C# or VB.NET

[Atheist]

Does c++ with VS run against the .net framework?

C++/CLI contains managed extensions that requires the .NET framework. Visual Studio can create these types of projects aswell as unmanaged c++ applications.

As there's so many things you can do with c++ but not do with C# or VB, I always thought vc++ and c++ were the same, visual studio was just another compiler. If not, how come those things can't be done in VB or C#, as it's built into the framework? Are visual c++ apps just as slow as any other .net app?

What things that cant be done in VB or C# are you refering to?

[Dark Anima]

As a brief example, injecting into a process and opening a form inside it. I'm speaking of the pretty advanced stuff, which simply isn't built into VB at least.

[penagate]

As a brief example, injecting into a process and opening a form inside it. I'm speaking of the pretty advanced stuff, which simply isn't built into VB at least.

Managed code can't be injected into unmanaged threads.
(I suppose you could inject unmanaged code into managed threads, but I've not seen it done in practice.)


Similarly, code that relies heavily on runtime library calls (like VB6 code) can't be injected into processes that don't have those libraries loaded.

[DeanMc]

And .Net applications are not slow either. I've seen examples compared on the internet and they tend to be skewed. .NET was conceived for LOB, enterprise and other such applications in was never intended to say build games (Which is why the XNA framework was built).