[xml-cppdom-checkins] SF.net SVN: xml-cppdom: [621] trunk/README

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Revision: 621
          http://xml-cppdom.svn.sourceforge.net/xml-cppdom/?rev=621&view=rev
Author:   patrickh
Date:     2007-08-01 08:03:55 -0700 (Wed, 01 Aug 2007)

Log Message:
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Added information about the joys of building on Windows.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README

Modified: trunk/README
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--- trunk/README	2007-07-31 22:22:18 UTC (rev 620)
+++ trunk/README	2007-08-01 15:03:55 UTC (rev 621)
@@ -30,6 +30,45 @@
 type 'scons install' to install on the system
 type 'scons install prefix=$HOME/software' to install in your account
 
+Windows
+=======
+
+CppDOM can be compiled with Visual C++ 6.0 and newer. However, SCons tries to
+be smart and pick the version of Visual C++ that it thinks you should use
+(always--or almost always--the newest version). To override this, use the
+MSVS_VERSION command line option. For example, to force compilation with
+Visual C++ 7.0 (from Visual Studio .NET 2002), run the following:
+
+   scons MSVS_VERSION=7.0
+
+Let's say we want to use Visual C++ 8.0 (from Visual Studio 8) instead. In
+that case, run the following:
+
+   scons MSVS_VERSION=8.0
+
+If there is only one version of Visual Studio installed, SCons will find it,
+and using the MSVS_VERSION argument is unnecessary.
+
+64-bit Windows
+==============
+
+To build a 64-bit version of CppDOM on Windows, Visual Studio 2005 (also
+known as Visual Studio 8) must be used, and it must be run on a 64-bit
+Windows installation. The trick, however, is that the 32-bit version of
+Python must be used. Otherwise, SCons will not find the Visual Studio
+installation because it looks in the wrong place in the Registry and in
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8" instead of in
+"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8".
+
+So, to build both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of CppDOM, run the
+following:
+
+   scons MSVS_VERSION=8.0
+
+To build only the 64-bit version, run the following:
+
+   scons MSVS_VERSION=8.0 var_arch=x64
+
 Mac OS X
 ========
 


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