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diff --git a/cpp/INSTALL.WINDOWS b/cpp/INSTALL.WINDOWS index 0ae8287c8e9..11fce8a5051 100644 --- a/cpp/INSTALL.WINDOWS +++ b/cpp/INSTALL.WINDOWS @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 3.51 and Windows NT 4.0. Ice binary distributions for Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 are available from: - http://www.zeroc.com/download.html. + + http://www.zeroc.com/download.html + These binary distributions include everything necessary to build Ice applications and require Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. @@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ The STL (Standard Template Library) that is included with Visual C++ 6.0 is not supported. You must use STLport 4.5 (or later) with Visual C++ 6.0. -For Visual C++ .NET 2003 and Visual C++ 2005, you can use the -included STL library. +For Visual C++ .NET 2003 and Visual C++ 2005, you can use the included +STL library. Third-party libraries @@ -54,8 +56,9 @@ additional packages, nor do you need to compile the Ice source code. You can download an installer containing binaries for all of the -required third-party libraries from the ZeroC web site at -http://www.zeroc.com/download.html +required third-party libraries from the ZeroC web site: + + http://www.zeroc.com/download.html Finally, if you prefer to download and install the third-party dependencies yourself, you can find them at the following locations: @@ -188,26 +191,30 @@ If you want to try out any of the demos, make sure to update your PATH environment variable to add the "bin" directory, which contains the Ice DLLs and executables. + ====================================================================== x64 Platform ====================================================================== + You can target the x64 platform when building Ice with Visual C++ 2005. Follow these steps when converting the Ice Visual C++ 6.0 projects into Visual Studio 2005 projects: - - Let Visual Studio 2005 convert automatically all your project + + - Let Visual Studio 2005 automatically convert all your project files. - - In Build/Configuration Manager/Active solution plaform, create + - In Build/Configuration Manager/Active solution platform, create a new solution platform named x64 (from the drop-down list). Keep the default selections (Copy settings from Win32 and - Create new project platforms) - - Then in the Solution Explorer window, select all projects. - - Select the Project/Properties menu - - Select All Configurations in the Configuration drop-down list - - In Configuration Properties/General, change "Ouput Directory" + Create new project platforms). + - In the Solution Explorer window, select all projects. + - Select the Project/Properties menu. + - Select All Configurations in the Configuration drop-down list. + - In Configuration Properties/General, change "Output Directory" to be just $(ConfigurationName) and "Intermediate Directory" - to be just $(ConfigurationName) + to be just $(ConfigurationName). - Finally, save all your project files. + ====================================================================== Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 3.51 ====================================================================== @@ -252,6 +259,11 @@ contains all Ice executables and DLLs. After installation, make sure to add the include directory to the Visual C++ "Include files", the lib directory to the "Library files", -and the bin directory to the "Executable files". In Visual C++ 6.0, -choose Tools->Options->Directories. In Visual C++ .NET, choose -Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories. +and the bin directory to the "Executable files": + + * Visual C++ 6.0: Tools->Options->Directories + + * Visual C++ .NET 2003: Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories + + * Visual C++ 2005: Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions-> + VC++ Directories |