From fb4fbd2334b0de566f6816f38a5a739ec8bda084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Pozdeev Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:33:15 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add missing but required build steps and how to build the installer. --- PCbuild/readme.txt | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 3395aac1bb..362a9a9ffe 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ releases are built with this version of Visual Studio. For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt. -All you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.sln" in Visual Studio, +To build modules that require external libraries, you first need to download +(and, for some of them, build) those as specified later in this file. + +Then, all you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.sln" in Visual Studio, select the desired combination of configuration and platform and eventually build the solution. Unless you are going to debug a problem in the core or you are going to create an optimized build you want to select "Release" as configuration. +To build an installer package, refer to the README in the Tools/msi folder. + The PCbuild directory is compatible with all versions of Visual Studio from VS C++ Express Edition over the standard edition up to the professional edition. However the express edition does not support features like solution -- 2.12.0.windows.1