

It was the first version of Visual C++ that came only on CD-ROM.

Visual C++ 1.5 was released in December 1993, included MFC 2.5, and added OLE 2.0 and ODBC support to MFC.The Phar Lap 286 DOS Extender Lite was also included. Included the ability to build both DOS and Windows applications, an optimizing compiler, a source profiler, and the Windows 3.1 SDK. It was Cfront 2.1 compliant and available in two editions: Visual C++ 1.0, which included MFC 2.0, was the first version of ‘Visual’ C++, released in February 1993.Added built-in support for C++ and MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class Library) 1.0. It added the Programmer's Workbench IDE, global flow analysis, a source browser, and a new debugger, and included an optional C++ front end.


Many applications require redistributable Visual C++ runtime library packages to function correctly. It features tools for developing and debugging C++ code, especially code written for the Windows API, DirectX and. MSVC is proprietary software it was originally a standalone product but later became a part of Visual Studio and made available in both trialware and freeware forms. Microsoft Visual C++ ( MSVC) is a compiler for the C, C++, C++/CLI and C++/CX programming languages by Microsoft. English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Turkish
