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FTN95 Express is where the power within FTN95 meets the industrial strength of Visual Studio 2008. Thousands of people are using FTN95 Personal Edition, the free version of FTN95. Many users wanted to augment FTN95 with the facilities within of Visual Studio, so we took the Visual Studio shell, customised it with FTN95 and packaged it up. Oh yes... and it’s FREE.
FTN95 Express gives you:
- FTN95 power including CHECKMATE our unrivalled bug spotting technology
- Visual Studio IDE with syntax highlighting, macros, integrated build, debugger and online help
Download FTN95 Express version 5.40 from one of these locations: (note: the buttons below may open a new web page on a partner site.)
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How can FTN95 be free?
FTN95 Personal Edition has been available without charge for five years. The Personal Edition is strictly for personal use or evaluation purposes. There are more details here. You can of course buy an unrestricted licence.
How can Visual Studio be free?
Visual Studio Express Editions have been free for a number of years. Microsoft has made some of that technology freely available and we have used it to create FTN95 Express
So, I could create ‘WonderApp Express’?
If you like: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products/bb933751.aspx
What is the relationship to FTN95 Personal Edition?
FTN95 Express includes FTN95 Personal Edition, so there is no reason to download or install both.
I already own FTN95, what about me?
FTN95 Express will install FTN95 Personal Edition. If you own FTN95 you do not want to use the Personal Edition part. This is easy to do and shown on this Knowledge Base article:
Can I integrate FTN95 with C# in FTN95 Express?
No, the Visual Studio shell does not come with any other languages, just in the same way that Visual Studio C# Express Edition only comes with C#.
So how do I integrate FTN95 with C#?
Firstly, you do not need Visual Studio at all. All FTN95 development can be done from the command line. Alternatively you can buy Visual Studio Standard or Professional Editions and then install the FTN95 Visual Studio plug-ins.
Can I produce .NET code with FTN95 Express?
Yes, you can produce .NET or Win32 programs just as you can with a normal FTN95 install. Remember, FTN95 Express is FTN95 plus Visual Studio. We did not take anything away.
I already have Visual Studio, do I need FTN95 Express?
No, just install the FTN95 Visual Studio plug-ins.
What is the catch?
There isn’t one, try it.
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