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The SDK is set up to be compiled with [http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/visualc/default.aspx Visual Studio 2005], [http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ Visual C++ Express], or gcc (see [[Talk:Compiler_Choices|Talk]] Page). | The SDK is set up to be compiled with [http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/visualc/default.aspx Visual Studio 2005], [http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ Visual C++ Express], or gcc (see [[Talk:Compiler_Choices|Talk]] Page). | ||
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Revision as of 22:24, 10 December 2007
The SDK is set up to be compiled with Visual Studio 2005, Visual C++ Express, or gcc (see Talk Page).
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Using other compilers
- Q: The thought occurs that if the SDK can be tweaked to compile on an older version of VS, maybe it could also be tweaked to compile using Dev-C++ or another free compiler. Has anyone ever tried this? How can I do it? Or is it impossible?
- A: Dev-C++ is an IDE. The default compiler it uses is called MinGW, which is a Windows port of GCC (the more-or-less standard Linux compiler). Attempts to compile the SDK using MinGW have failed. Getting it to succeed would require a non-trivial amount of work.
Another solution is to use a port of the SDK to CMake. CMake is a cross-platform makefile and project file generator, and will generate Visual Studio project files for 6.0 2002 and 2003, and also NMake makefiles for the Visual C++ Toolkit. It can also generate GNUmake files for compiling under GCC. It may also assist any porting to MinGW.