Re: [GM-help] afxwin.h not found building configure under VC++ 8 Express
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From: Kenneth T. <ken...@gm...> - 2009-12-02 14:16:08
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Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Kenneth Tilton wrote: > >> Trying to do a source build of GM on Windows 7 using VC++ 8 Express, I >> get an error on afxwin.h not found. This seems not to be even in the >> windows sdk. Rather, notes on-line suggest it is part of the MFC SDK and >> available only with pro versions of the MS tools, which I would rather >> not buy. I looked around for an MFC SDK but did not spot anything. > > It is not nice that Microsoft does not give away these libraries for free. > >> Is it necessary to buy an MS development environment to build windows >> DLLs from source, or am I missing something? > > What you are missing is that the source package comes with a pre-built > configure.exe that you can use as-is. You should not have to build it > yourself. > > The configure.exe binary is built with VC++ 6.0. > > Since you are using VC++ 8 Express you will find that the components > based on proprietary C++ classes (MFC and ATL) do not build. This only > effects the GUI and ImageMagickObject. Thx, and thx for the quick response. The build is chugging away. Congrats to the GM team for an amazing job on the install/build documentation and tools like configure. kt |