This is just an fyi for those who may not know and is specific to DB
for Windows and more specific for Visual Studio compiler family
users.
Rather than using Google or other general web search engines, go to
the source. MSDN is not exactly the best organized reference on the
net, but it is the most authoritative when it comes to Microsoft and
their compilers and other build tools. I have 3 top level pages
bookmarked. The first is the main entry point to the MSDN2 Library:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
The second, for specific information on building as relates to DB
the main entry is:
Visual C++
Building a C/C++ Program
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z7kx322x.aspx
and the 2 links under it:
C/C++ Building Reference
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/91621w01.aspx
and Visual C++
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/60k1461a.aspx
The third is an entry to the Platform SDK reference:
Platform SDK Documentation Contents
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/sdkintro/sdkintro/contents_of_the_platform_sdk.asp
These will give you more exact and correct information than will
second or third hand information from fora and wiki's.
thx,
Dave S.
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