Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of Documentation/DevelopmentCenter/DownloadAndBuildSource

Timestamp:

06/25/14 17:01:34 (10 years ago)

Author:

abeham

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Documentation/DevelopmentCenter/DownloadAndBuildSource

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 == Building HeuristicLab ==
+There are two important solutions in the StableRoot. The one that needs to be built first is called `HeuristicLab.ExtLibs.sln`. This will create a `bin` folder directly in StableRoot and add plugins of external libraries to which the rest of HeuristicLab depends upon. After this has been built successfully, `HeuristicLab.sln` will be used to build the main application. This will also add plugins and the HeuristicLab.exe into the common `bin` folder.
 
-If you have Visual Studio 2012 or later installed you can use the Build.cmd script that 
+=== Using the Build.cmd script ===
+[[Image(buildcmd.png, align=right)]]
+If you have Visual Studio 2012 or later installed you can use the Build.cmd script in StableRoot. Double click it and a command window will appear. Insert the number that is associated with the HeuristicLab.ExtLibs.sln first. Then hit <Enter> each time it prompts for configuration, platform and if a clean should be performed. It will then perform a Release build not specific to a CPU architecture. 
 
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+=== Using Visual Studio 2012 ===
  * Open the solution file HeuristicLab.ExtLibs.sln in your IDE of choice and build it.
  * Open the solution file HeuristicLab 3.3.sln and build it.
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  * Start HeuristicLab 3.3.exe from sources\bin. 
 
+=== Using SharpDevelop 4.4 ===
 For Linux users, check out the HeuristicLab and Mono HowTo for more information on how to compile HeuristicLab with Mono on Linux.