Re: 64bit Windows builds

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Niel Archer <spam-free@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. >> <wrowe@rowe-clan.net> wrote: >> >> > The SDK and DDK remain free with a minimal toolchain, including 64 bit >> > compilers.  Of course they aren't called that anymore, because things >> > are only fun in the Windows world when they overhaul the glossary of >> > terms every 3 years. > >> The SDK only supports 64bit now too? I remember it was not the case, >> but if yes that's pretty good :). VS Express editions do not, but >> that's not really a problem :) > > I can't say for VC9, but VC10 Express will compile 64 bit with the > "Windows SDK for Windows 7" + .NET Framework 4.0 installed. I believe > the compilers come with the Framework build additions. I'm currently > using this on another project. IIRC you do not need to install Visual studio or VC express at all with the Platform SDK. They all come with their own compiler. 6.1 has VC9 (what we use for PHP), and 7+ has VC10 afair (or maybe only 7.1 has VC10). However some tools that we use to build the official binaries are not available in these versions, nor in the Express ones, especially for 5.4 where PGO builds are used. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org