Hello,

I agree with Arc, if you start a new project you'll see that only C++ has 5 subgroups (NET, MFC, Win32), so C++ will not force you to use .NET.

If you want to build Win32 apps but not using managed code, framework is not that good compared with the managed code.

Micro$soft is really pushing NET. Yesterday I installed Win2003 server and it comes with NET framework. But one thing is I do not understand why do they have two from designers in C++, one for managed code and one for unmanaged. They could come up with one designer. It seems that they won't more money from their customers.

Anyway, if you want to still producee Win32 app my advice to you is stick with the VS 6. VS.NET will not give you any real advantages when it comes to Win32 apps. VS.NET IDE is better, but VS 6.0 still rocks.

Regards,
asmith