MesoRD provides a project and solution
file for Microsoft Visual C++. These
files are found in woe32/woe32.vcproj and
woe32/woe32.sln of the
MesoRD distribution root. Opening any
of these files will get you started with Visual Studio. Next you
need to configure the compiler to find the necessary include and
library files.
Download libsbml and install the distribution. The libSBML binary distribution ships with either xml2 so there is no need to install an xml-library separately.
In order for the compiler to find the header files of
libSBML, select
from the
menu, choose the VC++
Directories under Projects and
Solutions. Select Include
files in the Show directories
for dropdown. Add the directories containing the
libsbml header files. The headers
are typically found in C:\\Program
Files\\SBML\\libsbml-4.X.Y-xerces\\win32\\include.
The compiler will also need to know the location of the
libsbml DLL. Similarly add the
directories containing the libsbml
DLL to Library files. These are
typically found in C:\\Program
Files\\SBML\\libsbml-4.X.Y-xerces\\win32\\bin.
Finally, we need to make sure that the binary we are about to
compile will be linked against the above libraries. Make
win32 your current selection in
Solution Explorer. Select
from the
menu. Select
Release as
Configuration. Expand the
Linker section and select
Input. Under Additional
Dependencies make sure that
libsbml.lib is in the list. Select
Debug as
Configuration. Make sure that
libsbmlD.lib is in the list.
You may have to make sure that
MesoRD is linked against
OpenGL and
GLU. Make sure that
glu32.lib and
opengl32.lib are in the
Additional Dependencies list. Similarly,
we need code from the versioning library, so you will need to
add version.lib as well.
MesoRD is an object oriented program, and parts of it make extensive use of Run-Time Type Information, RTTI. This may have to be explicitly turned on: select from the menu. Expand the C/C++ section, choose the Language category and make sure that Enable Run-Time Type Information is set to yes.
Select . The MesoRD binary will be placed in either woe32\\Release or woe32\\Debug depending of which version you have built.
Please note that we are currently not using Visual Studio 6.0. The instructions below were valid for the 0.2 release, but have not been updated or tested since.
Note that theses instructions assume that you are using Microsoft Visual C++. However, you can currently not expect the Microsoft compiler to work. You will need to install something else in its place, for instance icc, see the section called “ How to use Intel's icc compiler with Microsoft Visual C++ ”.
Download libsbml and install the distribution. You will need version 3.0 or later of libsbml. The libSBML binary distribution ships with either Xerces-C++ or Expat so there is no need to install these libraries separately.
MesoRD provides a workspace file for
Microsoft Visual C++. This file is
found in woe32/woe32.dsw of the
MesoRD distribution root. Next you
need to configure the compiler to find the necessary include and
library files.
In order for the compiler to find the header files of
libSBML, select
from the
menu, choose the
Directories tab and show directories for
Include files. Add the directories
containing the libsbml header
files. The headers are typically found in
C:\\Program Files\\SBML\\libsbml-3.X.Y-xerces\\win32\\include.
The compiler will also need to know the location of the
libsbml DLL. Similarly add
the directories containing the
libsbml DLL to
Library files. These are typically found
in C:\\Program Files\\SBML\\libsbml-3.X.Y-xerces\\win32\\bin.
Finally, we need to make sure that the binary we are about to
compile will be linked against the above libraries. Select
from the
menu. Pick the
Link tab and
libsbml.lib to Project
Options.
You may have to make sure that
MesoRD is linked against
OpenGL and
GLU. Select
from the
menu. Pick the
Link tab and add
glu32.lib and
opengl32.lib to Project
Options. Similarly, we need code from the
versioning library, so you will need to add
version.lib as well.
MesoRD is an object oriented program, and parts of it make extensive use of Run-Time Type Information, RTTI. This may have to be explicitly turned on: select from the menu. Pick the C/C++ tab, chose the C++ Language category and check the Enable Run-Time Type Information (RTTI).
First you need to install the Intel C++ compiler. We have used version 8.0 and found it to work well in most cases. You will need a license, which can be obtained directly from Intel. The next step is to configure Microsoft Visual C++ to use the freshly installed compiler. This is done by selecting from the Tools menu in Visual C++. Check the box labelled Intel(R) C++ Compiler and click OK.