS.NET2005 standart edition which fits my need very
well. What would be better though (cheaper and same feature, but I
haven't tried) is to buy C++ express & C# express.
If I buy both of these, could I have a mixed project (and debugging)
experience with native C++, .NET C++ & C#, all together?
Or do I need to go for the standart edition?
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Good question! I'd like to know the real answer, but...

I've never installed any of the Express editions, but I gather that they're
meant to work side by side, not to integrate into a composite Visual Studio
if you install more than one.

There are a few features in Standard Edition that you don't get with the
express products too. The one I'm using the most: the Class Designer. I
find that I do maybe 75% of my interface/structure design using the class
designer directly instead of creating the code from scratch or generating
code from UML.

-cd
 
ho, class designer is not in express?
that settled then ;-)

Although I should say, even though I like this class designer I am old
school (don't use it much).
If I'm in "design mode" (which is, arguably, not often) I tend to write
multiple empty method myself (with the keyboard)...
 
How much work do you want? You can buy the express products and save money,
but you will have to do a lot of the work to reference things together as you
cannot contain these projects in a single solution. If this is not an issue,
and will not destroy your productivity, go for it. I would head towards the
unified approach personally, but each one of us has our own priorities.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think Outside the Box!
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I am also not fully sure the class designer is in Standard, it may be a
Professional thing. As this is an "I don't know" post, it would be prudent to
read the descriptions and make an informed decision.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

***************************
Think Outside the Box!
***************************
 
Cowboy said:
I am also not fully sure the class designer is in Standard, it may be
a Professional thing. As this is an "I don't know" post, it would be
prudent to read the descriptions and make an informed decision.
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I don't "know" fur sure either, having never installed VS Standard, but it's
my understanding that Class Designer was to be included there. Hopefully
someone who's installed it can confirm!

-cd
 
hehe..
you've got a funny writing style!
don't cry, I already agreed you before you write ;-)
 
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