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The Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Sample Library provides code examples for applications and tools showing the capabilities of Visual C++ and the libraries and technologies it supports.

This package downloads as an executable that, when run, copies a .zip file to your local computer containing the samples. You will need to unzip the downloaded file to use the samples.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Sample Library is not localized. In order to use localized samples, please download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Sample Library. Please note that the localized Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Sample Library doesn’t have Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack samples.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
vc_samples.exe SHA1: acf97f448b00ac582bd460614623a48757cb5631 Size: 7.86 MB

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• Application: The sample library requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2008

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