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Contents 1 Command Line 1.1 Requirements 1.2 Instructions 1.3 Notes 2 Project File 2.1 Requirements 2.2 Instructions 2.2.1 Allegro 2.2.2 Demo 2.2.3 Tools 2.2.4 Examples 2.2.5 Tests

Command Line

Requirements

• Allegro 4
• MSVC 6
• MinGW

Instructions

1. Open a command terminal.
   1. Windows 9x: Click Start / Run and enter command.com
   2. Newer verions: Click Start / Run and enter cmd.exe
2. Change to the path of Allegro by typing:
   1. c:\
   2. cd\allegro
3. "c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\bin\vcvars32.bat"
4. SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\MINGW\BIN
5. fix.bat msvc6
6. make all STATICLINK=1
7. make installall STATICLINK=1
8. make all
9. make installall

Notes

If your locations for Allegro, MinGW, or MSVC are different, adjust the paths in the above instructions accordingly.

Project File

Requirements

• Allegro 4.2.2
• MSVC 6

Instructions

Allegro

1. Run c:\allegro\build\pre-build-msvc.bat
2. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc6\Allegro.dsw in MSVC 6
3. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the versions you want to build.
   2. Click Build. (Note: it is normal to get warnings of missing include files.)
4. Due to a bug in MSVC 6, it might be necessary to repeat Step 3 to perform the final links.
5. Copy the files
   1. Copy the contents of C:\allegro\include to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\include
   2. Copy the .lib files from C:\allegro\lib\msvc to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
   3. Copy the .dll files from C:\allegro\lib\msvc to C:\Windows\System32

Demo

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc6\demo.dsw in MSVC 6
2. Press F7 to Comile
3. Press Ctrl-F5 to Run

Tools

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc6\tools.dsw in MSVC 6
2. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the tools you want to build.
   2. Click Build.

Note: some of the tools depend on libdat, so you should build that first.

Examples

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc6\examples.dsw in MSVC 6
2. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the examples you want to build.
   2. Click Build.

Tests

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc6\tests.dsw in MSVC 6
2. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the tests you want to build.
   2. Click Build.