CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user2863626
user2863626

Reputation: 187

Visual Studio 2013 Express - Resource Editing Not Available

So I have VS 2013 Express - Desktop and I cannot edit or even view resources for C++! I need to use dialogs, and be able to edit the mainframe and do things with the resource view but it is not there. Does anybody know if there is an extension I could add to VS to get this??

Thanks,

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4290

Answers (2)

cjeiwmd31995_abc
cjeiwmd31995_abc

Reputation: 11

Recently, Microsoft released Visual Studio Community, a new free version that has same features from Professional editon. This version includes the Resource Editor.

Upvotes: 1

Clifford
Clifford

Reputation: 93446

Visual Studio Express editions do not support the Visual Studio plug-in architecture. C# in Visual Studio Express supports WPF and Windows Forms development.

Another alternative is to use WxSmith or QtCreator with Visual C++ as the compiler.

Visual GUI development for C++/CLI + Windows Forms (i.e. .Net) was directly supported in VC++ 2010 Express still available here. It can still be done in VS2013 but is somewhat "hidden" by not having a project wizard/template, the method is described here.

Express editions have never supported Native Win32 visual GUI development - the idea is to encourage .Net development, and for that you are better off using C# to be totally honest.

Upvotes: 1

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