Updated: October 2008
The following tables show the features that are available in different editions of Visual C++. An X in a cell indicates that the feature is available; an empty cell indicates that the feature is not available. Notes in parentheses indicate that a feature is available, but restricted.
Documentation for features that are not available in Visual C++ Express or Visual C++ Standard Edition may be included in your documentation set.
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
32-bit x86 compiler
X
64-bit x64 compiler and cross-compiler
64-bit Itanium compiler and cross-compiler
Win32 SDK
(core only)
CRT library
CRT debug library
CRT source code
STL
ATL
MFC
.NET Framework class library
C++ Support Library
OpenMP
Graphical integrated development environment
Incremental Linker (Link.exe)
Program Maintenance Utility (Nmake.exe)
Lib Generator (Lib.exe)
Windows Resource Compiler (Rc.exe)
Windows Resource to Object Converter (CvtRes.exe)
Browse Information Maintenance Utility (BscMake.exe)
C++ Name Undecorator (Undname.exe)
ClStencil.exe
COFF/PE Dumper (Dumpbin.exe)
COFF/PE Editor (Editbin.exe)
MASM (Ml.exe)
Visual C++ Web Deployment Tool (VCDeploy.exe)
Spy++
ErrLook
AtlTrace
Devenv.com
Inference Rules
Command Line Tool (Vcbuild.exe)
Profile Guided Optimizations
Native Debugging
Managed Debugging
Remote Debugging
SQL Debugging
CSS Style Designer/Editor
HTML Designer/Editor
XML Editor
Source Code Editor
Windows Forms Designer
Data Designer
Resource Editors
Data Objects
Web Services
(Can consume Web services only)
Server Explorer
Extensibility Object Models
Code Model
Project Model
Resource Editor Model
Wizard Model
Debugger Object Model
Date
History
Reason
October 2008
Added content to the introduction to explain the table structure.
Customer feedback.