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These instructions will build everything except the applications using LIBXML2 (e.g. nxtranslate)
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* Download and install HDF4 and/or HDF5 libraries from HDF web site
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* Download and install Win32/x64 HDF4 and/or HDF5 libraries from HDF web site
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- within these installations is a "cmake" directory, I needed to remove/rename this to get everything to configure properly
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* Download MXML source from http://www.msweet.org/projects.php?Z3
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- open the vcnet directory
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- you need to edit mxml1.def and a add a single line containing the text mxml_error to the end of this file
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- open the visual studio solution and build the project
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- copy the files mxml.h mxml1.lib mxml1.dll to some other location
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- open the visual studio solution, chose either Win32 or x64 build type as appropriate, and build the project
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- copy the files mxml.h mxml1.lib mxml1.dll to some other location
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* Define HDF4_ROOT, HDF5_ROOT and MXML_ROOT environment variables to point to the top of each installed area
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* Run CMAKE-GUI to generate Visual studio solutions files
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- Provide source and build paths in the relevant boxes
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- Click on Configure, choose appropriate visual studio version when prompted
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- A list of options will appear, choose the appropriate ENABLE_ ones and press Configure again
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- Click on Configure, choose appropriate visual studio version (with Win64 suffix if needed) when prompted
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- A list of options will appear, select the ENABLE_* boxes for the components you need and press Configure again
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- If nothing is red, click on Generate
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* Browse to the build directory and open the generated NeXus.sln

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