Instructions for Building ACE on Windows

Here is the list of commands for building ACE on Windows, substitute vc71 for vc8 as necessary:

set ACE_ROOT=%CD%
set PATH=%ACE_ROOT%\lib;%PATH%
cd %ACE_ROOT%
cd ace
copy config-win32.h config.h
perl %ACE_ROOT%\bin\mwc.pl -type vc8
devenv /useenv /Build Debug ACE.sln
cd ..\tests
perl %ACE_ROOT%\bin\mwc.pl -type vc8
devenv /useenv /Build Debug tests.sln
(make sure the ACEd.dll from the tests directory is removed)
re-run the test.

This series of commands assumes two things:

You have a perl interpreter installed (http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/)
You have the VC8 environment set up in your command prompt: Start->Programs->Visual Studio 2005->tools->Visual Studio Command Prompt