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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 30 2006 - 09:11:01 CDT

Use the one in the msvc/winvmd directory...

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 02:07:52AM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
> I just want to try experimenting. So which dsw file should I use to
> compile VMD? I found some under the 'plugins' directory of the source
> code but I doubt if they are what I am looking for.
>
> Chang
>
> John Stone wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> > VMD is compiled on Windows using the MSVC tools rather than
> >with straight makefiles. The win32 plugins are compiled using
> >makefiles however. Compiling VMD itself on Windows is actually
> >quite easy, but getting all of the other libraries built can be
> >a serious pain. Unless you're up to the daunting task of
> >compiling all of the libraries VMD needs with the right runtime
> >library linkage etc, I'd suggest building on one of the other
> >platforms if you're just modifying the code for your own
> >experiments.
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:12:23PM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>A quick question: is there any way to build VMD in Windows? I saw a
> >>"WIN32" option in make_distribut but not in Makefile.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Chang
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > 

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