Instructions can be found in the README that is one level above.
Of course a build will work, does so since OC-days. Note: these are tested much less than the other builds, including the Win32 builds based on MinGW that are also provided as binaries from Arnold and from CI build.
Speaking of the CI build: the CI build for VisualStudio has a artifact of a common set of dependencies (all build with the vcpgk manager, so you can do the same on your machine), just in case you don't have those waiting already...
... and for a quick test you can actually use the builds from the CI and directly use these without compiling them on your own - similar to Arnold's package but you need the GBs of VC on your machine already and in use (for example via its command prompt) before you have a chance to use it.
Note: you'll likely either not use the compiler optimization (cobc -O2) with a VC based build or wait long or complain to MS...
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I found a vs 2019 solution file in the latest download.
Are there any instructions?
Will a build work?
Thanks
Paul
Instructions can be found in the README that is one level above.
Of course a build will work, does so since OC-days. Note: these are tested much less than the other builds, including the Win32 builds based on MinGW that are also provided as binaries from Arnold and from CI build.
Speaking of the CI build: the CI build for VisualStudio has a artifact of a common set of dependencies (all build with the vcpgk manager, so you can do the same on your machine), just in case you don't have those waiting already...
... and for a quick test you can actually use the builds from the CI and directly use these without compiling them on your own - similar to Arnold's package but you need the GBs of VC on your machine already and in use (for example via its command prompt) before you have a chance to use it.
Note: you'll likely either not use the compiler optimization (
cobc -O2) with a VC based build or wait long or complain to MS...