Building with MS Visual C++ {#occt_dev_guides__building_msvc}
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-This file describes steps to build OCCT libraries from complete source
-archive on Windows with MS Visual C++.
+This file describes steps to build OCCT libraries from a complete source
+archive on Windows with <b>MS Visual C++</b>.
-If you are building OCCT from bare sources (as in Git repository), or do some
+If you build OCCT from bare sources (as in Git repository) or do some
changes affecting CDL files, you need to use WOK to re-generate header files
and build scripts / projects. See \ref occt_dev_guides__building_wok for instructions.
-Before building OCCT, you need to install required third-party libraries; see
+Before building OCCT, you need to install the required third-party libraries; see
paragraph 1 of \ref occt_dev_guides__building for instructions.
-1. Edit file custom.bat to define environment:
+1. Edit file *custom.bat* to define the environment:
- - VCVER - version of Visual Studio (vc8, vc9, vc10, vc11 or vc12),
- and relevant VCVARS path
- - ARCH - architecture (32 or 64), affects only PATH variable for execution
- - HAVE_* - flags to enable or disable use of optional third-party products
+ - *VCVER* - version of Visual Studio (vc8, vc9, vc10, vc11 or vc12),
+ and relevant *VCVARS* path
+ - *ARCH* - architecture (32 or 64), affects only *PATH* variable for execution
+ - <i>HAVE_*</i> - flags to enable or disable use of optional third-party products
- CSF_OPT_* - paths to search for includes and binaries of all used
third-party products
-2. Launch msvc.bat to start Visual Studio with all necessary environment
+2. Launch *msvc.bat* to start Visual Studio with all necessary environment
variables defined.
- Note: the MSVC project files are located in folders adm\\msvc\\vc[9-12].
- Binaries are produced in win32 or win64 folders.
+ Note: the MSVC project files are located in folders <i>adm\\msvc\\vc[9-12]</i>.
+ Binaries are produced in *win32* or *win64* folders.
3. Build with Visual Studio
-To start DRAW, launch draw.bat.
+To start DRAW, launch *draw.bat*.