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

[David.L.Goldsmith at noaa.gov]

OK, thanks!

DG

----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Dunn <robin at alldunn.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:41 am
Subject: Re: [wxMSW-2.8.6, VC++'05XprsEd in VS'05 Vers.8.0] missing
windows.h

> 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.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Robin Dunn
> Software Craftsman
> http://wxPython.org  Java give you jitters?  Relax with wxPython!
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: wx-users-unsubscribe at lists.wxwidgets.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: wx-users-help at lists.wxwidgets.org
> 
>