[sldev] Which VS2003 components are (not) needed to compile?

[Kent Quirk (Q Linden)]

I'm not in the office today to verify the details, but:

a) You can certainly avoid anything related to MFC and ATL -- we don't  
use those, or ActiveX.

You can drop these from your list:

> 1.2.1.1 ATL MFC Shared Libraries ANSI
> 1.2.1.2 ATL MFC Source Code
> 1.2.1.3 ATL MFC Static Libraries ANSI
> 1.2.1.4 ATL MFC Shared Libraries Unicode
> 1.2.1.5 ATL MFC Static Libraries Unicode
> 1.2.3.1 MFC Trace Utility
> 1.2.3.3 OLE/COM Object Viewer
> 1.2.3.4 ActiveX Control Test Container
> 1.2.3.6 ISAPI Web Debug Tool


As well as some of the library choices, but I don't remember which ones.

Regarding documentation, it's sometimes (but rarely) useful to have  
the Windows documentation handy.

But with that said, once we get the CMake stuff straightened out,  
we're very much looking forward to NOT using VS2003 anymore  
internally. I don't know how long this information will be useful.

	Q



On Jun 23, 2008, at 7:06 AM, Dale Mahalko wrote:

> I am about to install Visual Studio .NET 2003, but I would prefer some
> more configuration notes for VS2003 than the following paragraph
> provides:
>
> https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Compiling_the_viewer_%28MSVS2003%29
> ===========================
> Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional
>
>    * Setup Microsoft Visual Studio.
> ===========================
>
>
> Which of the following items are the minimum components needed to
> compile and develop the SL viewer? I'd rather not have gigabytes of
> unnecessary clutter to dig through, if I can help it. Installing just
> the minimum necessary components may also make the learning process
> easier.
>
> Straight off, I am fairly certain I won't need either IIS or SQL
> Server installed.
>
>
> The entire tree of VS2003 install options::
>
> Visual Studio .NET Professional (Required)
> 1 Language Tools
> 1.1 Visual Basic .NET
> 1.1.1 Smart Device Programmability
> 1.2 Visual C++ .NET
> 1.2.1 Visual C++ Class & Template Libraries
> 1.2.1.1 ATL MFC Shared Libraries ANSI
> 1.2.1.2 ATL MFC Source Code
> 1.2.1.3 ATL MFC Static Libraries ANSI
> 1.2.1.4 ATL MFC Shared Libraries Unicode
> 1.2.1.5 ATL MFC Static Libraries Unicode
> 1.2.2 Visual C++ Run-Time Libraries
> 1.2.2.1 Visual C++ Dynamic CRT Libraries
> 1.2.2.2 Visual C++ CRT Source Code
> 1.2.2.3 Visual C++ Static Single-Threaded CRT Libraries
> 1.2.2.4 Visual C++ Static Multi-Threaded CRT Libraries
> 1.2.3 Visual C++ Tools
> 1.2.3.1 MFC Trace Utility
> 1.2.3.2 Spy++
> 1.2.3.3 OLE/COM Object Viewer
> 1.2.3.4 ActiveX Control Test Container
> 1.2.3.5 Visual C++ Error Lookup
> 1.2.3.6 ISAPI Web Debug Tool
> 1.2.3.7 Win32 Platform SDK Tools (NOT selected by default)
> 1.2.4 Visual C# .NET
> 1.2.4.1 Java Language Conversion Assisteant
> 1.2.4.2 Smart Device Programmability
> 1.2.5 Visual J# .NET
> 1.3 .NET Framework SDK
> 1.3.1 Samples
> 1.4 Dotfuscator Community Edition
> 1.5 Crystal Reports for Visual Studeio .NET
> 1.5.1 Common Components
> 1.5.1.1 Visual Basic .NET Template
> 1.5.1.2 Visual C# .NET Template
> 1.5.1.3 Visual C++ .NET Template
> 1.5.1.4 Visual J# .NET Template
> 1.5.1.5 Crystal Web Services
> 1.6 Tools for Redistributing Applications
> 1.6.1 Graphics Library
> 1.6.2 Redistributable Merge Modules
> 1.7 Server Components
> 1.7.1 Remote Debugger
> 1.7.2 Web Development
> 1.7.3 VS 6 Stored Procedure Version Control
>
>
> I assume these are only components I really need, but perhaps this
> could be trimmed further?:
>
> Visual Studio .NET Professional (Required)
> 1.2 Visual C++ .NET
> 1.2.1 Visual C++ Class & Template Libraries
> 1.2.1.1 ATL MFC Shared Libraries ANSI
> 1.2.1.2 ATL MFC Source Code
> 1.2.1.3 ATL MFC Static Libraries ANSI
> 1.2.1.4 ATL MFC Shared Libraries Unicode
> 1.2.1.5 ATL MFC Static Libraries Unicode
> 1.2.2 Visual C++ Run-Time Libraries
> 1.2.2.1 Visual C++ Dynamic CRT Libraries
> 1.2.2.2 Visual C++ CRT Source Code
> 1.2.2.3 Visual C++ Static Single-Threaded CRT Libraries
> 1.2.2.4 Visual C++ Static Multi-Threaded CRT Libraries
> 1.2.3 Visual C++ Tools
> 1.2.3.1 MFC Trace Utility
> 1.2.3.2 Spy++
> 1.2.3.3 OLE/COM Object Viewer
> 1.2.3.4 ActiveX Control Test Container
> 1.2.3.5 Visual C++ Error Lookup
> 1.2.3.6 ISAPI Web Debug Tool
> 1.6 Tools for Redistributing Applications
> 1.6.1 Graphics Library
> 1.6.2 Redistributable Merge Modules
>
> ============================================================
>
>
> In the VS2003 .NET MSDN Library, which of the following components
> would be useful for developing the client, and which ones can I skip?
>
> The entire tree:
>
> MSDN Library (base, must install)
> 1 Visual Studio .NET 2003 Documentation
> 2 Embedded Development
> 2.1 Windows CE Documentation
> 2.2 SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition
> 2.3 Windows CD Application Framework
> 2.4 Microsoft Server Applice Kit 2.0
> 2.5 Windows NT Embedded
> 2.6 Windows XP Embedded
> 2.7 Windows CE .NET
> 3 Developer Knowledge Base Documentation
> 4 Office Developer Documentation
> 4.1 Office 2000 Developer Documentation
> 4.2 Office XP Documentation
> 4.3 Microsoft Access
> 4.4 FrontPage
> 4.5 MapPoint
> 4.6 Project 2000
> 4.7 Visio
> 4.8 SharePoint Team Services
> 5 Windows Development
> 5.1 Windows 2000 Documentation
> 5.2 Driver Development Kit
> 5.3 Windows 98 and Windows ME Documentation
> 5.4 Windows NT Documentation
> 5.5 Tablet PC
> 6 XML and Web Services
> 7 MSDN Documentation Group 1
> 8 MSDN Documentation Group 2
> 9 Platform SDK
> 10 Enterprise Development
> 10.1 Microsoft Content Management Server
> 10.2 Exchange Server Documentation
>
>
> I assume these are the only MSDN items I'd really need for client
> source programming, but again, no clue as yet:
>
> MSDN Library (base, must install)
> 1 Visual Studio .NET 2003 Documentation
> 3 Developer Knowledge Base Documentation
> 9 Platform SDK
>
>
> Is there anything else I could drop from this VS2003 components list
> without shooting myself in the foot?
>
> This information will be used to extend and improve that "Compiling
> the viewer" SL wiki page I mentioned, to help other C++ beginners to
> compile the client.
>
> - Scalar Tardis / Dale Mahalko
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