The sounds projects (which do the downloads and extraction) are not present for 2005. Also alot of the newer modules dont have build support either.
I would suggest you use VS2008 Express Michael Jerris wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Andrew Thompson wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 05:02:10PM -0000, Dave Stevenson wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm probably going to regret this - I'm not sure that I'll be able to do >>> this without a lot of pain (nothing to do with FS - more my lack of >>> ability with Visual Studio), but......, I want to try building >>> FreeSwitch from source rather than using the pre-built binaries. I have >>> a couple of initial questions that, hopefully, someone can answer please >>> ? >>> >>> 1. I only have Visual Studio 2005 and don't see an upgrade to 2008 on >>> the horizon for me. >>> Having downloaded the SVN, I see there is a VS 2005 Solution, but it is >>> marked as "Unsupported", although the Wiki says that you only need >>> VC++2005. >>> What does "unsupported" mean in this context ? I guess that support for >>> VS2005 is being dropped, but is the VS2005 Solution still being >>> maintained, and if so, for how long? I'd hate to get into the build >>> thing and then find that I was stalled when VS2005 support was dropped >>> altogether ? >> >> Install VS 2008 if at all possible (express edition is free). 2005 >> support isn't maintained much if at all, so a lot of newer modules stand >> a good chance of not having support. > > We maintain it as far as things that work now shouldn't break, but we > rarely test it and only fix things when people supply patches or let me > know there is a problem so I can address it. > >>> >>> 2. The whole SVN thing is new to me but I've worked out that I need an >>> SVN Client on Windows to work with the source. Can anyone recommend the >>> best (free) SVN Client for Windows to use with FreeSwitch. I have >>> installed TortoiseSVN - a Windows Explorer Shell that looks pretty and >>> seemed to work on my first build but it's not command line based so some >>> of the tips given in the Wiki like "make current" and "make sounds" may >>> be more awkward to achieve. Is anyone else using Tortoise and/or can >>> give some tips on which SVN client to use ? >>> >> Tortoise SVN is fine and is probably the de-facto client for windows. >> > > make current and such are all for the unix build only, on the msvc (at > least 2008) build they are all built right into the solution > ] >>> 3. I built 15979 last night (with VS2005) and got some warnings, with >>> data type conversion - is this a known issue under Windows ? > > 2005 has slightly different warning settings than are even available in > 2008 so I get these from time to time. If you open up a bug on > jira.freeswitch.org for me with details I can try to get them corrected. > >>> >>> 4. There was one fatal error in the build of mod_opal (missing file) >>> (Some examples of the warnings and the error are shown below :-) >>> >> Try with VS 2008 and see if they go away. > > I think this is due to missing dependencies. I don't think I had > automation to download the right svn versions of opal. > >>> 5. How do I specify which options (e.g., mod_flite, to be included iin >>> the build. >>> >> You can enable the different sub projects somehow in the UI, I always >> forget exactly how but just click around in VS and you'll find it. > > You can adjust this in the configuration managaer > >>> 6. How do I build the sounds etc. ? >>> >> >> The sounds are a subproject too IIRC. > > I think think might only be in the 2008 versions, I can't recall to be > sure, but there are targets you can build that will install them. > > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list > FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users > UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users > http://www.freeswitch.org > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Building-on-Windows-tp4182382p4183177.html Sent from the freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
