Making my own plugins -- compiliation errors

I'm in a bit of a pickle.

When following the tutorial to create a plugin provided on the wiki, I attempt to compile(using C++ Express 2008) I get the following errors:

BSCMAKE: error BK1506 : cannot open file '.\Debug\ConstructSDK.sbr': No such file or directory
c:\program files\scirra\sdk\gradient calculator\stdafx.h(24) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'atlstr.h': No such file or directory
BSCMAKE: error BK1506 : cannot open file '.\Debug_Runtime\Actions.sbr': No such file or directory
c:\program files\scirra\sdk\gradient calculator\stdafx.h(24) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'atlstr.h': No such file
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I've really got no idea what I'm doing wrong.

You won't be able to use Express to compile the SDK, however, we will hopefully soon be removing this limitation.

One thing you could look at is http://www.dreamspark.com if you are a student at high school, college or university.

Oh alright. I'll look into it. Cheers.

I'm getting the same error ('.\Debug\ConstructSDK.sbr': No such file or directory), yet I am using the professional version of VC++, which I got from school.