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Visual C++ Editions
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.
Note: 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
X
X
X
64-bit x64 compiler and cross-compiler
X
X
X
64-bit Itanium compiler and cross-compiler
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
Win32 SDK
(core only)
X
X
X
CRT library
X
X
X
X
CRT debug library
X
X
X
CRT source code
X
X
X
STL
X
X
X
X
ATL
X
X
X
MFC
X
X
X
.NET Framework class library
X
X
X
X
C++ Support Library
X
X
X
OpenMP
X
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
Graphical integrated development environment
X
X
X
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
Incremental Linker (Link.exe)
X
X
X
X
Program Maintenance Utility (Nmake.exe)
X
X
X
X
Lib Generator (Lib.exe)
X
X
X
X
Windows Resource Compiler (Rc.exe)
X
X
X
X
Windows Resource to Object Converter (CvtRes.exe)
X
X
X
X
Browse Information Maintenance Utility (BscMake.exe)
X
X
X
C++ Name Undecorator (Undname.exe)
X
X
X
ClStencil.exe
X
X
COFF/PE Dumper (Dumpbin.exe)
X
X
X
COFF/PE Editor (Editbin.exe)
X
X
X
MASM (Ml.exe)
X
X
X
Visual C++ Web Deployment Tool (VCDeploy.exe)
X
X
Spy++
X
X
X
ErrLook
X
X
X
AtlTrace
X
X
X
Devenv.com
X
X
X
Inference Rules
X
X
X
X
Command Line Tool (Vcbuild.exe)
X
X
X
X
Profile Guided Optimizations
X
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
Native Debugging
X
X
X
X
Managed Debugging
X
X
X
X
Remote Debugging
X
X
SQL Debugging
X
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
CSS Style Designer/Editor
X
X
X
X
HTML Designer/Editor
X
X
X
X
XML Editor
X
X
X
X
Source Code Editor
X
X
X
X
Windows Forms Designer
X
X
X
X
Data Designer
X
X
X
Resource Editors
X
X
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
Data Designer
X
X
X
Data Objects
X
X
X
X
Web Services
(Can consume Web services only)
X
X
X
Server Explorer
X
X
Feature
Microsoft Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio 2008 Standard
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Team System
Extensibility Object Models
X
X
X
X
Code Model
X
X
X
X
Project Model
X
X
X
X
Resource Editor Model
X
X
X
Wizard Model
X
X
X
X
Debugger Object Model
X
X
X
X
Date
History
Reason
October 2008
Added content to the introduction to explain the table structure.
Customer feedback.
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