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Is it possible to write a MFC application targeting Windows XP?
I have Visual Studio 2019 enterprise version. I have a legacy software still running on Windows XP, but it needs a utility software to prepare some data.
diligent hands rule....
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IIRC, it's impossible in VS 2019.
VS 2017 has an XP target. If you meet the conditions for the target audience (work for yourself or for a company with 5 or fewer programmers and under a certain level of revenue), you can download VS 2017 Community Edition and use that. Otherwise, you'll have to spring for the Pro edition.
VS 2017 and 2019 may be installed side-by-side.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
modified 19-Aug-21 13:37pm.
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I do have Visual Studio 2017 version on my laptop.
do I need to deploy any C++ runtime files?
diligent hands rule....
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Not if you statically link -- 
This was an attempt at Software-Dev-Humor.
Most people do not find me funny. 
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You have to ensure that the XP target is installed. Otherwise, I assume that if you use dynamic linking you will have to include the appropriate runtime DLLs in your installation package, If you use static linking, you will need to distribute only your executable and any DLLs that are part of your project.
You may distribute the XP runtime DLLs on the same basis that you distribute runtime DLLs for applications targeted at later Windows versions. Note that unless it does something special with the hardware, a program targeted for XP should run on any later version of Windows as well.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I got it...
diligent hands rule....
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: IIRC, it's impossible in VS 2019.
Not quite - you can install the VS2017 (v141) toolset in VS2019, together with the (now Deprecated) XP support MFC libraries for that toolset.
Bit more convoluted, but it is still possible...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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Yes, you can do this, but you still need to get VS2017 from somewhere...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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No, you don't - the VS2017 toolset, including XP & MFC bits are part of the VS2019 installer.
Hit the 'Modify' button in the VS2019 installer, select 'Individual Components' and search for 'v141'. It shows you all the VS2017 compiler & linker components you can install as part of VS2019.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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OK, I never noticed that. My bad... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Man you made my day. Now I can recompile the old sdl library without worry (yeah I know Windows 10 doesn't allow direct video memory access, but other stuff still works)
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You need older dev tools. pm me.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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what kind of older tools do you recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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As others have said, you have two issues: the correct SDK and a not to new IDE. I support legacy apps dating from 2005. The dev tools will only run under Xp, so I have a VM dating that far back.
I live in the embedded world. About 2010, Microsoft development went insane. They decided to abandon WinCE alienating a lot of people. A few years later, therapy helped them realize that the IoT (embedded) was going to be a big player, so they tried to get righteous. The issue is that the tool set got really flakey for supporting things. My point - choose the IDE wisely. On my Xp machine, I use VS2008 Pro. This is the last tool I can use for WinCE/WEC7 development. But that's my problem. If you're just doing a desktop app, you might get away with something newer.
I do recommend a VM.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I have a legacy Windows XP machine. I have Visual Studio 2005 too.
diligent hands rule....
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You should be good then. Just install the last SDK Microsoft released for Xp.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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i find that "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK" in .iso format works very good with anything from windows xp to windows 10, though "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK" is also a popular option.
i would go with the former.
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Anyone know how to remove the stupid "structure lines" from VS2019?
The horizontal dotted lines in this Screenshot
I've turned off "View Whitespace" and "Show Structure Guide Lines" in Tools => Options => Text Editor.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Wow, I must be loosing it. I totally forgot I posted that.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Have tried tried CTRL+R, CTRL+W?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That toggled on some little right arrows above the dotted line.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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I love the structure lines.
If I could marry the structure lines I would.
I will now sing a song celebrating my love for structure lines.
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Slacker007 wrote: I love the structure lines.
If I could marry the structure lines I would.
I will now sing a song celebrating my love for structure lines.
Obviously a Python* dev. 
seriously though, are you? 
*Because of Python's dependency upon whitespace
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no python dev here.
I love structure lines. they are very helpful to me. you can collapse code with them too.
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