Building with MS Visual C++ {#dev_guides__building__msvc}
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This file describes steps to build OCCT libraries from complete source
archive on Windows with MS Visual C++. 

If you are building OCCT from bare sources (as in Git repository), or do some 
changes affecting CDL files, you need to use WOK to re-generate header files
and build scripts / projects. See file \ref wok "WOK" for instructions.

Before building OCCT, you need to install required third-party libraries; see
OCCT_Build3rdParty_Windows.pdf for instructions.

1. Edit file custom.bat to define environment: 

   - VCVER - version of Visual Studio (vc8, vc9, vc10 or vc11), 
             and relevant VCVARS path
   - ARCH - architecture (32 or 64), affects only PATH variable for execution
   - HAVE_* - flags to enable or disable use of optional third-party products
   - CSF_OPT_* - paths to search for includes and binaries of all used 
                 third-party products

2. Launch msvc.bat to start Visual Studio with all necessary environment 
   variables defined.

   Note: the MSVC project files are located in folders adm\\msvc\\vc[9-11].
   Binaries are produced in win32 or win64 folders.

3. Build with Visual Studio

To start DRAW, launch draw.bat.