Installing Microsoft tools

Note: we will choose special installation
directories (not the default ones!) in
order to prevent some problems which
can arise if we use the installation
directories containing spaces in file
name (that is the case if we stick with the default suggestion).
Run the installer VCToolkitSetup.exe.
Since installation path containing spaces
can generate problems, I will
recommend that you to install it to a
directory without spaces in the name. Also installing in drives different from C:
can give you some problems, so I
recommend installing it in: C : \ S y m b i a n \ M S D E V This will create c:\Symbian\MSDEV\bin
(and other directories).
Now we can install the debugging
tools, running d b g _ x 8 6 _ x . y . e x e . This installer won't create ANY bin
subdirectories, placing the cdb.exe
(required for the debugging support) in
the top level of the installation
directory. So I suggest you to choose,
(in order to have all the required tools in the same place), this one: C : \ S y m b i a n \ M S D E V \ b i n Now you can install n m a k e , executing nmake15.exe: it will
decompress n m a k e . e x e and n a m a k e . e r r . Copy both of them to C : \ S y m b i a n \ M S D E V \ b i n The next step is to copy l i b . e x e and d u m p b i n . e x e to: C : \ S y m b i a n \ M S D E V \ b i n Now you have to add, to the system (or
user) path, the directory C : \ S y m b i a n \ M S D E V \ b i n . To do so, go to the control panel, choose
system, select advanced and click on
the button 'Environment Variables'.
Depending on your locale, icons and
option names will be translated in your
language. Now you have a dialog. Choose in the System Panel the entry
'PATH' and edit it by double clicking. At
the beginning add C : \ S y m b i a n \ M S D E V \ b i n ; . Note the ';' at the end, it is essential to separate
things. If you forget it, things simply
won't work. As a check, open a
command prompt and type 'nmake'. If
you get 'command not found' or
equivalent, you made a mistake in configuring the path. NOTE: if you get
'makefile not found' or similar, then you
are right: nmake is working (only it
does not find a makefile, but at this
stage it is not supposed to do so).
Congratulations! You have installed the required Microsoft tools for the Symbian
SDK.