Does Torque work with Visual C++ toolkit 2003?
by Kenneth Beckerdite · in Technical Issues · 12/01/2004 (9:38 am) · 3 replies
Does Torque work with Visual C++ toolkit 2003?
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12/01/2004 (9:51 am)
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Torque works out of the box with Visual Studio 2003 (it is the recommended IDE/compiler).
Torque will not work out of the box with Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 ($80). I have gotten it to compile with the Toolkit but as far as I know, I am the only one who has ever actually accomplished that. It takes some time and effort to accomplish it. You will need to install the Platform Core SDK and the Unix Utils in addition to the Toolkit. Then you are going to have to configure Torque for commandline compilation (simialr to setting it up for gcc). There are a couple of oddities in the configuration that you may have to deal with also. As mentioned in FAQ: Can I use free compilers with Torque?, "free" compilers often cost time, effort, research, and experience.
One nice thing about the Toolkit is that there isn't any of the licensing uncertainty that surrounds the Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products and it works pretty well with Eclipse once you have everything properly configured.
If you are determined to follow this route you may want to refer to portions of the Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products resource to get started.
12/01/2004 (10:55 am)
Mark is being a little misleading...Visual Studio 2003 and Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 are two separate products.Torque works out of the box with Visual Studio 2003 (it is the recommended IDE/compiler).
Torque will not work out of the box with Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 ($80). I have gotten it to compile with the Toolkit but as far as I know, I am the only one who has ever actually accomplished that. It takes some time and effort to accomplish it. You will need to install the Platform Core SDK and the Unix Utils in addition to the Toolkit. Then you are going to have to configure Torque for commandline compilation (simialr to setting it up for gcc). There are a couple of oddities in the configuration that you may have to deal with also. As mentioned in FAQ: Can I use free compilers with Torque?, "free" compilers often cost time, effort, research, and experience.
One nice thing about the Toolkit is that there isn't any of the licensing uncertainty that surrounds the Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products and it works pretty well with Eclipse once you have everything properly configured.
If you are determined to follow this route you may want to refer to portions of the Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products resource to get started.
Torque Owner Mark Berry
Now I just have to put up with flashbacks to MacApp over a decade ago when looking at the complexity of the SDK.....