Differences Between the Win32 3.5 SDK and Visual C++ 2.0

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), version 3.5
• Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, version 2.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 contains the compiler tools, headers, and libraries necessary to develop Win32-based applications. In addition, it has an integrated development environment (Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) version 3.0) and Wizards to make programming easier. However, there is still a separate Win32 SDK available through MSDN Level II.

This article lists the things that are included in the Win32 SDK that are not included in Visual C++ version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is a list of items included in the retail Win32 SDK that are not included in Visual C++ version 2.0 (Intel only):

Tools

WinDbg/WinDbgRM Process Walker Working Set Tuner Software Compatibility Test Microsoft Test API Profilers POSIX headers and libraries Help Indexing masm386

Toolkits

RPC Toolkit (and samples) Setup Toolkit

Documentation

SNMP Programmer's Reference (PROGREF.RTF) Generic Thunks (GENTHUNK.TXT) Multicast Extensions to Windows Sockets for Win32 Windows Sockets for Appletalk File Formats (CUSTCNTL.TXT, ENHMETA.HLP, PE.TXT, RESFMT.TXT) Writing Great 32-bit Applications for Windows POSIX Conformance Document Microsoft Windows NT Version 3.5 Hardware Compatibility List

Additional Samples

Win32:                            Multimedia:

   BNDBUF          NTSD           AVIEDI32           MIXAPP
   CDTEST          RASBERRY       AVIVIEW            MOVPLAY
   CPL             REBOOT         CAPTEST            MPLAY
   DYNDLG          RNR            DSEQFILE           PALMAP
   GLOBCHAT        SD_FLPPY       ICMAPP             REVERSE
   INTEROP         SERVENUM       ICMWALK            TEXTOUT
   IOCOMP          SIMPLEX        LANGPLAY           WAVEFILE
   IPXCHAT         SNMP           MCIPLAY            WRITEAVI
   LARGEINT        SOCKETS        MCIPUZZL
   MANDEL          SPINCUBE
   MSGTABLE        WDBGEXTS
   NETDDE

   ANIEDIT         RSHELL
   FONTEDIT        TLIST
   IMAGE           UCONVERT
   IMAGEDIT        WALKER
   NETWATCH        WINAT
   REMOTE