Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 14:35:48 09/21/04
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On September 21, 2004 at 11:54:25, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >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. What about the "programmer always knows what he is doing" philosophy of C? Using an "-Unsecure" flag to compile C is kind of funny, as the whole C language is "unsecure"... > >>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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