diff --git a/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt b/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt index 96e2842c2..80f3da941 100644 --- a/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt +++ b/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Software needed: Cppcheck.exe ------------ +Visual Studio 2010: +Just open cppcheck_vs2010.sln, choose "x64" as platform and compile. + +Visual Studio 2008: Make sure you have the Windows SDK installed! VS Express doesn't have 64-bit tools, libraries or headers so you cannot compile 64-bit binaries without Windows SDK. @@ -28,11 +32,9 @@ Then start VS Express: VS Express starts otherwise normally but now all environment variables point to 64-bit folders for libraries. -Now you can open the cppcheck.sln (or cppcheck_vs2010.sln) solution file and -compile 64-bit targets. With VS 2008 there are configurations Debug-x64 and -Release-x64 for 64-bit targets. This is because VS 2008 express does not allow -adding new platform. For VS 2010 there is platform x64 and Debug/Release -configurations. +Now you can open the cppcheck.sln solution file and compile 64-bit targets. +With VS 2008 there are configurations Debug-x64 and Release-x64 for 64-bit targets. +This is because VS 2008 express does not allow adding new platform. You can use e.g. Dependency Walker -program (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check that build binaries are really 64-bit binaries.