Specifically, double-check that you have the right Platform SDK installed. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 19:43, Finnur Thorarinsson <[email protected]>wrote:
> The first thing I thought of when I read this was that you might not have > all the prerequisites for building... > > Have you gone through this document and verified that? > http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-windows > > As a data point I can tell you that most of the code contributors use > Visual Studio and many newcomers have reported success at building Chrome > using these instructions. > > Best regards, > Finnur > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 14:48, Handy13 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I need to be able to compile and run chrome in order to use it in >> debug mode to test a relatively unrelated problem I am having with a >> DirectX source filter that I wrote. >> >> I downloaded the tarball, ran the commands to generate the chrome.sln >> file. The packages appear to load correctly into Visual Studio >> although I have never before seen folder symbols with dotted outlines >> in the Solution Explorer and don't know what that could possibly mean. >> >> I have "synced" everything. >> >> When I compile I get a lot of good compiles and several hundred errors >> in various modules. Here are a few random samples: >> >> 1>.\scoped_variant_win.cc(83) : error C2664: 'VariantCopy' : cannot >> convert parameter 2 from 'const VARIANT *' to 'VARIANTARG *' >> 1>.\process_util_win.cc(586) : error C2065: >> 'PSAPI_WORKING_SET_INFORMATION' : undeclared identifier >> 1>.\process_util_win.cc(586) : error C2065: 'buffer' : undeclared >> identifier >> 10>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\include >> \ws2tcpip.h(284) : error C2039: 'Byte' : is not a member of >> 'in6_addr::<unnamed-tag>' >> 17>c:\AB\chromium\src\chrome\third_party\wtl\include\atlmisc.h(336) : >> error C2673: 'CRect' : global functions do not have 'this' pointers >> >> etc., etc... >> >> What I really need is a simple tar file (or gz or whatever) containing >> JUST what is needed to compile and run the Chrome browser (or any >> other browser that can play Flash Videos) so I can get a handle on a >> problem I am trying to solve related to my source filter and the flash >> video from one particular site. >> >> Has anyone ever been able to successfully compile and run Chrome >> within Visual Studio? Would anyone be willing to make a tar file >> containing just the essentials that I need and send it to me? Or tell >> me what else I need to do to get rid of the errors? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Howard >> >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
