   how do you use XNA game studio with C++
  I tried installing XNA studio 3.0.it says either install visual c# 2008 express edition or install visual studio 2008.........what do I do????? cant i use c++ with XNA.....   
  No, you can't.   ;Quote:Original post by PromitNo, you can't.why cant you do that   ;  Because XNA is a .NET API.  If you wanted to use C++, you'd really have to use it's bastard offspring, C++/CLI.C++/CLI's sole purpose in life is basically to allow one to use lower level C++ code in higher level language .NET applications.  Using it to do the opposite gains you the advantages of neither C++ nor .NET, and all the headaches and disadvantages of the both of them -- and then some.Microsoft didn't go to the bother of making XNA game studio project templates and so forth work with VSC++ Express -- it'd be a complete waste of their time.  That's why you can't.  Use C# instead if you want to use XNA.  It'll be a lot less of a hassle.   