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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 1a4f7f8..231252a 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ The Borland C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are also now being given
 away free.  The Borland compiler is available as "Borland C++ Compiler Free
 Command Line Tools" and is the same compiler that ships with the full
 "Borland C++ Builder" product.  The Microsoft compiler is available as
-"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" or "Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition" (and also as
-part of the ".NET Framework SDK") and is the same compiler that ships with
-"Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++ 2005 Professional"
+"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" or "Visual C++ 2005/2008 Express Edition" (and also
+as part of the ".NET Framework SDK") and is the same compiler that ships with
+"Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++ 2005/2008 Professional"
 respectively.
 
 This port can also be built on the Intel IA64 using:
@@ -135,6 +135,32 @@ and edit win32/config.vc to change "make=nmake" into "make=dmake".  The
 latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
 make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
 
+=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
+
+This free version of Visual C++ 2008 Professional contains the same compiler
+and linker that ship with the full version, and also contains everything
+necessary to build Perl, rather than requiring a separate download of the
+Platform SDK like previous versions did.
+
+This package can be downloaded by searching for "Visual Studio 2008 Express
+Edition" in the Download Center at
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en.  (Providing exact
+links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on
+changing so often.)
+
+Install Visual C++ 2008, then setup your environment using
+
+       C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat
+
+(assuming the default installation location was chosen).
+
+Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile.  You will need to edit that
+file to set
+
+       CCTYPE = MSVC90FREE
+
+first.
+
 =item Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
 
 This free version of Visual C++ 2005 Professional contains the same compiler
@@ -161,14 +187,21 @@ NT probably won't work.
 Install Visual C++ 2005 first, then the Platform SDK.  Setup your environment
 as follows (assuming default installation locations were chosen):
 
-       SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin
+       SET PlatformSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK
 
-       SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\include
+       SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;%PlatformSDKDir%\Bin
 
-       SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\lib
+       SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;%PlatformSDKDir%\include
+
+       SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;%PlatformSDKDir%\lib
 
        SET LIBPATH=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
 
+(The PlatformSDKDir might need to be set differently depending on which version
+you are using. Earlier versions installed into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK",
+while the latest versions install into version-specific locations such as
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2".)
+
 Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile.  You will need to edit that
 file to set
 
@@ -207,11 +240,18 @@ Install the Toolkit first, then the Platform SDK, then the .NET Framework SDK.
 Setup your environment as follows (assuming default installation locations
 were chosen):
 
-       SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin
+       SET PlatformSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK
+
+       SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;%PlatformSDKDir%\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin
+
+       SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\include;%PlatformSDKDir%\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include
 
-       SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include
+       SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\lib;%PlatformSDKDir%\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib
 
-       SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib
+(The PlatformSDKDir might need to be set differently depending on which version
+you are using. Earlier versions installed into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK",
+while the latest versions install into version-specific locations such as
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2".)
 
 Several required files will still be missing:
 
@@ -225,7 +265,7 @@ following:
 
        C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322
 
-Copy it from there to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin
+Copy it from there to %PlatformSDKDir%\Bin
 
 =item *
 
@@ -254,12 +294,12 @@ $Config{ar}.
 
 setargv.obj is required to build perlglob.exe (and perl.exe if the USE_SETARGV
 option is enabled).  The Platform SDK supplies this object file in source form
-in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\src\crt.  Copy setargv.c, cruntime.h and
+in %PlatformSDKDir%\src\crt.  Copy setargv.c, cruntime.h and
 internal.h from there to some temporary location and build setargv.obj using
 
        cl.exe /c /I. /D_CRTBLD setargv.c
 
-Then copy setargv.obj to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\lib
+Then copy setargv.obj to %PlatformSDKDir%\lib
 
 Alternatively, if you don't need perlglob.exe and don't need to enable the
 USE_SETARGV option then you can safely just remove all mention of $(GLOBEXE)
@@ -389,7 +429,7 @@ Be sure to read the instructions near the top of the makefiles carefully.
 Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make).
 
 This should build everything.  Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
-perl59.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl511.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
 under the lib\auto directory.  If the build fails for any reason, make
 sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
 
@@ -955,6 +995,6 @@ Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl).
 
 Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
 
-Last updated: 25 May 2007
+Last updated: 29 August 2007
 
 =cut