Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 08:54:25 09/21/04
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On September 21, 2004 at 04:26:22, GeoffW wrote: >Hi > >I thought I would download the new : Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition beta to >have a tinker with. It is proving trickier than expected to get my chess program >to compile and run. Any help and tips would be appreciated please > >Q1 >This is not a stopper but would like an explanation > >warning C4996: 'sprintf' was declared deprecated > D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(285) : see >declaration of 'sprintf' > >I am getting this deprecated warning on lots of standard C function calls ? How >can a standard C function be possibly not supported in the future ? >Unless I am misunderstanding the meaning of deprecated ? sprintf() is unsafe due to at least 2 reasons: * possible buffer overrun, * there is no runtime arguments type checks. I doubt it ever will be eliminated as it is part of the standard, but it's possible that in the future you'll have to use special compiler command-line option to be able to use it. E.g. something like -Unsecure. We are shipping Secure C Run-Time library as part of VS 2005. >Q2 >After having got it to build with some warnings but no errors I hit F5 to run >but it comes up with the following error >"The application failed to start because the Application configuration is >incorrect. Reinstalling the Application may fix this problem ?" > >Is it telling me to install my program again, surely it is not telling me to >reinstall Visual Studio again ? It doesnt give me any furher clues as to what >the configuration problem might be. I did wonder if having an older version of >VS on this PC might be screwing it up in some way ? Please verify that msvcr80.dll was copied into \windows\system32 directory. Otherwise I have no ideas, as I am not a "setup person". You can ask a question or report a bug at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/. Thanks, Eugene >Thanks for any ideas > > Regards Geoff
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