Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Windows build instructions

Timestamp:

Dec 15, 2006 1:10:01 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

jose

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Windows build instructions

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 === Using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition ===
 
-If you don't have a Visual C++ edition and still wish to build !VirtualBox it is possible to use the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. However you will not be able to build everything. In fact the only front end that will be built is VBoxBFE. The reason for this is that the !VirtualBox COM API - which all the other front ends program against - requires ATL (active template library) to build, and unfortunately the express edition doesn't include this(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/#vcpp).
+If you don't have a Visual C++ edition but still wish to build !VirtualBox, it is also possible to use the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. However, you will not be able to build everything. In fact the only front end that can be built with this toolset is VBoxBFE becase the !VirtualBox COM API - which all the other front ends program against - requires the Active Template Library (ATL) to build, and unfortunately the express edition doesn't include this (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/#vcpp).
 
 When doing the first build step, you have to add --with-VC-Express-Edition to the argument list: