writing native windows apps

I'd like to know which programming environments can target the windows vista
platform without being dependent on .net. So that my application will also
run on XP and 2000 without .net installed. I know Delphi 2007 RAD Studio can
do it but what about Visual Studio, and will there be a vb version?

Thanks,
Kees

Re: writing native windows apps

"Kees de Winter" wrote in message
news:47060e08$0$25476$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl...
> I'd like to know which programming environments can target the windows
> vista
> platform without being dependent on .net. So that my application will also
> run on XP and 2000 without .net installed. I know Delphi 2007 RAD Studio
> can
> do it but what about Visual Studio, and will there be a vb version?
>
> Thanks,
> Kees
>
>
>

Sure, use C++. With C++ you have all the choices. Win API, MFC, ATL or .NET
with C++/CLI.
AFAIK, there will not be a VB (after VB6) that is independent of .NET in the
future.

Re: writing native windows apps

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:10:21 +0200, "Kees de Winter"
wrote:

>I'd like to know which programming environments can target the windows vista
>platform without being dependent on .net. So that my application will also
>run on XP and 2000 without .net installed. I know Delphi 2007 RAD Studio can
>do it but what about Visual Studio, and will there be a vb version?
>
>Thanks,
>Kees
>

As noted, there's Delphi 2007. There's also Eclipse (Java)

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