Re: [Boost-users] Visual Studio .NET 2008 compiler #defines?

On Dec 16, 2007 9:57 PM, Richard wrote:

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On Dec 17, 2007 3:48 PM, Richard wrote:

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Are there plans to update the #defines to recognize VS.NET 2008 soon, or should I do something to update the headers?

A fix has already been checked into SVN trunk AFAIK.

OK, I could look there. What's the best way to contact the people at Boost Consultants to see if we can get a new installer?

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(Would this mean I'd have to recompile all the libs? I'm using the precompiled libs at the moment.)

That would depend on which libraries you are using, but yes probably.

Is there any sort of document that describes the steps necessary to do this on a Windows machine with VS.NET? --

The following patch to boost 1.34.1 allows us, amongst other things, to build a number of boost libraries against VS 2008/MSVC 9 http://tinyurl.com/237tem (original link: http://stlab.adobe.com:8080/@md=d&cd=//adobe_source_libraries/tools/&cdf=//adobe_source_libraries/tools/boost_1_34_1_patch_01.txt&sr=2954&c=CF6@//adobe_source_libraries/tools/boost_1_34_1_patch_01.txt ). Perhaps you will find it useful. - Mat