On 2023-02-07 07:22:08, Vitaliy Aksyonov (1:104/117) wrote to andrew clarke:

From memory the very recent versions of MSVC no longer produce
binaries that will run under Windows XP. I've found a good "middle
ground" is something like Visual Studio 2012, which still runs well
under Windows 10 & 11.

Visual Studio 2012 is not available anymore. Oldest one is 2013. Would
it produce binaries for Windows XP?

For the record the freeware Visual C++ 2005 Express is still available to download from Microsoft:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57034

or

https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E-A97854B7DD18/VC.iso

From my limited testing it will install and run under Windows 11 provided you install the .NET 3.5 Framework first.

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Hello andrew.

21 Mar 23 06:36, you wrote to me:

From memory the very recent versions of MSVC no longer produce
binaries that will run under Windows XP. I've found a good
"middle ground" is something like Visual Studio 2012, which
still runs well under Windows 10 & 11.

Visual Studio 2012 is not available anymore. Oldest one is 2013.
Would it produce binaries for Windows XP?

For the record the freeware Visual C++ 2005 Express is still available
to download from Microsoft:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57034

or

https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E- A97854B7DD18/VC.iso

From my limited testing it will install and run under Windows 11
provided you install the .NET 3.5 Framework first.

Great. Thanks. Downloaded it. Will try to build current master later. I have Windows 10 on my computer.

Vitaliy

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On 2023-03-21 06:36:40, andrew clarke (3:633/267) wrote to Vitaliy Aksyonov:

Visual Studio 2012 is not available anymore. Oldest one is 2013.
Would it produce binaries for Windows XP?

For the record the freeware Visual C++ 2005 Express is still available
to download from Microsoft:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57034

or

https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E-A9 7854B7DD18/VC.iso

From my limited testing it will install and run under Windows 11
provided you install the .NET 3.5 Framework first.

Visual Studio 2008 Express is also still available:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso

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On 2023-03-20 14:39:16, Vitaliy Aksyonov (1:104/117) wrote to andrew clarke:

For the record the freeware Visual C++ 2005 Express is still
available to download from Microsoft:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57034

or

https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C
7E- A97854B7DD18/VC.iso

From my limited testing it will install and run under Windows 11
provided you install the .NET 3.5 Framework first.

Great. Thanks. Downloaded it. Will try to build current master later. I have Windows 10 on my computer.

Visual Studio 2008 Express (see my last message) might be a better choice with recent Windows versions.

Though Visual C++ 2005 Express does give you the option to only install the command-line tools, which should be enough to build GoldED with nmake.

It's probably also possible to install both concurrently without breaking anything. :)

golded-plus/golded.sln is for Visual C++ 2005.

golded-plus/golded.mak is for Visual C++ 6.0 (1998) but should work with newer versions.

But I haven't tested either...

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