Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Special Edition Upgrade

Visual Studio .NET 2003 empowers you to build professional software using your choice of modernized programming languages.
Visual Basic .NET 2003 delivers the most productive route to professional appli cation development. Familiar Visual Basic syntax, expressive coding constructs, a powerful background compiler, and unsurpassed support for productivity withi n the code editor enable you to crank out software in record time. The fully mo dernized Visual Basic language supports Structured Exception Handling and optio nal power features including object-oriented constructs and multi-threading.

Visual C++ .NET 2003 delivers maximum power, performance, control, and flexibil ity for creating applications that directly leverage Windows. New support for t he Windows Forms designer offers C++ developers unprecedented productivity in b uilding rich Windows-based applications. With attribute-based programming and A TL Server, an extension to the ATL libraries, you can use the C++ syntax to bui ld ISAPI Web applications. Additionally, C++ developers can target the .NET Fra mework using Managed Extensions to Visual C++.

In Visual Studio .NET 2003, developers using Visual C++ will also find that the key metric for measuring code portability, ANSI/ISO compliance, has been incre ased significantly. The ANSI/ISO C++ standard is the generally accepted standar d for the C++ language, and all C++ compiler vendors measure compatibility agai nst this standard.

Visual C# .NET 2003 provides a modern, innovative language, ideal for construct ing object-oriented components and business frameworks. Based on the ECMA C# st andard, Visual C# .NET offers increased productivity for both the C and C++ dev eloper. With first-class support for components with properties, methods, index ers, attributes, versioning, and events, Visual C# .NET 2003 provides a robust foundation for building .NET-connected applications.

Visual J# .NET 2003 is a development tool for Java-language developers who want to build applications and services on the .NET Framework. Visual J# .NET 2003 joins more than 20 previously announced languages with its ability to target the .NET Framework and first-class XML Web services.