Installing XSD/e on Windows

This README describes installing XSD/e from combined binary/source packages on Windows.

The following packages are provided for Windows (here <...> denotes the version and architecture information):

xsde-<...>-windowsX.zip  -- XSD/e compiler binary and runtime source
libxsde-<...>-windowsX-msvcA.B.zip  -- XSD/e runtime library binary

The xsde-<...>-windowsX.zip package contains the XSD/e compiler binary as well as the source code for the runtime library, examples, and tests. Note that the XSD/e compiler binary is statically linked and can be used on Windows version X or later.

You will need to configure and build the XSD/e runtime library (and, optionally, examples/tests) for your target OS and CPU architecture using nmake. See the INSTALL file inside xsde-<...>-windowsX.zip for the instructions.

The libxsde-<...>-windowsX-msvcA.B.zip package contains the runtime library built for the host platform. It can be useful, for example, for testing.