Re: ATL Headers...
<garethrichardadams@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171883636.831396.39560@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com
I know that the ATL headers aren't supplied with Visual C++ Express
but what's to stop someone downloading the trial of Visual Studio.NET
professional and copying the files from there? Is it just the
licencing issue?
Yes.
If so, would it be illegal to create a project in VS professional and
explicitly include the header files in the project so it could be
maintained in VC++ Express?
Very likely, but I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. The act
of including these headers in your project is probably not illegal per
se, but the act of distributing the project that includes copyrighted
work to recipients that lack proper license probably is.
I only ask because I want to create a BHO but I can't afford VS full
version.
An older version of ATL is included with Platform SDK. This article
describes how to make it work with VC Express:
http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/WTLExpress.asp
Platform SDK is shipped under more liberal license than VS. Also, you
don't need to redistribute ATL headers - other people can do the same
trick and compile your code.
But of course if you have legal questions, consult your attorney.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925