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kinook
02-04-2009, 01:14 PM
Linux

1) Download and install Wine (https://wiki.winehq.org/Download) or CrossOver Linux (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/).

2) Download and install Visual Build (http://www.kinook.com/Download/VisBuildProEval.exe).

3) To start Visual Build, double-click on the desktop icon (click Mark as Trusted the first time).

4) To perform a command-line build, start a Terminal session and run the Visual Build console application (http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Manual/consoleapp.htm). The following commands demonstrate two ways to build a Visual Build sample:wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/VisBuildPro7/VisBuildCmd
"C:\Program Files\VisBuildPro7\Samples\RegEdit.bld"
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/VisBuildPro7
wine VisBuildCmd /logfile Files.log Samples/Files.bld

Mac OS X

1) Download WineBottler (http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/) and drag it to the Applications folder in Finder, or download and install CrossOver Mac (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/).

2) Download and install Visual Build (http://www.kinook.com/Download/VisBuildProEval.exe).

3) To start Visual Build:
a) Start Finder, go to the folder ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/VisBuildPro7, and double-click VisBuildPro.exe (or copy VisBuildPro.exe to the desktop and run from there).
or
b) Double-click WineBottler in the Applications folder, then double-click WineHelper, choose Application -> Open on the menu, browse to Program Files -> VisBuildPro7 and double-click VisBuildPro.exe.

4) To perform a command-line build, start a Terminal session and run the Visual Build console application (http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Manual/consoleapp.htm). The following commands demonstrate building a Visual Build sample:open -a Wine
~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/VisBuildPro7/VisBuildCmd
"C:\Program Files\VisBuildPro7\Samples\RegEdit.bld"
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/VisBuildPro7
open -a Wine VisBuildCmd /logfile Files.log Samples/Files.bld



Notes:
* Browse to the Z: drive (Desktop -> My Computer -> Z:) to access the Linux / OS X file system from a build.
* Some features may a) require additional Windows applications to be installed in Wine or b) not be available or work properly within Wine.