Which versions of Visual Studio can be used to build applications using Spinnaker, FlyCapture, or Ladybug SDKs?
The following article provides customers with a list of Visual Studio Integrated Development Environments to build applications using the latest versions of the Spinnaker SDK, FlyCapture SDK, or Ladybug SDK.
See the downloads page for the latest versions:
| Spinnaker SDK | FlyCapture SDK | Ladybug SDK |
Operating System Support
This table shows what versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE can be used in a particular OS to build applications using the Spinnaker SDK, FlyCapture SDK, or Ladybug SDK.
| Windows XP 32-/64-bit | Windows 7 32-/64-bit |
Windows 10 32-/64-bit |
Windows 10 64-bit only |
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| Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Note: Except for Win XP 32-bit, tests used SP1 Vista Update |
FlyCapture2 | FlyCapture2 | FlyCapture2 | -- |
| Visual Studio 2008 | FlyCapture2 | FlyCapture2 | FlyCapture2 | -- |
| Visual Studio 2010 | FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 1.x |
FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x |
FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x |
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| Visual Studio 2012 | FlyCapture2 | FlyCapture2 | FlyCapture2 | -- |
| Visual Studio 2013 | Spinnaker 1.x | FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x |
FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x |
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| Visual Studio 2015 | Spinnaker 1.x | FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x |
FlyCapture2 Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x |
Ladybug |
| Visual Studio 2017 | -- | -- | Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x | Ladybug |
| Visual Studio 2019 | -- | -- | Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x | Ladybug |
| Visual Studio 2022 | -- | -- | Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x | Ladybug |
Note: Executables built with Visual Studio 2008 or newer cannot be run on systems without a compatible Visual Studio Redistributable Package. See Distributing FlyCapture Applications for information on which versions to download, and for links.