Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack

Microsoft has released VS++ 2008 Feature pack extending VC++ libraries shipped with VS2008. It includes new MFC classes for building modern UI and also a significant amount of the functionality being added to the Standard C++ Library as part of Technical Report 1 (TR1). TR1 is the first major addition to the Standard C++ Library adopted by the C++ committee.

Some of the key changes in the MFC libraries are: Office ribbon style interface, Office 2007 and XP look and feel, new set of GUI controls etc.

You can download the Feature pack from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D466226B-8DAB-445F-A7B4-448B326C48E7&displaylang=en

Cheers,
Amol

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