[wxMSW-2.8.6, VC++'05XprsEd in VS'05 Vers.8.0] missing windows.h

[Robin Dunn]

David.Goldsmith wrote:
> Hi!  I'm trying to build wxMSW-2.8.6 in Parallels 3.0 emulating XP Pro 
> '02 SP2 in Mac OS 10.4.10.  I'm trying to use VC++ 2005 Express Edition 
> in Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0.50727.42 w/ .NET Framework version 
> 2.0.50727.  I downloaded the wxMSW installer and that appeared to work 
> w/out error.  I then tried to use the VC++ 6 Workspace in build\msw and 
> all the projects appeared to get updated successfully.  I then tried 
> build solution: only four projects built successfully, 16 failed - the 
> first and recurring error (there were others) was a failure to find 
> "windows.h".  I used Windows' search on my C drive - sure enough, no 
> windows.h to be found.  What is this file, where am I supposed to have 
> obtained it from, and why would I not have it when wxWidgets is 
> expecting me to?

IIRC, the Express edition doesn't include the platform SDK, you need to 
download it separately from MSDN.microsoft.com.


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