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Title: Plat form SDK
Post by: anuradha on July 12, 2007, 08:58:42 AM
hi people
can any one tell me where can i download plat form SDK??
is there any  direct link for it??
thanks :P
Title: Re: Plat form SDK
Post by: Vortex on July 12, 2007, 09:28:57 AM
Windows® Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK Full Download :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=484269E2-3B89-47E3-8EB7-1F2BE6D7123A&displaylang=en

Title: Re: Plat form SDK
Post by: anuradha on July 12, 2007, 12:58:30 PM
hey vortex
first thankx for the reply... :U
is there any link for windows XP???
thankx :U
Title: Re: Plat form SDK
Post by: zooba on July 12, 2007, 01:08:09 PM
All Platform SDKs cover every operating system up until the one they are named after. The most recent is the Windows SDK for Windows Vista (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C2B1E300-F358-4523-B479-F53D234CDCCF&displaylang=en). In C/C++ preprocessor defines are used to indicate which OS is the minimum you wish to support (through the WINVER or _WIN32_WINNT preprocessor variables).

A little tip, the Windows 2003 Server edition has a considerably faster documentation browser, so if you're not running a top end machine I'd recommend that one. Nothing in XP has changed as far as the SDKs are concerned (indeed, once something about an OS is in an SDK, it can never be changed), but if you want to design for (example) W2K3 Server, you need at least the edition with that name.

Potentially better description on the Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_SDK).

Cheers,

Zooba :U
Title: Re: Plat form SDK
Post by: anuradha on July 12, 2007, 01:41:26 PM
Thanks zooba Thank you very much
it's  really help   :U :U
Title: Re: Plat form SDK
Post by: Vortex on July 12, 2007, 02:58:17 PM
Another option : Windows Server 2003 PSDK Full Download with Local Install

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
Title: Re: Plat form SDK
Post by: MichaelW on July 12, 2007, 04:09:39 PM
And IIRC the February 2003 version from the full download is the only one that will work under Windows 98/ME.