Is MFC only available with Visual Studio, and not Visual C++ Express?

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kiamlaluno picture kiamlaluno · Aug 21, 2010 · Viewed 12.4k times · Source

Is MFC only available with Visual Studio, or is it also possible to use it with Visual C++ Express?

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Mino_e picture Mino_e · May 11, 2015

Now there exists a solution to this problem, for all the people want to use a free version.

Visual Studio Community 2013 comes with the MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) included. Download link: https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs

Edit: Visual Studio Community 2015 is now also released.

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