bacnet-stack/doc/README.msvc

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Build for Visual C++ 6.0

When building the BACnet stack using Visual C++ compiler, 
there are some settings that are important.

Q. Are there some global configuration options for this BACnet stack?

A. The BACnet stack uses some preprocessor defines to configure
a number of subtle personalities.
PRINT_ENABLED=1 - enables printing to stdio
BIG_ENDIAN=0 - chooses the BACnet encoding and decoding order
BACDL_BIP=1 - chooses BACnet/IP for the datalink layer
BACDL_ETHERNET=0 - chooses BACnet Ethernet for the datalink layer
BACDL_ARCNET=0 - chooses BACnet ARCNET for the datalink layer
BACDL_MSTP=0 - chooses BACnet MS/TP for the datalink layer
USE_INADDR=1 - uses INADDR_BROADCAST for broadcast rather than CLASSx
TSM_ENABLED=1 - enables the Transaction State Machine for clients
BIP_DEBUG=1 - enables print statements for debugging
In Visual C++, add a Preprocessor Definition by: 
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: General
5. You can see the "Preprocessor Definitions:" box
6. Type OPTION_NAME=1 or OPTION_NAME=0 in that edit box 
   using a comma to separate multiple options.
7. Press OK
8. Compile the entire project again...

Q. MSVC refuses to open bacnet.dsw and bacnet.dsp.

A. bacnet.dsw and bacnet.dsp are text files that were retrieved
from CVS on a unix client and are now in unix text file format since
they end with a "\r\n" rather than "\n".  Use the unix2dos commandline
tool to convert them back to dos:
unix2dos bacnet.dsw
unix2dos bacnet.dsp

Q. error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16

A. The demo ports/win32/main.c was designed as a Win32 Console 
Application.  If you want to change it to a Windows GUI application, 
you will have to add all the Windows GUI code, including WinMain().
I recommend that you use a framework, such as WxWidgets/WxWindows,
but this has not been done yet.

Q. error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdint.h': No such file

A. The BACnet stack uses some header files, and Visual C++ needs to know
where they are:
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: Preprocessor
5. You can see the "Additional include directories:" box
6. Type the path to stdint.h in that edit box (using a comma if necessary)
7. Type the path to bacdcode.h in that edit box (using a comma if necessary)
In my system, the paths look like:
c:\code\bacnet-stack\,c:\code\bacnet-stack\ports\win32\,
c:\code\bacnet-stack\demo\handler\,c:\code\bacnet-stack\demo\object\
8. Press OK
9. Compile the project again...

Q. error C2065: 'MAX_MPDU' : undeclared identifier

A. The BACnet stack uses a preprocessor define to configure
its datalink layer. In Visual C++, add a Preprocessor Definition by: 
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: General
5. You can see the "Preprocessor Definitions:" box
6. Type BACDL_BIP=1 in that edit box (using a comma if necessary)
7. Press OK
8. Compile the entire project again...

Q. error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _bacapp_print

A. The BACnet stack uses a preprocessor define to configure
printing to stdio. In Visual C++, add a Preprocessor Definition by: 
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: General
5. You can see the "Preprocessor Definitions:" box
6. Type PRINT_ENABLED=1 in that edit box (using a comma if necessary)
7. Press OK
8. Compile the entire project again...

Q. error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__closesocket@4

A. Visual C++ needs to have the Winsock library to be happy:
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "Link" tab (4th Tab)
4. You can see "Object/library modules:" edit box
5. Type Wsock32.LIB in that edit box
6. Press OK
7. Compile the entire project again...

Q. error C2061: in file tsm.c
A. The BACnet stack uses a preprocessor define to configure
client functionality in the Transaction State Machine (TSM). 
In Visual C++, add a Preprocessor Definition by: 
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: General
5. You can see the "Preprocessor Definitions:" box
6. Type MAX_TSM_TRANSACTIONS=0 in that edit box (using a comma if necessary)
7. Press OK
8. Compile the entire project again...

Q. error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __beginthread
A. Visual C++ needs to have the multithreaded library when compiled
with MS/TP datalink enabled (BACDL_MSTP instead of BACDL_BIP):
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: Code Generation
5. Select the Multithreaded from the "Use runtime library" box options

Q. warning C4013: '_beginthreadex' undefined; assuming extern returning int
A. Visual C++ needs to have the multithreaded library when compiled
with MS/TP datalink enabled (BACDL_MSTP instead of BACDL_BIP):
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "C/C++" tab (3rd Tab)
4. Select the Category: Code Generation
5. Select the Multithreaded from the "Use runtime library" box options

Q. error LNK2019: Verweis auf nicht aufgel<65>stes externes Symbol 
   "_GetAdaptersInfo@8" in Funktion "_getIpMaskForIpAddress". 
A. There is the Iphlpapi.lib library missing from the VC++ project 
   (for the GetAdaptersInfo error) that you need to add: 
   http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa916102.aspx
   Note that Iphlpapi.lib/.h is not included with Visual C++ 6.0;
   you would need to download the platform SDK to get it.
1. Select "Project" menu
2. Select "Settings..."
3. Select the "Link" tab (4th Tab)
4. You can see "Object/library modules:" edit box
5. Type Iphlpapi.lib in that edit box
6. Press OK
7. Compile the entire project again...