README.WIN32

HERCULES FOR WIN32 README FILE

HOW TO COMPILE HERCULES FOR WINDOWS 32 BIT MSVC x86

1. Install Visual C++ 2010 Express from the Visual Studio 2010 Express page:
   http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/express

2. Install Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (VS10sp1-KB983509) from:
   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23691

3. Go to the start menu and choose "All Programs"
   - "Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express" - "Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010)"

4. Change to the directory where you unpacked the Hercules source

5. If you require gzip or bzip2 for disk or tape compression, or if you
   require PCRE for the Hercules Automatic Operator facility, you should
   install the WIN32 versions of these programs in winbuild\zlib\
   winbuild\bzip2\ and winbuild\pcre\ under the Hercules directory.
   You may override these default directory locations by setting
   environment variables, for example:
   SET ZLIB_DIR=c:\packages\zlib
   SET BZIP2_DIR=c:\packages\bzip2
   SET PCRE_DIR=c:\packages\pcre

6. copy makefile.msvc makefile

7. nmake clean
   nmake

8. The binaries will be installed into subfolder "msvc.dllmod.bin"

9. If you copy the binaries to a machine which does not have Visual
   Studio 2010 (VS10) installed, then you must also install the
   Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
   on the target machine. This package can be downloaded from
   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555