[Audacity-devel] 1.3 Win VC++ Build -- Instruction update

[CN <mi...@sc...>]

I got the latest version of source (no special tags, default) from CVS a couple of days ago, and then attempted a full build.  It did not build out of the box, even after following the instructions in the win\compile.txt.

This is my attempt to provide the delta instructions for a successful build here.  [BTW, the release 1.2.1 tar, DID build successfully out of the box, with the instructions provided; but, of course, it does not have all the optional modules]

Note: Sorry,  I do not know the exact SP level of my MSVC++; I have not updated it in about 2 years.

1.  3DNow and SSE code requires a VC++ 6.0 Processor Pack.  Work around, following Vaughan's advice:

Commented out lines 171, 173 disabling ALLOW_3DNOW, ALLOW_SSE
in audacity\lib-src\soundtouch\include\STTypes.h

[Vaughan's advise: Yes, it requires an add-on, the Visual C++ 
6.0 Processor Pack 
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/ppack/default.aspx). 
Unfortunately, my copy of Visual Studio needs upgrade to be able to add 
the Processor Pack. It affects only AMD processors, so if you have an 
Intel chip or don't want the Processor Pack, just turn off those build 
options, as I did on my machine: In 
"\audacity\lib-src\soundtouch\include\STTypes.h", comment out lines 171 & 172, so 
that ALLOW_3DNOW and ALLOW_SSE are not defined.]

2. The additional path settings for the WxWidgets, as specified in the win\compile.txt is not complete -- although it worked fine for the 1.2.1 release, non CVS tar version]

I do not know if all of these are needed -- I added them one by one, not in the order shown here -- but this is what I ended up with:

2.1 In ProjectSettings->C/C++->Preprocessor->Additional include directories:

O:\wxWindows-2.4.2\src\zlib  (O: is my drive -- use yours)

2.2 In Tools->Options->Directories->Include files, added the following lines:
O:\wxWindows-2.4.2\include
O:\wxWindows-2.4.2\src\zlib

2.3  In Tools->Options->Directories->Library files, added the following lines:
O:\wxWindows-2.4.2\lib

2.4  In Tools->Options->Directories->source files, added the following lines:
O:\wxWindows-2.4.2\include

If the developers think this is the correct instructions, they may want to add the above to the win\compile.txt file

Cordially, CN