VC++ Vs. Managed C++

NTDEV
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Hello All ,
I have few doubts in mind related to new .NET Framework and I hope this
would be the best Place to receive
answer to my query.

  1. Does the new Language in the .Net (managed C++ ) provides all the
    flexibility for writing Drivers?
  2. Does microsoft intend to Defunct VC++ in the near future and increase
    support for the new language managed C++ ?
  3. Does the Device Driver Community intend to shift to managed C++ for
    developing drivers?
    4)what happens to MFC 6.0 ? Does microsoft also intend to archieve this old
    framework ?

Thanks And Regards ,
Aashish Kaushik
Software Engg.
TEL : 0120-4777881(Extn. 2390)
E-MAIL:xxxxx@jil.co.in
Visit Us At : www.jilit.de

There are no great people in this world,  
 only great challenges which ordinary  
 people rise to meet.  
 - William Frederick Halsy, Jr.
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No, no, no, and hey, everything eventually gets old and archived.

You don’t use C# to build drivers, just like you don’t (thank GOD) use
Basic. You use the DDK and the VC 6.0 Professional compiler for 2000 and
below (I think some may say you need 5.4 for NT 4) and the tools in the SDK.
For XP you use the compiler that is included in the XP DDK. You can use the
VC 6.) IDE as a build environment for 2000 and below, but the recommended
BUILD environment is to execute BUILD from within either the Checked or Free
build command line environment provided by the DDK. OSR and Hollistech also
provide a batch file that will create the proper environment and invoke
BUILD.

–
Gary G. Little
xxxxx@broadstor.com
xxxxx@inland.net

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
>
> Hello All ,
> I have few doubts in mind related to new .NET Framework and I hope this
> would be the best Place to receive
> answer to my query.
>
>
> 1) Does the new Language in the .Net (managed C++ ) provides all the
> flexibility for writing Drivers?
> 2) Does microsoft intend to Defunct VC++ in the near future and increase
> support for the new language managed C++ ?
> 3) Does the Device Driver Community intend to shift to managed C++ for
> developing drivers?
> 4)what happens to MFC 6.0 ? Does microsoft also intend to archieve this
old
> framework ?
>
> Thanks And Regards ,
> Aashish Kaushik
> Software Engg.
> TEL : 0120-4777881(Extn. 2390)
> E-MAIL:xxxxx@jil.co.in
> Visit Us At : www.jilit.de
>
>
> There are no great people in this world,
> only great challenges which ordinary
> people rise to meet.
> - William Frederick Halsy, Jr.
>
>
>
>
>

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Managed C++ is not C# but it is a way of using .NET code from C++.
Therefore, it really does not serve much use for drivers. If you wrote
unmanaged C++ with VS.net and use the build utility to build it you should
be OK…

  • Dennis

Dennis Merrill
Embedded Systems Engineer
Thermo?Electron Corporation
Spectroscopy Division

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary G. Little [mailto:xxxxx@broadstor.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 9:31 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: VC++ Vs. Managed C++

No, no, no, and hey, everything eventually gets old and archived.

You don’t use C# to build drivers, just like you don’t (thank GOD) use
Basic. You use the DDK and the VC 6.0 Professional compiler for 2000 and
below (I think some may say you need 5.4 for NT 4) and the tools in the SDK.
For XP you use the compiler that is included in the XP DDK. You can use the
VC 6.) IDE as a build environment for 2000 and below, but the recommended
BUILD environment is to execute BUILD from within either the Checked or Free
build command line environment provided by the DDK. OSR and Hollistech also
provide a batch file that will create the proper environment and invoke
BUILD.

–
Gary G. Little
xxxxx@broadstor.com
xxxxx@inland.net

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
>
> Hello All ,
> I have few doubts in mind related to new .NET Framework and I hope this
> would be the best Place to receive
> answer to my query.
>
>
> 1) Does the new Language in the .Net (managed C++ ) provides all the
> flexibility for writing Drivers?
> 2) Does microsoft intend to Defunct VC++ in the near future and increase
> support for the new language managed C++ ?
> 3) Does the Device Driver Community intend to shift to managed C++ for
> developing drivers?
> 4)what happens to MFC 6.0 ? Does microsoft also intend to archieve this
old
> framework ?
>
> Thanks And Regards ,
> Aashish Kaushik
> Software Engg.
> TEL : 0120-4777881(Extn. 2390)
> E-MAIL:xxxxx@jil.co.in
> Visit Us At : www.jilit.de
>
>
> There are no great people in this world,
> only great challenges which ordinary
> people rise to meet.
> - William Frederick Halsy, Jr.
>
>
>
>
>

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> 1) Does the new Language in the .Net (managed C++ ) provides all the

flexibility for writing Drivers?

Doubts.
For drivers, use the compiler from XP DDK, and not from the .NET IDE.

  1. Does microsoft intend to Defunct VC++ in the near future and
    increase
    support for the new language managed C++ ?

Dunno, but I suspect that DDK’s compiler will be there forever. It is
the same compiler MS uses to build the kernel.

  1. Does the Device Driver Community intend to shift to managed C++
    for
    developing drivers?

What is the need of this? To increase the worm can capacity? :slight_smile:

Max