[xsde-users] XSDe on VS2012

[Salvatore Anzalone]

Thank you so much, I will try to use your hints.

Best,
Salvatore

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Boris Kolpackov <boris at codesynthesis.com>
wrote:

> Hi Salvatore,
>
> Salvatore Anzalone <anzalone.s at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am not able to compile any XSDe library from the package files. I
> > was not able to find any Visual Studio solution in the package, and
> > the makefiles and nmakefiles are not working.
>
> XSD/e does not include projects/solutions for Visual Studio (there
> are just too many versions/targets/configurations; we would have to
> provide hundreds of project files). Instead you use the nmakefile's
> to build with Visual Studio. The procedure is described in the INSTALL
> file that comes with XSD/e ("Microsoft nmake" section). In particular,
> the config.nmake file that is on the config/ directory is for building
> vanilla Win32 libxsde (as opposed to, say, WinCE), so you will probably
> want to start with that file and maybe adjust CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS
> variables to match your configuration (again, read the INSTALL file).
>
>
> > I also tried to use the src with dependencies,
> > http://www.codesynthesis.com/download/xsde/3.2/ but I had issues also
> > there: makefiles ar not working.
>
> This is a source code for the XSD/e compiler itself. You want to use
> the binary from Download page. Quoting the Download page:
>
> "XSD/e is available in the form of precompiled binary distributions for
>  a number of host development platforms. A binary distribution contains
>  the XSD/e compiler binary for the selected host platform as well as the
>  source code for the runtime library and examples. You will need to
>  configure and compile the XSD/e runtime library for your target OS
>  and CPU architecture. For more information on the configuration and
>  building refer to the INSTALL file in each binary distribution."
>
>
> > Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Yes, probably not reading the INSTALL file ;-). If that still doesn't
> help, be more specific about what steps you have done and what exactly
> doesn't work (instead of a blank statement like "the makefiles and
> nmakefiles are not working").
>
>
> > Does XSDe actually work in a Windows environment?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > Do you have a procedure to compile the XSDe library?
>
> Yes, in the INSTALL file.
>
>
> > Better, do you think you will be able to make available the precompiled,
> > static libraries and the needed includes?
>
> No, there are just too many variations in versions/targets/configurations
> to make this feasible.
>
> Boris
>



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