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diff --git a/cpp/BuildInstructionsWinRT.md b/cpp/BuildInstructionsWinRT.md index cc2d939cff7..132224d3f84 100644 --- a/cpp/BuildInstructionsWinRT.md +++ b/cpp/BuildInstructionsWinRT.md @@ -8,14 +8,25 @@ executables, and everything else necessary to build Ice applications for WinRT. ## Build Requirements for WinRT +### Operating Systems and Compilers + Ice was extensively tested using the operating systems and compiler versions listed for our [supported platforms][2]. -## Building Ice +### Third-Party Libraries + +Building Ice for WinRT requires the mcpp pakage: + + - [mcpp][6] 2.7.2 (with patches) -> *To build Ice for WinRT you first need to build Ice for Windows. The build of -Ice for Windows is necessary to create the Slice translators that we need to -build Ice for WinRT.* +You do not need to build this package yourself, as ZeroC supplies +[Nuget][7] packages for all these third party dependencies. + +The Ice build system for Windows downloads and installs Nuget and these +Nuget packages when you build Ice for C++. The third-party packages +are installed in the ``ice/cpp/third-party-packages`` folder. + +## Building Ice Open a command prompt that is configured for your target architecture. For example, Visual Studio gives you several alternatives: |