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Compile Using Microsoft Visual Studio IDE

This section explains the steps to compile and run the tutorial from the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE. FairCom provides Microsoft Visual Studio solutions for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019. You can find these solutions in the various “Microsoft Visual Studio” directories in the <faircom>\sdk\<your-API-folder>\tutorials\IDEProjects directory. Please choose the one which corresponds to the version of Visual Studio you have installed.

This tutorial requires the Microsoft Windows SDK to be installed on your computer. See Microsoft Windows SDK.

If the FairCom Database Engine is not already running on your machine, start the server as explained in Starting the FairCom Database Engine.

The source code is located in this directory: <faircom>\sdk\<your-API-folder>\tutorials

How to Use the Visual Studio Environment

  1. Load the Tutorials.sln file that corresponds to your version of Visual Studio by double-clicking the .sln file.
  2. To build these samples, use the Build menu of Microsoft Visual Studio and pick the Build Solution item:

    Visual Studio Build

  3. To run the tutorial, choose Start Debugging in the Debug menu or simply press F5.
  4. To fully observe how this tutorial interacts with c-tree, step through the code with the debugger and execute it step-by-step using Step Into from the Debug menu or simply press F11.

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