Compile ATL project with Windows SDK 7.1 only

Question

I have a project that needs to be compiled. It is compiled on our build server, on which I just installed the Windows SDK 7.1. I would not want to install the actual Visual Studio on this computer, but I get the error “cannot find the atlstr.h file”, which I just read, is part of ATL, which is part of Visual Studio.

Is there a way I can compile it without installing Visual Studio on the build server?

Answer 1

ATL is now freely available as part of the Windows driver suite: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487438.aspx

Answer 2

Not. ATL is a fundamental part of non-free versions of MSVC.