Hello Matthias, As I am unable to find the SDK, would it be possible to send me a copy so I can get started and build the project?
After I have successfully build OpenOffice, I will try to investigate building for newer versions of MSVC. Additionally, I will start working on a script called build_tools, to start figuring out how the build environment can be automated. Also, it would be nice if someone provided a VDI image of a working build environment in the Wiki, so new developers can get up and running with VirtualBox, without the caveats of the current build environment. Best regards, George On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 7:09 PM Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote: > Hello George, > > Am 23.09.2018 um 14:14 schrieb George K: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I 'm currently trying to build Open Office on Windows. I 've setup most > of > > the environment but I am having trouble finding the Windows 7.0 SDK, > witch > > contains MSVC 2008, as it is unavailable from Microsoft. Peter kindly > > pointed me at an image of Windows Server 2008 Standard > > <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5023>. Should > I > > setup a VM with that image, or download Windows 7? I 'm currently trying > to > > build on a Windows 10 machine. Any help and directions would be welcome. > > I assume you followed the instructions in our Wiki: > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step#Windows_7.2C_Windows_8.1.2C_Windows_10 > > As I learned today "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET > Framework 3.5. SP1" is no longer supported or downloadable. > This is a major issue that has to be addressed (and the Wiki should be > updated). > > But to get you started, I can send you a direct link to a copy in my > Dropbox? > > Personally I am building on Windows 10 (64-bit) on VirtualBox. You can > find all my personal builds here: > https://home.apache.org/~mseidel/AOO-builds/ > > Kind regards, > Matthias > >
