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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 8
• MinGW
• Platform SDK
• DirectX SDK

Instructions

1. 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 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat"
4. SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\MINGW\BIN
5. fix.bat msvc8
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 8
• Platform SDK
• DirectX SDK

Instructions

Allegro

1. Run c:\allegro\build\pre-build-msvc.bat
2. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc8\Allegro.sln in MSVC 8
3. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the versions you want to build.
   2. Click Build.
4. Copy the files
   1. Copy the contents of C:\allegro\include to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include
   2. Copy the .lib files from C:\allegro\lib\msvc to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib
   3. Copy the .dll files from C:\allegro\lib\msvc to C:\Windows\System32

Demo

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc8\demo.sln in MSVC 8
2. Press F7 to Compile
3. Press Ctrl-F5 to Run

Tools

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc8\tools.sln in MSVC 8
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 always build that.

Examples

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc8\examples.sln in MSVC 8
2. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the examples you want to build.
   2. Click Build.

Tests

1. Open c:\allegro\build\msvc8\tests.sln in MSVC 8
2. Click Build / Batch Build.
   1. Check all the tests you want to build.
   2. Click Build.