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diff --git a/cppe/INSTALL.WINDOWS b/cppe/INSTALL.WINDOWS index 5d8af312a33..d02305ef124 100644 --- a/cppe/INSTALL.WINDOWS +++ b/cppe/INSTALL.WINDOWS @@ -6,27 +6,19 @@ Requirements Windows version --------------- -TODO: NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED - -Ice-E has been extensively tested with Windows XP, Windows 2000 and -Windows 98 SE. Ice-E is also expected to work on Windows 98, Windows ME, -Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Server 2003. - +Ice-E has been extensively tested with Windows XP. C++ compiler ------------ The following Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are supported: -- Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 SP4 with STLport 5.0 (or later) - - Visual C++ 6.0 SP5 with STLport 4.5 (or later) - Visual C++ .NET 2003 (aka VC 7.1) -The STL (Standard Template Library) that is included with Embedded -Visual C++ 4.0 and Visual C++ 6.0 is not supported. You must use STLport -for these comppilers. +The STL (Standard Template Library) that is included with Visual C++ 6.0 +is not supported. You must use STLport for these comppilers. For Visual C++ .NET 2003, you can use the included STL library. @@ -48,12 +40,8 @@ http://www.zeroc.com/download.html STLport ------- -Ice-E required the following versions of STLport: - -- STLport 4.5 or later (required for Visual C++ 6.0) -- STLport 5.0 or later (required for Embedded Visual C++ 4.0) - -You can download STLport at the following locations: +Ice-E required STLport 4.5 or later for Visual C++ 6.0. You can download +STLport at the following location: http://www.stlport.org/download.html @@ -63,8 +51,7 @@ require the stream support provided by STLport. Users must configure Visual Studio to use STLPort: -- In the Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 or Visual C++ 6.0 IDE, choose - Tools->Options->Directories +- In the Visual C++ 6.0 IDE, choose Tools->Options->Directories - Select "Include files" @@ -82,15 +69,6 @@ is not required. You can download a Python distribution for Windows from http://www.python.org/download -Important note for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows ME users: - -The Windows 9x shell is too limited to run the Ice-E test suite. For -these versions of Windows, you need Cygwin and the python interpreter -that comes with Cygwin in order to run the test suite. Cygwin can be -downloaded from: - -http://www.cygwin.com - ====================================================================== Compilation and Testing @@ -100,18 +78,6 @@ Using your favorite Zip tool, unzip the Ice-E archive anywhere you like, then start the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE. You are now ready to compile Ice-E. - -Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 ------------------------ - -Open the "all.vcw" workspace. - -TODO: MORE INFO HERE - - -Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual C++ .NET 2003 ---------------------------------------- - Open the "all.dsw" workspace. If you are using Visual C++ .NET, then the project files must first be converted from Visual C++ 6.0 to .NET format. @@ -140,35 +106,6 @@ Ice-E DLLs. ====================================================================== -Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 3.51 -====================================================================== - -By default, Ice::Mutex and related classes are implemented using -Windows' CriticalSection, and in particular they use the function -TryEnterCriticalSection. This function is either not present or -implemented as a "no-op" call on Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME -and Windows NT 3.51, so default Ice-E builds cannot be used on these -versions of Windows. - -Ice::Mutex and related classes can also use "heavier" mutex -objects that allow Ice-E to work on all Windows versions (>= 98). If you -wish to build Ice-E in this configuration, you must first edit the file -include\IceE\Config.h and remove the following lines: - -# ifndef _WIN32_WINNT - // - // Necessary for TryEnterCriticalSection. - // -# define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400 -# endif - -On Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows ME, we also recommend that -you increase the number of connections supported by TCP/IP (to 500 for -example). See MaxConnections at -http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;158474 - - -====================================================================== Installation ====================================================================== @@ -180,6 +117,5 @@ contains all Ice-E DLLs. After installation, make sure to add the include directory to the Visual C++ "Include files" and the lib directory to the "Library files". -In Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 or Visual C++ 6.0, choose -Tools->Options->Directories. In Visual C++ .NET, choose -Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories. +In Visual C++ 6.0, choose Tools->Options->Directories. In Visual C++ +.NET, choose Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories. |