VC8 Build Instructions

comments: beltzner@10:56est,2006-02-13

My suggestions & comments for this doc ...

• need to be more clear about the either/or choice of C++ vs MS Studio, as right now it looks like you first install express then install studio
  • yeah, I was worried about that; I'll make it clearer
• use an internally anchored link to the cygwin, moztools, and environment configuration portions
  • k, i'll fix tomorrow
• this might just be me, but I'm not sure how you could use vsvars32 or the batch file you include ... is vsvars32 a Visual Studio thing? If so, you might want to mention that.
  • Hmm, I thought I did.. I guess I mentioned it on the other page instead of this one. I'll make it clearer.
• the script seems to require Visual Studio being installed ... does it work without VS? do you want to just have seperate script listings for express vs. Visual Studio?
  • No, it's the same script; VC Express installs in the same paths.
• list the build options required for VC8Express as ac_add_options
  • I'm not sure about this; in general, listing the configure options is the easiest way to get things across, as mozconfig is a very mozilla-specific thing. People should be able to see from looking at mozconfig examples that these need to go with ac_add_options prefixes, but it may not be obvious the other way around. I could easily be wrong here, though.
• list the explanations for the ac_add_options as second-level bullets
  • will do
• liked the Visual Studio steps, though :)

Thanks for the comments! - Vlad

• This comment on your blog correctly identifies a problem, you need to tell people to setup the environment variables in the VC8 Express installer. The default is to not do so: http://blog.vlad1.com/archives/2006/.../#comment-2148