[Winmerge-svn] SF.net SVN: winmerge: [4235] trunk/Docs/Developers

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Revision: 4235
          http://svn.sourceforge.net/winmerge/?rev=4235&view=rev
Author:   kimmov
Date:     2007-04-05 08:00:51 -0700 (Thu, 05 Apr 2007)

Log Message:
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Document buildall.bat in readme-developers

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Docs/Developers/Changes.txt
    trunk/Docs/Developers/readme-developers.html

Modified: trunk/Docs/Developers/Changes.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/Docs/Developers/Changes.txt	2007-04-04 19:02:39 UTC (rev 4234)
+++ trunk/Docs/Developers/Changes.txt	2007-04-05 15:00:51 UTC (rev 4235)
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-05 Kimmo
+ Document buildall.bat in readme-developers
+  Developers: readme-developers.html
+
 2007-03-15 Tim
  PATCH: [ 1681099 ] Add "Plugins" folder to installer doc
   Developers: readme-InnoSetup.html

Modified: trunk/Docs/Developers/readme-developers.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/Docs/Developers/readme-developers.html	2007-04-04 19:02:39 UTC (rev 4234)
+++ trunk/Docs/Developers/readme-developers.html	2007-04-05 15:00:51 UTC (rev 4235)
@@ -118,6 +118,23 @@
 "<em>Visual Studio Registration\Register PSDK directories with Visual Studio</em>" item from
 the "<em>Platform SDK</em>" start menu folder.</p>
 
+<h4>buildall.bat</h4>
+<p>There is a <code>buildall.bat</code> in root folder of source tree. This batch file invokes
+<code>devenv.exe</code> to build (almost) all projects in WinMerge tree. However, it has couple
+of restrictions:
+<ul>
+  <li>It cannot convert project files from VC6 format to newer formats. This must be done first
+      by opening every project to Visual Studio.</li>
+  <li>It cannot build 64-bit shell extension</li>
+</ul></p>
+
+<p>To use <code>buildall.bat</code>:
+<ul>
+  <li>Open Visual Studio Command Prompt (or run <code>vcvars32.bat</code> from Command Prompt).</li>
+  <li>Go to root folder of WinMerge folder structure.</li>
+  <li>Run the batch file.</li>
+</ul></p>
+
 <h4>Project files</h4>
 <p>Project file for WinMerge executable (in <code>/Src</code>) and other projects like
 ShellExtension (in <code>/ShellExtension</code>) have their own project files. There is no one


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