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Re: [Windows] Compilation under MSVC

From: Guenter Knauf <eflash_at_gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 23:00:24 +0200

Hi,
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Juchem, Marcelo wrote:

>> I looked at the wxTutorial.pdf file, and it mentions a
>> curllib.dsw file under the /lib directory, which is the solution for MSVC
>> 6.
>> But I can't open it, since curllib.dsp (the project file) is not in the
>> repository anymore.

> curllib.dsp is generated by the Makefile and included in all release
> archives.
> It was always notoriously out-of-date while it was manually edited so this
> has
> proven to be the best way to make sure we always ship a working version.

> The downside is of course people who checkout from CVS. But you can just
> get
> the .dsp file from a recent daily snapshot.

> If any Windows user have a good idea on how the .dsp file could be
> generated
> on demand, I wouldn't mind offering that ability to CVS-using windows
> users.
I think the daily snapshots are sufficient enough, and beside that you can always build with commandline tools since the *.mak files are always up-to-date - else the autobuilds would break. Also I think you can import the *.mak files with the IDE and then convert to *.dsp...

Guenter.
Received on 2004-09-02