What is Windows XP SP2 Platform SDK

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This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples for
windows development, including the items required to use new features in
Windows XP SP2 (like the new firewall functionality).

It does not come with a 32-bit compiler (only a 64-bit compler) however it
can be used with the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.
 
Jonathan said:
This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples for
windows development, including the items required to use new features in
Windows XP SP2 (like the new firewall functionality).

It does not come with a 32-bit compiler (only a 64-bit compler) however
it can be used with the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.
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Only the upcoming XP x64 will be able to run x64 applications. So the
intended audience for XP SP2 SDK is the 32-bit XP SP2 users. Under what
reason it comes with an 64-bit compiler? If the compiler itself is
64-bit, this means that no one can run it, if it produces 64-bit
executables, it means no one can run them!
 
Jonathan said:
This provides the latest header files, libraries, tools and examples for
windows development, including the items required to use new features in
Windows XP SP2 (like the new firewall functionality).

It does not come with a 32-bit compiler (only a 64-bit compler) however
it can be used with the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.
Click to expand...


For VS 2003 integration, is the "Register PSDK Directories with Visual
Studio" Start menu option sufficient, or manual settings are also needed?


The documentation is very mixed up, since it refers to various versions
of SDKs (e.g. July 2002) and an older version of VS (7.0).
 
Ioannis said:
Only the upcoming XP x64 will be able to run x64 applications. So the
intended audience for XP SP2 SDK is the 32-bit XP SP2 users. Under
what reason it comes with an 64-bit compiler? If the compiler itself
is 64-bit, this means that no one can run it, if it produces 64-bit
executables, it means no one can run them!
Click to expand...

It's a 32 -> 64 bit cross-compiler.

-cd
 
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