README.WIN32

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==                       BUILDING SIMAGE ON WINDOWS                       ==
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Building Simage on Windows is done by using the CMake build configuration.
Check out the detailed build instructions in the INSTALL file of the Coin
installation directory.

The Autotools build system is still maintained but at a significantly lower
priority.

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==            OLD INFORMATION ON BUILDING SIMAGE ON WINDOWS               ==
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NEWSFLASH

You can now build simage the same way you build Coin, by using
Visual Studio project files you will find under one of the
build/msvc* directories.

NEWSFLASH END


Building the simage library on the Microsoft Windows platform
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You can build the simage library in two ways:

	1. Using Cygwin[1]
	2. Using the Visual C++ project file and workspace
	   that is part of the "Coin3D for Windows"
	   installation package. See <URL:http://www.coin3d.org>
	   for more details.

Both alternatives require Visual C++ version 6.0 or newer.

Alternative 1 is the most flexible when it comes to configuring simage
(for instance changing which file formats to support or building as a
static library instead of as a dll). Alternative 2 is the fastest and
most convenient way to build simage if the configuration in the
project file and in the supplied configure.h file is acceptable.

The MSVC(Microsoft Visual Studio) 6 project files in build/msvc6 requires
downloading GDIPlus in order to compile. Follow the description in
build/misc/README.GDI+ for more information about this.
   From MSVC 7 and up GDIPlus is included in the installation, and
therefore downloading GDIPlus is not needed.

Building simage with Cygwin
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Make sure you have the latest version of Cygwin.

Open a bash shell and configure and build the same way as you would on
UNIX-based systems, i.e.

	$ [srcdir]/configure
	$ make install


Note that if you encounter any problems when trying to build on
MSWindows, it is expected that you are able to do a minimum of
troubleshooting yourself before contacting us. (If this is not an
option, please consider using the pre-built binary installation
packages we provide. Follow the download link from
<URL:http://www.coin3d.org>.)

If you are confident that configure and/or build fails due to a
mistake on our part, or you otherwise feel completely stuck, we will
be happy to assist.

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[1] <URL:http://www.cygwin.com>