[gecode-users] Which version of MSVC on Windows?

[Alin]

Christian Schulte <cschulte at ...> writes:

> 
> Dear all,
> 
> There has been some discussion recently as to which versions of MSVC for
> Windows are supported with Gecode.
> 
> The answer is simple enough: we support 2008 but 2005 and 2010 also work. As
> a proof-of-concept we also built packages with MSVC 2010 for those who
> already use that version. The 2010 versions are not linked on the webpages
> but can be downloaded from:
> 	x86:	http://www.gecode.org/download/Gecode-3.5.0-x86-2010.msi
> 	x64:	http://www.gecode.org/download/Gecode-3.5.0-x64-2010.msi 
> 
> Now the question is: shall we make both variants available? Or is that bound
> to create too much confusion? Shall we keep 2008 and wait until, for
> example, Qt upgrades MSVC 2010 to a prime platform?
> 
> We would be interested to know what you think. And, of course, before you
> write, check whether the 2010 versions actually work for you!
> 
> Cheers
> Christian
> 
> --
> Christian Schulte, web.ict.kth.se/~cschulte/
> 

 I think this could be useful, for example I want to use Gecode with MSVC 2005,
but I cant't compile it, and since the .msi version only works with MSVC 2008
I'm kindof stuck :(

 Maybe at least posting the steps for compiling the sources for windows would be
enough. I see that for linux there are scripts, so compiling the code is just a
matter of running a command. Compiling on windows is another story.