Re: [Audacity-devel] Win/compile.txt

[Gale A. <ga...@au...>]

| From Victor Andres <and...@ho...> 
| Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:10:02 +0000
| Subject: [Audacity-devel] Win/compile.txt
> I have the same problem but with visual studio 2008.
> I cant compile wxwidgets 2.8.

My experience with the free Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition was that I
could compile the older wxWidgets 2.8.4 but you have to go looking in
the Sourceforge archive for it:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxMSW-2.8.4-Setup.exe?modtime=1179491916&big_mirror=1

However C++ 2008 Express was completely unable to open the audacity.sln
file in the Win directory of CVS. I think you may find 2.8.4 will compile but 
that the current Audacity solution file will give you problems. But by all
means try it and let us know. 

You could try the free Express edition of C++ 2005:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/2005/download/default.aspx#

You can download from there (the previously broken download has 
been fixed) though many users find this installer unusable unless they have
now fixed that as well - it just hangs. You'd need the C++ 2005 Express 
SDK from the above download page, plus the Vista Service Pack if you're on 
Vista. I assume you'd have to uninstall VS 2008 or use 2005 on another
machine. I think wxWidgets 2.8.4 might well compile on C++ 2005 
Express but I have not checked if it does on so the full Visual Studio. 
Perhaps Vaughan already knows if it does.      



Gale