On 1/16/06, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com> wrote:
> This is great.  I'm glad to see it is actually possible to rebuild from the
> source given what I supplied on the web site.  Do you have a list of all the
> things you had to do to get to this point?  If so, I'll add it to a
> documentation file and give you credit for it.
>
> So what are you going to do with this?
>

Right now it is just for fun. ;-) I am improving my programming skills (PIC
and host side using C) by learning from the existing codes (PIC related).

The following are the steps to get all the build scripts working. I think
the website provides enough information except the
"slink /cognivision_links (cog)" part.

1. To install embedinc build environment and the host source package
a) development software
http://www.embedinc.com/picprg/sw.htm
install_picprg_dev.exe
b) Host source code
http://www.embedinc.com/pic/dload.htm
install_source_public.exe

I actually install other packages as well following the procedures
in the embedinc website.

c) one extra step sine the soft link "/cognivision_links" is not set yet
This can be solved by execute "slink /cognivision_links (cog)"

2. C compiler (now only supports Visual C++ 6) setup
Right now the build environment only supports Visual C++ 6. I am not
so sure if it supports the latest free Visual C++.Net Express Edition
plus the free Platform SDK.

3. Environment variable set up

a) Existing:
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\include;....
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\Test\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\Test\LOCALS~1\Temp

c) Newly added by step 1 or manually added
EMBEDINC=C:\embedinc
COGNIVIS=C:\embedinc
dsPICdir=C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB ASM30 Suite
lib_sys=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
MPLABDIR=C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPASM Suite
MSVCDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98
Path=C:\embedinc\com;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin; ...

4) testing the above setup by running through the build scripts
in the c:\embedinc\com directory. The following is the recommened
sequence.

pre_a) backup the c:\embedinc directory

a) EasyProg firmware
> build_prg_expic.bat

b) EasyProg/ProProg host software
> build_pic_prog_prog.bat
> build_pic_read_prog.bat
> build_test_picprg_prog.bat
> build_picprg_lib.bat

c) Embedinc Libs
> build_file_lib.bat
> build_string_lib.bat
> build_sys_lib.bat
> build_util_lib.bat

d) all the base utility
> build_base.bat

5) If there are some problems, go back to the previous steps. I think
I only met one warning message in the whole process.

The tests are carried out on Windows XP SP2 and MPLAB 7.30.
The environment variables depend on the install locations of the
softwares.

Regards,
Xiaofan

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