Product Highlights added, ClassView and WizardBar are Microsoft Visual C++ is the most updated immediately. productive C++ tool for creating Easily and seamlessly integrate the the highest-performance applica- functionality of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and other appli- tions for Windows® and the Web. cations with Active Document Nearly all world-class software, Containment. Users get the features ranging from the leading Web and richness they are accustomed to browsers to mission-critical while the developer writes less code. corporate applications, is built Quickly generate functional, full- using the Microsoft Visual C++ featured applications automatically. development system. Visual C++ New and enhanced wizards make 6.0 brings a new level of produc- developers productive at completing the widest range of tasks, including tivity to C++, without compro- support for many new technologies. mising flexibility, performance, Tap into the power and or control. Create the highest- productivity of Microsoft performance applications. Maximize your programming Visual C++ 6.0. Take advan- Compile more rapidly than ever. productivity. Compile time on large projects has tage of robust component Increase development speed and been reduced by up to 30 percent, development, powerful data- greatly simplify coding with without sacrificing any optimizations.

IntelliSense® Technology. On-the-fly base tools, and full Internet Improve application performance with syntax and programming assistance support to build strategic more control over DLL loading. The eliminate the need to memorize Delay Load Imports linker option business solutions. With complex syntax, param- Standard, Professional, eters, and object properties. and Enterprise editions, Get faster turnaround Visual C++ meets the needs with new Edit and of any developer. Continue in the debugger. Developers can edit code while debugging without having to quit the debug- ging session, rebuild, restart the debugger, and return the application to the state where the problem occurred. Save development time with Dynamic ClassView

updating. When new Auto List Members is one example of IntelliSense Technology in classes, variables, and Visual C++ 6.0. Here the user is provided with a context-sensitive drop- member functions are down menu of methods and variables. allows applications to load DLLs only Get the latest platform and Develop high-performance customiza- when and if they are needed to component development tions for SQL Server. Wizard support continue execution reducing startup support. for creating Extended Stored Proce- times and memory usage. Create the leanest, most robust dures gives you the performance of Improve load time with less code ActiveX Controls and COM objects natively compiled code and the overhead. Compiled code has a smaller with comprehensive native COM flexibility of the entire Win32® API. footprint due to the increased compiler support and write less code to Achieve scalable enterprise- granularity of the Microsoft do it. development. Foundation Classes (MFC). Develop the smallest, most scalable Collaborate, share, and secure source Executables now run faster. New server-side components rapidly with code on large projects with integrated optimizing keywords have been added the Active Template Library (ATL). Visual SourceSafeTM 6.0 version to those already recognized by the Use wizards to easily create COM control system. compiler to ensure that applications components and automatically register access the optimizations they need, them in Microsoft Transaction Server. Take advantage of legacy support provided by Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 given their target platform and Effectively reuse code and compo- to access data and integrate code with systems. nents. Find, track, catalog, and share mainframe systems and transaction Support for the ANSI/ISO C++ components within your development services. Includes comprehensive specification includes support for the team and across your organization with mainframe connectivity options for newest keywords and types, including the integrated Visual Component databases running on AS/400 and bool, explicit, false, mutable, true, and Manager and Microsoft Repository. IBM mainframes. typename. Array new and delete have Build world-class applications with Prototype and test enterprise applica- also been added. industry-standard MFC, the most tions with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 robust, productive, and widely used Take advantage of the newest Developer Edition, a scalable, high- application framework available Internet technologies. performance database management for Windows. Easily give your application the system for Windows NT based Simplify development for the latest compelling look and feel of Microsoft systems. Microsoft platform technologies. Use Internet Explorer 4.0 with MFC Design application architectures and wizards to create projects for Windows support for the Common Controls. component interfaces to organize team NT® clusters and snap-ins for Drag and drop any of these controls development with Visual Modeler, an Microsoft Management Console. to create intuitive and flexible user easy-to-use modeling tool. It can interfaces. Access data flexibly with the generate and regenerate code as you Create multimedia-based, highly highest performance. refine your models. interactive Dynamic HTML Web Use the comprehensive, integrated Test message queuing solutions for pages that take full advantage of Visual Database Tools to visually fault-tolerant applications with Internet Explorer 4.0 and leverage design and modify database schema, Microsoft Message Queue. MSMQ your existing skills and code. view tables, modify data, and create offers high scalability and the ability to Integrate the Web into your MFC reusable queries and stored procedures operate over networks that are occasionally unavailable. applications by building Web browsers for Microsoft SQL ServerTM 6.5 or later into MFC front ends. Use Dynamic and Oracle 7.3.3+ databases. HTML in your custom browsers to add Greatly simplify high-performance richness, manipulate data on-the-fly, access to any data source relational or and reduce server roundtrips. non-relational, e-mail and file systems, Maximize code reuse by easily text and graphics, custom business combining and extending existing objects, and more with new OLE DB

ActiveX® and Windows controls. Now wizards. developers can visually create Quickly develop data applications Composite Controls through the Active using ActiveX data-bound controls. Template Library (ATL) by simply ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) provide dragging and dropping existing users with simplified access to any controls onto a form. data exposed by OLE DB. 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