Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Release

The Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack extends the VC++ Libraries shipped with Visual Studio 2008 and is fully covered under Microsoft's standard support policies.

The VC++ 2008 MFC libraries have been extended to support creation of applications that have:

• Office Ribbon style interface


• Office 2007, Office 2003 and Office XP look and feel


• Modern Visual Studio-style docking toolbars and panes


• Fully customizable toolbars and menus


• A rich set of advanced GUI controls


• Advanced MDI tabs and groups


• And much more!



This feature pack also includes an implementation of TR1. Portions of TR1 are scheduled for adoption in the upcoming C++0x standard as the first major addition to the ISO 2003 standard C++ library. Our implementation includes a number of important features such as:

• Smart pointers


• Regular expression parsing


• New containers (tuple, array, unordered set, etc)


• Sophisticated random number generators


• Polymorphic function wrappers


• Type traits


• And more!



Note: This feature pack does not include C99 compatibility or support for special math functions.

Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP

• Visual Studio: This Feature Pack is only supported on systems which have the English language (ENU) version of Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition or above installed.
  
  
  • Support for systems with non-English versions of Visual Studio 2008 installed will be available in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.
  
  


• Microsoft Windows SDK: If you install the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack and then install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, some of the files in the Feature Pack are overwritten and lose the additions made by the Feature Pack.
  
  Resolution:
  
  • Please install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 first and then the Feature Pack.
  
  
  • If you have already installed the Feature Pack first and then Windows SDK, repairing your VS 2008 installation should solve the problem.