Building Cinecode for release on Windows XP

Using the xp-build machine and builduser account (see ProductionTestingHardware).

The process described here is for cincode-v1. For v2, just replace cinecode-v1 by cinecode-v2 everywhere.

• Log onto the xp-build machine with the 'Jean Krohn' account.

• The local repositories are in c:\src :
  • openlibraries (CVS)
  • jah (CVS)
  • cinecode-v1 (SVN)
  • cinecode-v2 (SVN)

• Update the repositories using tortoiseCVS/SVN update
  • Sync openlibraries to the tag point stable-0-4-1

• Building openlibraries
  • For each of open{plugin,image,asset,object,media,effects(optional)}_vc8.sln (in this order) in c:\src\openlibraries
    • open it with visual studio (e.g. dnd it on the visual studio icon)
    • set the solution configuration (in the toolbar, near 'win32') to 'Multi-threaded Release DLL'
    • rebuild everything with Ctrl+Alt+F7
    • build again with F7
    • check that the only things failing to compile are tests
      • if something else doesn't compile fix it or get someone else to fix it

• Building jahwidgets
  • Open c:\src\jah\jahwidgets\jahwidgets_vc80.sln in Visual Studio
  • set the solution configuration to 'Release'
  • rebuild with Ctrl+Alt+F7 and check that nothing fails to compile
  • install the jahwidgets libs into the 'jahwidgets release dll' and 'jahwidgets debug dll' desktop directories by running (double-clicking) the jahwidgets.bat script from the desktop (situated top-right).

• Building cinecode
  • First, read and apply CinecodeReleaseFixes.
  • build the theme :
    • load the theme/cinecode_vc80.vcproj in Visual Studio
    • set the solution configuration to 'Release'
    • rebuild with Ctrl+Alt+F7 and check that nothing fails to compile
  • copy the .dll files in the 'jahwidgets release dll' directory situated on the desktop to c:/src/cinecode-v1
  • create the cinecode.car file
    • open a command line
    • execute : "set PATH=%PATH%;%OPENLIBRARIES_LIB_PATH%;%JAHWIDGETS_PATH%"
    • execute "pkg_config.bat" in c:/src/cinecode-v1. It will ask for a password, which is 'cinecode'
  • build cinecode by running (e.g. double-clicking) the cinecode-v1_build.bat script on the desktop
  • with explorer, go to c:/src/cinecode-v1/installer, right-click on cinecode.nsi and click on 'Compile NSIS Script'. This should take a while, then, when finished (the Close button then becomes active), there should be a new cinecode-x.x.x-installer.exe file in the directory, which is the cinecode installer. Please rename it according to the guidelines in [BuildRepository] .
  • A note on versioning : To change the version used in the packaging (e.g. the one displayed by the installer), change "!define x.x.x" in installer/cinecode.nsi.