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trouble with compile straight from source code

Asked by Icarus

I just downloaded the newest source code (0.707) opened it up in visual c++9.0 (after installing the appropriate feature pack) and i can not get it to compile
when i try to run the resource script i get a cannot find cshelp.h error
when i try to compile it as a project it cant find any of the .h's
im not new to c++, but im new to open source and using other peoples code. could someone push me in the right direction?

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MikeJJ (mrmikejj) said : 		#1

Do you really want to get it working with VS, or would you be happy with a mingw build ? :)

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MikeJJ (mrmikejj) said : 		#2

Oh, and if i remember properly cshelp.h maybe build by the python script in the help directory. :)
Do you have python and scons installed, or you trying to build from the IDE ?

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Icarus (kotmfu) said : 		#3

i tried buidling with scons and got a giant list of errors, just general coding errors, which is why i was trying it in the ide so i could actually see what the erorrs were.
i did follow all the instructions in the compiling.txt file, with no luck

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MikeJJ (mrmikejj) said : 		#4

Have you got the TR1 addon's for VS, or you using STLPort (i think that needs compiling if you using it) :)

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poy (poy) said : 		#5

"opened it up in visual c++9.0" > how did you do that? you created a new project for it? if you want to build using the MSVC IDE, there are some ways to generate correct project files using SCons, but these only work for one single project (yet); hence, you would need to figure out by yourself what the correct preprocessor definitions, libraries, etc are.

i suggest you use SCons to compile, and if you do, remember to call it with "scons tools=default".

for more help paste here what errors you are getting.

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poy (poy) said : 		#6

about STLPort, it should be fine using MSVC's - no need to download/compile it.

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