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This chapter contains general instructions on building Berkeley DB for specific windows platforms using specific compilers. The Windows FAQ also contains helpful information.
    The build_windows directory in the Berkeley DB distribution contains
    project files for Microsoft Visual Studio:
| Project File | Description | 
|---|---|
| Berkeley_DB.sln | Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) workspace | 
| *.vcproj | Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) projects | 
| Berkeley_DB.dsw | Visual C++ 6.0 workspace | 
| *.dsp | Visual C++ 6.0 projects | 
These project files can be used to build Berkeley DB for the following platforms: Windows NT/2K/XP/2003/Vista, and 64-bit Windows XP/2003/Vista.
build_windows directory, select
Berkeley_DB.sln and click Open.build_windows directory, select
Berkeley_DB.sln and click OpenNOTE: Although Visual Studio .NET uses solution files (.sln), the solution file shipped with Berkeley DB is not compatible with Visual Studio .NET. You need to upgrade from the Visual C++ 6.0 workspace to build with Visual C++ .NET or Visual C++ .NET 2003.
build_windows directory for workspace files, select
Berkeley_DB.dsw, and press Open.build_windows directory for Workspaces, select
Berkeley_DB.dsw, and press Open.The results of your build will be placed in one of the following Berkeley DB subdirectories, depending on the configuration that you chose:
| build_windows\Win32\Debug | 
| build_windows\Win32\Release | 
| build_windows\Win32\Debug_static | 
| build_windows\Win32\Release_static | 
When building your application during development, you should normally
use compile options "Debug Multithreaded DLL" and link against
build_windows\Debug\libdb48d.lib.  You can
also build using a release version of the Berkeley DB libraries and tools,
which will be placed in
build_windows\Win32\Release\libdb48.lib.  When
linking against the release build, you should compile your code with
the "Release Multithreaded DLL" compile option.  You will also need to
add the build_windows directory to the list of include
directories of your application's project, or copy the Berkeley DB include
files to another location.