About building in WIndows 7

[Hung Mark <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I try to setup  a building environment in Windows 7  following steps here:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step

I have several question here:
1. Do both 32bit and 64bit windows 7 work?
2. It specifies cygwin 32bit specifically. Does it work to mix them up?
3. Which NSIS version should be used?
4. Can I use dbghelp.dll from Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET
Framework 3.5. SP1  ?

I don't have much experience building code in Windows. I'm working in a 64
bit environment.
Please advice which combination would be easier.

Thanks.

Sincerely.

-- 
Mark Hung

Re: About building in WIndows 7

[Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <or...@googlemail.com>]

Hi,

On 26.08.2014 16:59, Hung Mark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to setup  a building environment in Windows 7  following steps here:
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step
>

Please take the first sentence in the Windows section serious:
<quote>
Complete requirements found at ...
</quote>


> I have several question here:
> 1. Do both 32bit and 64bit windows 7 work?

Yes.

> 2. It specifies cygwin 32bit specifically. Does it work to mix them up?

Once I tried cygwin 64bit under a Windows 7 64bit and the AOO build did 
not work.
As AOO is a 32bit application under all Windows platforms I think it 
makes sense to have an 32bit build environment under Windows.

> 3. Which NSIS version should be used?

On [1] a specific NSIS version is mentioned - this one should work.
I do not know. if a newer version is available and also works.


> 4. Can I use dbghelp.dll from Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET
> Framework 3.5. SP1  ?

I assume that this should work, if it is the 32bit version.

>
> I don't have much experience building code in Windows. I'm working in a 64
> bit environment.
> Please advice which combination would be easier.
>

I hope that my answers help you.
Do not hesitate to ask further questions and/or to change the wiki.


[1] 
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Building_on_Windows


Best regards, Oliver.

> Thanks.
>
> Sincerely.
>

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