Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
>
> > That thing is called "Express Edition"; a seriously sick thing if I'm asked, but
> > - quote from the POV beta source code page:
> >
> > "The express edition of VS2005 is reported to work, but some workarounds are
> > required if you wish to build the editor provided with the source. (It is not
> > necessary to build the editor to be able to use the EXE)."
>
> There is actually no such as thing as an express edition of VS2005,
> but there are the express editions Visual C# 2005, Visual Basic 2005
> and Visual C++ 2005. Obviously, the latter is required for POV-Ray.
> I didn't try it with the 2008 versions, but you can still download
> the 2005 versions from Microsoft.
>
> They are not technically freeware as requested by the OP, but you
> don't have to pay for them. You need to register with Microsoft
> in order to use them.
>
> The C++ version supports .NET applications and only limited native
> code applications, as it does not come with the Platform SDK for Windows
> system programming, which is why Win32 GUI applications will not build
> out of the box. You can, however, download and install the Platform SDK
> separately, its also available for free.
>
> Been there, done that with Beta 25 (mostly out of curiosity):
>
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.beta-test/thread/%3C480d3b6c%40news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=292406&toff=50

I've DLed and installed VC++ 2008 Express.  Just trying to work through some
errors to get a compile...

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