@@@@ write instructions for FLAC.dsw and *.dsp, need %NASW% set to
@@@@ full path to nasmw.exe, location of ogg static libs and headers
-There is no overall make system for MSVC but the individual
-source directories with a 'Makefile.vc' file in them allow
-building with MSVC. Just 'nmake /f Makefile.vc'. Currently
-the Makefile.vc for libFLAC is hardcoded to use nasm. If
-you don't have nasm, or don't want any assembly optimizations,
-edit the makefile, adding '/D FLAC__NO_ASM', and delete the
-rules which compile the .nasm files.
+
+There are two ways to build with MSVC:
+
+ 1. Project Files
+ Prerequisite: you must have nasm installed, and have the environment
+ variable FLAC_NASM set to the full path to nasmw.exe, e.g
+ C:\nasm\nasmw.exe
+
+ To build everything, run Developer Studio, do File|Open Workspace,
+ and open FLAC.dsw. Switch to the 'Files' tab, select 'all files'
+ from the tree, do right-mouse-button and 'Set as active project'.
+ @@@@Debug/Release@@@@ Then do Project|Build. The libraries will
+ be built as both libs@@@@ and DLLs.
+
+ 2. nmake
+ Prerequisite: you must have nasm installed and nasmw.exe must be in
+ your path.
+
+ To build everything, open a Command window, cd to the top-level
+ directory (where this README is) and do
+
+ nmake /f Makefile.vc
+
+ This will recur into all the source directories in the right order
+ and build everything. The libraries will be build only as static
+ libs. To clean up everything you can do
+
+ nmake /f Makefile.vc clean
+
+ from the top level directory, or any directory which has a
+ Makefile.vc
+
+Everything will end up in the 'obj' directory. DLLs and .exe files
+are all that are needed and can be copied to an installation area an
+added to the PATH. The plugins have to be copied to their appropriate
+place in the player area. For Winamp2 this is <winamp2-dir>\Plugins@@@@
+and for Winamp3 this is @@@@.
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