hi guys,can u please help me in finding a free vista compatible c/c++ ide
reply me as soon as possible.thanx

 

For C++ you could look at Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/

If you are a student you may want to look at something called DreamSpark from MS that will give you the full professional version of the above software for free: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/

As for recommending a C IDE, it might be best to know your application focus before recommending anything.

Dave

 

There is a C-Free compiler on the web at www.programarts.com. I would advice you to ask if the C-Free compiler is Windows Vista compatible before downloading. In the beta version, they had a problem with a C-Free memory violation error occurring during a program edit. As of 2/14/2008, this error was not corrected.

I've been using the C-Free beta version for a month now without much difficulty. The error message did not affect my small programs.

C-Free is shareware.

John

 

John, didn't you succeed in running it in compatibility mode under Vista? Or did you find that that produced problems?

Dave

 

MSVC++ 2008 is fine for C too.

 

MSVC++ 2008 is fine for C too.

So it is: http://cplus.about.com/od/learningc/qt/compilingc.htm

Worth knowing.

Dave

 

Yeah, and in 2008 it's much easier now, all you need to do is rename the .cpp file to .c.

 

Yeah, and in 2008 it's much easier now, all you need to do is rename the .cpp file to .c.

Thanks for the information Colin. At work we recently got a license for the full VS2008 Professional so this might come in handy.

Dave

 

John, didn't you succeed in running it in compatibility mode under Vista? Or did you find that that produced problems?

Dave

I have not tried that because the beta version is running fine for my purposes. Installing the C-Free compiler would cause the beta version to be deleted. However, I contacted the software developers at the site and they assured me that they would email me when the C-Free compiler is debugged and released.

John

 

I have not tried that because the beta version is running fine for my purposes. Installing the C-Free compiler would cause the beta version to be deleted. However, I contacted the software developers at the site and they assured me that they would email me when the C-Free compiler is debugged and released.

John

Thanks for the information, John. Be sure to let us know.

Dave