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How to install boost step by step approach
by sena 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi Friends, I am trying to use Bayer++ classes for Kalman filter But before that I have to install boost c++ library. My fisrt effort was not successful. Can anyone tell me how to install it in Redhat Linux-8? I need step by step with best bug free versions Thanks a lot Sena Seneviratene Computer Engineering Lab Sydney University Australia

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Regex Problems
by Pietje Leugenaar 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi, compiling "a{7}" or any repeat with curly brackets gives me an "invalid regex synyax"! Any clues or workarounds? Then boost::regex expression("GO:(\d+)",regex::bk_refs); string str=boost::regex_replace("GO:000015|GO:00016",expression,"$1") str equals "00001500015|00016" instead of the expected "000015|00016"!? I constructed a workaround for the latter problem with an explicit loop over regex_iterator and such but this not really handy... Thanx for any feedback!! Kenny _________________________________________________________________ Plannen om een nieuwe computer te kopen? Kijk eens hier.. http://www.msn.be/shopping/dell_bis/

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database lib
by Chris 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi all, I am wondering if there are any plans to include a database library, for example for ODBC in the boost library. Please bear in mind that I am new to the boost libraries and find them really cool. But like the socket library I found it because of an old post, so that is why I am asking about the database library. Also I found this library really interesting and am using it in a couple of small spike solutions: http://dtemplatelib.sourceforge.net/index.htm (Any comments on the library are welcome) Thanks, Chris

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View the shortest paths
by Daniele Carlucci 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hi, Which is the command to visualize a path in a graph? For ie I want to visualize all the shortest path inside a graph, or all the path from a source to a dest. Thanks Daniele

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Info about a graph with structure instead node
by Daniele Carlucci 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hi all, I'm a newby in this library. I'm interested to make a graph of network. It's possible or is very hard to make? I want to have inside every node a struct. Thanks Daniele

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Problems with building filesystem under win32 using vc6 and stlport
by huangliang 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Recently I begin to use stlport in my programs, and I build boost filesystem under win32 using bjam, vc6 and stlport 5.0. But when I linke to the libfilesystem.lib, the error said that that the libsystem.lib doesn't consist of interfaces that have parameters of _STL::string type. I guess I must have not correctly configure the bjam to build filesystem. But how can I make it to recognize _STL namespace?

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using DFS visitors
by Gustavo Sÿffffe1nchez 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

hello all, we are trying to use a DFS visitor in a similar way as the BFS visitor which is used in the example "bfs.cpp" (boost 1.31.0), that is the code, but it complains about a lot of errors in the internal boost library files... #include <boost/config.hpp> #include <assert.h> #include <vector> #include <algorithm> #include <utility> #include <iostream> #include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp> #include <boost/graph/depth_first_search.hpp> #include <boost/graph/visitors.hpp> #include <boost/property_map.hpp> #include <boost/graph/graph_utility.hpp> using namespace boost; using namespace std; // visitor que muestra el orden en que se encuentran los arcos template <class NewGraph, class Tag> struct muestra_orden : public boost::base_visitor<muestra_orden<NewGraph, Tag> > { typedef Tag event_filter; muestra_orden(NewGraph& graph) : new_g(graph) { } template <class Edge, class Graph> void operator()(Edge e, Graph& g) { cout << "arco: " << e << endl; } private: NewGraph& new_g; }; template <class NewGraph, class Tag> inline muestra_orden<NewGraph, Tag> MuestraOrden(NewGraph& g, Tag) { return muestra_orden<NewGraph, Tag>(g); } //**************************************************************************+ template <class NewGraph, class Tag> struct muestra_ordenV : public boost::base_visitor<muestra_ordenV<NewGraph, Tag> > { typedef Tag event_filter; muestra_ordenV(NewGraph& graph) : new_g(graph) { } template <class Vertex, class Graph> void operator()(Vertex v, Graph& g) { cout << "ARCO: " << v << endl; } private: NewGraph& new_g; }; template <class NewGraph, class Tag> inline muestra_ordenV<NewGraph, Tag> MuestraOrdenV(NewGraph& g, Tag) { return muestra_ordenV<NewGraph, Tag>(g); } /********************************************************/ int main(int , char* []) { using namespace boost; typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::mapS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS, boost::property<boost::vertex_color_t, boost::default_color_type, boost::property<boost::vertex_degree_t, int, boost::property<boost::vertex_in_degree_t, int, boost::property<boost::vertex_out_degree_t, int> > > > > Graph; Graph G(11); boost::add_edge(5, 6, G); boost::add_edge(0, 1, G); // 0 es el + boost::add_edge(1, 2, G); boost::add_edge(1, 3, G); boost::add_edge(2, 4, G); boost::add_edge(3, 5, G); boost::add_edge(4, 6, G); boost::add_edge(5, 7, G); // 7 es el - boost::add_edge(5, 10, G); boost::add_edge(10, 11, G); boost::add_edge(11, 12, G); typedef graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor Vertex; typedef graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type size_type; Graph G_copy(11); size_type d[11]; std::vector<Vertex> p(num_vertices(G)); std::fill_n(d,11,0); Vertex s=7; p[s]=s; boost::depth_first_search (G, visitor(boost::make_dfs_visitor( std::make_pair(boost::record_predecessors(&p[0],boost::on_tree_edge()), std::make_pair(MuestraOrdenV(G_copy,boost::on_finish_vertex()), MuestraOrden(G_copy, boost::on_tree_edge())))) ), s); // we can compile the visitor(...) clause alone, but not inside depth_first_search (...) clause. return 0; } thanks a lot Gus --------------------------------- [input] [input] [input]

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Dependency of Boost library on STD namespace
by anas munir 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

Dear users, I am trying to port Boost Library with Microtec Toolkit. Is it possible to build Boost Library without Standard C++ RTL placed in std namespace ? If yes, then please guide me to the mechanism to do so. Like in STLport, this thing is configurable. Regards, Anas

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Re: [Boost-users] serialization of a complex object
by Bo Peng 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 05:08:02AM -0700, Jeff Garland wrote: > There are still some open issues with getting all the serialization tests > working. Thanks. I should have checked this before I used the library.... this cost me several hours of painful debugging. :-( Bo

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serialization of a complex object
by Bo Peng 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

Dear list, I have tried many ways but could not figure out how to boost::serialize the following object: Basically, to maintain a big chunk of small objects, I use a memory pool to allocate a big trunk of memory and return the pointers to small objects. struct small { int size; int * ptr; init(int s, int* p){ size = s; ptr = p; } } struct All { vector<int> data; vector<small> objs; All(int num_obj, int size_obj) { data.resize( num_obj * size_obj); for(int i=0; i<num_obj; i++) objs[i].init( size_obj, &data[i* size_obj]); } } It is easy to serialize All::data but how to deal with small::ptr is beyond me. I tried the following ways: 1. in small ar & size & ptr. --- template expansion error. 2. in small ar & size & reinterpret_cast<unsigned int>ptr --- core dump. What I am trying to do in 2 is that in load(....), I want to ar & objs; /// get the number of old pointer back. find the smallest number of objs[i].ptr relocate objs[i].ptr to &data[0] + objs[i].ptr - smallest point. However, I can not do this in the load(...) function. The template expansion does not allow changes to objs (this does not make sense to me though). 3. ignore ptr --- can compile, core dump. Can someone give me a bit of insights how I can make things work? Thanks.

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: shared_ptr: LWM versus atomic_count?
by Ben Hutchings 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

Russell Hind <rhind(a)mac.com> wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > It isn't fundamentally necessary to have two counters, though; see > > <http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=slrnbhbnpc.154.do-not-spam > > -benh%40tin.bwsint.com>. > > I'd seen this (I think you posted the same link recently). I don't > know if anything has been done to change the implementation of > shared_ptr to use this method, though (nothing to do with me). The difficulty is that it depends on a couple of unportable atomic functions that can't be implemented using the existing contents of Boost.Threads or pthreads (though they do translate neatly into Win32 functions). > If the speed increases mentioned are correct, then it certinaly > seems a good proposal. Well maybe I'll have a go at implementing it properly and then trying to get it into Boost. I suppose it can be selectively enabled for those platforms that support it.

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Re: Building boost under mingw: bjam invokes VC7?? (part IV: solu tion)
by Brewer, Christopher 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

I have found my way around the problem, though I don't understand why it works. Recap of the problem (for those joining late): attempting to build boost with bjam under msys/mingw resulted in very strange behavior. Within the msys shell, invoking the following line: bjam -sTOOL=mingw install ...resulted in bjam attempting to use the VC7 toolset. I checked the path within msys to make sure I was running the version of bjam.exe that I thought I was. Looking through the directories showed there was indeed only one copy. On a hunch, I moved it from it's present location at 'c:/msys/1.0/bin' to 'c:/msys/1.0/mingw/bin' and tried again. And suddenly bjam began using gcc. 8^0 Apparently where you run it from makes a big difference. I'm sure that an msys guru could take one look at the symptoms and say, "Of course! It's obvious to the meanest intellect!". Not being an msys guru I will just shrug my shoulders and move forward :) All is well now and Boost is building even as I type this message. Many thanks to those who replied! Best regards, Chris Brewer (Company-mandated disclaimer) This message originates from WMS Gaming Inc. It contains information which may be confidential or privileged and is intended only for the individual or entity named above. It is prohibited for anyone else to disclose, copy, distribute or use the contents of this message. All personal messages express views solely of the sender, which are not to be attributed to WMS Gaming Inc., and may not be copied or distributed without this disclaimer. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately at (847) 785-3000.

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Re: [Boost-users] Installation of boost-sandbox
by Ross Boylan 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:56:20AM -0400, Franz Mueller wrote: > Hi, > I've heared of the ublas-binding to lapack, which sounds very good. > Thus I tried to install it, but I didn't succeed. > I got boost-sandbox using cvs. Then I went to the boost-sandbox directory > and did a bjam. > I'd be interested in hearing the answer to this too, as I've been looking in the sandbox. My impression is that it is not meant to be built as a whole. As the name implies, it's a bunch of separate projects, so I think the intent is that you pull one or more of them out and stick them in a regular boost tree. That's just a guess, and I notice that this seems awkward to do since a single project may appear in several scattered directories.

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array_traits?
by Duane Murphy 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

Howdy fellow boosters, Several years ago I started using array_traits. I gathered from some later discussion that this library was never meant to be part of boost. However, I really like the library and find it more useful than the array<> implementation. Point in fact, array_traits and array<> overlap but probably weren't meant to solve the same problems [1]. Is array_traits around any more? I seem to recall something more general purpose. Maybe container_traits? Is this still being actively worked on? I am planning on (finally) upgrading our use of boost to a more recent version. I'm trying to work out what to do about our use of array_traits. Maybe I'll just keep using it. ...Duane [1] The primary difference between array_traits and array<> is the "construction" of the array. array_traits in fact has no construction. It can work with any arbitrary defined C-array of objects. array<> on the other hand requires construction. For my use,the major advantage that array_traits has over array<> is that I can refer to any ordinary C- array; in particular arrays that may not be under my control. Where as array<> requires that I change the type of the object.

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Installation of boost-sandbox
by Franz Mueller 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

Hi, I've heared of the ublas-binding to lapack, which sounds very good. Thus I tried to install it, but I didn't succeed. I got boost-sandbox using cvs. Then I went to the boost-sandbox directory and did a bjam. But I got this: libs\numeric\blasbindings\tst\Jamfile: No such file or directory libs\numeric\blasbindings\tst\Jamfile: No such file or directory don't know how to make <@boost-sandbox!libs!numeric!bindings!amos>amos.cpp ...found 227 targets... ...updating 34 targets... ...can't find 1 target... ...can't make 5 targets... MkDir1 bin I am using Visual Studio.NET Prof. 2003. I'd love to try the ublas-bindings, so can anybody help me installing it? Anything else I have to take care of once the bindings work (e.g. link to clapack or so)? -- Franz

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Re: [Boost-users] cvs access problems SOLVED --website update
by Ross Boylan 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 06:44:28PM -0700, Jeff Garland wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:24:18 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote > > This happened to me twice: > > $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost- > > sandbox.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost-sandbox login Logging in to > > :pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost- > > sandbox.sourceforge.net:2401/cvsroot/boost-sandbox CVS password: # > > I hit enter cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.boost- > > sandbox.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.209):2401 failed: Connection timed > > out > > > > Am I doing something wrong (like needing to open up a port in my > > firewall), or is this just a momentary sourceforge lapse? > > > > I've gotten cvs stuff from elsewhere (including other sf projects, I > > think), so I doubt it's my setup. > > Soureforge has removed the project specifc path from url. Note the > cvs.sourceforge.net instead of cvs.boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net : > > $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost-sandbox login > > Jeff Thanks, that did it. It might be good to update http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm on the bottom, which gives the old location.

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cvs access problems
by Ross Boylan 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

This happened to me twice: $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost-sandbox login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net:2401/cvsroot/boost-sandbox CVS password: # I hit enter cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.209):2401 failed: Connection timed out Am I doing something wrong (like needing to open up a port in my firewall), or is this just a momentary sourceforge lapse? I've gotten cvs stuff from elsewhere (including other sf projects, I think), so I doubt it's my setup.

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dated link on http://www.boost.org/
by Ross Boylan 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

The second paragraph reads "A further goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Ten Boost libraries will be included in the C++ Standards Committee's upcoming C++ Standard Library Technical Report as a step toward becoming part of a future C++ Standard." The hypertext link for C++ Standards Committee' is http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/. That page still exists, but redirects you to http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/. It would probably be good to change the link. Is there a better place to report this? I don't see any web site contact on the page.

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BGL transitive reduction algorithm?
by Thomas Costa 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

I've been looking at the BGL headers and documentation looking for a templated algorithm to compute the transitive reduction of a directed graph and I don't see anything. Am I missing something obvious, showing my total lack of experience in graph theory, or is this algorithm not in BGL yet?

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: shared_ptr: LWM versus atomic_count?
by Ben Hutchings 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Russell Hind <rhind(a)mac.com> wrote: > Caleb Epstein wrote: > > > I've been perusing the source code of <boost/shared_ptr.hpp> and > > noticed that it uses the <boost/detail/shared_count.hpp> class to do > > reference counting and not <boost/detail/atomic_count.hpp> (unless > > BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES or BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES are > > defined). > > > > Can anyone comment on the reasoning behind using a lightweight > > mutex-protected counter instead of an atomic counter? I'd > > think that an atomic counter would be faster, but I suspect that > > there is a good reason for protecting the count with a mutex. This > > then begs the question of why use the atomic counter in the > > situations mentioned above? > > If you look at shared_count, you'll see it has to keep track of 2 > values, strong_count and weak_count, you can't do this with 'atomic > count' so therefore it uses lwm. It isn't fundamentally necessary to have two counters, though; see <http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=slrnbhbnpc.154.do-not-spam -benh%40tin.bwsint.com>.

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dupe symbols linker error with indexed_set
by Jedediah Smith 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

scbarg.obj : error LNK2005: "struct unbounded_type::boost::detail::unbounded_type & boost::indexed_sets::`anonymous namespace'::unbounded" (?unbounded@?A0x65131fae@indexed_sets@boost@@3AAUunbounded_type@detail@23@A) already defined in scbarcf.obj scbarg.obj : error LNK2005: "struct unbounded_type::boost::detail::unbounded_type boost::indexed_sets::`anonymous namespace'::unbounded_obj" (?unbounded_obj@?A0x65131fae@indexed_sets@boost@@3Uunbounded_type@detail@23@A) already defined in scbarcf.obj Compiler is VC7.1 The two modules in the error messages don't use indexed_set at all but indexed_set.hpp is included globally. It seems as if indexed_set.hpp has a definition hiding in it somewhere. Here are the two declarations that appear in my project (they are in different namespaces so m_events_t does not collide): typedef is::indexed_set< event_t, is::index_list< is::unique <is::member<event_t,eventid_t,&event_t::id> >, is::non_unique <is::member<event_t,double, &event_t::time> >, is::non_unique <is::member<event_t,hoption<notepos_t>,&event_t::notepos>, notepos_compare> > > m_events_t; typedef is::indexed_set< event_t, is::index_list< is::unique<is::member<event_t,eventid_t,&event_t::id> >, is::non_unique<is::member<event_t,double,&event_t::time> >, is::non_unique<is::member<event_t,Score::beatref_t,&event_t::beat> > > > m_events_t; -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Heterogeneous binary buffers.
by Hagen Möbius 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Hi Boosters. I recently started working on a class which provides the functionality of any other binary buffer and a bit more (which is why I do it ;)). Because the content of this buffer is not homogeneous regarding the type of the elements stored in it I have this more general question: Which type should I choose to be the basis for those buffers? Can anybody advise me, pls? Regards, Hagen.

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Building boost under mingw: bjam invokes VC7?? (part II: typo cor rected)
by Brewer, Christopher 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Oops, sorry, Ben and Heinquoi- that was a typo :P What I *meant* to say was: Starting bjam with: bjam -sTOOLS=mingw install causes bjam to invoke VC7 instead of gcc. Same thing if quotes are used (as described in the documentation: bjam "-sTOOLS=mingw" install I ran it again, making sure that I actually used -sTOOLS and not -sTOOL, and I still see the described behavior. Again, this is using boost 1.31.0, msys and mingw on Windows 2000, and a prebuilt version of bjam recently downloaded from sourceforge. Anyone have any ideas how to make bjam (properly) invoke gcc? -Chris Brewer -----Original Message----- From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:ben.hutchings@businesswebsoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:03 AM To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: RE: [Boost-users] building boost under mingw: bjam invokes VC7?? Christopher Brewer <cbrewer(a)wmsgaming.com> wrote: > I recently attempted to build and install boost 1.31.0 using > msys (i.e., mingw). > I enter the boost directory and start bjam with: > > bjam -sTOOL=mingw install > > ...and then I see bjam invoking vc7 instead of gcc. <snip> The variable is called TOOLS, not TOOL.

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: Building boost under mingw: bjam invokes VC7??
by Schalk_Cronje＠NAI.com 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

I might be missing the point here, but I have built Boost under mingw using TOOLS=gcc and I seem to get satisfactory results. I have not actually built the regression tests, so there might be some lurking issues that I am not aware of.

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TR: pb with use Random on VC++6 and Intel C++ 8
by Heinquoi 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hello, I install and test boost on my computer since two weeks. And I have much problems. Actually I test random with the code indicated on http://www.boost.org/libs/random/index.html The code is #include <iostream> #include <boost/random.hpp> int main () { boost::mt19937 rng; // produces randomness out of thin air // see pseudo-random number generators boost::uniform_int<> six(1,6); // distribution that maps to 1..6 // see random number distributions boost::variate_generator<boost::mt19937, boost::uniform_int<> > die(rng, six); // glues randomness with mapping int x = die(); // simulate rolling a die } More simple, there is not. And, the error messages on intel c++ 8 are : Compiling... C:\BOOST_1_31_0\boost/integer_traits.hpp(129): error: class "boost::integer_traits<wchar_t={unsigned short}>" has already been defined class integer_traits<unsigned short> ^ compilation aborted for D:\X Mes Documents X\Mes Programmes\VisualC++ 6\random boost 1\random-1.cpp (code 2) Error executing cl.exe. random boost 1.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) Would anybody have already seen it? errors on template class who have multiples definitions on the header "integer_traits.hpp". The compiler don't accept surcharge of template class. Perhaps there is an option for the compiler. What do you think about this ? After this problem, I test with msvc++6 sp5 + service pack processor 5 and... Compiling... random-1.cpp C:\BOOST_1_31_0\boost/random/uniform_01.hpp(34) : fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 1794) Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++ Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information Error executing cl.exe. random boost 1.exe - 1 error(s), 1 warning(s) it gives me an error fatal with no information on Technical Support of VC6. I ask me if the problem is linked at the service pack 5 for msvc and service pack 5 for processor ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/ppack/download.aspx ),I have install. Someone have installed this pack ? Thanks for your responses. heinquoi

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