Visual C++ Express and Distribution

[herby490]

I'm just in city college and I got it for free from http://www.dreamspark.com
It's a great program MS runs themselves. You just have to jump through a couple hoops to verify your student status, but it only took me about 15 minutes.

If you go about it this way does your license for the software only last as long as you are a student? Do you need to re-verify each year?

You have to verify that you are still a student every year in order to keep downloading stuff but once you download software it does not expire.

[hurstshifter]

You have to verify that you are still a student every year in order to keep downloading stuff but once you download software it does not expire.

Very cool.

[thejahooli]

Does this work for secondary schools?
If so I should really try it.

[rolland]

Does this work for secondary schools?
If so I should really try it.

Probably not. We're not important enough.

[Ginto8]

Does this work for secondary schools?
If so I should really try it.

I'm 90% sure it doesn't.... I totally would have enrolled if possible while I was still using windows

[Netwatcher]

Does this work for secondary schools?
If so I should really try it.

You can ask a teacher to get a special code for you, it's somewhere in the FAQ's
(one of the reasons I enrolled in a college course was co's I knew I'll get this, and it's a CS course so it's good all around )

[Netwatcher]

I'm just in city college and I got it for free from http://www.dreamspark.com
It's a great program MS runs themselves. You just have to jump through a couple hoops to verify your student status, but it only took me about 15 minutes.

I was talking about that post... (there's even a link in the topic I linked to an article about dreamspark )
Do I really have to quote a every post I comment on? (YES, I KNOW...)

[LuciDreamTheater]

Now that you've gone with pro, I'd just like to add that when you compile your program, you still can't distribute the debug version. That's illegal. You have to compile it in release mode if you plan to distribute it.

[Netwatcher]

Now that you've gone with pro, I'd just like to add that when you compile your program, you still can't distribute the debug version. That's illegal. You have to compile it in release mode if you plan to distribute it.

Yea, get it in release mode and include the VC08 redistribute executable in your installation/zip file.
you can download it form Microsoft's website for free.