Designed for the unique needs of the new application Developer, Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition provides a fun, easy to use, easy to learn tool for building dynamic applications.

Simplified development experience
Visual designers enable drag-and-drop creation of user interface code when building .NET Framework applications.
Code colorization, syntax checking, IntelliSense and more help you code quickly and correctly.
Quickly find and eliminate programming errors using an intuitive graphical debugger.

Build Windows native and .NET Framework applications
Create .NET Framework applications with advanced features such as data access, networking, and built-in printing support.
Build 32-bit native code applications designed for Windows using the Windows Platform SDK.

Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Features
Powerful Language and Libraries
More Secure C++
Visually Design Windows Applications
Interactive Development Environment
Powerful Debugging
Fully Customizable
Visual Data Designers
Fun
Easy To Learn

Before installing, you must uninstall any previous versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0