No Export Template option in C++ version?

I have noticed that there is no File->Export Template option in VC++ Express, but C#, J#, and VB Express do have the option. I discovered this while trying to make a project template for DirectX projects. Secondly, When I installed the DX9 SDK there was no DirectX project available when choosing create project. This lead me to making the template in the first place.
-Eric

[388 byte] By [ericjs1] at [2008-2-8]

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# 1

Hi
Have you tried 'Tools' / 'Import and Export Settings...' ?
I haven't, so I don't know, but it might be what you're looking for.

RobertJohnson at 2007-9-8 >

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# 2

No 'Export Template', no Wizard creator. Developers of VC++ Express think that templates are not needed in Express version (sigh). It's surely possible to create templates manually, but I haven't found a good tutorial on the web yet.
Export/import settings has nothing to do with templates.

vuki at 2007-9-8 >

# 3

Thanks for your responses. I haven't tried the tools->... route yet, but I beleive that refers to project settings.

I just found it curious that is was available in the other development environments.

It turns out that I could really use it unless I can find out why there is no DirectX project available when I click create->project. After I installed the SDK of course.

Any thoughts on the later?

ericjs1 at 2007-9-8 >

# 4

Well, project types are there to get you started, but you don't need them.

DirectX is a COM technology, and I believe the full API is downloadable.

You will not see any new project types appear after installing the PSDK or DirectX SDK, these are Windows toolkits but are not necessarily linked or exclusive to Microsoft Visual Studio - you can use them with any C/C++ compiler like Borland if you wish.

If you learnt DirectX using MFC or ATL then you will have been assisted, but will rely on Microsoft proprietary technology. If you look at what MFC and ATL do, you can see that they save time and are useful, but there is nothing you cannot do without those tools - they are just another layer between the Windows programming model and C++.

RobertJohnson at 2007-9-8 >

# 5

Thanks for the information Robert. I learned DirectX without MFC or ATL. So I am not so concerned with MFC or ATL. I am under the impression that when you install the DirectX SDK, that you magically get a project template for DirectX applicaitons. Maybe this only works with the retail version.

ericjs1 at 2007-9-8 >

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