Visual Studio 2005 Express with Microsoft Platform SDK

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I am facing a problem with integrating Microsoft Platform SDK with Visual Studio 2005 Express, now it looks like it does not include it with the default installation.

So I installed Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows 2003 (as reccomended by http://www.zedwood.com/article/134/visual-studio-express-2005-and-the-platform-sdk) and carried out accordingly) - Althogh I could not find C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCProjectDefaultscorewin_express.vsprops, so I could not comment out what he reccomended.

But the problem I face is that I have compiling from command line cl.exe, and it does not seem to be finding io.h (which I understand is part of the Microsoft Platform SDK) and doesn't seem to be included in Visual Studio 2005 Express.

How would I include this (io.h) file when compiling? (I know you can add INCLUDE values in the IDE, but as it's command line I don't think it will work - I have tried)

Note: Unfortunately I am restricted in using Visual Studio 2005 express, so I can't upgrade etc.

This has been driving me mad, so any help would be appreciated.

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I have also executed vcvars, but still no luck – Peter
Any technical reason to stay with VS2005 Express? – GregC
I am assuming you are using Visual C++ 2005 Express. Have you tried #include <iostream> instead of the deprecated <io.h> ? – GregC
Hi, thanks I have actually got it working partially, I added the line "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\crt" into the INCLUDES section of vsvars32.bat and it has found it, but now its missing "basetsd.h".. More searching. I am sticking with VS 2005 as the program was initally built using VS 2005 and I have little experience with MS development tools, I don't seem to get along with them.. – Peter

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io.h should be in the C runtime include directory, not the SDK's. Something like:

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h

If you're running builds from the command line make sure the environment is set correctly. One way to do that is to run the \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat script which should have been installed by VC2005 Express (there should be a shortcut to it on the start menu).