[SAC] Visual Studio

[Frank Warmerdam]

Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> Have you considered using the free Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition? Has 
> anyone used it yet?

Daniel,

I've had a few people report problems using it with GDAL.  Amoung other
things it lacks optimization and apparently the tools for processing
resource files.

> I have been unsuccesful compiling GDAL with it so far because it seems 
> to be more picky than previous versions about some types of errors, but 
> it may provide all that you need to build and debug win32 console apps 
> without having to purchase a license.

Well, I do want GDAL to work with the Visual Studio 2005 suite and I have
fixed up a few things to that end.

Best regards,
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