DNG4PS-2/Build from source (Windows)

DNG for PowerShot-2 (DNG4PS-2) sources are publicly available on the DNG4PS-2 homepage. The build advice below is based upon conversations with the author and experience with:

• Visual C++ 2008 Express
• DNG4PS-2 beta release 0.2.2beta-24 (20.04.2008)
• Windows XP SP2.

Pre-Requisites

The readme_en.txt files lists a number of pre-requisites

1. wxWidgets library (http://www.wxwidgets.org/).
2. Boost library (http://www.boost.org/)
3. RAD tool "Code::Blocks" (http://www.codeblocks.org/). Newest nightly build are required
4. If you want to compile under MS Windows, install MinGW (CGG compiler for Windows) with gettext module (http://www.mingw.org/).

In practice the last two pre-requisites are not mandatory. They are only required when performing GUI modifications or building executables for non-Windows platforms. On Windows the program can be built using Visual C++ 2008 Express, Boost and wxWidgets.

Build Libraries

Boost

The Boost C++ Libraries can be downloaded from here. Current version at time of writing was v1.35.0, with a download size of ~42mb, unpack/build size of ~220Mb, and install size of ~44Mb (include files and libraries).

Instructions on this site are straightforward, though the patching step (for VC++ 2008 Express compatibility) is no longer required with v1.35.0.

An adaptation of the key steps follows:

In a command prompt execute the following:

%VS90COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat
REM Change BOOSTROOT to reflect unpack directory for the zip
SET BOOSTROOT=C:\temp\boost_1_35_0

REM Build bjam build program
cd /d "%BOOSTROOT%\tools\jam\src"
build.bat

REM Build Boost libraries then install
cd /d "%BOOSTROOT%"
tools\jam\src\bin.ntx86\bjam.exe
REM Change the value of the --prefix option to the location to install Boost
tools\jam\src\bin.ntx86\bjam.exe install --prefix=c:\boost_1_35_0\