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Bug 1101

Summary: Win 7.1 SDK build dependency
Product: SDL Reporter: Ken Rogoway <Ken>
Component: buildAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P2 CC: johnnyc.wilson, jspradlin
Version: 2.0.0   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Windows 7   

Description Ken Rogoway 2011-01-22 19:52:17 UTC 
You cannot build SDL 1.3.0 under Visual Studio 2005 without installing the Windows 7.1 SDK.  If you install that SDK, you MUST get the Hotfix to get past "file corrupt" linker errors when building SDL test programs.  However, if you do this then you get "file corrupt" linker errors when linking with LIB files compiled without the hotfix.  This makes 3rd party LIB files incompatible.

Please consider a build option to remove the dependency on mscft.h and the functions in it that are used by SDL.
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2011-01-22 20:56:37 UTC 
FYI, I'm building with the 7.0A SDK.  I don't know if that helps...
Comment 2 John Wilson 2011-01-23 04:20:44 UTC 
I use the Windows 6.0 SDK with Visual Studio 2005 and I don't have any of those problems.
Comment 3 Jen Spradlin 2011-01-23 13:43:37 UTC 
From Ken, using Visual Studio 2005:

I want to clear up some misinformation on this topic.  I had run into a lot of problems following another post that said to use the Windows 7.1 SDK. 

If you use the Windows 7.1 SDL with Visual Studio 2005, you will run into some major link issues.  You’ll get some “file corrupt” link errors.  Google and you will find there is a hotfix to get around this, but if you install the hotfix you will have problems with older libraries, so I’d recommend you don’t do that. 

It turns out that you can use the 6.0A or 7.0 SDK files to get SDL to compile under Windows.  There is no need for the 7.1 SDK.

Sam, consider this “bug” fixed, as it works fine with the Windows 6.0A SDK.

For anyone looking to get SDL 1.3.0 to compile with VS2005, make sure you add:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
to your Project Directories Include

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Lib
to your Project Directories Lib

These are under Tools/Options/Projects and Solutions/VC++ Directories