From: "Mladen Turk"
Hi, Perhaps someone will find that HOWTO useful :).
There has been some discussions regarding building ASF software on WIN32 using free MS Tools.
Well, I must admit that I was skeptic about it, but all in one they can be build quite easily.
Prerequisites: Two things you will need: Platform SDK downloadable from: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ and Microsoft C++ Toolkit 2003: http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
I'll assume you installed those to: C:\PlatformSDK and C:\VCToolkit2003
Since VCToolkit comes without the 'nmake' as well the Platform SDK does you can use one from: C:\PlatformSDK\bin\Win64 Just copy the nmake.exe from there to the: C:\PlatformSDK\bin
Also see the free (newer beta) Microsoft C++ 2005 compiler:
Building Win32 Applications Using Visual C++ 2005 Express http://blogs.msdn.com/brianjo/archive/2004/08/08/211085.aspx
Back to the free Microsoft Windows C++ 2003 Toolkit APR compiling issues:
But even better than make, for those up to date Windows systems users, is to use the free XML based .NET Framework "build systems" like NAnt
NAnt http://nant.sourceforge.net/ http://nant.sourceforge.net/nightly/latest/help/index.html
NAntContrib http://nantcontrib.sourceforge.net/help/index.html http://nantcontrib.sourceforge.net/
and Microsoft's free MSBuild (for those beta testers)
MSBuild: The new build system for the .NET Framework http://blogs.msdn.com/msbuildexplorers/archive/2004/06/30/170161.aspx
MSBuild Bloggers And Resources http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/MSBuild.MSBuildLinks http://www.flexwiki.com/default.aspx/FlexWiki.MSBuildBloggersAndResources
Targeting Everett/Ranier (.NET 1.1/1.0) from Visual Studio 2005 (MSBuild) http://mark.michaelis.net/Blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a2aa1af7-e71e-4296-81fe-7bcecbb7a9cd
Jeff
