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Visual Studio 97
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| Version | 5.0 |
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| Codename | Boston |
| Latest build | 5.0.7022.0 |
| Released | 1997-03-19 |
| Support end | 2003-06-30 |
Visual Studio 97 (codenamed Boston) is the first major release of Visual Studio, released on 19 March 1997. This release bundles the existing Microsoft development environments, such as Visual Basic, C++, J++, or FoxPro; the bundled version of Microsoft Visual C++ is 11.xx.
Changes[edit | edit source]
Developer Studio[edit | edit source]
This release introduces Developer Studio, the common development environment, where the developer could interact with C++, Web, J++ or FoxPro applications and projects.
Visual InterDev[edit | edit source]
This release also introduces Visual InterDev, which was primarily used to create Web applications.
Visual Basic[edit | edit source]
Visual Basic now supports compiling native code, and ActiveX controls.
Visual FoxPro[edit | edit source]
Visual FoxPro now supports object-oriented programming, to visually develop highly-maintainable code. It also supports moving tables and databases to Oracle servers.
Visual J++[edit | edit source]
This release also introduces Visual J++, a way to develop and test Java applets and applications.
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