Re: [Audacity-devel] msvc file versions

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On 25.11.2008 21:30, Vaughan Johnson wrote:
> +1.
>
> I have 2005 Pro and would have to downgrade to forward-grade to 2008 Express, or keep yet another version on my system. (I have to keep VS7 for one of my clients already.) Why hasn't Bill Gates sent me my free copy of 2008 Pro?! (I got the 2005 version free at a launch event, but they didn't do that for 2008.)
>
> On the other hand, we should probably get along with it. Rather than committing it, can you post the new one somewhere (or just email it) so we can see how hard it is to make it work with 2005?
>
> Thx,
> V
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Martyn Shaw<mar...@go...>  wrote:
>
>    
>> From: Martyn Shaw<mar...@go...>
>> Subject: Re: [Audacity-devel] msvc file versions
>> To: aud...@li...
>> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 2:05 PM
>> Hi Clayton
>>
>> I am on 2005 Pro but won't be able to get the 2008 Pro
>> for free.
>> What's the downside?
>>
>> Martyn
>>
>> Clayton Otey wrote:
>>      
>>> I'm developing on vista, and msvc++ 2008 seems to
>>>        
>> work better than 2005.
>>      
>>>   It appears, though, that in audacity all the .sln and
>>>        
>> .vcproj files are
>>      
>>> in the 2005 format, presumably on purpose to be
>>>        
>> backwards compatible.
>>      
>>>   For my time stretching changes, which i've
>>>        
>> finally gotten around to
>>      
>>> making, I need to change these files, and add a new
>>>        
>> .vcproj.  Is it OK
>>      
>>> if I switch over to 2008 or should I make sure to use
>>>        
>> 2005 version
>>      
>>> files?  I don't really see the point of
>>>        
>> maintaining compatibility with
>>      
>>> 2005 since 2008 works on the same platforms as 2005,
>>>        
>> is just as freely
>>      
>>> available, and will be better supported by MS.
>>>
>>> Clayton
>>>
>>>
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Usually you just hack into the .vcproj file and change version number to 8.