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Added links to Microsoft's free version of MSVC and PlatformSDK.

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......@@ -143,13 +143,16 @@ Compiler legend:<br>
<tr><th>Abbreviation<th>Full Product Name
<tr><td>bcb6<td><a href="http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/">Borland C++ Builder 6</a>
<tr><td>bcc32<td><a href="http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/">
Borland C++ Compiler 5.5</a> or Borland C++ Builder
Borland C++ Compiler 5.5</a> (<b>Free!</b>) or Borland C++ Builder
<tr><td>delphi6<td><a href="http://www.borland.com/delphi/">Borland Delphi 6</a>
<tr><td>msvc6<td><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Microsoft Visual C++ 6</a>
or <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/">Visual C++ Express</a>
with the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/">Platform SDK</a>
(<b>Free!</b>)
<tr><td>msvc15<td>Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 (16-bit)
</table>
<p>
<h3>Step-by-step Instructions (using Microsoft Visual C++)</h3>
<h3>Step-by-step Instructions (using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install Visual C++ (if you haven't already)
<li>Get the Synchronet source and library files (if you haven't already)
......@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ See <tt>docs\sbbsNTsvcs.txt</tt> for more details on using the NT services versi
<h3>Step-by-step Instructions (using Borland C++ Builder)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install C++ Builder (if you haven't already)
<li>Make sure your C++ Builder <tt>bin\bcc32.cfg</tt> file contains the correct <i>include</i> and <i>lib</i> paths.
<li>Make sure your C++ Builder <tt>bin\bcc32.cfg</tt> file (create the file if necessary) contains the correct <i>include</i> and <i>lib</i> paths.
<br>Example:<pre>-Ic:\borland\bcc55\include
-Lc:\borland\bcc55\lib</pre>
<li>Get the Synchronet source and library files (if you haven't already)
......@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ copy the binaries from the <tt>.debug</tt> instead of <tt>.release</tt> director
<p>
If you only have the free Borland command-line C++ compiler, all of the above steps still apply except for those
referencing the <tt>src\sbbs3\ctrl</tt> directory. Also, if the DLLs you built are from a more recent version of
Synchronet than your Synchronet Control Panel executable (<tt>sbbsctrl.exe</tt>), you will need to use <tt>sbbs.exe</tt> (or <tt>sbbsmono.exe</tt>)
Synchronet than your Synchronet Control Panel executable (<tt>sbbsctrl.exe</tt>), you will need to use <tt>sbbs.exe</tt> (or <tt>sbbsNTsvcs.exe</tt>)
to run Synchronet.
<p>
See <tt>docs\sbbscon.txt</tt> for more details on using the console mode version of Synchronet.
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