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johne53:
Sometime last year I installed C::B under Windows. I think it was installed from a zip file (7zip perhaps?) - i.e. not compiled from source. I've been using it with cygwin gcc and (very occasionally) with Visual C++ version 6.

I need to upgrade my copy of Visual C++ but I noticed that the only later edition (available in Code::Blocks's dropdown list) is Visual Studio 2005. AFAIK 2005 is no longer available. I just wondered if:-

a) I should install Visual Studio 2008 and "hope" it works if I select the 2005 option - or

b) Will 2008 be listed as an option if I upgrade Code::Blocks?

Jenna:

--- Quote from: johne53 on October 24, 2009, 10:16:04 am ---b) Will 2008 be listed as an option if I upgrade Code::Blocks?

--- End quote ---

Yes it's listed, but if it works out of the box without tweaking, I don't know (didn't use visual studio since old VS6.0 times).

You can try an actual nightly, but it has an issue with filling the symbols-browser-tree, which can lead to a slowdown in very large projects, or when showing everything in the symbols-browser.
If that is a problem for you, you should wait for the next nightly, where this issue is fixed.

cacb:

--- Quote from: johne53 on October 24, 2009, 10:16:04 am ---a) I should install Visual Studio 2008 and "hope" it works if I select the 2005 option - or

b) Will 2008 be listed as an option if I upgrade Code::Blocks?

--- End quote ---

I am using nightly build 5859 with Visual C++ 2008 Express. It works fine. I also used it with Visual C++ 2005 Express in the past successfully. VC2008 Express works better than VC2005 Express with Code::Blocks for wxWidgets development, because 2008 includes the SDK.

johne53:
Thanks guys. Believe it or not I managed to find VC++2005. At some stage I might try out VC++2008 but for the time being I want to stick with 2005 because it seems to have a high degree of backwards compatibility with VC++6.

VC++2005 runs fine from its own IDE but when I try to compile a module using C::B as my IDE I get an unhandled exception and C::B stops working.

Jens, if you can let me know when the symbols-browser-tree issue is fixed, I'll upgrade to the latest nightly. Or if it's going to take a long time to fix, is there any way I can find out what's causing the exception?

Jenna:

--- Quote from: johne53 on October 25, 2009, 12:18:00 pm ---Jens, if you can let me know when the symbols-browser-tree issue is fixed, I'll upgrade to the latest nightly.

--- End quote ---

It's fixed in trunk and will be in the next nightly.
The symbols-browser issue does not slow down the whole IDE.
If you disable the symbols-browser, you will not have problems.
CodeCompletion works, it was just an issue with filling the tree-control.

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