Prior to building for the 1st time there are some prerequisites that you will need to configure +5.) Install Visual Studio. +*:Visual Studio 2010. (UW Madison staff can use MSDNAA: http://msdn04.e-academy.com/wiscmad_cs ; contact the CSL lab for an account if you don't have one) +*:Visual Studio Express (Free to anyone) https://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/ + 6.) Install perl if not already on your machine *:http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads @@ -49,11 +53,11 @@ 8.) Install the .NET 2.0 redistributable (May not be necessary if already installed. May be installed by default on Vista and later?) *:https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en -7.) Install the lastest platform SDK and reopen the solution +7.) Install the lastest platform SDK and reopen the solution. (Depends on .NET 2.0) *:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924 -8.) Download and install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine +8.) Download and install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine (Depends on Visual Studio) *:http://wix.codeplex.com/