Chapter 2: Building a Longhorn Application

Overview

To build a Longhorn application, you need the Longhorn Software Development Kit (SDK) installed. Alternatively, you can install a Microsoft Visual Studio release that supports Longhorn. In this book, I don t discuss using Visual Studio because its wizards, fancy code generation features, and project build capabilities obscure what actually happens under the covers. I believe that you should understand what a tool does for you before you rely on the tool.

When you install the Longhorn SDK, it creates a set of Start menu items that you can use to create a command prompt session in which you can build Longhorn applications. To build Debug versions of your application on a Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit system, navigate through the following menu items to create the appropriate command prompt session:

• Start

• Programs

• Microsoft Longhorn SDK

• Open Build Environment Window

• Windows XP 32-bit Build Environment

• Set Windows XP 32-bit Build Environment (Debug).