From: Iain Patterson Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:41:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Visual Studio notes. X-Git-Tag: v2.22~131 X-Git-Url: http://git.iain.cx/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8febc05f511f172a07a4327ff3821dd6cf08773a;p=nssm.git Visual Studio notes. Clarify that only Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 are known to work. Visual Studio 2010 can be used to build executables which run on Windows versions older than XP SP2 if the platform toolset is set to v90. --- diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index d065862..3dacf18 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -294,11 +294,14 @@ To remove the server: Building NSSM from source ------------------------- -NSSM is known to compile with Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual -Studio 2008. +NSSM is known to compile with Visual Studio 2008. Older Visual Studio +releases may or may not work. NSSM will also compile with Visual Studio 2010 but the resulting executable -will not run on versions of Windows older than XP SP2. +will not run on versions of Windows older than XP SP2. If you require +compatiblity with older Windows releases you should change the Platform +Toolset to v90 in the General section of the project's Configuration +Properties. Credits